Attention Emergency Response Personnel Bashers!

Yes, but some cops are indeed jerks - bullies in fact, hiding behind their badges.
One such wanna-be tough thought flashing his badge off duty would keep me from collecting a debt some crumb owed.
NOT!
He blustered, got loud, made threats before my fist snapped back his head.
Bullies never expect people just might stand up to them. SURPRISE!

Anyway, I do remain grateful for the service of the aforementioned folks, but their good work does not excuse the few who misuse their authority. I know one guy who'll think twice next time.

I arrested someone who did just that. Noone hates bad cops more than the good ones.

Do you play bad cop? :bigsmile:

LOL. depends on the situation.

My Fiance and a bunch of family and friends are VOLUNTEER firefighters and VOLUNTEER EMT's.

Thank you for your post.


And thank you to all firefighter, EMT and Police officers on MFP!

I am a Police Officer and find it funny how a lot of people bash the Police until you actually need them and they are your best friend.

EXACTLY!
Which brings me to this:

Reminded me of these muppets too: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-477256/Woman-tells-999-operator-Help-Im-scared-spiders.html

I'd love the hear the recording of the responses to these calls ;-)

And if you remember there was a woman last winter who called 999 to report a stolen snowman because they had used some tea-spoons as arms!!! :noway: :explode:

I have the utmost respect for our emergency/military service personnel :flowerforyou:

To the handful of people complaining in this thread about their experiences with bad police officers: police officers aren't robots, they're people. Just like with any occupation, there is always the bad one. It doesn't mean that all the rest are the same.

Harold Shipman was an English doctor. He was convicted of murdering 15 of his patients. It's suspected though that he was responsible for the death of over 200 of his patients. Does that mean then that every doctor in the world is murdering their patients because he was doing it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Shipman

Thanks! Also, please add social workers. Low paid, but responsible for going into many dangerous situations daily. Even in people's houses

I am an ER nurse and many of my coworkers are former medics. My job also frequently deals with police officers as well. I am very grateful for the people who work in the field serving our community! Thanks for all you do!!!

I get that people have had bad experiences with the law. BUT WHY WAS THE POLICE CALLED IN THE FIRST PLACE. I'm sorry but if someone had to call 911 or if you got pulled over clearly there is more to the story than what you are saying.

I see stories all the time of betrayal or corruption, but guess what people that is not just the law that is corruption it’s the people.
The men and women who decide to put their LIFE on the line every day for us should have some more respect. Yes, that one officer may have been a jerk but what about the MANY others who serve and protect us daily.
Let’s see who you call when you get into a fatal car accident or someone robs your home.
Bashing one and calling them all the same is ignorant.

Thank you to all the men and women who are police/firefighter/emt/military you deserve the thanks and praise.

This is going to be an unpopular opinion, but I don't get why some people treat cops like Gods. Yes, sometimes they put themselves in danger to keep us safe, but it's a job they chose to do and they are put on more equal ground by having authority and weapons (vs an average citizen who isn't equipped for danger most of the time). Everybody's job is important and needed and can be dangerous....my job may not be dangerous but lots of people's mutual fund investments would be screwed if I didn't do my job. My husband who plows snow in the winter isn't called a hero but he sometimes works 24 hours straight to help keep your butt from getting stuck in the snow or sliding off the freeway.

I've never had a real "bad" experience with a cop, but many I've seen are arrogant SOB's who think they are gods. They think they deserve free stuff because they're cops, um why? They can park anywhere (even if doing personal errands) and I cannot stand the holier than thou act when giving tickets. Yes if I was speeding and got caught, I deserve the ticket, but don't act all high and mighty when most every cop speeds way more than the average citizen (in non-emergency situations) turns on their lights to go through intersections, never use their turn signal and barely breaks for a stop sign. How can I have any respect for someone whose job it is to uphold the law, but doesn't respect the law themsevles?

Last spring I was running a 10K and there were cops at the intersections....most of them looked so bored, as if they were too important to be sitting at intersections for a race. But this one cop was really into it...cheering, motivating people, telling us runners we were doing a great job. This guy lifted my spirits so much I wanted to go give him a hug. I'm all for praising people who deserve it, and I try not to condemn an entire group of people for a few bad ones, but I also don't like praising an entire group of people because of their job title. They're human beings doing a job they are paid to do just like everyone else.

This is going to be an unpopular opinion, but I don't get why some people treat cops like Gods. Yes, sometimes they put themselves in danger to keep us safe, but it's a job they chose to do and they are put on more equal ground by having authority and weapons (vs an average citizen who isn't equipped for danger most of the time). Everybody's job is important and needed and can be dangerous....my job may not be dangerous but lots of people's mutual fund investments would be screwed if I didn't do my job. My husband who plows snow in the winter isn't called a hero but he sometimes works 24 hours straight to help keep your butt from getting stuck in the snow or sliding off the freeway.

I've never had a real "bad" experience with a cop, but many I've seen are arrogant SOB's who think they are gods. They think they deserve free stuff because they're cops, um why? They can park anywhere (even if doing personal errands) and I cannot stand the holier than thou act when giving tickets. Yes if I was speeding and got caught, I deserve the ticket, but don't act all high and mighty when most every cop speeds way more than the average citizen (in non-emergency situations) turns on their lights to go through intersections, never use their turn signal and barely breaks for a stop sign. How can I have any respect for someone whose job it is to uphold the law, but doesn't respect the law themsevles?

Last spring I was running a 10K and there were cops at the intersections....most of them looked so bored, as if they were too important to be sitting at intersections for a race. But this one cop was really into it...cheering, motivating people, telling us runners we were doing a great job. This guy lifted my spirits so much I wanted to go give him a hug. I'm all for praising people who deserve it, and I try not to condemn an entire group of people for a few bad ones, but I also don't like praising an entire group of people because of their job title. They're human beings doing a job they are paid to do just like everyone else.

The police may be armed in the US but in Ireland and England we're unarmed. We're expected to tackle people armed with knives or guns with nothing more than a baton. :flowerforyou:

How about that police officer that handcuffed me and refused to believe I was being abused? I had marks and still he didn't believe it. He threatened to bring me to JAIL because I passed out on him because of my medical condition. Those are some of the types we have working for us. I'm sorry but I don't like your post.

I'm sure he had his reasons which he justified, if not, he would now be out of a job as I'm sure you lodged a complaint, did you not?

Or perhaps this Officer WAS a complete jerk who shouldn't be in the job. Does that mean that the rest of Police officers and Emergency Services personnel cannot be commended in this post?

This is true. That would be like saying, "I found a rotten apple. Therefore, all apples are rotten and I will never eat them." Logic doesn't compute...

Bingo.

Thank you, Cops, Firefighters, EMS, Soldiers, all of you. Even if a person once knew a firefighter who was a jerk, I'm going to go ahead and apply common sense to the situation here, and thank you for your service in protecting our lives.

To respond to a couple of other posts without quoting, I actually do like praising the group just because of the job they do. That's kind of the point. They choose to do a job that is great personal risk to them, to protect us.
Yes, I loved my jobs, I did a great job and worked hard at writing and negotiating contracts, but it never once risked my personal safety, so yes, I'm going to thank them, and I think it's silly not to.

I agree, we should thank emergency response personnel more often. In fact, I'd say we should go a step further and establish a closer relationship with our local agencies. I think the biggest problems between public safety workers and citizens is that there is little to no positive communication. At least where I live.

Thank you. Much appreciated. :-)

no buddy, thank you!

agreed!! thank you

It's so nice to hear all of these thankful comments. Thanks, emergency folks.

It is so unfortunate that some have had negative encounters with law enforcement. Yes, there are bad ppl everywhere but we must make a point to make these ppl aware of thru the proper channels. The majority of officers are great ppl who are doing a job and putting their life on the line daily for their communities. We as citizens need to be proactive and support our Public Safety personnel to combat having "bad" cops etc in place. You have a voice, use it! but in the proper way! Go to your local representatives and make your concerns known!!!!

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yea, good luck with that