ChopperCopper
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While I am on the street, I do not put up with it. Regardless of how you feel about it. Now, in a setting where ideas are to be shared, I will gladly listen to any suggestions a person may have. But like I said, when it's two in the morning and someone walks up to me and tries to tell me how to do my job, they will be put in their place.
Now, if the same person asks me to do something for them, come hell or highwater, I will make sure that person walks away knowing that we are always there to help.
Example:
Premis: Me at gas station at 0200hrs.
A person walks up and pointedly tells me they just walked two miles to this gas station from their broken down car and demands that I help them and take them back.
In this case, I would explain to them that they are a grown adult, and that this is a gas station with a phone, so they can help themselves.
The same person walks up and explains that they just walked two miles here from their broken down car and asks if I could give them a hand.
I would dispatch a tow truck myself, get them some water, give them a ride back, and wait until the tow truck arrived and they were well on their way before I left.
You have every right to expect law enforcement to do their jobs. But we are all humans and no one likes being told what to do.
And before you say it, yes, I tell people what to do, and no they don't like it. But I only do so when I have the authority to do it.
While I am on the street, I do not put up with it. Regardless of how you feel about it. Now, in a setting where ideas are to be shared, I will gladly listen to any suggestions a person may have. But like I said, when it's two in the morning and someone walks up to me and tries to tell me how to do my job, they will be put in their place.
Now, if the same person asks me to do something for them, come hell or highwater, I will make sure that person walks away knowing that we are always there to help.
Example:
Premis: Me at gas station at 0200hrs.
A person walks up and pointedly tells me they just walked two miles to this gas station from their broken down car and demands that I help them and take them back.
In this case, I would explain to them that they are a grown adult, and that this is a gas station with a phone, so they can help themselves.
The same person walks up and explains that they just walked two miles here from their broken down car and asks if I could give them a hand.
I would dispatch a tow truck myself, get them some water, give them a ride back, and wait until the tow truck arrived and they were well on their way before I left.
You have every right to expect law enforcement to do their jobs. But we are all humans and no one likes being told what to do.
And before you say it, yes, I tell people what to do, and no they don't like it. But I only do so when I have the authority to do it.