Gunslinger
Regular Member
Sorry--meant to also welcome DS to the forum.
Welcome to the forum DS. As you can already tell, you will encounter a wide range of views, and of personalities here. Rational discussion is always welcomed.
Welcome DeputySheriff. Hopefully Mr. Ron will honor his promise to stay gone.
I hope you won't let his comments fool you; you've seen the reactions of the members here to you. We are unappreciative of any troll, whether they wear a badge or not.If you really want to get an impression of RonManci, simply check out the forum he mentioned. I believe it speaks for itself.
However, that is irrelevant. Again, welcome! I believe you will provide valuable input here at OCDO and receive the same!
I didn't say all 24,000 people. I wouldn't exaggerate like that. But if anyone would like to see how I have been welcomed. Feel free to read the thread I joined in "Washington". "LEO issues" Judge for yourself. Read it from the beginning and tell me how cordial it is. Maybe I got involve with the wrong bunch, who knows. I only joined a couple of days ago and have had mostly, resistance. Not all. Sorry, but it's truley what I have experienced here. I want to enjoy it, believe me. I agree with the issues at hand. And by the way, your very sarcastic.
What's a troll?
I post on 4 or 5 forums. To be a "troll" as it's called, would be a real waste of time to me. But what do I know?
I happen to be able to confirm that there are some real "winners" wearing a badge.
I know exactly what you mean, I call them "supercops". They are the ones that tase 80yo women or beat the crap out of shackled inmates etc, etc. It only takes one to make the whole department look like a bunch of green toothed inbred rednecks that are wearing badges and looking for fights.
I despise supercops and refuse to associate with them, my department has a couple but fortunately they have no rank or direct dealings with the public, I hope they never do and I will do everything in my power to keep it that way.
If any LEO reads this and says their department doesn't have any supercops, then you are either one of them, naive, or your department is extremely lucky.
There are also people that hate cops - All cops, their reasons, if there are any, vary. This is why everyone I deal with, even if you are being as courteous to me as I am to you, I never let my guard down and I have a plan to defend myself at all times.
There are more chances of things escalating when a supercop meets someone who hates cops. That is why if you feel your rights were violated, do not try to "fight" or "educate" the cop on the street as this could cause you to go straight to jail or, straight to the hospital then to jail afterwards or even worse, straight to the coroners office. Do it by making formal complaints or by our court system.
"Supercops" are custom made for 18 USC 242. Plenty of room in Federal Prisons. And more and more are ending up there. No immunity in Federal Court. None. And filing a 42 USC 1983 at the same time means he won't have to worry about keeping up his house payments in prison. You'll own it. Good post.