Over emotioneel geweld, Internal Affairs en promoties.

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Over emotioneel geweld, Internal Affairs en promoties.

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If you have ever been a street cop you will recognize the sentiment in the following text. It was written by a retired Detroit PD cop I consider a friend. We think alike. Please read and share:
Joe Wambaugh coined a phrase to describe one preeminent aspect of police work:
"Emotional violence." Having large, ugly citizens in your face, shouting, cursing,
threatening, insulting and demeaning you multiple times daily, for years, is an
aspect of police work that the average person fails to appreciate. You are paid to
accept these indignities, without reacting, because to get angry or to respond in-kind
is un-professional and un-acceptable. So, you become a verbal punching bag for the
angry and destructive people you must deal with, as a matter of routine. The fact that
you are not allowed to respond, allows these abusive big mouths to 'win' in their frequent
encounters with police. This, because the code of honor in the ghetto dictates that anyone
who allows another to insult him and get away with it is a punk bitch. These ghetto thugs
have killed each other, over much smaller insults than they dish-out to the police in every
encounter. This is a big reason why they have no respect for the police. At least in former
times, they had respect born of fear, which was a whole lot better than the current situation.
In the ghetto, it's the law of the jungle, but the p.c. administrators who make the rules don't
grasp these realities, so they dictate ridiculous rules of engagement and restraint, which are
only hurting society in the long run. God help any patrol officer who violates those rules.

As to the movie, you're absolutely right about all the shots fired... seldom the actual case in the
experience of most cops-even ghetto cops. As to the chairborne type police supervisors, who only
care to get promoted and make more money, the bad part is when they have the
power to pass judgement on you and your decisions and actions
. Too many of those
types remain as patrol supervisors or work at places like Internal Affairs (or we had
a related unit called 'Professional Standards'). When these types came out of the Academny
and did their brief but obligatory time on the streets, they were afraid to say anything which
might be deemed offensive and they were useless when action was required, because they were
afraid of getting discipline entered on their records, which would hinder their future goal of
rising in the ranks. "good at memorizing p.c. books" sums-up what is most essential for getting
promoted any more.
Character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you.
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