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Traffic Cop Questioned in Encinitas
SurfKitten you've obviously used your 215 card one time too many. I didn't say run your mouth at a cop. I said as a cop. Which means the cop shouldn't be spoutin off when he's pissed. I never said that the first amendment should be abolished. I believe in the first amendment even when I disagree with the content of the speech. I also said that if the cop in the story was behaving unprofessionally he should be sanctioned. As for your assertion that that I only have a GED you're sorely mistaken. Likewise, you're mistaken on the level of education required for a law enforcement job in this area. My best guess is that you're some sort of 60's left over antiestablishment type that has an advanced degree and lives in his/her parents home and can't get a real job and probably work at the 7/11. No, I'm not the cop in the story, nor do I know him. I accidentally stumbled on this story while looking for something else.— July 22, 2012 3:46 p.m.
Traffic Cop Questioned in Encinitas
First, I know of no street cop that makes $250 k. Their bosses maybe (Lt and abv). Second, you can't get hired anywhere in southern Ca as a cop with only a GED. It just doesn't happen. Maybe, in Imperial county where no intelligent life exists, but not in metropolitan Southern Ca. BTW most of the agencies in Southern Ca. require at a minimum an AA or AS to be considered for a position, and with the fierce competition for these jobs a lot of agencies are only selecting persons with a BA or BS. As for the minimum wage worker, SO WHAT!!!!! Don't violate the law! Don't park over the time limit or where you're not supposed to. In other words, iIf you can't do the time, don't do the crime. Your assertion that cops make $250 k with OT is laughable, as I said maybe Lt's and above but your typical street cop at best makes $150 k with OT and thats working double or most likely triple the standard work year of 2080 hrs based on a 40 hr work week. So, for someone that in reality has a fairly high skill set and puts their life on the line every time they go to work, I think it's money well spent compared to someone with NO SKILLS makin bagels, flippin burgers, makin tacos, mowin lawns, etc... BTW minimum wage should be abolished or seriously reduced and let the market decide a fair wage. Oh yeah, did the cop in the original byline mouth off, unprofessionally? I don't know but if as Hamster asserts that he did, the cop needs some time to reconsider his actions maybe a day or two on the beach (for the uninitiated that's cop speak for suspension without pay). Unprofessional conduct as a cop is intolerable and needs to be addressed. No matter how pissed you get as a cop you can't run your mouth (even if it makes you feel better), and believe me there are plenty of people out there like the Hamster that enjoy pissing of the cops, and responding in kind shouldn't be done.— July 22, 2012 12:49 p.m.
Traffic Cop Questioned in Encinitas
OTG, you hit the nail on the head. If you follow the law no pain. As for the lower end job. SO WHAT, take a couple of weekends of public service picking up trash along the freeway in one of those stylish orange vests.— July 21, 2012 5:25 p.m.
Traffic Cop Questioned in Encinitas
REALLY, doesn't Mr. Hamster have anything better to do. Why would having a traffic cop in or adjacent to your parking lot be offensive? Maybe, it's because he's doing something he's ashamed of, or something illegal. Or maybe he's just some loud mouth pot-head that's exercising his first amendment rights. Sometimes just because you can do something doesn't make it right Mr. Hamster. As for Ponch sitting in the Hamster's parking lot stopping a few speeders, what harm does that do to the Hamster? Is a ticket a pain in the backside? Yes, but YOU earned the presence of Ponch asking for your DL and insurance. Maybe, if you don't like the way the law is, you and your friends, Mr. Hamster should all get together in your commune and discuss it and smoke some weed over it and you'll feel better, till you get the munchies and you all can eat your hash bagels. Just pull out your 215 card, get to the co-op, get your herbal medicine, inhale deeply. Now don't you feel better. Now be a good Hamster and stop bothering the nice policeman. He's just doing the job that our society demands of him and trying to earn an honest and honorable living. As for the rest of you cop haters "GET BENT" go live somewhere else if you don't like it. It's still the best damn system in the world!!!!!— July 21, 2012 6:18 a.m.