View Full Version : I saw a cool thing on my way home from work.
colocowboy01
05-25-2011, 22:18
There was a pick-up truck that was broken down on the side of the road and a cop car pulled up behind it, but no officer in sight until I slowed down and drove pass it. The officer had crawled up under the hood and was working on the truck trying to get it running. I love living in a small town where protecting and serving is still a way of life in the community. One more kudos to the Johnstown police!
:p
My cousin works for johnstown PD or he lives in Johnstown and work for Greeley. One way or the other
bobbyfairbanks
05-25-2011, 22:23
To protect and serve has been lost by LEO. I would love to see the return of the Peace Officer.
Zundfolge
05-25-2011, 22:36
Oh great ... another cop bashing thread [Bang]
[ROFL1]
In before the theread is closed!
Wait, that's byte's line.......
sneakerd
05-25-2011, 22:39
I'm not understanding where any cop would/should be under the hood of any citizen's car or truck.
I'm not understanding where any cop would/should be under the hood of any citizen's car or truck.
He was being a nice guy trying to help out, I think that is what this thread is about. It could still go either way though from "our cops suck, you got lucky" yada yada yada to "I love our cops also, they're great" just too early to tell right now... [Beer]
I'm not understanding where any cop would/should be under the hood of any citizen's car or truck.
What, he should have been writing the guy a ticket for having his dirty broke-down hoopty on The People's clean highway?
Byte Stryke
05-26-2011, 01:53
In before the theread is closed!
Wait, that's byte's line.......
Thanks for picking that one up for me... I was at work.
sneakerd
05-26-2011, 08:08
Just think a guy, anybody- carrying a pistol makes himself very vulnerable if they are focusing on working on someone's vehicle. As careful as they seem to be these days, and with training being what I suppose it to be, I'm surprised any cop would put themselves in that position.
Lex_Luthor
05-26-2011, 08:31
I've seen officers helping people change tires and such on the side of the road. Even had one or two stop to see if I was ok, if I was the one on the side.
BPTactical
05-26-2011, 09:05
You have 2 types of LEO. Those that are of the "Serve and Protect" type and the "Law Enforcement" offical.
You observed the former.
I have had an officer stop and offer to help with a flat tire and I have also had an officer stop and never offer anything other than" get this thing out of here as soon as you can"
Kudos to the officer trying to help.
You have 2 types of LEO. Those that are of the "Serve and Protect" type and the "Law Enforcement" offical.
You observed the former.
I have had an officer stop and offer to help with a flat tire and I have also had an officer stop and never offer anything other than" get this thing out of here as soon as you can"
Kudos to the officer trying to help.
Indeed... I've had a buddy have a blow out at 45mph on 285 a year or so back and a Park County Deputy happened to drive by right when he was loosening the lugs and offered assistance with a certain amount of gusto- needless to say that department got a huge thank you letter from this guy about a week later citing that the deputy should be commended for his "excellent service to the community." Another reason I'm friends with one of Jefferson County's Resident Deputies who works down in the rural South Jeffco area near Deckers. He hardly writes tickets, can't remember the last arrest he made, and all day drives around and interacts with the community- real "policing" that I think some of the bigger departments forgot or ignore and makes it easy to trust your local LEO.
More Andy...
http://www.peoplequiz.com/images/quizzes/Andy-taylor.jpg-2940.jpg
Less Barney...
http://www.hakubi.us/foundation/data/BarneyFife
Please.....
Zundfolge
05-26-2011, 16:30
More Andy...
Less Barney...
Please.....
I don't mind the Barneys (at least Barney meant well) I want less Judge Dredds and Robocops.
Just think a guy, anybody- carrying a pistol makes himself very vulnerable if they are focusing on working on someone's vehicle. As careful as they seem to be these days, and with training being what I suppose it to be, I'm surprised any cop would put themselves in that position.
Just a little big city mentality? Those of us that live in smaller towns, where we are nice to each other, appreciate gestures like the one made by this Johnstown police officer.
Helping others is a way of life in these parts of the state. If I were a police officer, I would not hesitate to help someone stranded on the side of the road.
rellik74
05-26-2011, 21:42
Small town is the only way to go, they could not pay me to go back to the metro area.[Beer]
trlcavscout
05-26-2011, 22:00
I had a Utah highway patrol stop to help me when driving through one time. He helped him self to an illegal search, harrasing a newley wed couple coming home from the honeymoon, and helped me really develop a lack of trust in some LE.
I had a CO state patrol hold me up harrasing me and just being a general ass. One day when I was following him on highway 52. My next install that I was already running late to was his supervisor. I showed him the ticket for the "rock chip" in the lower right corner of my windshield (which after 15 minutes of BS was all he could ticket me for, he even tried to say I was swirving and wanted me to do a sobriety check). He agreed with the ticket, so he got rescheduled [Beer]
I had a Greeley PD officer push my pickup down the road to a safer spot with his car when I ran out of gas the night I returned home from the Army, then he sat their with his lights on for 20 minutes until my dad got their with gas just to make sure I was ok.
I have had extremely good experiences with LE and not so good.
Uberjager
05-26-2011, 22:02
Just think a guy, anybody- carrying a pistol makes himself very vulnerable if they are focusing on working on someone's vehicle. As careful as they seem to be these days, and with training being what I suppose it to be, I'm surprised any cop would put themselves in that position.
Eh, it's not like they face the danger of getting mowed down by a volley of full-auto fire every second of every day. I know nothing about Johnstown, but I picture it as a rural cow-poke town. That's a helluva lot better than the cop giving someone a 36 in a 35 ticket.
I had an officer kindly push my car (with his car) to a gas station just over a block up the street when I ran out of gas once. I had to really twist his arm to do it though. I told him that my car was already junk and he couldn't make it worse, and even if he did, I wasn't going to complain about it.
Yeah, he was probably helping get his car running, but planted a tracking bug in his car to track him for the New World Order. [ROFL1]
Seriously, kudos to the cop trying to help. That is always good to see.
Its odd how you can ask anyone- well almost anyone- and they all say they've had both good and bad LE experiences. I've had cops ticket me for less than 5 over the posted limit, harass me for "loitering" where there was no posted signs saying I couldn't, and other piddly little stuff that just makes them out to be jerks... or the good like a LEO helping me out by driving me to a nearby gas station when my buddy's car ran out of gas, helping me get into my car when I locked my keys inside, and the best was when I witnessed a really bad accident and called 911 and the state trooper, after getting my statement, kindly asked the fire dept to move some of their vehicles and help me get my car- that I had to swerve into a ditch to avoid being destroyed by a Ford F350 pulling a horse trailer that lost control- free and me back on my way.
So yes, there are good, there are bad, and I'd like to believe that most are inherently good people that are fair and courteous.
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