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After spending 12 years off and on driving a tow truck chasing wrecks in Denver and 24 years with CDOT the best way to deal with the afterthoughts of the carnage that occurs?
Let it go-worrying about something that occurred through no fault of yours is an absolute waste of your resources. You can’t change it or the outcome.
Put it away.
Every gun forum I frequent is like that.Quote:
Originally Posted by OneGuy67
I think a tremendous amount of the general citizenry has finally awakened and realized that LE is not their friend. There are too many examples of LE jamming people up for extremely questionable reasons. Mistrust of any form of authority is at an all time high and for quite often, valid reasons.Quote:
Originally Posted by OneGuy67
Funny when police investigate a domestic violence but yet look at the percentage of cops that commit the same thing.
People are wising up to it.
We have had this discussion-
You have 2 types of cop-
You have those that genuinely want to serve their community, make it a better place and want to help. They are few and far between anymore it seems.
You have those that are the "Law Enforcement" angle- they will do their masters bidding, their 401K and kids braces are more important than your Rights, job, property or freedom.
That's a pretty disappointing statement coming from someone I've had a lot of dealings with, which makes me wonder which camp you put me into. If its the first, you then are very wrong in your assessment of the majority of law enforcement and if its the latter, I must wonder and re-evaluate my experiences with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by BPTactical
If you worry about the police, there are others that watch over them. There is accountability.
https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-i...r-army-1591881
If you have to second guess my view of you my friend then I am very, very disappointed.Quote:
Originally Posted by OneGuy67
I came up on an accident scene in Texas in the early 90's that was the most bizarre thing I've EVER seen - would be hard to explain it, but I'm sure the only survivors were a few cows. I couldn't stop, every first responder for 200 miles around was already there, they hustled me through real pronto-like.
I've had a theory for years, but I've always wished I could find out what really happened. It was absolute carnage.
I highly suggest you dont follow up on it, everytime i follow up with something because i had to know the outcome it stays with me longer. Just my 2 cents
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Originally Posted by OneGuy67
This saddens and disappoints me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bailey Guns
I've had a couple of unearned bad experiences with a few members of the LEO community, and then I've had some amazing ones as well (some "unearned), both in the capacity of their official duties. This includes one bad experience when I was performing a law enforcement role for the USAF.
In both cases, I judge the individual actions of the officers but expect the majority of those serving in LE roles to be those who don't carry a chip on their shoulder and genuinely mean to "serve and protect".
While there have been quite a few validated stories in the news of bad cops, I still think it doesn't represent the career as a whole but know that those sorts of stories have a way of being highly publicized. I've also seen what seems to be a 1000 fold increase in the bad treatment of LEO's across the nation. I expect this might drive the potential to have a bad LEO experience. One thing is for sure, there is no way in the world you'd find me even considering a career in law enforcement these days do to the hostility they face.
I also know that the LE members of this site that I've been blessed to interact with all seems to represent the top 5% of their profession and I have had mad respect for each of them. It's a shame we've lost these members.
Now, back to the OP: It seems really bad auto accidents are skyrocketing. Just in the past month I've personally come across 3 or 4 doozies. While my curiosity drives me to wonder what caused it and how those involved are doing, I'm usually past this within minutes. I've come to consider that so long as "me and mine" are okay, I have to let the rest go or I'll never get and peace. I hope the OP can do the same and find peace.
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Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy
OP:
Yes, start there. Call them.