SWATting turns deadly

[Irving]

I don't think I am. A job can be endlessly dangerous, but it doesn't register on your radar unless it involves person on person violence.

I get it man. If you were to admit that other people face danger that is just as dangerous as you face, then you'd lose your self-appointed position of Ultimate Authority on Danger.

[Irving]

No problem.

[Ronin13]

Prior to foxtrot's admonishment:
I see your raise and I fold.

[Irving]

Prior to foxtrot's admonishment:
I see your raise and I fold.

At the risk of sneaking a last kick at a dead horse, I want to make it crystal clear that I'm taking issue with your attitude in certain discussions, and not you as a person. My opinion on how I perceive what you're trying to say means absolutely nothing, so I won't take offense when you think I'm equally full of shit and choose to ignore me. Beer icon.

[Ronin13]

At the risk of sneaking a last kick at a dead horse, I want to make it crystal clear that I'm taking issue with your attitude in certain discussions, and not you as a person. My opinion on how I perceive what you're trying to say means absolutely nothing, so I won't take offense when you think I'm equally full of shit and choose to ignore me. Beer icon.

No, that's not it at all, I don't think you're full of shit or anything. I think you're misinterpreting my "attitude in certain discussions"- I do not intend to come off the way you perceived- at least in this particular instance. If I do, mea culpa- that might be mostly because I didn't articulate that properly. I was just presenting a counter-point to someone else's post (yours I have taken no issue with as I believe you may have misunderstood my meaning). My issue was with vectorsc and his comment about cops leaving a trail of innocent bodies, and then things spiraled from there. What I think you originally took issue was with misconstrued as me taking a "cops take more risk than anyone else" stance and that was not what I was trying to convey. I was simply stating that not many other professions are the major risks of injury due to the violent actions of others. I recognize the dangers in my profession- and respect that I face much less danger than a lot of other professions (never would I expect to have my limbs turned into ribbons, or be pulverized, or even face exposure to fracking material bursting through a pipe at 500psi). Sorry if I didn't articulate that better.

[Irving]

When I was a kid, I went to a funeral for a guy that died in an oil field explosion. My dad told me that there was nothing left of his body. That's the way I remember it anyway.

[crays]

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Question for Ronin13:

Are you on patrol now, or still assigned to courts?

(Which is a shit show of its own.)

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[Duman]

For those non-LE, a good book is 'After the Echo'.

It's one officer's account of what happened after he took the shot. It was a good shoot, based on the facts presented.

Between the official internal investigation, and the legal nightmare, I'm thankful people are still willing to become LE.

[Irving]

Between the official internal investigation, and the legal nightmare, I'm thankful people are still willing to become LE.

Agreed. There are much better paying jobs, requiring less formal education, and often safer as well. It's a unique person who wants to do good in the world enough to be a police officer, and even more so after finding out that all the corporate bullshit they thought they left behind is still present, but now comes with jail time or death if you screw up.

[RblDiver]

*Sigh* So the guy who made the call is now charged with involuntary manslaughter. Should have been murder imo.