WTK: Open carry and ID in CO

[Byte Stryke]

Additional Ways
5. Plain View - If you have something illegal like a pot pipe in plain view, the officer can seize it. Pretty simple.

Ahem... "Controlled"

depending on how you see the conflict of federal vs state laws

I personally don't indulge due to National Security regulations. but I thought I would point that out.


As for the whole Bad cop vs Good cop, I guess I am a bit Jaded.
Ive had a weapon taken from me by a cop in Ky and planted at a bad shoot. There was a record of the interaction with him and I did file for return of property immediately afterward which was well before the drop... So it was pretty stupid on his part Dirty none the less.. and I Still lost my weapon and 2 weeks work (court).
I also had to testify when a DPD made an illegal U-turn (Evans/Broadway) into the side of this poor woman's vehicle (No Emerg lights) Injuring her and her Baby. He then Turned ON his lights(after the Impact), got out and proceeded to make her life hell at the end of a baton.

So, I understand that there are a ton of good cops out there doing their job in the most respectful and professional manner possible.
I also understand the Growing levels of distrust within the citizenry of this country when we see 74 year old Man with a cardiac Condition (known) in Cuffs lying on the floor being Tasered as punishment, or 12 year old little Girl getting her head blown up by a cop with a taser on the national news.



To the good cops, Thank you and start cleaning house!

[HBARleatherneck]

i think we can get over the "thankless" job bit.

i went to the academy. i got post certified. i knew what the pay, hours and job conditions were like. several of my family are cops. cops are payed for the job. one of my many uncles became a cop 3 years in the metro area. no experience, but a community college post cert. started at $48,000. that is not thankless. Weld SO where I live starts new hires at jail $40,000. patrol gets more. that is also not thankless. so we need less leo ass kissing.

and fuck teachers who bitch about pay too. what they didnt know going in what the pay was? teachers have been bitching about pay since I was a child. and yet people still become teachers, knowing what the pay will be and then bitch, to get sympathy.

this was not an anti leo statement. for those that cant figure it out. it was an anti "knob swabbing" rant. i know everyone kisses the ass, so maybe karma will get them off of a ticket later. it doesnt work that way. everyone can just treat eachother as equal. no ceo, leo, cfo, janitor, teacher, bus driver,etc. is better than each other. except the people who are in the military or served in the military. you can kiss thier asses all you want. i approve. they do a serious job for not serious pays. give up almost all of the bill of rights for themelsves, while they defend it for you, 24/7. ok i am done. sorry for the interuption

[OneGuy67]

i think we can get over the "thankless" job bit.

i went to the academy. i got post certified. i knew what the pay, hours and job conditions were like. several of my family are cops. cops are payed for the job. one of my many uncles became a cop 3 years in the metro area. no experience, but a community college post cert. started at $48,000. that is not thankless. Weld SO where I live starts new hires at jail $40,000. patrol gets more. that is also not thankless. so we need less leo ass kissing.

and fuck teachers who bitch about pay too. what they didnt know going in what the pay was? teachers have been bitching about pay since I was a child. and yet people still become teachers, knowing what the pay will be and then bitch, to get sympathy.

this was not an anti leo statement. for those that cant figure it out. it was an anti "knob swabbing" rant. i know everyone kisses the ass, so maybe karma will get them off of a ticket later. it doesnt work that way. everyone can just treat eachother as equal. no ceo, leo, cfo, janitor, teacher, bus driver,etc. is better than each other. except the people who are in the military or served in the military. you can kiss thier asses all you want. i approve. they do a serious job for not serious pays. give up almost all of the bill of rights for themelsves, while they defend it for you, 24/7. ok i am done. sorry for the interuption

Ha ha! You rock! Great statement!

[Marlin]

Ha ha! You rock! Great statement!

I agree.. The only thing He missed was the Retirement they get also.

[Byte Stryke]

cops are regular guys, who do regular guy things. and live among us. I know scary huh?

wait.. you mean they aren't the angelic supernatural beings that the media and government portray them to be?
Say it isn't so!

Next thing you are going to tell me is that they also put their own pants on and one leg at a time like everyone else!
/sarcasm


Seriously, not cop bashing or cop lovin.. just jaded and untrusting.

[Irving]

Before we met, my fiance went on a date with a cop. He spent the whole date telling her how him and his friends (including firefighters) like go out and get trashed and go bar hoping (driving around) and no one ever says anything because "We are the boys in blue and can do whatever we want!" She ended that date pretty quick and has hated the saying "boys in blue" from then on.

One thing I'd like to point out, is that even though everyone on here has 10 bad cop stories to their 1 or 2 good cop stories, whenever the police do something great, we as a whole community, don't skimp on the compliments of jobs well done. Sometimes it's hard to remember with 10 to 1 odds, but I haven't seen a thread yet where a good cop doing good cop things was trashed or even not celebrated and bragged on.

Threads like this can get carried away with people all trying to one up each other with their bad cop stories (like I just did), but I wanted to make sure and point out that good cops are always praised when the opportunity arises.

[BigBear]

To add onto what Stuart said: I even know of several stories of LEO's and FF's rescuing animals... particularly dogs! .... I am NOT trying to be sarcastic. I'm serious.

[BigBear]

and fuck teachers who bitch about pay too. what they didnt know going in what the pay was? teachers have been bitching about pay since I was a child. and yet people still become teachers, knowing what the pay will be and then bitch, to get sympathy.

Lol. I completely understand that statement. I think the majority of the teacher complaining (I do my own fair share of complaining even though I'm not in the field right now) is that even though we knew the pay, we didn't expect to see our "benefits" taken away, retirements removed, more kids moved into our classes without additional aides/support teachers, more duties piled on top of our overstretched day (while not paid for overtime), more restrictions on what we can say/do/teach, having to go to our own classes to learn spanish, dealing with parents who refuse to raise their kids, etc... I don't think the base pay is what most teachers are really complaining about, it just seems to be the common rallying point.