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Brickbat

(19,339 posts)
12. In the small town I live near, they're involved, polite, helpful, friendly and utterly professional.
Sat Feb 16, 2013, 12:39 AM
Feb 2013

They're my friends, too. I know them and trust them.

Mixed bag in NYC. geek tragedy Feb 2013 #1
+1 hrmjustin Feb 2013 #4
A guy was once shooting into a courtyard where I was walking. A couple of NYC cops body shielded me Squinch Feb 2013 #9
The school cops are mostly okay Nevernose Feb 2013 #2
Barney Fifes with pompous attitudes. MADem Feb 2013 #3
Central Floriduh; really, really bad. russspeakeasy Feb 2013 #5
Mostly not around. Cleita Feb 2013 #6
Friendly, communicative, community minded, visible. onehandle Feb 2013 #7
Pretty good, actually, but I live in the suburbs & there's not much drama (that I'm aware of). pacalo Feb 2013 #8
Generally OK, but very class conscious. nt NoGOPZone Feb 2013 #10
There's not much serious crime, but they love writing tickets. Nt Incitatus Feb 2013 #11
In the small town I live near, they're involved, polite, helpful, friendly and utterly professional. Brickbat Feb 2013 #12
I've never had a bad experience with the Anchorage police Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #13
Bullies. RedCappedBandit Feb 2013 #14
I hope like hell I never have to find out. kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #15
Great exboyfil Feb 2013 #16
Excellent in my burg of Newton MA. MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #17
They really have nothing to do.. HipChick Feb 2013 #18
The Police are Revenue driven.... lib2DaBone Feb 2013 #19
Middle class union guys earning a living. DevonRex Feb 2013 #20
Yes.. Police Officers are ordinary workers... lib2DaBone Feb 2013 #24
Ugh. i agree. And so do a lot DevonRex Feb 2013 #31
"It's Chinatown, Jake". . . Journeyman Feb 2013 #21
undercover mostly. JaneyVee Feb 2013 #22
They're pretty good here in Oregon bhikkhu Feb 2013 #23
Horrible. ananda Feb 2013 #25
the last guy they shot was holding a flashlight or a wrench fizzgig Feb 2013 #26
They shoot first and ask questions later rightsideout Feb 2013 #27
Racist assholes in this coastal Los Angeles 'burb. The community will be Raine Feb 2013 #28
Fullerton, California. Don't think I need to say anything further. Initech Feb 2013 #29
In my current area? Not that bad. And unarmed. (But then I'm in the UK.) Spider Jerusalem Feb 2013 #30
Jerks. Kath1 Feb 2013 #32
Now that I have put my driving around in beater cars smoking pot days far behind me... WCGreen Feb 2013 #33
much better.. frylock Feb 2013 #34
Check out Denver at #4 donheld Feb 2013 #35
In rural E Tennessee, I'd describe them as ... GeorgeGist Feb 2013 #36
They seem to be ok in Boston. smirkymonkey Feb 2013 #37
like cops everywhere I suspect madokie Feb 2013 #38
They are fine here Marrah_G Feb 2013 #39
In the DC area. Had a young state trooper change my flat tire on I95 a few yrs. ago. forestpath Feb 2013 #40
Incompetent wannabe DEA agents. nt EastKYLiberal Feb 2013 #41
Generally pompous asses, getting rich on paid OT details. TheCowsCameHome Feb 2013 #42
Apparently they lie about Chris Brown doing community service underpants Feb 2013 #43
I work with a lot of cops Victor_c3 Feb 2013 #44
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