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Puzzledtraveller

(5,937 posts)
29. I was a police officer from 1999 to 2006
Sat Feb 16, 2013, 12:05 PM
Feb 2013

It never ceased to amaze me how stupid some of my "co-workers" were. To be fair most I knew are great people who just want to go home when their shift is over and not needlessly harass people.

"Oh, horse chestnuts Bonnie! Not again!" pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #1
Could have been a lot worse Jackpine Radical Feb 2013 #55
Apparently, these cops can't count to seven. nt Xipe Totec Feb 2013 #2
Go Buckeyes! Baclava Feb 2013 #3
They have a VERY prominent fan... pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #10
Nice! Baclava Feb 2013 #21
YMCA!!! elleng Feb 2013 #52
Hmmm. It does kinda look like a marijuana leaf.... Moonwalk Feb 2013 #53
As every cop knows... sendero Feb 2013 #4
LOL!!! n-t Logical Feb 2013 #5
Remember....they carry guns too.... Wounded Bear Feb 2013 #33
Oh lord, I just spat coffee. a la izquierda Feb 2013 #35
They are some stupid cops! FarPoint Feb 2013 #51
This is Sheriff Buford T. Justice, from TEX-iss! Kolesar Feb 2013 #6
I believe that is Tex-Ass" Wounded Bear Feb 2013 #34
Even if it were a Cannabis sativa leaf - the Cracker Cops panzerfaust Feb 2013 #7
I think a Darwinfish is a capital offense in Tennessee. Same as the hell hole I live in, Kansas. n-t Logical Feb 2013 #12
"Even if it were..." woo me with science Feb 2013 #16
Your post is a Jesus fish eating a Darwin fish. hunter Feb 2013 #45
UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLE MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #8
If I lived a little closer sorefeet Feb 2013 #9
Great idea! Maybe they would learn something. n-t Logical Feb 2013 #11
OMG, it would make a great short feature film. mainer Feb 2013 #36
This message was self-deleted by its author Kber Feb 2013 #13
This is more about the police racket of confiscation then drug running. Arctic Dave Feb 2013 #14
a little more about this couple (who will, I hope, not let this go quietly away) niyad Feb 2013 #15
when even I know what a marijuana leaf looks like, surely one would expect the cops on the DRUG niyad Feb 2013 #17
Yesterday This Creepy Guy is Walks to My Car otohara Feb 2013 #18
things are really crazy here in CO--and how disgusting that we have to be afraid to even have niyad Feb 2013 #20
How is the pot deal going in Colorado? Cops following the laws? n-t Logical Feb 2013 #24
There's Still A Lot To Be Done otohara Feb 2013 #30
Are they bothering people growing their own for personal use? n-t Logical Feb 2013 #31
Well The THC University Started Classes otohara Feb 2013 #43
I would be more afraid Politicalboi Feb 2013 #54
and another "buckeye leaf mistaken for marijuana leaf" story niyad Feb 2013 #19
Wow! amazing. n-t Logical Feb 2013 #23
What's round on the ends and high in the middle? ... eom Kolesar Feb 2013 #46
Aesculus glabra FarCenter Feb 2013 #22
"Fetid Buckeyes"...somehow that has a ring to it... HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #26
Fetid Buckeye. a la izquierda Feb 2013 #37
the fruit of the Buckeye was widely Bohunk68 Feb 2013 #57
Uh, I could have a bumper sticker that says "All Cops are Pigs" and I'm breaking NO LAW. HughBeaumont Feb 2013 #25
The cops are probably transplants from Michigan. :) Nine Feb 2013 #27
Lol! Kber Feb 2013 #39
Idiotic on so many levels etherealtruth Feb 2013 #28
I was a police officer from 1999 to 2006 Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #29
It is nice to hear most of them were good people. But I bet the idiots frustrated you. n-t Logical Feb 2013 #32
It's always the bad ones who make it tough for everyone else nt MrScorpio Feb 2013 #41
41 - 14 NCTraveler Feb 2013 #38
Want to get pulled over for no reason ....put a couple of Dead stickers on your car Lochloosa Feb 2013 #40
Dead? Deadhead? n-t Logical Feb 2013 #42
Ok..sometimes I forget how old I am Lochloosa Feb 2013 #59
Any excuse to pull over any driver with out-of-state tags. nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #44
6,017 yahoo comments and growing johnnyreb Feb 2013 #47
Stupid cops ...with guns. What couild go wrong? L0oniX Feb 2013 #48
Elderly? The 92 year old mother marybourg Feb 2013 #49
Probable Cause maryland native Feb 2013 #50
Elderly? Really? This is a weird story. mountain grammy Feb 2013 #56
Yeah, I had the same thought as you and marybourg. Nine Feb 2013 #58
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