police... (Howe: felon, school, gated)

[HillCountryHotRodMan]

Originally Posted by The Sweet Pickles Bus

They are?

Awww what's wrong, did you get a ticket or something and get hurt feelings?

These people are out there every day doing a thankless job assisting people who are idiots or people who can't seem to get their head on straight and stay out of trouble.

I babysit people at my job, too and let me tell you - it sucks. So have a little respect. Oh yeah, I forgot... nobody remembers what that is any more.

Back to my point. If the OP needed to get gone somewhere he/she should have opened the mouth and made the request.

[The Sweet Pickles Bus]

Shooot-McManus looks like one of those new T-1000 liquid metal joints!

[Paul56]

The whining I see in this thread ain't from me.

Forums were created for people to share their
experiences with the community.

The whiners have expressed their displeasure with
the post... well... that is unfortunate but they need
to get used to it and move along.

Unless it is an emergency asking the office to move
the vehicle is basically interference with police business.
Not a wise course of action.

'nuff said.

[TexasRedneck]

Personally, I'd have gotten out and asked the officer if he could let me out.

He likely didn't notice you in your car - most times, we can all become fixated by the task at hand and not notice others around us. 99% of the LEO's I know would be happy to move out of the way - and apologize for having blocked you in. But like anything else, they're human and likely just didn't realize that they were in the way.

[Sonny Chiba57]

Originally Posted by rd2007

Respect is earned, not mandatory. From my experience with cops here, not a damn one of them earned one bit. But all I do is complain and I don't know anything about anything, so feel free to ignore this and just move along.

Exactly right..I have to agree with you. I have dealt with some that don't deserve an ounce of respect and think that just cause they wear a badge they can treat and talk to you any way they want even though you are doing nothing wrong. Wrong Answer... Name, Badge number, pen, paper, postage stamp...Internal Affairs...Been there..done that..It works too. Unless you can do it online now.

[Sonny Chiba57]

I'd love to have a cop tailing me while I'm speeding down the road in a DeLorean time machine like in Back to the future...and disappear one minute into the future just to find him and do it again. Imagine the baffled look on his face...Kodak Moment.

[HeadedWest]

Originally Posted by majormadmax

Here we go again...

I'm sorry you had to wait ten minutes while the police officer was doing his job, but that is a minor inconvenience and if you truly had a situation where you had to leave I am sure the officer would have accommodated.

But I am sure you understand that the officer was focused on the execution of his duties and may not have realized that he was delaying you. Or he felt that what he was doing was important enough to warrant keeping his vehicle where it was.

But I guess some feel that only EMS save lives, and not police officers!

The police are never wrong! Do not question the police!

[majormadmax]

Originally Posted by Sonny Chiba57

Exactly right..I have to agree with you. I have dealt with some that don't deserve an ounce of respect and think that just cause they wear a badge they can treat and talk to you any way they want even though you are doing nothing wrong. Wrong Answer... Name, Badge number, pen, paper, postage stamp...Internal Affairs...Been there..done that..It works too. Unless you can do it online now.

Then why do you automatically expect the police to respect you? They do, but you've done absolutely nothing to deserve it by your own criteria...

In other words, it is very hypocritical to say the police have to earn your respect, but to expect it from them without question!

[sapphire]

Originally Posted by TexasRedneck

we can all become fixated by the task at hand and not notice others around us.

They don't screen cops for this? Seems like it would be pretty dangerous for a cop to become fixated on something so simple as writing a ticket, while the bank is being robbed right underneath his nose.

And wow, the OP was extremely mild. I don't see anything that amounts to whining or cop-bashing.

[Sonny Chiba57]

Originally Posted by majormadmax

Then why do you automatically expect the police to respect you? They do, but you've done absolutely nothing to deserve it by your own criteria...

In other words, it is very hypocritical to say the police have to earn your respect, but to expect it from them without question!

First of all they are public servants paid with my tax dollars. When someone stops and asks for directions for instance...they don't need to be treated like criminals just cause they are lost then told to keep moving cause they hold up traffic with a threatening tone of voice. That's only one example..Nothing hypocritical about it mate...