Thank G-D for unions!

[hilltopjay]

Originally Posted by FlushingRepresenter

Patrol cops ticketed for running red lights - NYPOST.com

A Manhattan cop said he was hit with a summons three months ago after he ran a red light to stop a vehicle with a potential drunken driver.

His union blasted the policy.
“We were trained in the Police Academy that the greatest single deterrent to crime is police omnipresence, which translates into catching the bad guys by surprise,” said Pat Lynch, head of the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association.
“If that means circling a block with suspicious activity or passing a light for the sake of catching a perp off guard, then so be it.”
Police spokesman Paul Browne claimed there was no crackdown, saying marked cars have always been exempt from red-light tickets.
"Initially, the operators of unmarked police cars had to document they were responding to a job," he said in a statement.
"However, for about a year unmarked police cars have been exempt too."

And your point is?

[FlushingRepresenter]

Originally Posted by hilltopjay

And your point is?

Thank G-D for his union... thats my point.

How did you not see that?

[Shizzles]

While many public functions should not be privatized, the reality is NYC/NYS needs to rein in their public sector both in terms of size and compensation before economic disaster hits. Europe is crumbling under the weight of their public sector and inflexible labour markets. People can cry about the Mitt Romneys of the world or the ever dreaded CEO, but the truth is you can choose not to buy from a company, you can't choose not to pay taxes, and poor public finances will bite us one way or another.