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Sproggy wrote:
As much as I hate to burst your bubble Sheriff, Ive violated no SOP's. I am a citizen who has a right to his opinion just like all of you.
Really? That's not the vibe I got from your posts. In fact, that's not the impression most of us got from your posts.
We have officers who write in to the newspaper, and speak out on departmental subjects on news radio all the time. It is everyones right, including a police officers, to have and share his own opinion.
Yes it is. It is their right to provide their own opinion, just like when I was in the Air Force.
It's also your responsibility, as it was mine, to not include my uniform affiliation with my opinion, as that badge or those stripes combined with your bad attitude paint ALL those that wear that uniform with that brush.
I'm only in violation If I speak to an indentified memberof the news media and disclose facts that could be damaging to the department AFTER being instructed not to do so. And even then, its handled on a case by case basis.
I'm pretty sure that your department has catch-all policies against disgracing the uniform. The path you are on is rubbing you up against that reg PDQ.
Tell you what, would you mind if some or a few of us printed/emailed copies of these posts you've made to say, the Norfolk city council, a couple of police chiefs, or our elected representatives?
More particularly, would you mind if any of us doing this requested an explanation for your behavior as an NPD officer?
I've not done either.....and anyideas touse my posts as an example of the departments character would be laughed at bya legitimate attorney. Notice I used the word Legitimate.
I'm thinking of a word. It starts with "s" and ends in "trawman". Can you guess what it is?
It's dawned on me after reading other discussions on this board, as well as speaking to attorneys and other LEO's(from numerous jurisdictions) that legitimacy is something in short supply here.
Only since you showed up, Sproggy-kins.
I seriously doubt that there are any legitimate attorneys who post here, and certainly not any who would waste their timeon this discussion.
Oh, be careful there. You might be surprised.
Just like im fairly certain that there is only ONE legitimate LEO who has posted here, and that would be me.
Given your spelling, grammar, and attitude, I have no doubt that you are one of the Norfolk PD's more tacticool police officers. Thank you for perpetuating that stereotype. I'm sure your fellow badge-wearers appreciate it.
I will leave you with this....
Leave?:celebrate
The lack of common sense and decency here is well known throughoutLEO circles.
Sweet googly-moogly!
Ad hominem attack! Truly sir, you are a far better internet warrior than I. *bow*
It is no doubt the attitude that some of you have that gets you into trouble with the law.
Oh yeah! I mean, there was this one time I was talking down the street, and this police sergeant swerves his issued Ford Explorer to block the road, almost side-swiping two parked cars, as well as almost jumping the curb to start hassling me.
The best part was when he was requested, by car number, to investigate a break-in six blocks away. I knew I was having trouble with the law when he turned his radio off after I asked "Um, isn't that YOUR car number? Shouldn't you answer that?".
I knew I was in real trouble when he finally drove off in a huff after blocking both lanes of traffic in a residential neighborhood for twenty minutes.
There are alot of keyboard commando's
Keyboard commando's what? His dog? His house?
(Ad hominem count: 2)
and internet experts who post here, but not many legitimate professionals.
Apparently, being an electronic technician in several different fields for six years is not a legitimate profession. Where did I go wrong?
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The lack of tact and substance,
Only from people that come here to pick a fight, and a couple of wild dogs that get shouted down by the good people here. Speaking of which...
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as well as extremismdisplayed by some here
Come to think of it, the ones that were a problem have either gotten their acts together, or left for greener complaining pastures.
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most definitely hinders your cause.
And in your own words, what would that be, mister internet expert?
At one point I considered it to be a causeI supported.
Well, "hey, stop stepping on my rights" is a cause anyone would expect most well-educated people to get behind, so kudos.
ButI cannot be supportive of a group that allows some of its members to conduct themsleves the way Ive seen here.
Wait, I thought you were a member of the Norfolk PD? You know, a group of people that is so busy creating a pattern of harassment directed at law-abiding citizens that it does not have time to actually stop crime?
Well, maybe it's just you don't have a problem with pestering someone with made-up charges, or leaving a woman and three small children stranded in downtown Norfolk after dark?
You will undoubtedly continue attemptingto find ways to entertain yourselves at my expense, and that is fine.
Sproggy baby, I hate to break your heart, but if/when you leave, we're probably going to forget about you like a long list of other trolls that have come, said nothing new, and left.
Well, I take that back. You ARE different. You actually HAVE said different things than the others that have come here to pick a fight. Of course, you did it by dragging your badge through the mud on the way in, but I will certainly give you credit for new content.
Monkey dance for Scroggy!:monkey
I am a prime example of the characterof some of my fellow NPD officers. Enjoy
I'm sorry, I can only let spelling and grammatical errors go on for so long. I have eddited your above post to what I believe you meant to say, based on your past actions, comments, and general attitude.
