So we're worthless bastards for telling you the truth?
There was nothing the officer could have done other than kiss your bruised ego by comin' out and makin' an appearance. This appearance trip takes him out of service for REAL calls that he CAN do something about for an average of 45 minutes.
Ahhh, the age old "I'm a tax payer" line... You're a taxpayer huh? Well, so is the old lady across town who has a problem we can handle, but has to wait 45+ minutes for us to show because we're tied up on the calls we can't do anything about.Then we're bastards for takin' so long to get there.
My favorite useless call was a woman who called and wanted a Deputy to come to her house and take a report because the ice cream truck came by with the music playin' and didn't stop at her house. What the f@#k?!?!?!?
Yes, people really do call 911 for shid like this...
Where I work we could absolutely spend the entire shift some days tracking down bad drivers and idiots that pulled ass hat traffic moves that WE CAN'T CHARGE THEM WITH IF WE DIDN'T WITNESS THE VIOLATION. Fact is, if we done that we'd never make it to ANY of those pesky domestics, burglary scenes, stabbings, shootings, etc that we can do something with. Hey, I'm all for chasin' down lookouts and talkin' with people I can't charge if ya'll are able to convince the Sheriff that those other calls are not important.
I'll make personal appearances and status 9 (advice given) the pissed off motorist calls in person all day long and grin when I don't have a report to turn in at the end of shift.
I'm game for that if you all want to speak with your votes and tell 'em you want your tax payer money spent on those calls instead of the real stuff, but don't beeyotch then if your bike is being stolen and we're all tied up and can't respond because we're out talkin' with bad drivers that we can't charge with anything...
Another funny thing... When we are out workin' traffic and catchin' the folks pullin' ass hat moves, we're accused of bein' revenue collectin' bastards. Seems we're bastards any way we turn. Go figure...
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