Please recount anytime you have experienced justice or personal safety from police.

[BoosterBronze]

The wierdest thing happened yesterday. This dude with a restraining order against him showed up at my work. He caused a scene and refused to leave. A few minutes later the police totally showed up, and they arrested him. I was shocked!

Anyhoo, please feel free to share any experiences you have witnessed, or been a part of that you felt were examples of professionals serving the public trust.

[Michael P]

I locked my keys inside my car once. A cop gave me a lift home to get the spare and a lift back.

[Ray R.]

The sheriff's deputy who served me with the child support order was really cool, was divorced himself, and had excellent advice. Good guy.

[rick]

Never yet in my life have the police ever done me a bit of good, helped me gain justice or protected my personal safety.

[Shellhead]

When my apartment got burglarized, the police eventually recovered some of my stolen property. I knew that my ex-girlfriend was involved, so I told them that my stuff was at her address. They didn't bother going over there. I did go there that night, and found that the place was now a crackhouse, and some of my stuff was there. So starting a couple of days later, I stopped off in that neighborhood at least once a day, either on the way to work or on the way home from work to complain about the crackhouse (where she was living) as a "concerned neighbor."

Exactly one week after the burglary, the police raided that house at 7:00 AM. They discovered that several people there had outstanding warrants, so they arrested them. Then they discovered that everybody else was illegally squatting there, so they tossed them out on the street, including my ex. And they found my VCR, my phones, my caller ID, a couple of binders of my card collection, and a stack of comics including the Infinity Gauntlet and Infinity War minis.

[Charles RB]

I saw the police once get someone out from under a car.

Also turn up promptly to take down witness statements and help an injured guy. (Guess what the local community did? That's right, they ignored the guy being assaulted and who was bleeding out of his fucking ears!)

[Nick Soapdish]

When my apartment got burglarized, the police eventually recovered some of my stolen property. I knew that my ex-girlfriend was involved, so I told them that my stuff was at her address. They didn't bother going over there. I did go there that night, and found that the place was now a crackhouse, and some of my stuff was there. So starting a couple of days later, I stopped off in that neighborhood at least once a day, either on the way to work or on the way home from work to complain about the crackhouse (where she was living) as a "concerned neighbor."

Exactly one week after the burglary, the police raided that house at 7:00 AM. They discovered that several people there had outstanding warrants, so they arrested them. Then they discovered that everybody else was illegally squatting there, so they tossed them out on the street, including my ex. And they found my VCR, my phones, my caller ID, a couple of binders of my card collection, and a stack of comics including the Infinity Gauntlet and Infinity War minis.

And did they arrest you next for possession of the Infinity War minis?

[Mysterio]

I had a blowout on the highway and didn't have the key to the lock on the spare (it was my girlfriend at the time's pickup). As I began walking to the nearest town about 10 miles away, a state trooper stopped to pick me up and take me to town. Nice guy.

[Slam_Bradley]

I work with a ton of cops. From State Troopers to local patrol. The vast majority are good guys who do their job to the best of their ability. I'm particularly fond of one state trooper who has pulled me over three times and has yet to write me a ticket.

[vijay79]

i saw a meter maid give a cop a ticket for illegal parking(marked car) and a week later i saw a cop slim jimming his car because he locked himself out.
i used to be a prosecutor so i've seen a lot of funny shit.

[StoneGold]

Yesterday, I dialed 911 to get a cop car to show up. Then I carjacked it, and used the computer to hunt down criminals for money. The trick is to carjack the car without shooting the officer. You shoot the cop, they get harder to shake.

[SOGG]

I was biking along the 520 freeway, ignorant of the fact that this was illegal in Washington. Cop spotted me, gave me a lift to work and told me to not ride a bicycle on the freeway.

[BlairH]

Never yet in my life have the police ever done me a bit of good, helped me gain justice or protected my personal safety.

Same here...

[Puma]

A very nice CHP officer changed my flat tire for me on highway 1. Two local sheriffs removed the paranoid schizophrenic from the men's room at work where he had barricaded himself. There's been other incidents but those stand out today.

[Slam_Bradley]

i saw a meter maid give a cop a ticket for illegal parking(marked car) and a week later i saw a cop slim jimming his car because he locked himself out.
i used to be a prosecutor so i've seen a lot of funny shit.

How long were you a prosecutor? I was one for about 4 years.

[section 8]

i'm sick of this, i grew up in a family made up of cops, soldiers, and mercenaries.
most cops are good people, nevermind the stigma that "cops sign on just to use their gun" if anyone signs on fo this reason they are fools, many police officers go their entire career without having to fire their weapon once in the line of duty.

people say cops are racist, ut how can so many police officers from so man backgrounds work together if thee is ample racial tention.

Nobody wants to see a cop until the need one and then imediatly forget the good a cop has done in thier lives and go back to hatin'

i know "Bad" cops do exist, but they are the minority, a cops save lives all day, no one bats and eye. but one cop uses a racial slur it's on the news three and a half minutes after it's said. and stays in the headline for about a year.

at the end of the day most cops are people who put thier own asses on the line, for little pay, to guard you while you sleep.

[Paradox]

rick says it for me:

Never yet in my life have the police ever done me a bit of good, helped me gain justice or protected my personal safety.

Ditto, although I have had them show up after situations and be totally ineffectual.

Although one time I did get a ride from them. I had no car and was living faaar from work out in the boonies. It was usually a 7 mile walk AFTER I'd hitched rides on the main roads at 2-3 am. I was walking in a snow storm and the cops pulled me over (always fun when you're on foot). All they were interested in was "where was my car?" assuming that I had abandoned it after a drunken crash or something. Once they found out that wasn't the case, they were going to ABANDON me there. I had to SHAME them into giving me a (by then) 4 mile ride home. And it took me a while. They really didn't want to do it.

So, yeah, I guess they helped me once...reluctantly.

[Spike-X]

i'm sick of this.

You're sick of people telling stories about their positive experiences with police?

[LtMarvel]

When my car died on a busy 4-lane without emergancy lanes, a cop showed up and she pushed my car while I steered it off the busy US highway.

I had a lawnmower stolen, the cop was professional and gave suggestions about how to find it.

[DocAbsurd]

When I discovered my ex was abusing the Things, I filed an order of protection on their behalf; kinda like a restraining order but far more encompassing. And far less forgiving.

It was just a little over a month after I had kicked her out. We'd been back and forth to family court over this, following one adjournment after another (her requests, not mine). We'd been evicted from the old place and I had the bulk of our possessions already packed, with the exception of the appliances. My mother picked me up from work so I could check out another apartment and then head back home with the Things for dinner. They were spending days with my folks for their own safety; I took the risk of working at the apartment.

When we pulled up to the drive, I saw the Hag's SUV parked there, still cooling. Mind, this was barely 2 weeks before we had to be out. She'd been warned over the past 6 weeks, she'd been advised when to show up, and she knew exactly when I got out of work and when I'd be making dinner.

I walked in as she and her friend were laughing over how they were gonna hide stuff and steal all my packing tape. I grabbed the phone and called the police; I'd only wanted to file an official complaint to show the courts her complete lack of compliance.

Two cars pulled up. I showed them the order of protection. They called it in twice, obviously not believing a husband could be innocent in a matter like this. I stayed on the front porch. One officer approached me and asked me where the Things were. When I told them they were in the van with my mother right across the street, he asked me to have them drive around the block for a bit.

Soon as they took off, 2 other officers walked out with the Hag in cuffs.

After they drove off with her friend driving her SUV behind them, the first officer sat down with me for another 30 minutes. He explained how the order worked, that they didn't have to wait for me file anything to cart her away. I was adamant about only wanting it on record for the upcoming case. I was almost apologetic.

He got me to calm down, told me it wasn't my fault, that I had nothing to feel guilty about. He also apologized for calling it twice as he'd never had to enforce one of these on the wife.

They still remember us to this day. When they do their regular patrols during the summer in our neighborhood, they always stop and chat with the Things.

[ThePhenom]

What are the Things?

[Spike-X]

What are the Things?
His kids. Thing One and Thing Two (names taken from The Cat In The Hat).

[Chiasm]

i'm sick of this, i grew up in a family made up of cops, soldiers, and mercenaries.
most cops are good people, nevermind the stigma that "cops sign on just to use their gun" if anyone signs on fo this reason they are fools, many police officers go their entire career without having to fire their weapon once in the line of duty.

people say cops are racist, ut how can so many police officers from so man backgrounds work together if thee is ample racial tention.

Nobody wants to see a cop until the need one and then imediatly forget the good a cop has done in thier lives and go back to hatin'

i know "Bad" cops do exist, but they are the minority, a cops save lives all day, no one bats and eye. but one cop uses a racial slur it's on the news three and a half minutes after it's said. and stays in the headline for about a year.

at the end of the day most cops are people who put thier own asses on the line, for little pay, to guard you while you sleep.

There are approx 450,000 cops in the US handling millions of calls for service every day. A few times a month you see or hear of an incident of bad behavior by a cop. A few incidents a month out of tens of millions of calls each month. Seems to me that overall then most cops are doing a pretty good job.

[worstblogever]

When I was 16, I had my first car, and went to a party, and my mother made me get home by 11PM, when I knew the party was still going. So, I snuck back out, and since the party was about 1/4 mile to 1/2 mile away, I walked back over for its finish, since there was this young lovely there I had my eye on.

When I got there, my buddy that was hosting it while his parents were out of town was having it crashed by rednecks he couldn't stand, so he shut the whole thing down. The girl I had a thing... well... having to go home meant she had time to get a little more tipsy and have another guy make a move. Never did get a shot with her, the one that got away...

But anyhow, I'm figuring I'm going to have to hoof it back home, when one of my other friends who was drunk out of his mind and wearing only his boxers and one shoe got mad at the host for shutting the party down when he was having fun, and punched his backyard fence... knocking part of it over and into the real alley. THAT got him thrown out, and fast. And... he didn't bother getting dressed when he stormed out. He's walking down the street in his boxers and one shoe, punching mailboxes with his bare hands as he went.

Nobody else that was there who was willing to go try and drive him home (since he lived like 5 miles away) before he got himself arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct. So, I got the honor of getting to borrow somebody's truck, and try and coax him into it to get him home before somebody called the cops on him.

I find him still grossly undressed, angry, and with bloodied knuckles as he hits every mailbox, and finally talk enough sense into his drunk *ss to get him in the truck. I pull down the street, and don't get but around the corner and a few hundred feet of the next street when a cop car pulls me over. I figure I'll play it cool, and see what happens. You know, despite having a stinking drunk sitting in shotgun who's only wearing his chonies and the lone sock.

The cops come down, and ask me and my buddy, "Have you been drinking?"

I say, "No sir, I'm clearly not old enough, and I'm driving, besides. That'd be wrong on a lot of levels."

He asks the other guy, "Have you been drinking?"

"Aaaahhh....no?"

Yeah... great. He goes back to his car, checking for warrants. Next thing I know, there's two my squad cars, and all the Five-oh are having a pow-wow, deciding what they're gonna do with us.

I tell my buddy, "You're about screwed, you realize. You leave town for two months tomorrow, right? Let me see what I can do."

So I call out to the cops, and ask them if I can step out of the vehicle to talk to them. They say sure, and I take a walk down the street with them towards their squad car. I'm like, "Look, he's obviously drunk. I mean, he's drunk enough that he thinks he can convince you he isn't. I'm just designated driving for him with a buddy's truck. I'm gonna get him home, where he won't cause any trouble."

The cops want to know where the party is so they can bust it up like the high school kegger it is, and I tell them it's over. Host shut it down. They can drive down the street where it was, if they don't believe me. Then they ask, "Wait a minute... if you weren't there to get drunk, why the hell were you there?"

I'm like... "Well..."

And they go, "You were tryin' to get laid, weren't ya?"

I sheepishly admit, "Yeah, pretty much." And they all laugh for a second, before telling me their call.

"Well, the truck's not reported stolen. You guys aren't trespassing anywhere, and your record's clean. You told us kinda where we can check for a party that's gone, so we don't have to break it up and do more work, except for a ride down the street. Provided nobody else in the neighborhood presses charges on your buddy for anything he might've done, you guys are fine. If anybody does press charges, we'll pick him up at the address on his ID when it happens."

And that was it, I got my buddy home, and he ducked down the next day like he was supposed to have, anyway. No charges got pressed, so far as I know. The justice is, they didn't bust the kid who was taking care of his stupid drunk buddy like a responsible guy, rather than try to get him busted for doing a good thing.

[Agent Helix]

Here's the thing about why you generally hear only about the bad experiences with the police...

Because those are the experiences that aren't supposed to happen.

Cops are SUPPOSED to treat people with respect and dignity. You don't get a fucking tickertape parade for doing it. Take a bullet for a baby and I'll call you a hero. Refrain from brutalizing a Mexican and I'll just say you're doing your fucking job.

[Justin Davis]

Here's the thing about why you generally hear only about the bad experiences with the police...

Because those are the experiences that aren't supposed to happen.

Cops are SUPPOSED to treat people with respect and dignity. You don't get a fucking tickertape parade for doing it. Take a bullet for a baby and I'll call you a hero. Refrain from brutalizing anyone and I'll just say you're doing your fucking job.

I changed it just a bit for personal reasons.

You have a point though. I forgot who, but there's a comedian (maybe Chris Rock) who has a routine about guys who trying to boast about what a good dad they are when they're just stating all the things a dad's supposed to do.

Or maybe it's a bit about not being a lazy bum (paying your own bills, having a job, etc.).

Whatever. The point is exactly what Helix said. It's what they're supposed to do.

[Agent Helix]

It was meant to be deliberately confrontational wording (and based somewhat on experience), but insert any group or neutral noun as you will. The meaning is more or less the same.

[Agent Helix]

And don't misunderstand and think I'm some cop-hating anarchist or anything. But this idea that cops somehow have it bad because people bring up the times when a police officer does something wrong rather than right is bullshit. ALL public servants should be put under this kind of scrutiny, frankly at all times. That's what you're signing up for when you get that badge. We're not beholden to you, it's supposed to be the other way around.

[MarvelKnight]

I have a couple friends that are cops, I even tried being a cop once. Whenever there is a TC, OD, MCI, or violent crime they do a good job securing the scene. Although, I always see police driving while talking on their cellphone, which is strange because they have PSAs against it.

[Justin Davis]

It was meant to be deliberately confrontational wording (and based somewhat on experience), but insert any group or neutral noun as you will. The meaning is more or less the same.

True, but I wasn't going for a neutral noun. I'm a bit sensitive about that topic, as you might figure out from my experience I described in the police thread that inspired this one.

And don't misunderstand and think I'm some cop-hating anarchist or anything. But this idea that cops somehow have it bad because people bring up the times when a police officer does something wrong rather than right is bullshit. ALL public servants should be put under this kind of scrutiny, frankly at all times. That's what you're signing up for when you get that badge. We're not beholden to you, it's supposed to be the other way around.

Exactly right.

It's annoying when I hear cops say they deserve to be treated with more respect just because they wear a badge. No, they don't. I'll give them respect because they're human beings and maybe amp it up depending on the situation. However, disrespecting an officer should not be against the law.

[Sir Tim Drake]

And they found my VCR, my phones, my caller ID, a couple of binders of my card collection, and a stack of comics including the Infinity Gauntlet and Infinity War minis.

Are you sure they did you a favor by returning those comics?

[vijay79]

I was a prosecutor in Cook County for about 3 years and a law clerk for 1 year. Now I'm in the dark side. where were you at?

[Slam_Bradley]

I was a prosecutor in Cook County for about 3 years and a law clerk for 1 year. Now I'm in the dark side. where were you at?


I was in private practice. Recently they offered me the position of Chief Felony Public Defender. I took it and retained my private work.

[Gordon Smith]

I'm not a big fan of the Edmonton Police Service, but I must say they finally did something right when they recently arrested a vagrant who has been harassing my workplace for months. That dude creeped the hell out of me. If only they could have done it sooner...

[SOGG]

... and this was totally not their job.

We were doing some free running @ gasworks park and this tit kept flashing light from a mirror straight into my eye -- while I was up at the water tower. Cop stopped him.

[JonniRandom]

Meh, they've never really done me any good.

But the police in England are different...

[mattx110]

A cop came and took all my comics away.

Well, he was my friend and I gave them to him. So, it was nice:biggrin: .

[mattx110]

Meh, they've never really done me any good.

But the police in England are different...
I actually have more experience with England cops than American. They responded quick, and sent a nice DI with an assistanting constable, and they had the exact same relationship, height relation and haircuts as DI Carlyle and Blythe on Blackpool. It woulda been cool if not for the reason they were called. But they were good, even though they had to switch off at the end of the shift (it was 4am-ish).

[Lone Ranger]

My paternal grandfather was one of Toronto's finest for 40 years (with a 5 year break for WW2).

He was the finest man I've ever known (sorry, Dad).

[mgs]

there are numerous instances, but in recent memory, living in Brooklyn, NY, my roomate would always call 911 the minute we heard shots ring out in out neighborhood. They were courteous and within minutes, there would be a black and white, at least, to investigate the disturbance.

another time, one of my roomates was moving out and ran back up to hug me, but in that one minute, someone stole her luggage outside the apartment and we called the cops. They came and were helpful in taking down the info and helping us briefly look arounf the neighborhood for the missing items.

[vijay79]

I was in private practice. Recently they offered me the position of Chief Felony Public Defender. I took it and retained my private work.

Good job dude, we weren't able to do any private except transactional. but even then we couldn't hold ourselves out as privates.

on another note, isn't it ultra-dorky to be a lawyer and a comic fan. Also, don't Daredevil's court scenes just get under your skin.

[Slam_Bradley]

Good job dude, we weren't able to do any private except transactional. but even then we couldn't hold ourselves out as privates.

on another note, isn't it ultra-dorky to be a lawyer and a comic fan. Also, don't Daredevil's court scenes just get under your skin.

There are at least four other attorneys that are active on CBR (Lone Ranger, Ray R., Dr Puffenstuff and Loren) and another who has disappeared (Boldido). So we're not that rare.

Pretty much everything legal in comics bugs me. I just have to shrug it off. The U.S. in both the DC and the Marvel universes has a very very different constitution than we do.