The Los Angeles Police Department has opened an investigation into allegations that command staff in some of the city's police stations artificially inflated the number of officers they had on patrol to comply with department regulations.The allegation is that the brass ordered the street cops to fill out logs saying that they were out in patrol when they were, in fact, at the cop shops doing paperwork or processing prisoners and such.
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What about the GPS logs on the cars??? Oh wait... never mind
ReplyDeleteYep.
ReplyDeleteOne of our local station shows "Adam-12" and "Dragnet." I know Jack Webb had tremendous respect for the police, but even he wasn't blind to their potential failings. He did an entire episode of "Dragnet" where they ran a background check on an applicant to the LAPD, and rejected him due to his troubling past. Webb's "You're a bad cop" speech still rings true today.
ReplyDeleteI even remember the "Officer Friendly" program. Where they sent a uniformed officer to the grade school classes to try and convince you he was a 'nice guy'.
ReplyDeleteHe'd probably just growl and start shooting today. And I did see the one where the cop shot himself while performing 'cop talks' for the class.
"Duck and Cover" wasn't only for 'the bomb' it turns out.
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I used to trust the police. Not anymore. I sort of trust the local Sheriff and deputies. The major city police; one county over? Not on your life, much less mine...
ReplyDeleteThey paid over $14 million in three years for abuse and misbehavior (MPLS, MN).