The Off Topic Topic

[derspiess]

What is our socialist soul brother saying about syria?

The situation is under review.

[katmai]

Needs Chicken.

[derspiess]

Needs Chicken.

Fo sho. 

[11B4V]

  How true.

(Newser) – New York police have been accused of stopping people simply to fill quotas—but that's silly, officers say: They're far too lazy for that kind of effort. Some 10% of cops "are complete malcontents that will do as little as possible no matter how well you treat them," says a former top officer. They won't work hard unless they're getting paid overtime, he tells the court in the department's stop-and-frisk trial; that's when tickets get written up.

"I think we're charged with trying to get the police officers to work, do the things that they're getting paid for," says a deputy commissioner. A deputy inspector, meanwhile, went so far as to play a secret tape to the court of a sergeant chastising his team for lack of effort, the New York Times reports. The trial has examined a police policy that says, "Department managers can and must set performance goals." Asked how he interpreted the policy, one officer replied: "It says, quota, quota, quota, quota, and quota." Click for the full piece.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/nyregion/to-defend-police-city-cites-officers-laziness.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&ref=nyregion&;

[CountDeMoney]

No kidding.  The public myths about cops are second only to the myths surrounding the government's ability of black helicopters to spy on you.

[11B4V]

No kidding.  The public myths about cops are second only to the myths surrounding the government's ability of black helicopters to spy on you.

I blame hollywood and tv for that myth.

[garbon]

Cops are all rainbows and sunshine.

[derspiess]

No kidding.  The public myths about cops are second only to the myths surrounding the government's ability of black helicopters to spy on you.

So they're all just lazy, lovable teddy bears, then?



SORRY FOR LOOKING OUT MY WINDOW, SIR

[CountDeMoney]

No kidding.  The public myths about cops are second only to the myths surrounding the government's ability of black helicopters to spy on you.

So they're all just lazy, lovable teddy bears, then?

That was:

1) overtime,
2) a chance to play with their tactical toys for once,
3) the potential to actually shoot somebody, even if it's a fellow officer by accident.

[derspiess]

That was:

1) overtime,
2) a chance to play with their tactical toys for once,
3) the potential to actually shoot somebody, even if it's a fellow officer by accident.

 

[lustindarkness]

No kidding.  The public myths about cops are second only to the myths surrounding the government's ability of black helicopters to spy on you.

Not a myth if the black helicopters are in fact following me. (and the drones, and the black SUVs, and that guy in the black suit, and the phone tap, and...

*click*

[Josephus]

No kidding.  The public myths about cops are second only to the myths surrounding the government's ability of black helicopters to spy on you.

So they're all just lazy, lovable teddy bears, then?



SORRY FOR LOOKING OUT MY WINDOW, SIR

Those are cops? What police state country is that? Russia? China?

[derspiess]

Those are cops? What police state country is that? Russia?

Not drunk enough.

China?

Nope, way too fat.

[Barrister]

Here's our new $5 and $10 bills:

[Syt]

Looks scrapbooked.