Hello:

In the world, there are two kinds of people. People who love cops, and people who've had a run in with them.

I'm interested in your opinion. When cops look out upon society, do they see citizens going about their business - or do they see law breakers that just haven't been caught yet?

excon

shygrneyzs

Just for you, bushg.

talaniman

I love em when I need em, hate em, when they show up, UNINVITED!!

Allheart

Well said Tal.

I would loose my heart if ever pulled over .....I have to get over that somehow. Even when they are behind me, my heart picks up speed (better then my car I guess )

I think it's because I just got my license a couple of years ago (bit of a late bloomer)

wewed100606

Don't know if this has been said, but I think the simple answer to this questions is...cops are people (human) and each one is unique. You cannot ask such a general question, to put any body in that broad of a group is stereotyping. No different than asking what your opinion of doctors, or teachers, or white people for that matter.

You like some people...you don't like others.

Allheart

Actually Excon's original question was:

I'm interested in your opinion. When cops look out upon society, do they see citizens going about their business - or do they see law breakers that just haven't been caught yet?

So I fear I may have answered in the wrong direction. I actually love this topic and find the different experiences very interesting.

So, Ex was just asking for our opinion...as stated above.

wewed100606

Thanks Allheart...

In that case, I think once again they are human. They know that there are very few people out there who never break a law...just as we all know that. Whether that affects how they view society as a whole...I don't know.

I guess it is no different than a photographer walking through the world and stopping because they see a photo opp.

I think our professions predispose us all to certain thought processes and preconceptions.

For the most part I think alot of cops can leave their work at work.

talaniman

I bet they see a lot of things that stays with them a long time though, so they have to be a little above normal to handle that crap. I couldn't be one, for sure. I mean, how do you go home and act normal, after a car collision, with a lot of fatalities, or a bloody murder scene, yuck. These guys have to be special somehow.

Allheart

Exactly Tal,

In some ways there in a war zone everyday. Not pretty, not fun and have no idea how they turn the switch off when they go home.

interinfinity

i guess i will reply to the above post.... schrodenger is a theoretical physicist and is famous for his "schrodengers cat" experiment. The experiment states that observation is key to any state of being. and basically that line is a play on the phrase "if a tree falls in the woods and now one is around, does it make a sound". but that has absolutly nothing to do with cops. (u coulda just googled it lol)

pasiria

Cops, doctors, janitors, teachers.....Good and Bad people!....My fiance goes about doing his business while on duty...arresting the bad people and protecting the victims. Sometimes innocent people are accused, if one builds a bad reputation as a drug dealer, they'll blame it on that person, easier to justify I guess. That is not fair, but just like any human, cops make mistakes or take advantage of their position. Some don't. My relationship has been deeply affected by criminals. For instance, one day my fiance got bitten by a criminal resisting arrest. When taken to the hospital, the individual gave a false name and said he had hepatitis. My sweety thought he had it and he was very sad, he didn't want to touch me. We cried together. In about a week the results from that criminal were in-testing negative. That was an awful week. My sweety gets kicked in the face and it hurts to see his face like that. But, he loves his job and he always does what's right, he goes by the book and ofcourse the cops that don't hate him.