Comments on: Police Mentality

By: max allison

max allison — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:25:44 +0000

i'm a little unsure of idea of a privatized police force- would that mean a wealthy suburb would be like a wealthy private school and a shoddy town would be a shoddy whatever? it doesn't seem fair. wouldn't the wealthier simply get the best of the best because they could afford it while everyone else would get whatever was leftover?

By: PaulO

PaulO — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:28:43 +0000

Alex, I couldn't find any information in that link that supported your claim of "Gunfire is the leading cause of line of duty deaths for law enforcement."

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:31:48 +0000

I should correct one of my statements. 9/11 actually claimed more officers in 2001 than gunfire. As far as my source, http://www.odmp.org

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:28:47 +0000

Who cares whether it's homicide or not? Risk is risk. I'm no better off if I die because of an accident than if I die because I get shot.

By: PaulO

PaulO — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:05:32 +0000

Alex, I must respectfully disagree with your last statement and would love to see your sources for that information. Most of Police Officer fatalities are automobile related. 2008 was the 11th consecutive year that more officers were killed in traffic-related incidents than from any other cause. More than 61% of that year’s fatalities involved accidents and 39% resulted from criminal acts. http://forums.officer.com/forums/showthread.php?1... http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-12-29-po...

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:51:39 +0000

Sounds like you never should have been a cop in the first place. You're probably doing a much better job in your career as a blog writer. I have a question for the posters throwing out statistics about dangerous jobs. How many of those fishermen and loggers were the victims of homicide? Probably around 0. Most of those deaths in the "dangerous jobs" were accidental. Gunfire is the leading cause of line of duty deaths for law enforcement. Always has been, and probably will be for the foreseeable future.

By: Wes Sayville

Wes Sayville — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:37:55 +0000

It was in Florida.

By: Bradley Jardis

Bradley Jardis — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:23:13 +0000

My response… not sure if the UL will post it.

Frank Shirley,

Thank you for using your real name. So many people are afraid to do so.

Fired, I was not. I quit. There are news paper articles about how the Epping Board of Selectmen refused to fire me.

Disgrace? Well, I suppose if opposing using violence to solve problems and opposing putting human beings in cages who haven't harmed anyone else makes me a disgrace… I am a disgrace.

The only reason the police would need to protect other people from the likes of me is the fact that I now advocate ideas of a world that doesn't use violence to solve problems.

I am sorry that you think people need protecting from that.

By: Bradley Jardis

Bradley Jardis — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:21:06 +0000

This is what was written about me:

Brad Jardis,

You smoking the funny stuff again?

The only reason you're not a cop anymore is because you were FIRED from Epping PD!

You are a disgrace to law enforcement and the profession – sleep tight, son, because there are real cops out there that stand ready to protect people from deranged people like yourself.

- Frank Shirley, Manchester

Fired, I was not. I quit.

Disgrace? Well, I suppose if opposing using violence to solve problems and opposing putting human beings in cages who haven't harmed anyone else makes me a disgrace… I am a disgrace.

The only thing police need to protect other people from the likes of me is the fact that I now advocate ideas of a world that doesn't use violence to solve problems. I am sorry he thinks that people need protecting from that.

By: Bradley Jardis

Bradley Jardis — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 08:17:53 +0000

Hey Bradley, there is someone at the link you provided (Union Leader) typing smack about you.

Of course there is!

If a police officer quit his job back during the civil rights movement and started talking about the injustices of the police arresting black people for doing things that only white people can do… you'd better believe that the modern-day police lovers/police officers would talk smack about him if he talked about the inequalities of the now!