Cheating death and fighting communism: that is how a fellow officer once described our job. It was meant to be funny, but as time went on it seemed all too true.
I spent more than ten years in law enforcement, all of it on the street in uniform patrol. I've been a patrol officer, instructor, sergeant and lieutenant.
Do not report crimes here. Nothing here should be considered legal advice. All opinions are my own.
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SWAT Team Commander (Retired)
How do you decide whether to try and kill a hostage taker?School Teacher
Are teachers underpaid?Toll Collector
What's the rudest thing a driver ever said to you?Yes.
Probably not. Laws vary from state to state, but law enforcement has no duty to protect you. Law enforcement has a duty to provide general protection to a community, but not to individuals. Most (all?) states provide a sex offender database online that you can access to check things for yourself. For example, this is the one in Florida: https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/
Any number of things including: processing evidence, contacting witnesses, writing reports, picking up supplies, talking to a seargent, filling out school requests, showering after being exposed to blood or other bodily fluids, returning a phone call, sending out a subpoena, printing off reports for court, conducting a suspect interview, using the restroom, eating lunch, swapping radio batteries, entering stolen articles into NCIC, completing online or inservice training, submitting to a drug test, being inspected, picking up an item for delivery to another agency or court, etc, etc, etc.
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