PegasusWing's Blog

Just another way for cops to extract tribute from taxpayers.

We have one 4 doors down from us. My Jeep stalled early one AM in the road just as I pulled out of my driveway. I was still recovering from cancer surgery and couldn't push it out of the way. My neighbor was coming out of our street at that time. Did he stop to help? No. He just told me to get out of the way. I had to get my wife to help me while the cop just sat. Typical.

The cops are contributing to the economy! Furnishing thieves with their weapons out of their cars keeps the cost down. By the way,did you know that some of these cops get FREE apartments when they park their cars there? Now, if I could get a cheap fire truck........

LOL ~
Myths:
1.) The officers are not allowed to leave their weapons in the cars.
2.) The officers do not get free rent in apt complexes. (They do get a discounted rate and are on call as a courtesy officer for the complex.
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Driving cars home topic is the perverbial DEAD HORSE, just another person has found the horse and is beating it... LOL

I drive a take home car, when I walk out my front door Im on duty. I can respond to emergencies, stop and assist with accidents, broken down cars wile on my way to & from work.. (Wait, theres another dead horse over there)>>

Everyonce in a while I drive a police car home. They get really mad when I do it.

Cops are not even in the top ten. Timber cutters appear to have the worst profession. DF, ever heard of Google or are you just trying to brown nose some cops.

Do tell how many timber cutters died in Orlando? Miami? Daytona? Jacksonville?

Google? You must be kidding!

My son lives in Tampa and has three marked unites in his neighborhood. He's been there for 12 years and there has NEVER been a problem of any sort in that area. I had a take home county car for many years also and that car was better taken care of than the cars that were rotated around. Most people with take home cars like to keep their car clean as that is their office while on shift.

mscsailor~ Besure to post the lowest to the highest.. via several agencies.. We dont want you to look bias.. ;o)

There was a real cool TV commercial in the farming community I grew up in. Something about 99% of farming accidents are preventable. Is maybe the fact that police have better safety policies, because they work near and with the public.

Most of the time my dad took a car home their was a good reason. He had to travel early for work, he had to work overtime on a night shift and was back on the next night or he was just on call.

DF and Sig; You just continue to manipulate the facts to suit yourself. Most cops are injured driving their cars and are often at fault. Others choke on donuts.

The Deputies, Troopers and Police Officers "Go
10-8" as soon as they get behind the wheel to go to work, which means their shift starts right then, and there, regardless of where their "District Office" is, and where they're heading to "briefing." That means, if they see a crime being committed "on their way" to the "office," they get involved, if they see someone who needs help, they stop, if they see a wreck, they're obligated to stop, call it in, render aid themselves, and wait until the "correct" jurisdiction arrives. If they're on their way home, after a 12hr shift, and it's 4 minutes 'till quiting time, and they witness any of the above, guess what? They don't get to go home on time. And if they have to work the next day, too bad, so sad! Many crimes have been deterred in neighborhoods, by the mere presence of a patrol car, of any kind parked in the driveway of that Law Enforcement Officer. I can't tell you how many times people have banged on our door at night, crying for help, "We've had a wreck," "I can't
find my 17 year old daughter," "What do you do
about.." Being a Law Officer is kind of like
being a pastor, the job goes on 24/7, whether
you want it to or not. Yeah there are a lot of
dirty cops who give the good ones a bad reputation; but I'd be willing to bet you'd like one to come and help you when you need one, whatever the situation is, and you want it fast!

There is a stretch of A1A in Satellite Beach devoted to two officers killed in the line of duty. They were plowed down by a drunk driver that did not see the many flashing lights, and hit them at well over the speed limit, killing them both.

They did not choke on donuts, sabaii.

Frank, my husband and another deputy once had a car stopped on Hwy 92, at Kepler Rd in DeLand
lights flashing, on BOTH patrol cars. Not one,
but TWO vehicles came up, separately from each
other and nailed the patrol cars! One of them, just as the door was being opened, and the deputy was stepping out! Another time, something similar happened, only it involved a
drunk driver, crossing the median, and hitting
2 patrol cars, again with their lights FLASHING
one of them, head on, and sideswiping the other. I know the drunk b- who did it, she's still a drunk b-, just got another DUI, and this last time, she pulled a knife on the Deputy, but was too drunk to open it! How about
Deputies who get shot, point blank in the face, unexpectedly, just walking up to a vehicle, to tell someone they have a taillight out, not knowing it's a 5 time convicted felon,
with his girlfriend, who he's just kidnapped?
Or being shot at through a window, while trying
to serve an eviction notice? Anyone who thinks
Law Enforcement is a pansy job should try it
for 30 days, if they can handle it, and then
reevaluate their ignorant opinion. I'd be willing to bet that most Deputies could outrun
the average citizen in the 100 yard dash, wouldn't you, Frank? The good ones FAR outnumber the bad ones! BTW, I'll still shoot
first, and dial 911 second! LOL!

Deborah says - "Go
10-8" as soon as they get behind the wheel to go to work"

So they are getting paid even for commuting? Wow, must be nice.

"it's 4 minutes 'till quiting time, and they witness any of the above, guess what? They don't get to go home on time"

They get paid OT for it.

"The good ones FAR outnumber the bad ones!"

I guess we'll have to disagree here.

it cant be dangerous in bunnell, it takes five cop cars to give a seat belt ticket, they stay out of the hood and would rather harrass drivers than deal with the drug dealers, thats what i call keeping your priorities in order