CRMJ 205 1st Edition Lecture 16 Outline of Last Lecture I Policing Minority Communities II Kelly Thomas III Deadly Force IV Long Term V History of Misconduct VI Police Brutality Outline of Current Lecture Policing I American Police Beat Magazine Discussion on the following topic Current Lecture I American Police Beat Magazine a It is not politically correct and may possibly offend someone but here it is Written by Lea Anne Weil Anyone ever wonder why cops are such pricks Every shitty rotten horrible scary situation that exists in life cops deal with it Repeatedly Every friggen day Your worst day ever is just another tour to a cop Car accident homicide rape robbery baby mama drama baby daddy drama family dispute over who gets the last pork chop that winds up with a dinner guest sporting a steak knife in the chest a kid that goes missing or runs away a Dad who gets tanked up and uses Mom as a speed bag a drug overdose hostage situations every despicable thing that one human being can do to another is what the police are immersed in every day Just recently police in Newburgh NY were at the scene where a wonderful upstanding citizen was holding others hostage Earlier this year this young man s brother charged the police with a knife it was the last thing he did on this earth and the present hostage situation put the lives of 2 people in peril as the perpetrator ranted and raved The police charged him and subdued him What does his family do Why they charge the police of course Listen one family member was a savage who tried to kill the police and just a few months later his little brother is threatening the lives of others while he holds them hostage Just after minimizing the threat from this psycho they have to hold off his family who tried to rush the police Just a little note when your emotionally disturbed family member is off his her meds and is a danger to himself or to society and the police have to be called to the scene These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute try to remember they are the police If you wanted a social worker or a psychologist you should have dialed one directly This past month a young NYPD officer gained some notoriety when he bought a pair of boots for what appeared to be a homeless man down on his luck on the streets of Manhattan It was a selfless gesture and the story went nationwide It was an opportunity to see the police in a kinder softer light and quite a human interest story Of course the media wanted to know all about the recipient of the benevolence who was he What was his story Well it was learned that Mr Hillman was not and is not homeless He has a nice apartment in the Bronx he receives Social Security and Veteran s benefits and has a loving supportive family in Pennsylvania When asked what he did with the boots he claimed that he hid them because he didn t want to be robbed and that they were valuable B S he sold them Mr Hillman also claimed that he intends to sue the photographer because he didn t give permission for his picture to be taken and he wants a piece of the pie Officer DePrimo said that he was going to keep the receipt in his bulletproof vest as a reminder that no matter how hard a day he was having he would know that someone else is having a harder time and that he would always be grateful Officer DePrimo did an honorable thing but the death of his innocence and naivte has begun and in its place cynicism and disdain may have begun its germination Stuff like this happens all the time You call they come When they come it is likely that someone will be leaving in handcuffs You cannot call the police to a violent situation and expect that in the end everyone s tears will be dried hot chocolate and cookies will be handed out to be enjoyed by all and Kumbaya will be heard in the background They are law enforcement officers They enforce the law You do not get to determine how they execute their duties If you could have handled the scumbag you called them about you would have You couldn t so just shut the hell up and deal with the fact that your husband wife brother sister baby mama baby daddy child BFF could very well be spending time as a guest of the municipality who came to answer your call for help b Cops hang out with other cops They get each other they don t have to explain themselves They laugh at things other people think inappropriate Their humor is dark but they love to laugh They work second jobs and they are Boy Scout Leaders lacrosse football soccer hockey and baseball coaches The divorce rate in the United States is over 50 for cops it is significantly higher and with good reason They spend twenty plus years being tired and grumpy from the commute the crazy hours the job and pain in the butt bosses When they walk in the door and the kids yell Daddy or Mommy they re ready with a big hug a smile and a What s up guys How you ask do I know these things I have spent twenty seven years being married to one of them He is one of those big mouthed tough guys who know everything He trusts no one He is a cop s cop He has an amazing memory and eye for detail that is astounding Anyone who has ever worked with him will tell you he is probably a little crazy but that he is the best cop they ever worked with For twenty years I watched him walk out the door and I always prayed that he would come back There were some really close calls but he always made it home I have never taken that for granted I know too well the ache and emptiness in the eyes of the survivors of the shield For twenty years I lent my husband to New York City to patrol the streets and to keep the wolves at bay so that the people of that city could live under the blanket of security and safety that his existence provided all the while knowing that the very citizens he protected resented his presence In 2010 our son took the oath of office and wears the shield his father wore before him Again I wait each night until I hear the key in the door before I fall into a deep sleep Cops ARE pricks It s what keeps them alive and whole because if they let all the crap they deal with actually sink in it would destroy their souls So they will deal with the things you don …