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Local Officers Get Tasers
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Discussion Started: 05-18-2004, 11:34 AM
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What are your thoughts on Metro police officers getting Taser guns? Will they improve safety for the officers and suspects?
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LissaAnne
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12-17-2004, 12:29 PM
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Already we have a "pig" in trouble of the force of him using his taser. LOL! I didn't think it would be long. Man already on the ground just laying there and that jerk cop thought it was ok to zap him a few times with witnesses around. I can't help it but to laugh at the piece of bacon. HAHAHAHA!
I have no problems with officers,but I don't like pigs. There's a difference.
"It is what it is"
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obill9
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07-16-2004, 12:51 PM
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paralegal56, so your brothers smith and wesson will protect you, eh
This goes back to what I have said all along
Eeveryone needs a good butt kicking once in their life so they dont act like they are the baddest guy on the planet, if Newby had had that happen to him, he might still be alive, instead of fighting with a undercover cop
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LissaAnne
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07-11-2004, 4:47 PM
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Para56,thanks for the good laugh...you have valid points.
CC: You have a few good points too.
My opinion: The officers better be able to pull those tasers as fast as they can a gun or they are in deep pooh.
"It is what it is"
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ccjc
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07-08-2004, 9:41 AM
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Paralegal - I have no difficulty reading or understanding. It seems you are the one with that problem. I am not now nor have I ever been, a police officer. I have a great respect for those willing to take on the job and offer the public protection from criminals. IF a police officer does indeed break the law and it is proven that he or she has done so, I believe they should receive the same punishment as any other offender. You obviously have no respect whatsoever for the law, although you purport yourself to be some great lawyer wannabe. Guess what, you made yourself appear even more stupid with your latest entry. I am grateful every day that there are still people willing to take the job and accept the responsibilities of Police Officer and offer some protection from people like you and your "brothers" Smith and Wesson. You obviously have deeply rooted animosity towards officers in general. Maybe you should deal with your personal malevolence somewhere else. You should certainly be nowhere near the court system with such personal biases.
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paralegal56
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07-07-2004, 6:42 PM
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In response to KO7795 I spend most of my day assisting in the prosecution of cops, who often are criminals as well. Right now for example I am working a case involving 2 cops in Memphis, Tennessee. I have little sympathy for cops or criminals. But I am indeed outraged over the fact that I cannot read a Louisville paper for a month without learning of some local cop doing something stupid yet again, the result being that yet another citizen like me has been harmed.
My home has been broken into and all I ever remember the so called cops doing is coming by to fill out a report for insurance purposes. And if I were home at the time of any break in, I would not need any cops as I have 2 wonderful brothers that protect me named Smith & Wesson. But I would need some donuts to feed the cops when they came to fill out their paperwork.
Bottom line is that NOBODY is forced to work as a cop. Do not like the job or the threat or the pay or the benefits? QUIT!
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paralegal56
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07-07-2004, 6:25 PM
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Sorry it took so long for me to get back to this post, but I have been busy helping prosecute, you guessed it, cops.
I start with the brainless ccjj. ccjj is correct that the cop who made up the story about a young black shooting him was a court officer. But so what. All that means is that he had even more training than run of the mill cops, and still shot himself and then lied to cover it up. And we could easily substitute other cops, such as the nut who was racing his car and killed yet another innocent citizen in the following crash. Or we could substitute the cops who were forging judge's signatures or stealing money, etc., etc.
Louisville police rarely kill criminals and their recent killings have been of people convicted of nothing and even had they been convicted of something, the crime did not carry a death penalty. Newby comes to mind and as I recall his killer (gosh another cop) is currently being prosecuted as he should be. Most of these so called "criminals" never even get a trial, precisely because the cops kill them first. I like trial by court of law and jury, not by cop.
Nobody said the safety of cops is irrelevant. Your reading difficulties (common with cops) caused you to misunderstand the post and twist it out of context.
I am not in favor yet of disarming cops but I must admit I have difficulty seeing why they need guns to eat donuts and fill out after the fact crime reports. Pens and pencils might be more needed than guns.
Cannot help it that you have never seen a cop at a donut shop. I suggest you get your eyes checked.
I never need the "protection" of louisville cops becaue I have two brothers that have always protected me just fine. Their names are Smith & Wesson.
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ccjc
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06-10-2004, 2:03 PM
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I think it a good idea and I cannot understand why they did not have them earlier. Having Tasers might help the cops and cannot hurt them, except for the idiot cops that shoot themselves with their own Tasers, just as they now shoot themselves with their own guns. But even these idiot Barney Fife cops will benefit as their injuries from shooting themselves with their own Tasers will only be temporary and thus they will no longer need to make up false stories about a black guy asking for a junior police badge - as happened last time one shot himself with his own gun.
You say "I think," but from the content of your post it is painfully obvious you don't have the brains God gave a turnip. You obviously cannot "think." The fool who shot himself was not a member of the LMPD. He was a Juvenile Court Officer with obvious mental issues, similar it seems, to your own.
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It may or may not be true that cops need protection from "bad guys" more than "bad guys" need protection from cops (many think cops ARE the bad guys),
The only people who have reason to fear police officers are criminals. The only ones killed by officers have been CRIMINALS in the commission of a CRIME. quote:
but that is largely irrelevant since
How can the safety of Police Officers be "irrelevant?"
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the Tasers are being given as an ADDITIONAL weapon, not as a replacement weapon. Nobody is taking cops guns away (yet)
I guess that would make you and the rest of the fools in Louisville happy, to disarm the officers. That would certainly protect the criminals. It seems you are much more interested in the safety of the criminals than that of the officers trying to stop crime. I wonder why this is. You seem to be awfully interested in protecting those who would shoot and kill someone "honestly." It is a good thing you signed your real name and position, I am sure you will get an immediate response from the police if you ever need their help. quote:
and one thing is certain - the public needs more protection against cops than it does bad guys. At least the bad guys are honest - they make no pretense that they are killing you as part of their duty to "protect and serve."
This sentence stands alone in its stupidity. I urge everyone to read it carefully as an example of the most ridiculous thing ever said on this forum.
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As for how they can find money for Tasers but not police raises, the short answer is that the Louisville police are overpaid and underworked, as any visit to a donut shop proves,
Do you hang out at a lot of doughnut shops (and please note the correct spelling)? I have never, ever seen an on-duty officer at a doughnut shop. The only place this ridiculous stereotype exists is in the movies and on sitcoms, and obviously, in your own warped imagination.
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and they need pay decreases to minimum wage with NO benefits, not raises. If and when Louisville ever gets a professional police force, THEN we can talk raises. Barney Fifes should get minimum wage and be allowed only 1 bullet.
That's right stupid, the best way to get a well-trained, well-educated police force is to offer "less" money and, with the advent of the tasers, less safety for the officers.
I have been accused of being "mean" on these forums, but in this case "mean" is not good enough. The vicious diatribe offered by "Paralegal" deserves whatever it gets. I can only hope that someday "Paralegal" needs an officer and there is no one there to help.
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ko7795
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06-09-2004, 10:50 AM
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Paralegal... while I understand your outrage over the Juvinile Court Officer incident, I don't understand your hatred for our Lousville Metro Officers. "Barney Fife", "overpaid, underworked", that's a pretty hateful thing to say. Maybe you are in the profession where you spend your day trying to move thugs through the court system and you have some kind of sympathy complex. But, I, for one, am proud of all of our officers and am surprised that anyone would want to work for Chief White and Mayor Jerry. Police officers are paid very little for what they do every day. Now the Mayor is trying to take away their healthcare!! I bet if your home were ever broken into, you would be on the phone with dispatch trying to get "Barney Fife" to your house A.S.A.P. Well, I hope when they get that call, they have an extra donut before responding!!
Support your local law enforcement!!
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The Dream
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06-08-2004, 3:05 PM
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In paralegal56s inane efforts at cop bashing she raised some interesting points, if they were only true. The "idiot cop" she was referring to was not a cop. He was a juvenile court detective, big difference. He didn't accidently shoot himself, he did it on purpose. In his warped mind, he thought the incident would insure his 5 minutes of heroism and fame. I called it as soon as I saw the report on the 32 News. For paraleaga56's information, the only people who think the cops are the bad guys are the bad guys. Next time a buckroo gets you or one of your friends down in an alley, who you gonna call? I don't understand your distain for cops. Could it be that you yourself are being conned by the very cons you seek to help? Go to LaGrange or Eddyville, talk to the inmates, none of them are guilty. If you believe that I have a beach house in Iowa I'll sell you cheap, comes with a great view of the Pacific Ocean. By the way, convicts aren't honest. Robbing,stealing drug dealing is not an honest way to make a living. I do agree with Paralegal on one issue, Chief White has not earned any respect to lose. He is a first class jerk along with Commonwealth's Attorney Dave Stengel. It's not the Metro Police Departments fault that due to merger they were forced to annex the former Jefferson County Police Dept and rehire all their officers. It's apparent that they were poorly trained and did little more than ride around the mostly secure white areas of unincorporated Jefferson County, looking pretty but doing little. You can tell that when members of the former Jefferson County Police Dept. tried to make a drug arrest in the westend, refusing to alert their city counterparts. Everyone knows the tragic results. As far as the cheap shots about the donuts, I've never seen cops hanging out a donut shops. I think paralegal56 aka Vicki Adams, General Manager of Paralegal Specialist Inc needs to get her head out of her A%&. She appears to be a Public Defender wanna be without the necessary credentials. A certificate from DeKalb Technical Institue and .60 cents will get you a cup of coffee at White Castle, little else. Vicki, go back to school, get a real education,see some of the world, walk the walk before you make ludicrous comments
that's the way it is.
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paralegal56
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05-27-2004, 1:00 PM
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I think it a good idea and I cannot understand why they did not have them earlier. Having Tasers might help the cops and cannot hurt them, except for the idiot cops that shoot themselves with their own Tasers, just as they now shoot themselves with their own guns. But even these idiot Barney Fife cops will benefit as their injuries from shooting themselves with their own Tasers will only be temporary and thus they will no longer need to make up false stories about a black guy asking for a junior police badge - as happened last time one shot himself with his own gun.
It may or may not be true that cops need protection from "bad guys" more than "bad guys" need protection from cops (many think cops ARE the bad guys), but that is largely irrelevant since the Tasers are being given as an ADDITIONAL weapon, not as a replacement weapon. Nobody is taking cops guns away (yet) and one thing is certain - the public needs more protection against cops than it does bad guys. At least the bad guys are honest - they make no pretense that they are killing you as part of their duty to "protect and serve."
As for the comment about Chief White having lost respect, I was not aware he ever had any to lose.
As for how they can find money for Tasers but not police raises, the short answer is that the Louisville police are overpaid and underworked, as any visit to a donut shop proves, and they need pay decreases to minimum wage with NO benefits, not raises. If and when Louisville ever gets a professional police force, THEN we can talk raises. Barney Fifes should get minimum wage and be allowed only 1 bullet.
Vicki Adams General Manager Paralegal Specialists Inc.
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