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Originally posted by fintstone
Here in Albuquerque, it seems that the police are pretty lenient. The biggest problem I have is that policemen are allowed to keep their radio cars and drive them as personal vehicles off-duty. Perk...supposedly the presence of the cars in the neighborhoods reduces crime. IMHO, what it does is make the cops a joke because you will often see them speeding or running redlights to get home. I used to pick up my wife near where they had shift change....bad enough that many were illeagally parked, but you had better move over because you would get run over for sure...even at 10 over the speed limit! I have seen them drive right past minor traffic accidents and apparently ignore serious traffic violations many times...perhaps they are off duty...but how can you tell? Seems like a terrible public relations situation.
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it's more of a curse than a perk, I worked with several of the APD officers and they would much rather be in their POV (privately owned vehicle) rather then the patrol car...since when they are behind the wheel of the patrol car they are required to respond to incidents etc. even when off duty.
MMARSH: You are correct, and as you can see by my member name I am not a traffic cop either...although I did my time on both the road and other administrative offices prior to the "dog" world. Now I simply train dogs to find explosives/drugs...oh and chase down and attack (I mean bite and hold) the bad guys who don't seem to want to listen!
