Police have no obligation to protect you unless you're a criminal or other person in custody.
02-13-2008, 09:52 PM
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Police have no obligation to protect you unless you're a criminal or other person in custody.
At least in the U.S.A.
I wonder if Canada is the same way? I'd assume so. Seams to me that there should be some law surrounding a negligence of duty (to protect). Even if there are no criminal charges to go with it, there should be civil liability associated with the negligence of police to conduct themselves in the best interest of the public.<ul><li><a href="http://concealed.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/%E2%80%A2-police-no-obligation-to-protect/">Some of these stories make me sick.</a></li></ul>
I wonder if Canada is the same way? I'd assume so. Seams to me that there should be some law surrounding a negligence of duty (to protect). Even if there are no criminal charges to go with it, there should be civil liability associated with the negligence of police to conduct themselves in the best interest of the public.<ul><li><a href="http://concealed.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/%E2%80%A2-police-no-obligation-to-protect/">Some of these stories make me sick.</a></li></ul>
02-13-2008, 10:25 PM
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At least in the States you are allowed to carry arms to protect yourself.
Well, in some States. This is being eroded and we are increasingly at the mercy of the criminal element.
In this regard, our current Government (in Canada) wants to toughen the law against the criminal and offer better protection to the general public. As we have a minority Government the opposition has been able to delay the passage of the 'bill' for political gain (they don't want to give the Conservative Party any bragging rights).
In this regard, our current Government (in Canada) wants to toughen the law against the criminal and offer better protection to the general public. As we have a minority Government the opposition has been able to delay the passage of the 'bill' for political gain (they don't want to give the Conservative Party any bragging rights).
02-14-2008, 03:40 AM
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The police are here to protect us, it clearly states it on the cruiser "To serve and protect"...
<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/88350/police_car.jpg"></center><p>and they better, that's why I pay their salary!
02-14-2008, 04:14 AM
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Funny that you say that Ed...
As I matured (not get older) I found that I got "hassled" less and less... go figure?!?!?!
Now tell me, do you get hassled or do you do something to get hassled?
Most likely the latter, and it is all part of growing up... we all go through it.
Now tell me, do you get hassled or do you do something to get hassled?
Most likely the latter, and it is all part of growing up... we all go through it.
02-14-2008, 04:58 AM
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I wouldn't say that I get hassle. But the fact is, they would come right beside you and
take a look inside to see who's driving. Either they fall back and check the license plate or they have done it already.
Haven't gotten stop for the last 3yrs or so (knock on wood). But now with the damn tint law, you never know.
Haven't gotten stop for the last 3yrs or so (knock on wood). But now with the damn tint law, you never know.
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02-14-2008, 07:31 AM
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Or is it that younger (visibly less mature) people get "hassled" more by police...
not because they're ACTUALLY doing something questionable, but because they fit the stereotype of someone who MAY or MIGHT do something questionable. I think it's more the latter.
02-14-2008, 08:23 AM
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I have to say my perspective on the p0l1ce has changed in the last 3 years.
Kinda like Chris Rock's "how not to get your a5s kicked by the police" skit.
I hated cops when I was in university. But back then I drove like an unhinged idiot in a fast ricemobile that made a heck of a lot of noise.
Nowadays, I find that I was that same public nuissance that I've come to despise these days.
I still speed, but I'm far more responsible now, and I drive a much more respectable vehicle. I haven't had any trouble from the police. In fact, I've had to call on their help once last year, and they were nothing but helpful.
I now think that cops are just like anyone else in any other job - there are always going to be good ones and bad ones. Obviously we hope there are proportionately less bad apples in the police force because of their responsibilities. But I no longer spread the hate with wide blanket statements about "pigs".
I hated cops when I was in university. But back then I drove like an unhinged idiot in a fast ricemobile that made a heck of a lot of noise.
Nowadays, I find that I was that same public nuissance that I've come to despise these days.
I still speed, but I'm far more responsible now, and I drive a much more respectable vehicle. I haven't had any trouble from the police. In fact, I've had to call on their help once last year, and they were nothing but helpful.
I now think that cops are just like anyone else in any other job - there are always going to be good ones and bad ones. Obviously we hope there are proportionately less bad apples in the police force because of their responsibilities. But I no longer spread the hate with wide blanket statements about "pigs".