Wannabe wrote on Sep 7
th, 2001 at 3:27am:
exactly the type of responce I would expect from someone who says "pull my finger".
Well, what you see is what you get. You have your opinion based on what I don't know. Mine is based on over twenty years experience in both Federal and Municipal LE, with the last seven years being the senior recruiter and background investigator for my agency.
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Good Pseudo Relevant, I hope morre people that think they can justify the crimes they commit get hired in YOUR neighborhood.
What? Are you merely a parrot? Do you honestly believe every single police officer in your neighborhood's police department has a spotless record? The fact is, just like Dan, every applicant has made some mistakes, whether it's drug experimentation, petty theft, vandalism, etc. Utopia doesn't exist. There aren't any perfect cops, anywhere. If you take a real look at the person instead of making superficial judgements, you'll find plenty of good qualified people. Those people actually make better officers than those who claim to have never done anything wrong. Why? They tend to show compassion towards the citizens they deal with. They know what it feels like to have done something wrong and can relate better to the wrongdoer.
Quote:I think I made it pretty clear that indiscretions made while young and still learning about life are a differrent story, PROVIDED, a lesson was learned and if that was the case, dan would not be sitting here saying at first that he thought it was ok because.... then turning around and saying how sorry he was and that he learned his lesson.
Are you saying that Dan didn't learn his lesson? Rationalization is natural. It is a self defense mechanism. For you to say that Dan (who went through the natural progression of denying it was "really wrong" for him to take those items, then realizing he was wrong, and subsequently learning from his mistake) is not credible, you are absurdly out of touch with reality. Confession, though good for the soul, is hard to do sometimes. One of the reasons for that is... a person must realize he/she was wrong (something most people hate to admit to themselves or anybody else). Once they know in their heart they're wrong, the struggle turns to how to deal with it. To make peace they must confess to someone. If it is suppressed, it won't stay suppressed for long.
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and ummmm Pseudo Relevant are you a cop and if so where, I want to be sure never to enter your jurisdiction, must be some real winners there.
Again the parrot... There alot of "real winners" in my agency. We have officers from every walk of life. We don't have a singular mold for our officers. As a matter of fact, those applicants who claim to be "perfect" are scrutinized more closely, because history proves that most everyone has done something wrong at some point in their life. Not only that, people with no life experience dealing with wrongdoing on a personal level tend to be "momma's boys" or "major league suck-ups", bringing strife and unrest to the agency. We don't "play" at law enforcement. It's not a game. The sooner you realize that, the better your chances of making an informed decision about whether you should come here or not.