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PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:11 pm
 


Funny, this exact same thing just happened to a friend of mine a few weeks ago. He agreed to the breathalyzer, but had bronchitis and asthma so couldn't blow sufficiently for the device to register. They arrested him, took him downtown, and towed his car. Blood sample was negative but he still has to go to court for failure to blow and still has to pay the towing and impound fees. In his case, the cop at the station who processed him told him the charge was BS and that if he fights it, he'll get off as long as he has the doctors note.

I get it...they have this "loophole" so they can catch the drunks who are faking it but the clean blood sample should get you off the hook and should get your car back without cost. Total abuse of power by those asshole cops who have nothing better to do than assert themselves on other people for their own satisfaction.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 5:27 pm
 


well I agree and don't. It really isn't the cops per say, it's the law. The law states you MUST provide a breath sample. That being said, when ANY police officer is sworn in, part of their obligation is they can only lay charges that they will swear (or affirm) in court. Hence, if an individual officer has a serious issue with any law and in their discretion while performing their duty feel, they cannot in good conscience lay a charge or arrest and present evidence in a court of law then, they are OBLIGATED NOT TO.

So that's why I agree and disagree with that statement. I think the law yes is unjust, BUT at least the second sober thought should be the rank and file officer who has to try and administer/enforce these laws. If they themselves can not in good judgement and conscience lay a charge, then they should not.

I think this officer who 'said' the law was BS is really the bastard, he had the power to throw it out right then and there but chose not to.


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PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:27 pm
 


Prof_Chomsky Prof_Chomsky:
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Surely you have some evidence of police forces hiring high school drop outs?.


Sure I do. What are the qualifications to be a cop now? http://www.opp.ca/ecms/index.php?id=88
I don't speak from inexperience. Most of my family were police and fireman for generations. Everyone of them agrees that the force is garbage today. Most are embaressed to share the badge with the new crop of power hungry retards that give them a bad name. Yeah like any job there are a lot of good eggs, but the culture of the job changed and that is the problem.

I call a massive load of bullshit. Either your family are in the middle of buttfuck no where or you're full of it. I'm going through the process of applying. The Chief of Police told me if I didn't have a university degree/college diploma or 10-15 years experience with the public, don't bother applying cause they won't even look at you.


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:31 pm
 


they say the same thing about the RCMP and they will take a 19Yo with no post secondary education. So while they may be a 'public' line on qualifications in reality, the job is so soiled in RL that they can only hire these types of yahoo's because very few "Good" candidates are even applying.

You can have all the wondering qualification requirements in the world but if you only get 100 applications and you need to fill 400 positions all of a sudden your standards get lowered, like it or not.


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 5:35 pm
 


uwish uwish:
they say the same thing about the RCMP and they will take a 19Yo with no post secondary education. So while they may be a 'public' line on qualifications in reality, the job is so soiled in RL that they can only hire these types of yahoo's because very few "Good" candidates are even applying.

You can have all the wondering qualification requirements in the world but if you only get 100 applications and you need to fill 400 positions all of a sudden your standards get lowered, like it or not.

But we aren't talking about the RCMP. Also, see buttfuck no where.


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:49 pm
 


uwish uwish:
I think this officer who 'said' the law was BS is really the bastard, he had the power to throw it out right then and there but chose not to.


No as I understand,that was just the duty officer (or whatever they're called) who takes the fingerprints. Maybe some of our law enforcement members can enlighten us, but from how my friend relayed the expreience, he's wasn't directly involved in the case. I don't understand why the policy directive doesn't automatically dismiss the DUI if a blood test is administered and passed in a reasonable amount of time.

And I don't understand why someone with a disability hasn't challenged the existing practice on constitutional grounds. Must simply be the law of averages and the circumstance hasn't arisen yet.


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:48 pm
 


At the detachment I worked in as a guard, there were only two members out of the eight that didn't have a university degree when they enlisted with the RCMP. One was the Detachment Commander and the other was a constable, newly hired. The DC had 15 years in the military police and the other fellow had 10 years as a SAR Tech. However, the DC had completed his BA(after enlisting in the RCMP) and was working on his Masters and the other fellow was working on his his BA. His skills learned as a SAR Tech, which are specialized, weren't something you could get in any university lecture hall.


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:05 pm
 


uwish uwish:
they say the same thing about the RCMP and they will take a 19Yo with no post secondary education. So while they may be a 'public' line on qualifications in reality, the job is so soiled in RL that they can only hire these types of yahoo's because very few "Good" candidates are even applying.

You can have all the wondering qualification requirements in the world but if you only get 100 applications and you need to fill 400 positions all of a sudden your standards get lowered, like it or not.


Police hiring is a mystery it seems, even for those who've been through it. Yes, you get one guys hired with some kind of law enforcement experience and two degrees, and another hired who is 19 and maybe had a part time job. Makes you scratch your head.

As far a 400 position and 100 hundred applying, while I'm sure you were purposely exaggerating it is nowhere near that bad, but agreeably less apply than they used to. The RCMPs big hiring frenzy from 2007 - early 2010 did take a lot of people in who would not have come close to getting in years before that, or even today.


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