Despite what he thinks, Derrick Saunders is not a cop - should not have been a cop - and I am embarrassed to think he ever represented law enforcement.
There is zero excuse for DUI, even less for triple digit speeding, and to have the audacity to then think that you were fired unfairly is beyond contempt.
And the fact that the police union there thinks he should be rehired speaks all I need to know about their organization.
Every time I get annoyed at someone who wants to speak bad about law enforcement I then read something like this which justifies the statements. All I can say is that you can rest assured the vast majority of us want nothing to do with such people, and loathe them more than you do.
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More than anything, stories like this make me angry because, as you point out, it makes the rest of you look bad. And the more he fights it and the unions protect him, the worse you all look. Cops are always in the limelight and someone is always looking for a reason to call you to the carpet. None of you need guys like this fueling the fire.
Last week, we got pulled over when my husband pulled out too close to another car. He knew the instant that he'd done it that it was a stupid thing to do. It was a nasty corner. The cop was a bit stern but very calm and polite. My husband immediately admitted that he'd pulled out too fast, and that he'd realized it as soon as he was halfway into the turn. The cop checked out our information, told him to be careful around that turn as he didn't want anything to happen to us, and let us go.
As we drove off, carefully doing the speed limit ^.^ we were telling each other how we never understand the people who complain about cops all the time, because we always have a good experience. I don't know if it's just that the guys are good in my area, or whether it's a matter of perception, or what... but they've always been no-nonsense but polite, and downright friendly half the time. (Not quite so much friendly that time, but we didn't expect 'friendly' when my husband did something dumb and knows he did. :) )
Day before yesterday, we saw a policeman in a cop car as we exited the physical therapy building. My son (9) and daughter (2) immediately spotted him and started waving enthusiastically. He waved back with a smile, so I added my wave and a nod-and-smile. The kids (especially my son, who frequently says he may like to be a police officer when he grows up) were delighted.
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