Good cops

Good Guy With a Gun
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Has any law enforcement officer ever helped you or a family member?

If you are an officer or former, why did you join?

I think like with all careers, there needs to be better recruiting, pre-vetting, education and training, reform — however I think it can be helpful to also recognize excellence in their work.

I remember as a child, having been attacked and bit by a large dog, an officer who came to the scene drove me home from the hospital in her cruiser, and how she tried to help me.

Embarrassingly, I once locked my keys in my car, when an officer used their equipment to unlock my door and never complained but asked me to try to have a nice day.

One of my forefathers (a LEO) was scouting to find smugglers in the field, was killed in the line of duty.

Do you have any stories of when an officer helped someone?

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I once had a call after midnight from local PD. The cop gave the phone to my then 20-year old son who didn’t sound ok. He asked me to pick him up.
When my wife and I arrived, the officer explained the situation.
It turned out my son was caught smoking pot in his parked car in some neighborhood half a mile from our home.
The officer commented, “I see you’re actively involved in his life so I’ll let him go with a warning.”
I was so grateful for his leniency.

Less than two months later, the kind cop was killed in the line of duty. :cry:

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Had a flat tire in rural Indiana. State trooper stopped to make sure I was ok. He was on his way somewhere and said he would stop back when he was done. We were finished by the time he got back around.

Have called LEO numerous times on my job-suspicious persons wondering around, catalytic converters stolen, etc.

I have called LEO several times as a part of our church safety team. They even came out and trained our team. Had a sit down drill several months ago with local emergency management on a possible disaster scenario. All good.

I’ve never had a bad interaction with the local sheriffs department.

I got pulled over for speeding a few years back. Officer was so polite I took the feedback form for the warning I was issued and gave positive feedback.

Got pulled over years and years ago, my name was one letter off of a guy with an outstanding warrant in another state. Officer was very good about it.

I have been in more than one firearms training courses with law enforcement. Even did some hands on weapon retention stuff with a school resource officer. Local SWAT were involved as trainers. All good interactions.

Have a guy I’m connected with at work who is a state trooper. Not the nicest guy in the world. His personality rubs me the wrong way. But no truly bad interactions.

Sorry for the long answer. Not sure if the above is what you are looking for.

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YES!!! more the once in my life time… I have know many truly fine LEO’s!!!

so I do NOT bash them… and I thank GOD for those types…

so are there bad ones? there are bad ones everywhere in every position…

thankfully I have NOT run into any in Law Enforcement!!!

I have fond if you show them normal respect they often respond in the same manner!!!

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I live next to a cop with 25 years on the force in a major crime city. These folks often tend to have a dark sense of humor, because of what they have seen in their lives. They often have to deal with the dregs of society. It can be quite taxing on a person’s soul, as all their experiences are cumulative. They do the work most of us would rather avoid in our comfortable existences. They tend to hang out with other military & law enforcement because they know these folks understand where they are coming from.
I salute & applaud the good cops. They are not in it JUST for a paycheck as some have said.

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When my daughter was in the 1st grade during “Black History Month” (February). The School decided showing unexpurgated video of Police Officers sicking K-9 units on Civil Rights Marchers was just the thing for 1st Grade students. My daughter comes home in tears, afraid of the police.

When I find out, I call my local Police Department and explain what had happened. I ask if they have an Officer who can talk to her and let her be comfortable around. They call their D.A.R.E. officer, Officer G. He comes down and spends about 30 minutes with my daughter answering her questions, drives her around the parking lot, let’s her play the lights and sirens and let’s her “pull me over”. By the end of it she is smiling and happy and she has the biggest smile. As he leaves, Officer G. gives her a small fuzzy stuffed Polar Bear in a Police Department Uniform (she calls him Officer G. Bear). That bear is still on her bed that was almost 20 years ago.

We started a family tradition that year. Every Xmas, New Year, Easter, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Veterans Day, and Thanksgiving. We cook extra and go down to the Police Department and deliver a fresh home cooked meal to the Officers and Staff who are working that day.

So, that’s why I support Law Enforcement Officers. There is a difference in my eyes.

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When I was an undergrad, driving - running late for class, an officer pulled me over for a traffic stop, but he then did not give me a ticket. Made it to class on time to turn in a final paper.

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I have not personally had an “experience” with a “bad cop”. All of my interactions (way back when I was a young’n and actually HAD interactions) were with professionals performing their duty.

I am quite certain those professionals were of great help to numerous individuals.

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I have the utmost respect for law enforcement officers. I’ve worked with a bunch ( back when “we” (fire dept) dispatched the PD and shared office space.). Like any group of folks there will always be an a-hole or two in any large group -but my dealings with law enforcement has always been quite positive. I’ll often pick up the tab for a a cop’s lunch if I get the chance.

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I had LEO at my place of work a couple weeks ago. There were serving papers to one of my customers. They didn’t tell me what they were doing until after the customer left. I was like, if you would have told me sooner what you were doing, I would have helped you. :laughing:

Interaction was completely friendly and professional. The officer treated me like an equal rather than an inferior.

One of my other customers saw the interaction. He was also LEO (off duty) so I had to let him know what was going on later.

We have plenty of customers who are LEO.

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Awesome post. There are still a lot of good LEOs out there.

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I have had what most people would probably consider many encounters with law enforcement through the years. Most when I was a young and stupid driver.

The first very easily could have lead to jail time and the Sheriff at the time worked to keep me out. Good man.

Second was a state trooper who interrogated me during the stop asking such things as, if I had bought my car and gas and insurance with my own money. What could have been a court date and expensive fines resulted in just a speeding ticket. Good man.

Third was circling our small town “square”. Heat of the summer and a shapely female in cut off short blue jeans and a halter top walking. As I gazed at such a glorious site…THUMP! I looked forward to watch the cherries on the cruiser light up. Officer Hale got out and walked back to me. Laughing his butt off, “I know what you were doing and I was doing the same thing as you but I stopped to take it in. Sorry but since we made contact I have to cite you for following too close.”

Also have had a couple bad experiences with LEO on power trips. One got her a$$ beat bad after hitting on the wrong guy’s wife and found out she wasn’t cut out for law enforcement after all. The other became involved in a high speed pursuit chasing a suspect from his house through our small town. Knew where the guy would be returning to, but pursued out of pure ego. The guy being pursued blew through a stop sign and the cop followed suit T-boning a young man who had just left our high school, going to his after school job at our Ace Hardware. The young man, rest his soul died at the scene. State police estimated the officer was travelling between 80-90 mph. Pretty sure cop ended up policing in Florida.

Several other encounters since, all being pleasant. I respect those who serve in an often thankless as well as dangerous job.

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While at the range/shop on Monday, a SO Deputy came in to pick up a rifle purchase. He had his full kit on and I noticed the K9 patch on the rear of his vest. After talking with him for 10-15 minutes while he took possession of his purchase, I asked if I could meet his dog.

Turns out he had two. He brought one inside, Icarus, a young lab trained as a search dog. He was very friendly and after checking everyone out in the store became quite playful and eager to say hello.

Chatted with the Deputy for a few more minutes and we walked out to his patrol vehicle to meet the second pup. Dante, a Malinois, is trained to seek and bring back whichever bits don’t surrender. He was awesome but maybe not as playful as Icarus.

Anywho, ended up talking with the Deputy for 30 or so minutes before he had to go on a call. Was a great chat and it was a pleasure to meet him and the pups.

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Thank you brother. Yeah, there’s so much good people and officers do. The people in the public experience so much, and in their time of need, uniquely - first and second responders deal with the aftermath - with respect towards them.

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Great video. Watched the whole thing. It kicked off my “allergies” a time or two. I bet you had some of those kinds of moments when you were serving.

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And still too many bad ones as well.

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Check out this short vid of an arrested person helping an officer during a medical emergency. Officer’s reaction is priceless.

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Wow! That officer was dying. Amazing job by the guy he was arresting.

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When I was a punk ass teen, and very early 20’s, I thought all cops were bad cops and out to get me. A few were, most were not. Went through a homeless spurt, on and off the carnival midway, definitely wasn’t stable. I got myself into some riff raff at one point, and long story short, the Leo’s that I thought were out to get me, ended up being the ones that saw through me and cut me a break… A huge break. It was the start of a big change. As the years went by, they watched (and helped) me reestablish my life, settle down, and start my family. I guess that one break was all I needed. 30 years later, one of those young officers from that day, is now our county sheriff, and I respect him dearly, and cherish the friendship we have built over the years. (I also learned that it was his wife that signed my CPL certificate). Like a few others have stated, a little respect goes a long way, definitely when it comes to the LEO’s. Had I not listened that day, and took to heart what they were saying to me, my dumb 21 year old self definitely would have been looking at a different outcome in life.

On a side note, for what it’s worth, I haven’t had a traffic violation in the better part of 26 years (my wife was pregnant with our oldest at the time), so I have found myself routinely running the scenario through my mind what will happen when If and when I do get pulled over with my EDC on me… Am I going to get the one “A**hole cop”? How is it going to pan out? I mean, come on… All you see on social media is the “Bad encounters” and that “I’m a sovereign citizen” B.S.

Sure as day, a few weeks ago, I got pulled over at 4 am on my way to work for going a little too fast. Made sure I stopped where the was some decent street lighting, shut the car off, turned on my dome light, folded my hands on the wheel and waited. Officer approached, and struck up conversation, and all the while kept looking at my hands. I finally asked if I could interrupt him, explained that I was a CPL holder, EDC was located “here”, all the text book stuff… Officer perked right up with a smile and thanked me. Took care of business on his end, sent me on my way with a warning… Thanked me again for handling myself respectfully, even shook my hand. Went to start the car, dead battery, and my jump pack was dead. He helped me push my car around the corner of the main road so I could wait for my kid to come through on her way to work and give me a jump… I showed that officer respect, and he showed me respect and much more… Enough of my ramblings… Hope you all have a great weekend!

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