Oh yeah, other things that you should know about police work:
You don't always get a phone call.
I don't automatically read you your rights when you get locked up.
If I don't read you your rights, the arrest isn't magically null and void.
I don't have a place I can take your unruly kids, not even "just for the night".
If I'm in plain clothes, and you ask me if I'm a cop, I don't have to tell you, despite what the 70's sitcoms say.
I know what marijuana smells like... it's not a cigar, and it's not incense.
If I seem serious, it's because the cemetery's are full of cops who never saw it coming, and I have a wife and dogs waiting for me at home.
Yes, there are rapists and murderers and drug dealers out there too, but not every janitor gets to clean the Taj Mahal, if you get my drift.
Saying "I didn't do it" when I walk into your business isn't as original, or funny, as you may think.
When you're child is acting up, and you say "That police officer is going to get you if you don't behave", all you're doing is teaching that kid to be afraid of me.
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