Politics & Government Aussie Cops.

[Changaneen]

I reckon they are pretty cool. Had a few dealings with them, and they are good people. My wifes best mate is a female cop, her hubby is a cop diver.

By the by, ive had to deal with them because ive been in a bit of trouble. They are very well mannered, very helpful, very humble. I havn't come across that arseh*le cop yet.

I watch a bit of Fox, and watch Cops. Those American Cops are total power tripping w***ers.

I'm glad i live in Australia

 

[ash_1050]

I watch a bit of Fox, and watch Cops. Those American Cops are total power tripping w***ers.

Agreed, it's very over the top and must be the norm if they are happy to show it.

As for Aussie cops, I have had plenty of good experiences with them with the exception of cops at sporting events (Melbourne Victory and cricket games) who are seemingly looking for any excuse to cause confrontations.

 

[Renegade]

I was in NYC about to go into Yankee Stadium and was standing on the sidewalk about to cross the road, a cop tells me to get off the road. I look down at my feet to see where i was standing, because i was pretty sure i was no where near standing on the actual road. He starts screaming at me "Don't look at your feet! i can see your on the road! Get off the road!"
I'm standing there dumbfounded, because i'm well and truly on the sidewalk and not on the road. Then he's yelling "If you don't get off the road your going straight to jail, i don't give a shit! All you Yankee fans come into the city and act all crazy! I'll put you right behind bars"

Dunno if a Yankee fan banged his wife or what, but it was ****ing hilarious standing there just watching him lose it over nothing.
Cops in Australia are a thousand times better, and for the most part they actually do their job.
Here cops will pull over illegally next to another cop car, blocking half the road so they can chat to each other. Spend half their shift at a coffee shop doing nothing.
My fave cop is the one you always see driving around with his window down and a big fat cigar hanging from his mouth.
It's no wonder this country is a ****ing shit hole. Counting down the days til i come back to Aus.

 

[Ed_Gein]

You moved over to NJ for a girl didn't you Reno? Is she coming back to Aus with you?

 

[Plugger35]

I was in NYC about to go into Yankee Stadium and was standing on the sidewalk about to cross the road, a cop tells me to get off the road. I look down at my feet to see where i was standing, because i was pretty sure i was no where near standing on the actual road. He starts screaming at me "Don't look at your feet! i can see your on the road! Get off the road!"
I'm standing there dumbfounded, because i'm well and truly on the sidewalk and not on the road. Then he's yelling "If you don't get off the road your going straight to jail, i don't give a shit! All you Yankee fans come into the city and act all crazy! I'll put you right behind bars"

Dunno if a Yankee fan banged his wife or what, but it was ****ing hilarious standing there just watching him lose it over nothing.
Cops in Australia are a thousand times better, and for the most part they actually do their job.
Here cops will pull over illegally next to another cop car, blocking half the road so they can chat to each other. Spend half their shift at a coffee shop doing nothing.
My fave cop is the one you always see driving around with his window down and a big fat cigar hanging from his mouth.
It's no wonder this country is a ****ing shit hole. Counting down the days til i come back to Aus.

I reckon it's the opposite.

I got pulled over by the cops when I was in the States and as soon as I flashed my Aussie license we were all buddies and they let me go on my way. They think Aussies are all country bumpkins from the outback so you just play dumb and you can get away with anything.

No such luck if you get busted by the cops here. I've come across a few decent ones but most of them are c***s.

 

[Renegade]

You moved over to NJ for a girl didn't you Reno? Is she coming back to Aus with you?

Yeah we were in Aus and decided to live in the U.S because she's a citizen there, but life in Aus is alot better financially. I guess i'll drag her back with me.

 

[Changaneen]

I was in NYC about to go into Yankee Stadium and was standing on the sidewalk about to cross the road, a cop tells me to get off the road. I look down at my feet to see where i was standing, because i was pretty sure i was no where near standing on the actual road. He starts screaming at me "Don't look at your feet! i can see your on the road! Get off the road!"
I'm standing there dumbfounded, because i'm well and truly on the sidewalk and not on the road. Then he's yelling "If you don't get off the road your going straight to jail, i don't give a shit! All you Yankee fans come into the city and act all crazy! I'll put you right behind bars"

Dunno if a Yankee fan banged his wife or what, but it was ****ing hilarious standing there just watching him lose it over nothing.
Cops in Australia are a thousand times better, and for the most part they actually do their job.
Here cops will pull over illegally next to another cop car, blocking half the road so they can chat to each other. Spend half their shift at a coffee shop doing nothing.
My fave cop is the one you always see driving around with his window down and a big fat cigar hanging from his mouth.
It's no wonder this country is a ****ing shit hole. Counting down the days til i come back to Aus.

All my sentiments exactly. While i have never dealt with any other overseas police force, bless their cotton socks.....i have been invoved with Aussie officers. And they are so mild and forgiving.

I was embarrasiningly drunk once, after my sisters 40'th. Passed out in the gutter. After someone reported me, they drove me home and made sure i was ok .............told my wife what happened, and to look after me.

They really are a good lot.

 

[Ed_Gein]

Yeah we were in Aus and decided to live in the U.S because she's a citizen there, but life in Aus is alot better financially. I guess i'll drag her back with me.

You must be closing in on 10 years with her iirc. (Hash from the old #a.f.l here btw. )

Generally i find that if you show the coppers in Oz a bit of respect, they'll do the same to you. Some might try the stand over tactic if they feel you're going to cause a bit of trouble, but i dont think i've seen any copper go overboard and be a bit heavy handed like the ones you see on the American copper shows. I find it a bit hard to believe that all cops in America would be like that, but it wouldn't surprise me if they were. Seem to thrive on any opportunity to whip out their gun. Seems a bit ridiculous.

 

[Damon_3388]

Good to see some positive discussion of police for a change Being a police officer would be among the more difficult professions in our society. Not only do you frequently have to work long, unsociable hours, but you're expected to behave perfectly and set the example for everyone else while dealing with those whose behaviour is often anything but perfect. There may be some bad apples in the force (as there are in all areas and professions) but credit to those who do achieve the balance of upholding the law with common sense and decency and maintaining their integrity.

I've never had any direct dealings with the police while they've been on duty (met a few people who work as police during my life, and they were as good a blokes as anyone else I've met), so I can't comment on their professional conduct in that sense, but as far as the "police harrassment" issue goes, I've got nothing bad to say about them there either. There seem to be a lot of people around that either fear the police or strongly distrust them, and make a big deal about the police "targeting" them when they're doing "nothing wrong". I've argued on BigFooty in the past about this issue, and I'm not sure how it works other countries, other states of Australia, or even for other people (I've never heard any stories of or witnessed police doing anything inappropriate outside of their lawful given powers though), but I've always found that if you're truly not doing anything wrong, the police always leave you alone. I'm not saying this from the perspective of a sheltered shut-in either; I got out and live my life at all hours of the day and night as much as anyone else. I've just always found that if you're not doing anything wrong, and aren't putting yourself in potentially law-bending or law-breaking situations (hooning in your car, getting in fights, etc.), you simply won't attract police attention.

 

[Schism]

I agree with the OP they're good blokes.

 

[Caesar]

They're mostly good. WA cops are fascists, and police in Canberra all have a major attitude problem - mostly I think because they didn't sign up for the AFP in order to do traffic duty.

You have to remember that cops in the US are working in a very different environment to over here. Just last month 14 police officers were shot in various cities around the US - last year, over 160 died in the line of duty.

Sure, the US is a much bigger place and it may not be disproportionate, but when you're constantly hearing about colleagues getting wounded and killed by suspects it makes you a lot more jumpy. Here, it's a relatively rare event.

 

[Asgardian]

Only coppers I've had any real contact with was the captain of my cricket team, he brought out a few colleagues to play for us, they were all top blokes, told us plenty about the Adelaide criminal society .... juicy stuff

And another is the hubby of a friend of the family, he's a homicide detective ... he too has plenty of tales out of class to tell.

I wouldn't be inclined to pick a fight with any of them.

 

[Plugger35]

They're mostly good. WA cops are fascists, and police in Canberra all have a major attitude problem - mostly I think because they didn't sign up for the AFP in order to do traffic duty.

You have to remember that cops in the US are working in a very different environment to over here. Just last month 14 police officers were shot in various cities around the US - last year, over 160 died in the line of duty.

Sure, the US is a much bigger place and it may not be disproportionate, but when you're constantly hearing about colleagues getting wounded and killed by suspects it makes you a lot more jumpy. Here, it's a relatively rare event.

That's true, cops in the US have to deal with more life threatening situations since just about anyone can get hold of guns there. It's only natural that they need to be more aggressive and forceful when dealing with the public out of concern for their own safety.

Having said that the cops I dealt with over there were all pretty friendly and had less of an attitude than most of the cops I've dealt with here. Probably helps being Australian though as they see you as less of a threat, like I said we have the reputation over there of being harmless country bumpkins.

 

[Total_Juddshanks]

I think its pretty much like any profession - 90% decent, regular people, 10% oddballs, it is just that when you meet a bank teller who is tapped in the head, they don't have access to tasers and firearms.

The best experience I have had with cops was in china in 2006- got my backpack stolen in a tiny little town in zhejiang and was completely stuffed, as it had my passport, phone, and cash in it.

Whilst I was loitering around the bus port trying to figure out what on earth I was going to do, police officer approached me and asked me in broken english what I was doing, I explained in broken chinese the issue, and he took me back to the police station to file a report, and then let me use their phone and hang there for the day whilst I waited for some friends to drive down and get me.

World cup was on, and I ended up watching one of the group matches in the staff room with some cops- it was the week after the jap/aust qualifier, and they were all chuffed about that result because they liked seeing japan get done over.

To top it all off, a week or two later, my phone and passport were mailed to the address I had left- no doubt some penniless thief copped 20 years for that, but clearly all that totalitarian oppression makes for top quality police work.

 

[TheStinger]

I like how here when the cops pull you over, they don't automatically think you are up to no good or are a criminal. You can get out of your car and speak to them and it's all good.

A mate of my dad's was in America last year and he had hired a car to get around for the job he was there for and he got pulled over by the cops for what he found out later was a dead tail light.

He pulled over and he stopped the car and just got out so he could get to his licence in his back pocket. The cop lost his mind and pulled his gun and ordered him back in the car. And then he gave him a ten minute lecture about not getting out of the car until he was told to. All with his gun drawn.

My dad's mate almost had a heart attck over it. All for a busted tail light. Just crazy shit.

 

[charcoalchicken]

Yeah cops in America seem like real power tripping assholes I've read many stories/seen youtube clips of them using excessive force over near to nothing incidents

 

[rocker_oz33]

the Aussie cop seem generally alright but there is always one or two that are just tossers.....but you get that.

 

[Plugger35]

I think its pretty much like any profession - 90% decent, regular people, 10% oddballs, it is just that when you meet a bank teller who is tapped in the head, they don't have access to tasers and firearms.

The best experience I have had with cops was in china in 2006- got my backpack stolen in a tiny little town in zhejiang and was completely stuffed, as it had my passport, phone, and cash in it.

Whilst I was loitering around the bus port trying to figure out what on earth I was going to do, police officer approached me and asked me in broken english what I was doing, I explained in broken chinese the issue, and he took me back to the police station to file a report, and then let me use their phone and hang there for the day whilst I waited for some friends to drive down and get me.

World cup was on, and I ended up watching one of the group matches in the staff room with some cops- it was the week after the jap/aust qualifier, and they were all chuffed about that result because they liked seeing japan get done over.

To top it all off, a week or two later, my phone and passport were mailed to the address I had left- no doubt some penniless thief copped 20 years for that, but clearly all that totalitarian oppression makes for top quality police work.

Sounds like the complete opposite of the police in Spain.

I had a little backpack with some valuables stolen in Barcelona which is notorious for thieves and pickpockets. Went to report it lost at the nearest police station and the police there couldn't have cared less, they basically just laughed when I told them what happened.

Wouldn't surprise me if the cops there were corrupt, there are pickpockets lurking all around the main tourist area around La Rambla but the cops just turn a blind eye to it all. Never saw any of the pickpockets arrested or even spoken to by the cops.

 

[ash_1050]

Sounds like the complete opposite of the police in Spain.

I had a little backpack with some valuables stolen in Barcelona which is notorious for thieves and pickpockets. Went to report it lost at the nearest police station and the police there couldn't have cared less, they basically just laughed when I told them what happened.

Wouldn't surprise me if the cops there were corrupt, there are pickpockets lurking all around the main tourist area around La Rambla but the cops just turn a blind eye to it all. Never saw any of the pickpockets arrested or even spoken to by the cops.

Swap Spain for Thailand and backack with phone and I had much the same encounter.

 

[BlowJobe]

Generally speaking, cops in this country deserve more respect than they get.

 

[Dan]

Here's a website that has live Police radio frequencies world wide......

http://www.radioreference.com/

It's legal but I don't know how the website does it.........it certainly is interesting stuff to listen to.

 

[The OBSTacle]

I reckon they are pretty cool. Had a few dealings with them, and they are good people. My wifes best mate is a female cop, her hubby is a cop diver.

By the by, ive had to deal with them because ive been in a bit of trouble. They are very well mannered, very helpful, very humble. I havn't come across that arseh*le cop yet.

I watch a bit of Fox, and watch Cops. Those American Cops are total power tripping w***ers.

I'm glad i live in Australia

You need to get out more.

 

[Changaneen]

Good to see some positive discussion of police for a change Being a police officer would be among the more difficult professions in our society. Not only do you frequently have to work long, unsociable hours, but you're expected to behave perfectly and set the example for everyone else while dealing with those whose behaviour is often anything but. There may be some bad apples in the force (as there are in all areas and professions) but credit to those who do achieve the balance of unholding the law with common sense and decency and maintaining their integrity.

I've never had any direct dealings with the police while they've been on duty (met a few people who work as police during my life, and they were as good a blokes as anyone else I've met), so I can't comment on their professional conduct in that sense, but as far as the "police harrassment" issue goes, I've got nothing bad to say about them there either. There seem to be a lot of people around that either fear the police or strongly distrust them, and make a big deal about the police "targeting" them when they're doing "nothing wrong". I've argued on BigFooty in the past about this issue, and I'm not sure how it works other countries, other states of Australia, or even for other people (I've never heard any stories of or witnessed police doing anything inappropriate outside of their lawful given powers though), but I've always found that if you're truly not doing anything wrong, the police always leave you alone. I'm not saying this from the perspective of a sheltered shut-in either; I got out and live my life at all hours of the day and night as much as anyone else. I've just always found that if you're not doing anything wrong, and aren't putting yourself in potentially law-bending or law-breaking situations (hooning in your car, getting in fights, etc.), you simply won't attract police attention.

Very good read, very good post.

 

[Changaneen]

I think its pretty much like any profession - 90% decent, regular people, 10% oddballs, it is just that when you meet a bank teller who is tapped in the head, they don't have access to tasers and firearms.

The best experience I have had with cops was in china in 2006- got my backpack stolen in a tiny little town in zhejiang and was completely stuffed, as it had my passport, phone, and cash in it.

Whilst I was loitering around the bus port trying to figure out what on earth I was going to do, police officer approached me and asked me in broken english what I was doing, I explained in broken chinese the issue, and he took me back to the police station to file a report, and then let me use their phone and hang there for the day whilst I waited for some friends to drive down and get me.

World cup was on, and I ended up watching one of the group matches in the staff room with some cops- it was the week after the jap/aust qualifier, and they were all chuffed about that result because they liked seeing japan get done over.

To top it all off, a week or two later, my phone and passport were mailed to the address I had left- no doubt some penniless thief copped 20 years for that, but clearly all that totalitarian oppression makes for top quality police work.

Another good post.

 

[Changaneen]

You need to get out more.

I get out more than you