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Originally Posted by Teejay
Fight it dude....
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My point exactly. If you believe you have a reasonable case, it never hurts to make enquiries (links provided etc) and if need be, follow the matter further with a court hearing. This is YOUR right as an Australian citizen... and any decent officer of the law should support you with grievances of this nature!
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Originally Posted by Miggidy
you know he's a cop right?
Your also wrong, I was in court and had my friend told pretty much exactly that by a judge. The fact of the matter is the female officer must have heard/seen something to make her go to all this effort. Cop it on the chin like you are and next time be more careful
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My current boss is an ex-cop, many of my family are employed in most of the services I've already mentioned... most of their bosses are ex-detectives etc etc. I myself worked for customs/ immigration straight out of university and nowadays probably have higher security clearances than most average cops being currently employed with department of justice/ witness protection etc.
It doesn't detract from the fact that a police officer is a human being in a uniform, and thus can be and quite frequently are just as fallable as any of us! Don't get me wrong, as you can probably appreciate I have nothing against cops and from some of the stories I regularly hear at work I don't envy their jobs at all! However there are more occasions than most would like to believe where officers abuse this power on a daily basis... and trust me, I have sat through MANY a court case where their asses are raped by judges.. and this includes issues such as traffic related etc that most of us would deem as petty!! So yes, I may appear 'wrong' based on the court case you've experienced... but I assure you I've been present and directly involved in many more over the years that could really illustrate the points I'm making here!
I'll also point out that there is a growing number of cases being reported of late where off-duty officers are stepping outside their professional boundaries and abusing their positions of power. Sometimes this is intentional, more often than not this is occuring due to lack of experience etc.
So unless it's a serious enough matter, I say learn to switch off and call someone who is on duty!! If not for everyone else's sake, for your own health... the burnout rate for federal police is high enough as it is!!