[ARCHIVED THREAD] - off duty LE code of conduct (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 12/10/2011 9:17:48 PM EDT
| Do LE agencies have codes of conduct that apply to officers when they are off duty? please elaborate i dont want to be to specific. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Certain segments of society require higher codes of conduct on/off duty and you can be punished for poor behavior...Yes......the same as everyone else in society. Yep. It's one of the balls they have us (certain segments of society, not always cops) by. Get a DUI you're fucked. Take Zyrtec get fucked (literally, some chick took some zyrtec and went to work the next day and admitted it. deep shit) |
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Why can't cops take Zyrtec? I was incredibly vague. I'm not a cop, but was referencing the some segments of society as mentioned by a previous poster do have restrictions on what they can do in their down time. Isnt Zyrtec otc? Why, would it be verboten? |
| Some argue that we aren't held to a higher standard, but we sure as heck are in our agency. We are on-call 24-7, both just a regualr patrol deputies and SWAT guys. Alcohol related incidents, big No-No. Financial problems, bad Juju. Anything that can bring dishonor or discredit upon our agency, see ya! |
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Certain segments of society require higher codes of conduct on/off duty and you can be punished for poor behavior...
Yes......the same as everyone else in society. Yep. It's one of the balls they have us (certain segments of society, not always cops) by. Get a DUI you're fucked. Take Zyrtec get fucked (literally, some chick took some zyrtec and went to work the next day and admitted it. deep shit) ...and mow over three motorcycles. If you have friends running the investigation, you may still be GTG! (Indianapolis Metro Police Dept. has completely lost public confidence) |
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My LEO familymembers are bigger drunks than railroaders. If you know railroaders, you know that's pretty bad. I don't think it should be held against them professionally, either way. I know a guy who used to be a railroader. Never amed it to woerk the dya after pahyday. |
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My LEO familymembers are bigger drunks than railroaders. If you know railroaders, you know that's pretty bad. I don't think it should be held against them professionally, either way. I know a guy who used to be a railroader. Never amed it to woerk the dya after pahyday. sounds like you won't make it to work tommorow either 
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Do LE agencies have codes of conduct that apply to officers when they are off duty? please elaborate i dont want to be to specific. Most departments do, but it will vary by agency, and in some by assignment. For instance, if the officer is subject to call-out, then there would be rules about booze and being available to answer the phone. Some states also have accreditation boards, POST for instance, that may have ethical standards separate from the department. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Certain segments of society require higher codes of conduct on/off duty and you can be punished for poor behavior...Yes......the same as everyone else in society. I don't think LE is one of those. Not a hater either, I just read the papers too much I suppose. |
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Certain segments of society require higher codes of conduct on/off duty and you can be punished for poor behavior...
Yes......the same as everyone else in society. I don't think LE is one of those. Not a hater either, I just read the papers too much I suppose. I had a guy filed a complaint against me for being rude to him...while I was off-duty... His version of rudeness is me telling him to wait while a marked unit came to file a police report after he tried to fit his Chevy 2500 into a parking space of a miata and struck my ex's vehicle and attempted to leave, and when the marked unit showed up, the uniformed officer and I had a conversation while he was writing the jackhole a cite, so I'm being rude...  People become full on retarded when they find out we're cops when we're off, which is one of the main reasons I only spend time with other cops or firefighters or dispatchers. Any way to get back at "the Man" even when he's just trying to enjoy his off time.
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Do LE agencies have codes of conduct that apply to officers when they are off duty? please elaborate i dont want to be to specific. Yes, lots of them. For one, we are technically never allowed to be drunk off-duty. The catch all when they can't find one to hang you with is "Conduct Prejudicial to the Good Order of the Department". ETA: The "Unfit for Duty" rule with being drunk off-duty is the main reason why no off-duty cops stuck around to be witnesses in the Paul Heidelberger shooting back in the early '90s. There were numerous off-duty cops there but they knew they'd be jammed up instantly and possibly fired if they came forward because it happened on a well known strip of bars and they were all drinking. |
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Don't be a belly dancer?
While such things aren't written down, I had to wonder when I had to report it to NIS (because of contact with an immigrant from a Warsaw Pact country) if I was inviting them to take a more indepth look at my private life. ___________________________________________________________ ("Its made from poppy seeds. Two cups of this and you're stoned out of your mind!"––Mata Bond about the tea she serves, (w,stte), "Casino Royale") |
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Well, here locally, they fire them for anything, up to and including taking pics of a pretty girl sitting on your patrol car.
Austin PD recently fired or suspended their entire SWAT team. Why? One idiot wrecked his car after drinking at a party. The reasoning is, the others should have stopped him, even though they WEREN'T at the party.
Whats horrible is how Austin PD and a couple of the smaller local depts treat the officers that shoot someone. Best shoot in the world, does not matter. You are going to get fired or jammed up for SOMETHING. It also seems that having a Facebook page is the kiss of death. Same goes for firefighters. I think it's some sort of secret policy to drive away folks that get into a deadly force situation.
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Well, here locally, they fire them for anything, up to and including taking pics of a pretty girl sitting on your patrol car. Austin PD recently fired or suspended their entire SWAT team. Why? One idiot wrecked his car after drinking at a party. The reasoning is, the others should have stopped him, even though they WEREN'T at the party.
Whats horrible is how Austin PD and a couple of the smaller local depts treat the officers that shoot someone. Best shoot in the world, does not matter. You are going to get fired or jammed up for SOMETHING. It also seems that having a Facebook page is the kiss of death. Same goes for firefighters. I think it's some sort of secret policy to drive away folks that get into a deadly force situation. The Ausitn PD cheif is a cheesedick. |
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Well, here locally, they fire them for anything, up to and including taking pics of a pretty girl sitting on your patrol car. Austin PD recently fired or suspended their entire SWAT team. Why? One idiot wrecked his car after drinking at a party. The reasoning is, the others should have stopped him, even though they WEREN'T at the party.
Whats horrible is how Austin PD and a couple of the smaller local depts treat the officers that shoot someone. Best shoot in the world, does not matter. You are going to get fired or jammed up for SOMETHING. It also seems that having a Facebook page is the kiss of death. Same goes for firefighters. I think it's some sort of secret policy to drive away folks that get into a deadly force situation. The Ausitn PD cheif is a cheesedick. ......i would say he is a fucking asshole |
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Well, here locally, they fire them for anything, up to and including taking pics of a pretty girl sitting on your patrol car. Austin PD recently fired or suspended their entire SWAT team. Why? One idiot wrecked his car after drinking at a party. The reasoning is, the others should have stopped him, even though they WEREN'T at the party.
Whats horrible is how Austin PD and a couple of the smaller local depts treat the officers that shoot someone. Best shoot in the world, does not matter. You are going to get fired or jammed up for SOMETHING. It also seems that having a Facebook page is the kiss of death. Same goes for firefighters. I think it's some sort of secret policy to drive away folks that get into a deadly force situation. The Ausitn PD cheif is a cheesedick. ......i would say he is a fucking asshole To clarify, this crap has been going on a lot longer than his tenure down there. If anything, the abuses have slowed down. They don't go out and interview your wife during divorce proceedings any more. (The internal affairs guys were looking for something to fire someone with and thought the wife would supply dirt. That backfired BIGTIME) |
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Austin PD recently fired or suspended their entire SWAT team. Why? One idiot wrecked his car after drinking at a party. The reasoning is, the others should have stopped him, even though they WEREN'T at the party. Doesn't surprise me. I got screwed at work because of complaints about incidents that happened while I was on vacation.
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Certain segments of society require higher codes of conduct on/off duty and you can be punished for poor behavior...
Yes......the same as everyone else in society. I don't think LE is one of those. Not a hater either, I just read the papers too much I suppose. I was talking about the military... |
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Well, here locally, they fire them for anything, up to and including taking pics of a pretty girl sitting on your patrol car. Austin PD recently fired or suspended their entire SWAT team. Why? One idiot wrecked his car after drinking at a party. The reasoning is, the others should have stopped him, even though they WEREN'T at the party.
Whats horrible is how Austin PD and a couple of the smaller local depts treat the officers that shoot someone. Best shoot in the world, does not matter. You are going to get fired or jammed up for SOMETHING. It also seems that having a Facebook page is the kiss of death. Same goes for firefighters. I think it's some sort of secret policy to drive away folks that get into a deadly force situation. The Ausitn PD cheif is a cheesedick. ......i would say he is a fucking asshole To clarify, this crap has been going on a lot longer than his tenure down there. If anything, the abuses have slowed down. They don't go out and interview your wife during divorce proceedings any more. (The internal affairs guys were looking for something to fire someone with and thought the wife would supply dirt. That backfired BIGTIME) Sounds like they need to clean the admin side of the house big-time. |
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Well, here locally, they fire them for anything, up to and including taking pics of a pretty girl sitting on your patrol car. Austin PD recently fired or suspended their entire SWAT team. Why? One idiot wrecked his car after drinking at a party. The reasoning is, the others should have stopped him, even though they WEREN'T at the party.
Whats horrible is how Austin PD and a couple of the smaller local depts treat the officers that shoot someone. Best shoot in the world, does not matter. You are going to get fired or jammed up for SOMETHING. It also seems that having a Facebook page is the kiss of death. Same goes for firefighters. I think it's some sort of secret policy to drive away folks that get into a deadly force situation. The Ausitn PD cheif is a cheesedick. ......i would say he is a fucking asshole To clarify, this crap has been going on a lot longer than his tenure down there. If anything, the abuses have slowed down. They don't go out and interview your wife during divorce proceedings any more. (The internal affairs guys were looking for something to fire someone with and thought the wife would supply dirt. That backfired BIGTIME) Sounds like they need to clean the admin side of the house big-time. There is a very obvious air of "see? We are policing our own, in fact we just fired one today" going on. It's amazing how fast the details get printed in the local liberal paper. |
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Austin PD recently fired or suspended their entire SWAT team. Why? One idiot wrecked his car after drinking at a party. The reasoning is, the others should have stopped him, even though they WEREN'T at the party. Doesn't surprise me. I got screwed at work because of complaints about incidents that happened while I was on vacation.
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