[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Cop Changing a flat (Page 1 of 3)
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And despite that abortion on fire, you're posting positively only because it's an officer. Quoted:
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He got the job done. Like someone posted, some of you are only posting negatively because its an officer 
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Huh. They covered tire changing in my police academy.
I've had to change a flat tire. Code-3 call comes out, officer in pursuit, suspect not stopping, I join the pursuit. We leave the jurisdiction and head into the neighboring city. Suspect ditches his car and escapes on foot. I'm nearing where the primary officer has parked his car. I get a flat. After the suspect isn't found, we all disperse and I change my tire. It's pretty easy. The hardest thing is moving all the crap in your trunk to get to the spare. |
That shit is funny
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Seriously, one has to be a mechanic to use a jack and change a tire?  [url]http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1995865_Why-does-my-mossberg-only-take-two-rounds-.html[url] |
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No. I'd laugh my ass off at any jackwagon who can't figure out a screw jack before placing it under a car. Try not to be so fucking sensitive. He got the job done with only a minimal delay. I'm not the one who's sensitive |
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He was just getting warmed up before he started the actual work, that is all.
You have to realize that not everyone is mechanically inclined. For most us we could like at a mechanical device like that and make some quick, correct assumptions on how its supposed to work. I work with some electrical engineers that would probably do this exact same thing. They, however, would laugh at me as I try to figure out what buttons to push on an oscilloscope. |
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In the late 1980's changing a tire was part of the physical agility test you had to pass in order to even get hired.
The hiring agency laid out the expectation and time requirement, but did not teach you how to change a tire- it was expected you already knew how. Testing included climbing a fence, both distance running and sprinting, dragging a fake body, dry firing a revolver inside an electrified ring after physical exertion, etc. Times sure do change; back then it was expected that by the time you were old enough to be a Police Officer you had already learned how to run, change a tire, climb a fence and so forth........ |
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I never knew the plug in a moss berg was that wooden dowel that fell out when you tilted it. I'd only had remington's that have that green plastic plug [url]http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1995865_Why-does-my-mossberg-only-take-two-rounds-.html[url] 
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In the late 1980's changing a tire was part of the physical agility test you had to pass in order to even get hired. The hiring agency laid out the expectation and time requirement, but did not teach you how to change a tire- it was expected you already knew how. Testing included climbing a fence, both distance running and sprinting, dragging a fake body, dry firing a revolver inside an electrified ring after physical exertion, etc. Times sure do change; back then it was expected that by the time you were old enough to be a Police Officer you had already learned how to run, change a tire, climb a fence and so forth........ Now it's discouraged, even for our own marked units. call a wrecker, they tell us. Liability if something gets broken... |
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Back then we used to unlock car doors for people and change out flat tires for them. Now it's discouraged, even for our own marked units. call a wrecker, they tell us. Liability if something gets broken... |
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Back then we used to unlock car doors for people and change out flat tires for them. Now it's discouraged, even for our own marked units. call a wrecker, they tell us. Liability if something gets broken... Quoted:
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In the late 1980's changing a tire was part of the physical agility test you had to pass in order to even get hired. The hiring agency laid out the expectation and time requirement, but did not teach you how to change a tire- it was expected you already knew how. Testing included climbing a fence, both distance running and sprinting, dragging a fake body, dry firing a revolver inside an electrified ring after physical exertion, etc. Times sure do change; back then it was expected that by the time you were old enough to be a Police Officer you had already learned how to run, change a tire, climb a fence and so forth........ Now it's discouraged, even for our own marked units. call a wrecker, they tell us. Liability if something gets broken... I remember people wanting the cops to pay to fix linkage that got disconnected in the door when using a slimjim. 
If you aren't sure what you are doing,best to call someone that knows what they are doing. |
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Back then we used to unlock car doors for people and change out flat tires for them. Now it's discouraged, even for our own marked units. call a wrecker, they tell us. Liability if something gets broken... Quoted:
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In the late 1980's changing a tire was part of the physical agility test you had to pass in order to even get hired. The hiring agency laid out the expectation and time requirement, but did not teach you how to change a tire- it was expected you already knew how. Testing included climbing a fence, both distance running and sprinting, dragging a fake body, dry firing a revolver inside an electrified ring after physical exertion, etc. Times sure do change; back then it was expected that by the time you were old enough to be a Police Officer you had already learned how to run, change a tire, climb a fence and so forth........ Now it's discouraged, even for our own marked units. call a wrecker, they tell us. Liability if something gets broken... I've encountered administrators with virtually zero mechanical ability- anything related to electronics or machinery may as well have been witchcraft to them. So, in their mind, because they didn't understand it obviously no one else could either (besides motor-pool or building maintenance, you know- the trained specialists). No doubt liability is a real concern in some circumstances, but at other times "Liability" was nothing more than a catchphrase for "I can't fix shit so none of you are allowed to either". |
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They took the spare tires out of our local cops cars. one workers comp claim for a back injury or getting run over can pay for a tow truck to change thousands of tires. |
it's really too bad that the video cut off before the drama of the cop trying to unseat the lug nuts with the vehicle already up on the jack. 
maybe that department needs a basic tire changing checklist or something to work from... 1) chock opposite corner tire; 2) slightly loosen lug nuts; 3) jack up vehicle, ... ar-jedi |