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Old 02-12-2010, 02:20 PM   #51
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Yes. You spend your work life being lied to and despised by most of the people you come into contact with, it tends to alter you at a very basic level. I was (and am again) a very happy person with a friendly demeanor and a helpful attitude, after two years on the job I hated everyone EXCEPT my fellow officers and my family. It's very much "us vs. them"...and yuo are "them".

Then there are the weak and incompetent people who's desire for authority draw them to the job, they begin as morally bankrupt individuals and evolve into the the kind of degenerates you see profiled on the news.


I always thought they had to have periodic mental tests.
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Old 02-12-2010, 02:25 PM   #52
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I always thought they had to have periodic mental tests.
You have to pass psych evals to get the job, for whatever reason they don't seem to work really well. I worked with some wonderful people...but they were far overshadowed by the complete and utter assholes.
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You have to pass psych evals to get the job, for whatever reason they don't seem to work really well. I worked with some wonderful people...but they were far overshadowed by the complete and utter assholes.

That might be part of the problem. Society has a negative opinion of police. It seems that the psych evals don't really do any good if there some wonderful people overshadowed by assholes.
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Old 02-13-2010, 11:53 PM   #54
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I would also not star in Brokeback Mountain 2.
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I would also not star in Brokeback Mountain 2.
Whew, that's a relief!

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I did it for you. LOL
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See? You are a bodhisattva!

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Only on the weekends. LOL
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