No two police officers are alike. Similarly, no two duty assignments are alike. SWAT cops and School Resource Officers are all cops, but they have vastly different training, responsibilities and types of citizen contacts.
Motor cops have the primary objective of enforcing traffic laws, while vice cops go after street drugs and conduct prostitution stings. Even instructors are different – an FTO uses different training methods than a DT instructor.
Let’s not even get started on the differences between patrol officers and administrative guys.
Again please be advised that what follows is not CP's creation so feel free to pass it along and add your own touches.
And to whoever started this list, thank you!
Narcotics
- Grow facial hair and tell everybody you were ordered to do so
- Start wearing “Tap Out” T-shirts
- Start watching every episode of “Monster Garage”
- Buy a biker wallet with a big chain
- Practice the “Don’t acknowledge me, even in the police station” look
- Ensure that every case involves overtime pay
- Learn to play golf while drunk
SWAT
- Wear team T-shirts (size small), Oakley sunglasses and boots every day
- Try to fit the word “breach” and “tactical” into every conversation
- Have a mirror handy to check hair (if you have hair)
- Never say hello to anyone who is not an operator – just practice your SWAT nod
- Subscribe to Soldier of Fortune, Guns and Ammo, and Muscle and Fitness magazines
- Learn to play golf wearing a gun, a tactical knife and a back-up gun (just in case)
Community Service Units
- Hate SWAT
- Work to make everybody love you
- Paint your office in pastel colors
- Think feng shui at all times
- Subscribe to Psychology Today magazine
- Learn to play miniature golf
Motor Patrol
- Write tickets to EVERYBODY
- Spend every weekend cleaning your bike and polishing boots
- Annoy the shit out of everyone on the radio by having complete disregard for anyone else’s radio traffic
- Talk about nothing but how many tickets you wrote in one day
- Constantly ride by a building with big windows to see your reflection
- Refer to the “other” law enforcement officers as “car cops”
- Remember that “LBR” (Look Bitchin’ Riding) is your mantra
- Golf is lame – motor rodeos are cool
K-9 Units
- Become completely sadistic
- Show pictures of your latest dog bite
- Brag about your largest drug find
- Smell like a dog at all times
- Workout three times a day
- Show off your bruises
Administrative Units
- Attend three-hour lunches every day and tell everybody it’s a “meeting”
- Upgrade department cell phone every month
- Tell everybody you are published in a national law enforcement magazine
- Update your revenge list on a weekly basis
- Expert at PowerPoint, bar charts and graphs
- Play LOTS of golf – golf is awesome
Patrol Units
- Develop nerves of steel and tell everyone about said nerves of steel
- Remain in a terminal state of nausea from department politics
- Lose your ability to keep your mouth shut
- Acquire a refined taste in alcohol
- Beat the crap out of your caddy on any bogeyed shot
FTO
- Automatically grasp the door handle until your knuckles turn white as soon as the car is put in gear
- View a multiple-victim homicide in progress as a “good training opportunity” and ask to take primary
- Develop a life-long case of irritable bowel syndrome
- Remember that less than three hours of OT is a quiet day
Detectives
- Come in at 0800
- Take “breakfast” from 0815 to 1030
- Work from 1030 to noon
- From noon to 1400, eat lunch and work out
- From 1400 to 1700, sit in CID and plan your next RV, fishing or motorcycle trip
Patrol Sergeant
- Remind everyone as often as possible “how we used to do it”
- Try to fit the word “liability” into every sentence
- Talk about “what you’re hearing from upstairs”
Rookie/Trainee
- Don’t be ashamed that you are unable to grow facial hair
- Watch every episode of “Cops” and “Southland”
- Memorize the opening monologue to “End of Watch”
- Try not to get too excited when the SWAT guys walk by
- Arrive for work three hours early
- Never drink on the golf course because it violates the open-container ordinance
Corrections Officers
- Show up for work 15 minutes early
- Buy only the best ink pens (Pilot G2)
- Wear t-shirts of your “dream department” under your uniform
- Wear a full duty belt of gear even though you have to remove everything when you arrive at the facility
- Become friends with every local police officer
Defensive Tactics Instructors
- Remember to stretch before making an arrest
- Spend hours debating the advantages of RCB vs. straight stick
- Wear yoga pants off-duty
- Always remember that Chuck Norris is GOD
- Spend more than $50 on a quality wood baton
- Giggle when a suspect starts to resist
Firearms Instructor
- Respond to every question/statement with the word, “Huh?”
- Remember that you have a lead/blood percentage level higher than the current chief’s approval rating
- Operate under the assumption that the more beer you drink, the more of that lead leaves your system
- Buy a new tactical handgun as a Christmas gift for the wife/girlfriend
- Use an image of a custom 1911-A1 for a screensaver
- Wear the latest high-tech electronic hearing protectors during normal conversation
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