Funny cop memes.

[jahjahwarrior]

Here are some funny but yet true cop memes. Some I made myself. Others I found online.

 

[Claudya]

Hm you don't like them cops much, do you?

 

[jahjahwarrior]

I am a law abiding citizen who is totally in favor of cops arresting dangerous criminals, but not too fond of people who abuse authority.

 

[Angel]

Not so funny to me.
(Just being honest)
I respect cops because they keep me safe.

 

[jahjahwarrior]

My Remington 870 keeps me safe while cops take too long to arrive at the scene.

 

[Obadiah]

At least the one with the pig was funny. The others are just mean spirited, not humorous and certainly not true.

 

[jay55]

Oh I think there is some truth to the first one. At least where I live - the police officers setup rather unfair speed traps (eg. At the bottom of a long hill or where the speed limit is unreasonably low) just so they can sit there and easily pick off otherwise law abiding citizens to meet their monthly quotas of speeding tickets (and associated fines). Sometimes they will have a completely unnecessary number of officers on hand (especially when setup near the beach or something in the summer). It's all somewhat frustrating when they could be doing much more valuable things with their time.

 

[Obadiah]

Are you not concerned about the small child that may have been killed in their area by speeding cars that were previously ignored? Or concerned about the drunk drivers that many of those checkpoints catch, who kill and seriously injure more people than all the violent criminals combined?

 

[AirDancer]

There are also many, many times when the so-called speed traps are set up because of a manhunt for perps who have committed particularly terrible crimes.

While one hears of 'quotas,' which some departments have mandated, not all law enforcement departments have established quotas to meet.
And many officers would rather give the driver a talking to or a warning as opposed to a ticket. But of course, those who have gone their way after a talk or a warning aren't the ones who make noise about it.

 

[Obadiah]

Yeah, that's another reason they are used.

As for quotas, last I heard they were illegal all over the United States. I say "last I heard" because I haven't kept up with the laws on that, but I haven't heard of any changes. Of course, cops are required to be "productive" in whatever area they are working, just like any employee. I would think that would be something that tax paying citizens would support, rather than paying wages for someone just goofing off all day. So if a cop is assigned to traffic enforcement he will be expected to be writing a number of tickets somewhat comparable to other officers in his same position if he has no other reason that kept him from it.

Actually, as Christians we are supposed to obey the laws and be a good example to others. It seems if caught speeding, rather than blaming the cop and painting him as the bad guy, we should rather ask the Lord for forgiveness for breaking the law in the first place.

 

[AirDancer]

Quotas are still illegal in the USA as far as law enforcement is concerned.

 

[Kathi]

My father was on the vice squad many years ago.

 

[jay55]

Are you not concerned about the small child that may have been killed in their area by speeding cars that were previously ignored? Or concerned about the drunk drivers that many of those checkpoints catch, who kill and seriously injure more people than all the violent criminals combined?

I am more concerned with the real criminals that are getting away with all sorts of nasty stuff because the cops are too busy pulling over people going 5 mph over a speed limit that is already too low. I'm not suggesting that speed traps and other checkpoints aren't a good idea. But, please put them where there is a problem with speeders not where it is just easy to nail people.

 

[TOG]

I am more concerned with the real criminals that are getting away with all sorts of nasty stuff because the cops are too busy pulling over people going 5 mph over a speed limit that is already too low.

I used to be a parking warden, and I heard complaints like that all the time. If people neglected to put money in the parking meter, they would say "Why don't you go stop those that are parked on the sidewalk?" If hey were on the sidewalk, they would say "Why don't you go fine people who park by fire hydrants, where it's dangerous?" Everyone found somebody who was a worse lawbreaker and told me to go fine them. One time, shortly before I started, a man parked too close to a corner to go into a close by store for a few minutes. In fact, he parked right on the corner; the front end of his car was just barely on the right side of the intersection. While he was in the store, a young boy, about 7 years old came by and wanted to cross the street. The car was parked where he was used to crossing, so he had two choices. To cross in front of the car, he would first have to go onto the street he was walking parallel to, and walk along it across the street. So, he took what seemed to him the more logical route and went behind the car to cross. Because he was so small and it was a big car that was parked on the corner, the boy didn't see a car that was coming and the driver didn't see the boy until it was too late. That young boy never saw his 8th birthday. In another place, a man was going to pick up a friend, but the only parking spaces were on the other side of the street, so he went half-way up on the sidewalk to park and ran into a 5 year old girl while doing so. Fortunately, she lived. Try telling those kids and their parents that these were minor offenses, and that parking wardens and police should spend their time catching "real" criminals.

The TOG​

 

[Obadiah]

...I'm not suggesting that speed traps and other checkpoints aren't a good idea. But, please put them where there is a problem with speeders not where it is just easy to nail people.

I agree with you there on putting them where there is a problem with speeders. However, you might want to consider that the very fact that it is easy to nail speeders at a particular location shows that this is exactly the location where people are actually speeding! If they weren't speeding, it wouldn't be so easy to nail them. It would be inappropriate and silly to focus traffic enforcement efforts (and costs) on areas where traffic laws are not being broken, wouldn't it? If that's truly the case, I think people need to start calling the local traffic commissioner's office and strongly pointing out this problem.

I hate traffic tickets too and am glad I rarely get one these days, but I've worked with traffic commissioners and various other city and county officials specifically regarding setting speed limits. I've never seen any hint that the reasons for low limits were simply so they can write tickets. In fact, before that I used to think the same thing about seemingly low speed limits. But the reality is that there are many other factors involved that the average person driving by the speed trap never knows about, possibly like that child that was killed by a speeding car in the same area, or numerous complaints from residents in the area of dangerous traffic conditions and records of unusually high accidents in the area. The fact is, the real total cost to cities and counties of setting up and running those speed traps is much higher than most people would ever guess and rarely if ever do the fines even cover those costs, much less generate profits. I used to think like everyone else that it is a money making scheme, but the reality is that it's not.

Another thing to consider when we talk about how the police should focus on catching "real criminals" instead is that most people don't realize just how dangerous are those drivers who don't see a need to obey traffic laws. All across the United States (not just in big cities) statistics show that the average person has a far higher chance of being hurt or killed in a traffic accident than from any type of crime. In fact, a study of injury statistics for cops and firemen in Los Angles (a relatively dangerous place to work in those professions!) showed that even cops and firemen in a dangerous city have a far higher chance of being hurt or killed in a traffic accident while off duty than they do from any kind of on duty situation. And it was around the same time that in Los Angles (a city riddled with gang violence and famous not only for gang driveby shootings but also the birthplace of freeway shootings!) it was found that more people were killed or injured by drunk drivers in traffic accidents than by all other crimes combined!

So is it important to save lives or not? If so, we have to understand that even though we personally never like to get a ticket, those speed traps and speed limit laws are doing more to save lives and prevent injuries than almost all other types of law enforcement. Instead of hating those cops (and some here have told me in private that they do indeed hate all cops) and treating them like they are the bad guys, we should be thinking more about our Christian responsibility to be an example of Jesus to the world, and Jesus never justified breaking the law for any reason short of doing the will of the Father. It's hard for me to think of many situations where it would be God's will to break traffic laws. Sometimes maybe, but not many. If we do get caught breaking the law in a speed trap or in some other way, instead of transferring the blame to the cop or to the city policies, we should go in prayer to God and ask forgiveness for our poor testimony of law breaking and ask His help to be more attentive to our testimony in the future.

 

[jay55]

You guys are clearly missing my point (my fault though). All I am saying is that often times the police set up speed traps in areas that are extremely easy to catch people going slightly over the speed limit when their time would be better spent at other locations where speeding, accidents and other issues should take priority. In these cases they are clearly out to take the easiest path for themselves rather than best serving the public.

 

[Kathi]

You guys are clearly missing my point (my fault though). All I am saying is that often times the police set up speed traps in areas that are extremely easy to catch people going slightly over the speed limit when their time would be better spent at other locations where speeding, accidents and other issues should take priority. In these cases they are clearly out to take the easiest path for themselves rather than best serving the public.

If you are going over the speed limit..... you are going over the speed limit.You are breaking the law.You have to pay the conseqences.When you get behind the wheel of your car you need to make a choice.Break the laws of the road and it comes out of your pocket.Rather the police are hiding down that corner street or patroling the streets.

 

[jahjahwarrior]

One time, shortly before I started, a man parked too close to a corner to go into a close by store for a few minutes. In fact, he parked right on the corner; the front end of his car was just barely on the right side of the intersection. While he was in the store, a young boy, about 7 years old came by and wanted to cross the street. The car was parked where he was used to crossing, so he had two choices. To cross in front of the car, he would first have to go onto the street he was walking parallel to, and walk along it across the street. So, he took what seemed to him the more logical route and went behind the car to cross. Because he was so small and it was a big car that was parked on the corner, the boy didn't see a car that was coming and the driver didn't see the boy until it was too late. That young boy never saw his 8th birthday.

I'm curious, what kind of irresponsible parent would let their 7 year old kid walk a busy street alone??? When I was that age, my mom didn't even let me walk past the drive way, let alone cross any street by myself. If that were my kid, hell would freeze over before I ever allowed him to walk alone in any neighborhood. If my wife were to allow it, I'd have a mouth full and then some to say to her about it. Just sayin

 

[Kathi]

I'm curious, what kind of irresponsible parent would let their 7 year old kid walk a busy street alone??? When I was that age, my mom didn't even let me walk past the drive way, let alone cross any street by myself. If that were my kid, hell would freeze over before I ever allowed him to walk alone in any neighborhood. If my wife were to allow it, I'd have a mouth full and then some to say to her about it. Just sayin

I was in a grocery store.A little girl was roaming the isles.She must have been around 2.She was crying and saying "Ma ma".I took her hand immediately.No one seemed to be looking for her.I thought to myself how dangerous that was because someone could take off with the in a second.I took her to the manager and they paged for her mom.
I have also seen little kids about that age riding down the sidewalk in a neighborhood by themselves.I think that is dangerous.

 

[jahjahwarrior]

And as far as cops writing tickets because they have to keep us safe, etc. If you must strip a hard working man of his income when he's only trying to feed his family on a tight budget just because in his human nature he was unaware that his speedometer was reading 10mph above the posted limit, all for the sake of keeping the roads safe and to save lives, then so be it. If safety is your reason for that, then I expect you to obey the traffic laws as well for the same reason and to practice what you preach. You have no idea how many times I have seen cops drive wrecklessly and break traffic laws (speeding, changing lanes without signaling, talking on their cell phone, etc) knowing that they can use their badge as their "get out of jail free" pass to do whatever they want. If that is you, then I find it much easier to believe you're in it for the power trip rather than my safety. My biggest problem with cops are those who bully people for no reason or over petty crap and abuse their authority. I don't doubt there are a few good cops out there who perform their duties with integrity, and believe me, I have all the respect in the world for them. But I find them to be a minority. So I don't hate law enforcement as much as I hate corruption and hypocrisy or the abuse of authority.