Casper250 said:Long Island
area - 1198 square miles
Casper250 said:This area that i'm talking about is not near any house or buisness.
Casper250 said:but I've been hearing some stories that are a little disturbing.
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mtk said:It also doesn't make the cop's work useful to society either. While the donut-eater was writing those two boys a bunch of tickets for doing something that wasn't harming anyone, he wasn't out investigating murders, rapes, robberies, or other "real" crime.
mtk said:Most importantly, I'm glad I don't live in that Socialist Utopia called Canada.
mtk said:And I'll stand by the "donut-eater" comment as well. The courts have decided, more than once, that the police have no obligation whatsoever to protect any individual. Their job is to come in afterwards, write a report, and maybe, just maybe, actually find and arrest the person who did it. So anyone who thinks that dialing 911 is going to save them, they're most likely going to be sorely mistaken. I've known quite a few folks who've been burglarized and the refrain from the cops is always the same, "There's nothing we can do; call your insurance company." Yes these same fine officers seem to have no shortage of time to work speed traps and collect revenue for the local government. "Serve and Protect" is a farce. It's more like "Harass and Collect." That's one thing I DO like about my local community: it has very few cops. One township over has five times the number of officers and the only net difference is they spend a lot more money on new patrol cars all the time and have speed traps all over the place to generate revenue. I'll take people being left alone, thanks.
That comment is essentially true. Law enforcement cannot guarantee the safety of each individual nor is an officer REQUIRED to unnecessarily endanger themselves in the performance of their duties. That is a real fuzzy topic full of scenarios, opinions, and theories, and not really relevant to dirt bike riding without permission...but anyway.a454elk said:You guys crack me up, I'm surprised it went on as long as it has. The courts have decided that they have no obligation to protect any individual?