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Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest
I strongly disagree. Education and Reason should be the first option to go to. But you have a different opinion and that's fine and your opinion seems to be the majority on this board. Again, it does not mean you opinion is the only one that is valid. But this has already been said and your post doesn't change or alter mine in anyway. I am heavily against using fear as a tactic to get your way - even if it is the easiest way to get something done.
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Its probably the majority opinion because its common knowledge that it works better. Of course in a perfect world, no one would get tickets, everyone would get educated, and everything would be perfect. But it doesn't work like that...some people's actions deserve to be ticketed, some don't. And there still is discretion with the officer, so there is an opportunity for both.
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Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest
Okay... You should look up conflict of interest. Just by saying "No it's not!" does not make it true.
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I'm not just saying "no it's not!"...its defined in the Police Act of Alberta and probably readily accessible through the provincial government on where money from tickets ends up.
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lol - okay. This is all coming from the horses mouth. So he must be ill informed. (this is where on might insert condescending eye roll)
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Did you know once I knew a cop who said the way policing is now is the best its ever been!?!?!?!?!?!? Anecdotal evidence is a great way for an argument. But I appreciate you refraining from the condescending eye roll.
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Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest
Good. The CPS can hire a business consultants to cut costs and for balancing their budget and actually focus on real CRIME.
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Once again, Calgary crime rates are near an all time low and compared to other Canadian cities, Calgary is very safe. CPS I guess can't be accredited with 100% of that, but I'd say they do a pretty good deal of focusing on "real" crime. Also, more people die from traffic incidents then homicides...but even though distracted driving/speeding/drunk driving/etc. have all been proven in studies to cause more collisions and presumingly are the cause of more fatalities, I guess it isn't real crime...
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I have a bad taste from bad cops when I have done NOTHING to warrant their brutal treatment. I don't get pulled over often at all. I get a ticket maybe every 5 years and that includes photo. I'm actually a "very good boy"...
"People like yourself" Really, what are people like myself? Do we know each other? Please stop with the personal assumptions.
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People like yourself who seem to have this ingrained dislike of the police. You've been quite vocal about being disliking of the police in this thread....so "people like yourself" are people who are also disliking of the police. I have no idea of your "brutal" treatment then, but the majority of people's police interaction is with traffic stops. Forgive me for presuming.