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Old 05-14-2013, 07:10 AM   #93
Erick Estrada
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Originally Posted by JohnnyB View Post
I would care if they do that. My memories of Calgary are that half the time cops are driving around looking for traffic offences. Police have authority in virtue of what the laws they represent and act in defence of. It's terribly unprofessional and disrespectful of those same laws for them to break them while enforcing them upon others.

If I was a cop I'd be annoyed about a colleague doing that kind of thing. The implicit message is the law isn't worth respecting but only their power is.
Well they are human and just because they wear a badge doesn't mean they are the most competent of people. I see them on their cell phones while driving, turning/changing lanes all the time without signalling, making illegal U-turns for no apparent reason. Not sure you will ever be able to remove the human element from the job as a lot of these guys follow traffic laws no better than the rest of us.
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