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Originally Posted by jar_e

I know I'm not going to convince you otherwise but policing, as much of life, is incredibly grey and never black and white.

I pride myself of being more of a "problem solver" or a "what guarantees the best outcome for the victim/offender/general public in situations" then a blanket charge cop, but each to their own.

I don’t fault you for the approach you take in your work, I don’t think your intentions are bad and I completely understand that this is a norm that has been around for a long time and probably predates your time on the force. I’m also not one to crap on police officers where it’s not warranted as I believe it’s an incredibly important and difficult job to do effectively. With that being said I still don’t agree with not having consistent repercussions for infractions like speeding. I just see anything else as being unfair. I’ll leave it at that.

I appreciate the uncertainty people have with that in this day and age. Obviously trust in police is presumably at an incredible low. Society expects police to be these jack of all trades and master of none in a variety of criminal and non criminal situations.

I completely agree with you on police being expected to do way too much and I think it makes changing the status quo all the more difficult. My position isn’t coming from a place of uncertainty, it’s more an issue of consistently equal and fair applications of the law.

I wish we had a further shift to common sense, reasonable policing and courts but, alas, that's a culture and legal change way above my pay grade.

I wish for the same and I still think these are important conversations to have. I for one would rather get the same ticket as anyone else every time I chose to break the law instead of getting a ticket for something someone else got a warning for, even if it eliminates the possibility of ever getting just a warning myself. Not everyone is going to hold the same opinion and that’s fine.