EDITOR NOTE– Good idea Rodney. I just closed the debate.

In answer to your question, no I’m not a Boise cop either because I have more pride in myself than that and actually value my integrity. You guys have a LAPD bad image thing going on.

I actually have friends in Boise PD too that put up with you guys for some dumb reason. It’s a shame really. I have seen many good officers run off to your agency and come back within six months. All of them cite the same reasons for leaving BPD.

1) Lack of ethical behaviors they didn’t want to get caught up in.
2) Trainers were arrogant and treated trainees badly.
3) Many Boise cops have a We vs. They syndrome going on with the public and view their own administration as the enemy.

I have stopped other cops before. Some got warnings some didn’t. One who didn’t, deliberately tried to influence me by flipping out his badge when I stopped him for doing 85 in a 60. As I approached his vehicle he said ‘Sorry man, we good here? I’m kind of in a hurry.’ I asked him for his D.L. etc. and he flipped me more of that professional courtesy crap.

25 over is not warning worthy no matter how you slice it. I gave him a break and stroked him for 19 over, and thats as good as it was going to get.

I got a call one night from another officer who told me he caught my son speeding. He asked me what I wanted him to do about it. I said what would you normally do in a case like this? He said he would normally write a ticket. I told him then he knew what he should do. Write the ticket.

If you think thats holier than thou then you don’t deserve to wear that badge. So, you want my badge hero? Come get it. Your jurisdiction ends at the Boise City limits. Step into mine and break the law if you want to test my tolerance for that kind of behavior. Whether you are a cop or not will not stop me from tossing your crooked butt in jail and ending your career.

Facts are this wasn’t even a newsworthy story till a bunch of “Boise” cops started suggesting the law did not apply to them and started complaining about it.

The sad part of this whole deal is the Sgt. got a ticket. He was publicly humiliated for it. Then a bunch of jackasses banded together and screamed “we are cops and we are above the law! It doesn’t apply to us!” That is what I have an issue with.

As I stated before, if you have an issue with the way your chief disciplined this guy then maybe you should talk to him about it.

The public has every right to expect it’s law enforcement officers to not be arrogant, and to obey the law themselves. He wasn’t on a call, he could have parked legally. There was no reason for what he did other than he thought he could get away with it.

The man paid his fine. Story over. But you want me to feel badly because he made a mistake and was held accountable and the public feels cops should be held accountable? I think not.

None of the cops I have worked with in over 20 years of law enforcement experience have attitudes like yours. It must be a Boise PD thing.

I bet you still haven’t figured out why voters don’t like spending money on cops yet have you? Look in the mirror and you will have your answer. Remember that with each word you spout out of your mouths you prove my points to the citizens of Boise and shape and form their image of what Boise cops are. Go on, keep it up.

The Boise Police Department apparently does think the law does not apply to them. It’s that lack of morality and arrogance you are exhibiting and your “I can park wherever I want cuz I’m the Po-Po attitude” which turns the public against us. So no, I won’t apologize for having a more highly evolved sense of ethics than you and maybe you should consider getting into a profession more closely aligned with your belief system, like say Politics.

My understanding is their sense of entitlement is just like yours. You have that same attitude I have heard before. You call it “Professional courtesy”. I call it corruption. If I stop you for a violation in my county and you badge me, not only will you definitely get a ticket, your chief will get a call as well! You are not above the law. I will answer your question “ringo startled”. Whatever happened to discretion is right. Whatever happened to that officers sense of discretion to take two seconds to think “hey, how will this make me and my agency look if I park here”?

If you got a beef with your chief and his methods take it up with him. In the meantime, he was wrong, you know he was wrong, all he got was a ticket. Pay it learn from it and move on. Was this newsworthy, hell no. Did they plaster it everywhere to embarrass cops. Hell yes. Are you doing anything to change their attitude about cops. Nope, you keep reinforcing that belief system.

No wonder every officer that leaves my agency to go to Boise for more pay, always comes back within 6 months. They all say the same thing. You guys are out of control and unethical and they don’t want to be associated with you. You’ve got an image problem. I suggest you work on it.

I hope my sarcasm was picked up on – you don’t give tickets to your police! And if they step out of line, you call their supervisor & it get’s handled – period. You people need to get a life.

Also, no wonder the cops hate us. One of the guys was at our fire house talking about this ticket, and it’s amazing how hard Chief Masterson and the mayor are trying to underhand the police dept. Funny the city starts doing this kind of crap when negotiations are about to start with police and fire. Let’s all donate to the Guardian because he’s sooooooo unbiased.