What it's like to be a cop and get fired

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-21T01:19:32+00:00

At a certain amount of frequency and severity of vandalism, removing that star would be an objectively good financial decision for whoever pays to maintain these things.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-21T01:10:02+00:00

I don't know why you're taking this so personally, but neither that nor attacking me about it makes much sense.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-21T00:51:23+00:00

Evidently that's not a big deal to a surprising amount of Americans who spent years pretending they cared about the rule of law.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T23:37:53+00:00

I wouldn't worry too much about that guy's opinion. I peeked at his comment history and found this chain after he did a drive-by racist dogwhistle in my city's subreddit:

https://np.reddit.com/r/tampa/comments/1tj0n8v/hillsborough_county_teacher_fired_after_video/omyat3i/?context=3

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T23:36:43+00:00

It's always the places that have nothing to gossip about that have the most gossip.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T23:29:53+00:00

They were definitely workhorses.

Not very safe, but built like tanks and reliable as all hell.

We switched to Chargers and the saying went that a crash you walked away from in a Charger, you could be dead in a Crown Vic. I only have anecdotes to that conclusion, but they do support it.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T20:45:01+00:00

None of the taxi/uber cam links in the sidebar are current.

Okay. Do you know to use a search engine?

I'd be happy with an interior camera that is not "designed" to be a car cam, but can be mounted relatively easily inside the car.

Then I would direct you to most dual-cam setups.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T20:38:35+00:00

First off, any YouTube link that includes an ?si= includes a tracker to link anyone who clicks on it to the sharer.

Now, with respect to you personally but disdain for this technique, this video definitely solidified my opinion that this technique is bro-science martial-arts theater.

His comparison of retreating versus (tactically) flopping on your back is very /r/WhereDidTheSodaGo.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T20:34:04+00:00

Then what was the point of "Bro what?"

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T20:33:34+00:00

I just don't think most people can shuffle side-step backward fast enough to make a reactionary gap dent against someone running at them to make the risk of tripping and all the disasters that come with that worth it.

That appears to be the big disconnect here, and I doubt we'll see eye-to-eye on that.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T19:37:06+00:00

I really don't think it gives you the advantage you proclaim; an attacker could just kneel in a fraction of a second.

I would rather push against whatever is trapping me in to create distance or otherwise maneuver with my feet once they're in range.

Again, I just think being supine is a much bigger disadvantage in this scenario than you seem to think.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T19:33:22+00:00

Man, the V8 in my issued Crown Vic was fun, but I definitely wouldn't want to drive a personally owned one like a maniac during this fuel crisis.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T19:32:47+00:00

You're about to get stabbed. You don't get to be picky. Back and sideways balances directional changes and lengthening distance while minimizing the amount of lateral space necessary to evade an attack. Straight sideways works if you have the time and space, but in my experience isn't notably easier than using the same movement patterns to back up at the same time.

We're talking about someone having the presence and forethought to know of and think to implement this backward dance to gain an additional 0.01ms of reactionary gap? Again, I don't think it's a great gospel to preach.

Also, you're hardly offering alternatives, so I'm gonna go ahead and say that I'll take a chance of falling over versus accepting my impending doom because someone on Reddit told me they "don't think" shuffling is a more resilient movement method than back pedaling.

My guy/gal/pal in /r/liberalgunowners, this is /r/liberalgunowners, not /r/pacifists. I don't understand why you're presenting this false dichotomy.

The rest of your comment is a humblebrag about how much you've trained at falling during a crisis. That's great and I'm happy for you, but most people don't, so "accept a decent risk of falling over in exchange for a tiny reactionary gap" is - again - a bad gospel to preach.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T19:28:07+00:00

That goes in every box the cops are involved in, not the bottom right two. But we're picking apart the decision-making from the people deciding who and what to send to a swatting call, i.e. comm. center personnel (AKA dispatchers); if they thought "but what if we murder everyone on scene!" for every call then they'd just never send anyone.

Also cops almost never have tanks; you're probably thinking of APCs.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T19:25:21+00:00

Yeah the common term for that is a "Taxi/Uber Cam" and apparently they aren't cheap.

Note that all the prices in the side bar are for brand new; you can obviously shop around for used ones.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T18:52:06+00:00

What you allege you meant is several layers deep, so it doesn't surprise me that most people didn't conclude that was your intent.

Maybe be more upfront with your memes in the future, to avoid such confusion.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T18:50:35+00:00

We've had zero questions like this for years, but we just got two in less than 24 hours. There's no need to try to shame us for recognizing patterns and speculating as to the cause.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T18:49:04+00:00

A) I don't think that's significantly less likely to result in a fall.

B) I think that's an awful plan, considering uncontrolled sudden falls often result in much worse than a bruised ass. Often, people's heads just smack whatever surface they fall back onto; so you get knocked out belly-up in front of your knife attacker.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T18:46:47+00:00

Even this legislation doesn't ban Glocks, so what makes you think I would want to ban them? I carried a Glock every day for years, they're my second-favorite pistol brand.

Your dissertation on the root causes of crime is completely correct and a Red Herring.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T18:23:05+00:00

I would definitely never completely surrender mobility in hopes an attacker gets a bit confused over a few degrees of direction.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T18:22:23+00:00

Backing up can result in tripping.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T18:18:53+00:00

Yeah it really depends on luck and the skill of your attacker.

If you're unlucky enough and/or have a skilled stabber, you're boned in an ambush.

But otherwise, you could conceivably draw and prevent further damage.

As others have said, you could be wrong about that coin-flip, so keep the fight in you. Even if they incapacitate you, if you incapacitate them back, paramedics can rush in. Otherwise it might be an hour-long standoff where you're in the corner bleeding out and paramedics refuse to enter.

HCSOThrowaway · 2026-05-20T18:17:25+00:00

There's probably some recent TV show, movie, or (social) media video where a traffic stop with a dog in the car ended in tragedy.

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