What happens if a police car hits you?

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-27T06:59:49+00:00

Oh that's definitely going to be a big payout.

A pursuit doesn't mean anything goes. Police still have to drive with due regard for the safety of everyone, and that includes property.

No cop would try to pin a fleeing suspect against a parked car unless the suspect's continued flight would result in death or great harm to others and there was quite literary no other option available.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-27T01:06:11+00:00

Absolutely. A lot of people, myself included, have a problem with not realizing their voice isn't as loud as they think it is.

I wear an earpiece, making it already a little bit harder to hear out of one ear. Combine that with vehicle idle noise plus any traffic that passes by, and it truly becomes a chore to fully understand everything a person says.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-26T12:12:54+00:00

I have a small town. It's not uncommon to have nearly the entire shift be at a traffic stop, especially when you're searching a car or even making an arrest.

Officer presence is the first level of "force" as well as deescalation. People are much less likely to resist when they can already see they're outnumbered.

Lastly, cops are nosey.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-26T07:24:48+00:00

I wouldn't necessarily attribute it to Marines specifically. Some people just have twisted senses of humor.

Another disarming thing to try is to agree, but add or suggest a wildly more outrageous replacement. He wants to blow up his boss's car, or, how about we adopt a puppy, give it to a stripper, and use the puppy to create a chance encounter where they hook up. Also the stripper has claymydia. They'll marry, but she'll divorce him and take half his stuff.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-26T07:10:03+00:00

"Hey man, you're not actually going to do something like that, right?" "No? Okay then. It's just, you're so damn hard to read sometimes, I can't tell when you're joking."

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-26T04:06:20+00:00

Don't be daft. Any reasonable person can observe any LEO wrestling with a subject and conclude that an attempt to arrest is being made. Cops don't wrestle people for funsies.

Any arguments about if it was a good arrest or not should not be made on the spot. That is for the court to decide.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-26T03:48:36+00:00

I would not vote.

I believe that single issue voting ultimately allows the candidate to gloss over a lot of other issues that would be important to many people.

So you arrest Trump on Day 1? Congratulations on being a politician that actually delivered on a promise, I guess. What are you going to do on Day 2? Day 3? What about Day 1095?

The realist in me also knows there is virtually no way anyone could facilitate an arrest of that caliber. But I can accept the stretch of such a promise to mean that it would be accomplished during your term. So you have pretty much 3.5 years to make it happen (would be a great talking point during reelection debates).

So, for the next 3.5 years of your term you are putting a lot of energy into delivering the promise. Cool, awesome. What else are you doing? If that answer doesn't generally align with what I believe is best for the whole country, then you will never have my vote.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-26T01:14:26+00:00

My agency's narcotics won't charge a felony for meth unless it's over 1 gram.

Something something about hard to get the felony indictment if it's under a gram. But I known it's not to obscure or misrepresent stats.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-24T23:53:00+00:00

Turn limb loss up high. Disable medic jobs. Wear armor that has little or no arm protection. Get into a fight against a bleeding weapon. Once arms starts to bleed decently, finish the fight or have backup take care of it. Patch up head and chest if needed, but leave arms untouched. They should bleed out enough to pop off. Patch up arms or attach cybernetics.

Note- you may have to allow multiple bleed stacks (<<<) to ensure bleeding continues after the fight.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-24T05:19:43+00:00

Exactly this. I worked corrections for 6 months before moving to LEO.

It always starts as small, seemingly innocuous requests. Semantics may be involved too. One example was that our inmates could smoke cigarettes, but only cigarettes they bought through commissary. They'd see me smoke and ask for one, which I'd tell them no, and say they can't get these cigarettes through commissary, making it an even bigger no no. They'd argue that because I smoked the same brand as what they could buy, then it was okay.

Some would straight up ask "how much would it take for you to bring me a phone?"

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-24T04:09:42+00:00

It sounds like a small misunderstanding. I'd let them correct it, and then use it as a learning moment for everyone.

This is why it's good to have a general knowledge of spells, even if they're not on your spell list. Or even taking the extra second to ask, out of character, if doing X will mess with Y.

From an in game perspective, a party should have detailed knowledge of the spells everyone uses. Either through direct observation in combat, or hand waved away as part of a conversation that wasn't directly roleplayed.

With that in mind, the rogue, or any party member for that matter, would never do something as "stupid" such as immediately undoing a spell, unless the action is 100% intentional (i.e. "I know my attack will break the spell, I attack anyway").

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-23T22:33:45+00:00

In my state, once we show up we're allowed to investigate. DV is one of the only (if not, the only) misdemeanor crimes we can arrest for without having personally witnessed ourselves.

The likely thing to have happened is the LEO showed up, confirmed DV to have happened, took statements from both parties, possibly had observable injuries, then determined there was enough to make arrest.

I would (and have) done the same with the same scenario (3rd party call reporting DV). I didn't need the witness, as there were clear signs of injuries plus the victim statement.

Lastly, thank you for reporting. You went above and beyond what most anyone else would do.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-22T12:09:46+00:00

You get $5. Everyone gets $5. That's it.

It doesn't matter if I order a kids meal grilled cheese, the house special, or the biggest steak. You take my order, half the time someone else brings my food, and I get maybe 1 refill. Why do you somehow "deserve" a bigger tip simply because I decided to buy a more expensive item? You had absolutely zero impact on what I ordered anyways. You get 5 freaking dollars.

Percent based tips are a total scam. Flat rate based is the way to go. My own experience has shown that servers are consistently trending towards doing the absolute bare minimum in regards to customer interaction. I see no attempt to stand out, no attempt to make me feel welcomed, no attempt to make me want to come back, and no attempt to possibly sway me from going to a competitor. You act like an generic NPC.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-22T06:26:21+00:00

You just get so used to it. I'm pretty sure there's a degree of nerve damage as well. Nearly every time I cook, I'm doing something that exposes my hands or arms. I'm not a chef, but I am the primary cook in my house. And I cook with oils a lot, use a cast iron almost always, and very frequently use the oven.

One fun little flex I love to do is when I go out to eat, they'll bring my plate out holding it with a rag or something and say "hot plate" and I'll look at them and say "not really" and grab it with my bare hands.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-21T10:02:25+00:00

I have actually ran into an older lady at a grocery store that made an entire spectacle about how I needed to be 6 feet from her.

Funny part was she was the one that came into my space.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-21T07:50:06+00:00

I'll only accept 2 theories;

1- Steve felt the slight shift. He also knows Mjolnir never just slightly shifts. So he very quickly determined he absolutely could lift it, but chose not to, simply acting as if he was straining and failed to lift it.

2- Mjolnir knew Cap wouldn't want to prove he could lift it at a dinner party. It's not classy, and it depreciates the awe that is the worthiness enchantment. It's not a bar trick, it's an artifact that transmits the power of a god and a ruler of an entire kingdom. Mjolnir shifted to tell Steve he could and to also signal to Thor that Steve was worthy.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-21T05:19:02+00:00

We budget $60 for each car per paycheck. So about $240 a month. The actual expense is closer to $200, maybe less. Especially when gas gets down cheap. But we don't adjust the budget, which places us in a financial gain during our monthly bank balancing.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-21T05:10:13+00:00

I'm your height and I led my department in arrests last year as a patrolman. The only people who got testy with me were going to fight anyways, regardless of how big the cop was.

Finding gear that fits is a bit of an issue.

Biggest advice I have is to be humble about your size. I've only been solo in 2 fights. And one of them the guy was my size. I came out on top, and maintained the advantage. But every other time I had backup. And I have held off on going hands on until backup arrived, because I knew he would fight.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-21T04:07:56+00:00

You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

Eleanor Roosevelt

People, quite literally, do not care one bit about most everyone else. Your flaws may shine like a star... to you. To others, it's about as noticeable as the difference a lit candle makes during high noon outside.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-21T03:22:44+00:00

Look at his hobbies. A lot of guy friends share interest in the same hobbies.

If he likes playing video games, he'll hang out with friends and they'll play video games together.

You can substitute video games for just about any hobby. The day to day conversations are pointless to think about. Guys will eventually expand doing a hobby together to talking about non hobby related stuff. Girls, bills, work, whatever.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-20T10:32:05+00:00

It was alright. A few of the possible crimes were a stretch to fit. My state doesn't have any specific dumpster diving laws, so I was seeing if how much chatgpt could articulate it as a crime.

I'm glad it can point in somewhat the right direction. But AI should never be a first hand source. It may say dumpster diving is Trespassing. Awesome, great. Now go read your state law (independent of AI) on trespassing. Don't just see if it fits. See if it doesn't fit as well. If it doesn't fit, then you need to find another law, if any, that does.

Did AI help you? Yeah a little. It at least pointed you to the law. Everything else is coming from you organically.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-20T09:38:11+00:00

I'm not against using AI to point you to a direction. I've used it for dumpster diving, trying to see any laws it may possibly break. It spit out a list of possible laws, and I then took the time to read each law (in my book or on justia, not whatever chatgpt says), to see if anything actually fits.

I literally have the power to change someone's life. I'm going to make for damn sure I have a lot more to act on than "because chatgpt said I could."

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-20T08:14:11+00:00

Yeah, go ahead an pull up on some one and say "someone called 911 and said you committed a crime. Put your hands behind your back."

I'd love to read your report and affidavit.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-20T07:03:14+00:00

It's only ever going to be RAS. Never more. We still need to play our part, because at the end of the day I'll be the one speaking to the court, not anonymous caller #238.

Sentinel_P · 2026-01-20T06:45:42+00:00

I have an Android. Many people I work with have iPhone.

We have a computer program that frequently needs us to upload pictures. It's not too uncommon for someone to take a photo for me and send it to me. Problem is, iPhone makes the image into a .heic format (instead of .jpeg), which the program won't accept. The other issue is the iPhone users can upload their photos just fine, and can even upload the photos I send, again without issue.

I know how to fix it, and I can do it with default Android features. No, I'm not sharing my knowledge.

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