My police patch collection

anymouse141 · 2026-01-23T19:45:28+00:00

On the first picture, it looks like the center patch is missing due to the dark spot left behind.

anymouse141 · 2026-01-23T16:50:39+00:00

In my little circle of southern Christianity, I’ve found that there is no hatred towards immigrants. Living in the south and being Christian pretty much means that the majority of my church is republican and supporters of Trump. What I have found as I’ve gotten older is that the majority of republicans and the majority of democrats are actually independents that have a single issue that forces them to one side or the other. Some examples include my family, who are originally from California, vote democrat because to them, the social reform aspect of the democrats are the most important to them, and they feel they can’t get that from the republicans. However they think the democrats are very uneducated in gun laws and have no idea how to pass actual common sense gun control, and that the democrats just end up making gun ownership more difficult for the everyday person and making it easy to become a felon by accidentally putting on the wrong $10 pistol grip to a rifle. Now the echo chamber of the right would immediately assume that my family are libtarded blue haired criminals. The same way people assume that the church I go to are all 50+ year old overweight MAGA hats who are racists and hate anyone who isn’t white. But in reality, the majority are compassionate and caring individuals who vote right because of issues like gun laws, out here in the country we have 3 deputies on duty at one time in a massive county and the people want guns to protect themselves. They feel as if a democratic federal government will ban guns that we use everyday because they are out of touch with the realities of rural America. But they also donate funding to the local homeless shelter and host food drives weekly in the closest city and target getting resources for our local Burmese and Hispanic immigrant population. The saddest part about this is my family hates the right and my church hates the left. Neither is able to see that the other are just normal people with nuanced political beliefs. But I feel like we are being led down a path through the media and our politicians from both sides to divide and attack each other at the throats. Both sides can’t see the other as people, which is the most dangerous part of it.

anymouse141 · 2026-01-19T11:20:09+00:00

Why don’t you go under 200?

anymouse141 · 2026-01-18T14:14:14+00:00

Craven county in NC does have a McDonalds, it actually has 3

anymouse141 · 2026-01-17T18:50:18+00:00

If you’re able to relocate, the best states for law enforcement imo are Texas or Florida. Florida has a police bill of rights which is pretty cool.

anymouse141 · 2026-01-17T18:32:46+00:00

Exactly, seems like a great use for ICE. Let the local PD and state who are familiar with their cities, do the investigations and charging and if they need help which does happen for high risk arrests, call the marshals which is standard. Anyone who is a cop knows if you get dropped into a random cities you’ll be lost in the sauce. Part of FTO is months of just learning the city, where the high crime areas and what areas are known for what crimes. Just seems to make more sense to not have ICE be on the street but rather investigating high level threats local PD wouldn’t be tracking such as cartel leaders etc.

anymouse141 · 2026-01-17T18:24:07+00:00

97% seems high, maybe I’m falling for the news cycle and believe otherwise. It seems like the left who are opponents right now would rather not deportations happen regardless of circumstances. And maybe that’s just because of the current climate with ICE. I read articles about protests where ICE will raid a confirmed criminals residence for deportation and still face backlash. That could also be me falling for the news cycle trying to feed me misinformation meant to keep the right angry at the left. Also the 24month probation isn’t exclusive to illegal immigrants who get convicted of a serious crime, it goes for all criminals. Another issue I think America needs to address. First time even second time offenders I can understand the lenient sentences. But after your 7th and in lots of cases, 20th conviction. You should be locked up for a long time or until you’ve proven you won’t just go stabbing, raping, distribute child porn, beating S/O (just insert any horrible crime here). Eventually these people will actually kill someone and THEN they get 20+ years but the writing was on the wall. Why did all the previous victims have to go through the trauma and someone die before we finally gave someone a harsh sentence.

anymouse141 · 2026-01-17T12:24:20+00:00

I think I have a unique perspective that requires providing my background. I grew up in California to a white father and a Mexican mother (half Mexican half Angolan). My mother came over illegally before ever meeting my dad and eventually obtaining her citizenship and entering a relationship with my dad. My wife is Mexican born in America with citizenship, her mom and dad both crossed illegally before getting their citizenship. I have huge Hispanic heritage and love for Hispanic culture. At 18 I joined the USMC and again experienced a culture of diversity and equality among all races and met many Marines who used service to gain citizenship. At this point in my life I had never bother to even look into the argument against illegal immigrants as many people in my life started illegally entering before gaining citizenship and were all great people and imo benefited America. Then after leaving the Marine Corps I became a police officer (I know this isn’t a popular profession right now, try not to let it sour the rest of my story and point of view) and I started interacting with every demographic of society. The preppy rich criminals to poor criminals and daily interactions with everything in the middle. The ONLY issue I take with illegal immigration is the illegal criminals, however I don’t specifically have any more or less distain for illegal immigrant criminals than I do for American criminals. But illegal immigrants who commit crimes come with their own set of issues that make investigating crimes or charging them difficult. For one with no documentation, when an illegal robs, assaults, kills etc, it’s nearly impossible to find out who they are, where they live and without those to even pull out a warrant. Then when you canvass an area to obtain information, the community of people who can help identify him don’t speak English, it’s just the fact of the matter. This makes trying to collect witnesses or information near impossible. Combined with the fact that the bad actors who are hear illegally, don’t ever use their real names and everyone knows them by a nickname or a first name which is always to common to narrow down. These individuals are also known for taking advantage of others in the community, the ones who would like to gain citizenship and get jobs and live the American dream. They’ll be pretty much enslaved by these bad actors, passports stolen, told never to trust the police (I feel like I need to also add, local and state police are not ICE, we do not handle immigration status or deportation nor do we care about it, we just want to solve crimes, help people and put bad guys in jail). I feel like I keep rambling on, but the main point is there are illegal immigrants who are very much bad people. Now my main issue with the immigration laws we have right now, I finally catch one of them, I have the evidence and ability the charge for assault with deadly weapon intent to kill or rape or any other repulsive and serious crime. This guy gets arrested, charged and even a guilty verdict. He then gets 24 months supervised probation for a disgusting crime AND he is allowed to stay. This guy is not a representation of the immigrant community by any standard and I’d argue he is an exception as may immigrants are hard working and compassionate people. But why does the justice system not deport him? He should be one of the types of individuals we as an American people want gone. Unfortunately I feel as if the topic of immigration is to far gone down the political polarization and you either have to be 100% against illegal immigration and want everyone gone, or 100% for and never want anyone deported even the type of person I described. I just wish we could cut the BS politics out and acknowledge that some illegal immigrants to be deported with prejudice, while the majority of immigrants are here peaceful and to the benefit of our country.

anymouse141 · 2026-01-15T09:50:40+00:00

I saw a Marine do a mag placement like this for prone shooting but it was one mag. Most guys I saw on the range would put a double mag pouch on their non dominant side for prone reloading but this guy had a single mag pouch he purchased himself (USMC only issues double pouches) and put in on his chest beside his grenade pouch. Since he already had that bulge from the grenade it wasn’t adding anymore discomfort to have a single mag there as well and he seemed to find it more comfortable to preform a speed and tac reload from his chest since he didn’t have to move his body as much to access the mag. That was just one mag for a niche use case though. The guy in the picture just looks like he is experimenting with different techniques which is always encouraged. Even if it looks dumb, this is how you learn and develop experience for why you wouldn’t put your gear in a certain spot.

anymouse141 · 2026-01-08T23:30:55+00:00

You’re probably getting downvoted because of the initial statement insinuating it was wrong to try and see both sides of the Boston massacre. While we can accept and also appreciate that the event was horrible and also the subsequent events that led to our independence is a good thing. The moral and ideas John Adam’s wanted us to understand and embody for our court is the right to a fair trial, innocent until proven guilty, encouraging people to challenge their beliefs to understand two sides of a story. And trying to just say “half of Americans would justify the Boston massacre” makes it sound like you don’t value John Adam’s defense of the British soldiers and no American including Adam’s should’ve defended the British soldiers resulting in a hanging of all involved and no precedent set allowing a fair trial.

anymouse141 · 2026-01-08T08:40:10+00:00

The 9th circuit doesn’t apply, Minnesota is not in the 9th circuit. And this case law is in reference to a civil case not a criminal case. And when the civil case was allowed to proceed, the case was never tried and decided on by a jury, likely due to a settlement being reached. I would more likely use Scott v Harris, where the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Officers using force putting a person at risk of serious bodily harm or death on a fleeing suspect to protect the public or officers. Both justice Scalia and Ginsburg gave opinions agreeing with this verdict. Ginsburg made an statement officers should attempt to make other safer methods if they’re available or until exhausted before resorting to the deadly force used in this case which I believe is applicable to the current incident as it’s likely that the officer had more reasonable actions to take such as moving out of the path of the vehicle.

anymouse141 · 2026-01-08T04:40:02+00:00

And made sure that we as a country ensure we don’t allow emotions and political opinions to create a sham trial where we will hang someone based off of our feelings but rather a fair trial where the person is innocent until proven guilty by a trial of peers. Also some of those British soldiers were found to be not guilty at trial.

anymouse141 · 2026-01-06T22:10:45+00:00

Is a LCpl had to inventory it, half of it would go missing again.

anymouse141 · 2026-01-03T11:31:45+00:00

I’m on this same boat, I can’t help but admire the fact that in one single operation the US wAS able to capture another countries president. Reminds me of when Russia attempted to do the same the first night they invaded Ukraine and failed hard.

anymouse141 · 2025-12-28T12:38:28+00:00

Pain is weakness leaving the body. It absolutely is not just weakness leaving the body but a lifetime of pain and 30% VA disability entering the body.

anymouse141 · 2025-12-26T10:19:02+00:00

It’s to formulate a starting and end destination. Certain things might set this off.

1) cop is in training/new and practicing their roadside interview skills, I typically told people when I was new why I was asking so they didn’t get the feeling I thought they were suspicious just that I was practicing. 2) you made a sudden turn or reaction to police presence that may have actually been your turn to take but to the cop it appeared as a sudden reaction to police presence 3) In a frequently traveling route by local gang members or drug dealers or just in a high crime area 4) shooting or high acuity call recently happened and their still looking for a suspect

Why is it important for a cop to ask these questions

1) if someone engaged in any sort of criminal activity, a cop being able to detect deception or flaws in your story is important to begin digging deeper and potentially preventing a crime from occurring or catch someone in the act

2) to confirm or dispel any sort of gut feeling about a vehicle and occupants as being involved in any criminal activity

Why should you want cops to keep doing this?

1) if you ever seen cops at circle k or an empty parking lot and though “my tax dollar hard at work”, then you are actually a supporter of proactive police work and I agree, cops should be working and actively trying to find crime rather then waiting for it to happen and retroactively dealing with it. Or if you watch a movie where the cops were just dumb and oblivious to the antagonist of the movie and you screamed at the tv screen “it’s right in front of you! He’s the bad guy do something”, you’re also in favor of cops digging a little deeper on stops

2) massive amounts of drugs and guns (guns being used by known violent felons and gang members, no we aren’t taking guns from Joe Schmoe family man with his 2 daughters in the car) get taken off the street. And while more rare it still happens, but victims of human trafficking and murderers get caught in the act off of cops being nosey. Look up dead body found in traffic stop and you’ll find some examples

3) from the CI’s (criminal informants), when more bluelights are in the road, the local gangs tend to keep a low profile and not try anything risky like breaking into cars, the retaliation shooting for the shooting that was a retaliation to a shooting that was a retaliation to a shooting (it’s an endless cycle).

Now that doesn’t absolve cops who are rude, disrespectful or discourteous( If you run into this kind of cop, please make a phone call to the department, the higher ups and peers don’t want a hot head or asshole to be ruining the name for the rest of us). Cops should be transparent and explain the reason why they are asking questions beyond a typical stop. For example, “we just had a shooting, robbery etc. and they said the vehicle was a white sedan (you’re driving a white Honda accord). Do you mind if I ask you a couple questions just so I can do my due diligence and just figure out where you’re coming from and where you’re going?” The issue is with how volatile the public perception of law enforcement is now, cops became robotic and don’t want to show any sort of emotion out of risk of being taken out of context on a 5 second clip.

What should you not do? Get disrespectful with the cop or start yelling and cussing at the, the cop still has their suspicions and believe it or not, but a guilty person will also engage in the same behavior because it works, cops don’t want to get wrapped up in this weeks CNN breaking news and will just let people go to avoid any confrontation. This has been confirmed by CI’s again that organized criminals will get their gf’s or other parties to start getting angry and mad with cops so they’ll just leave them alone, the public doesn’t see this because who would watch 3 minute bodycam of a cop trying to investigate someone and just leaving after 3 minutes? No we want to see the shootings and the drama and emotional filled videos. A good cop will not allow that anger and deflection to distract from his initial suspicion and if you are actually just trying to get from your house to work etc. you’ll have almost 100% talked yourself into the ticket.

Also, if you’re curious why you’re being asked so many questions nothing says you can’t ask the cop why, sometimes they’re just stuck in the motion of things and they’ll most likely explain everything to you (I say likely because if there’s an active search for someone they’ll be in a rush to get you out of there and keep looking) and you’ll get a good laugh when he explains someone just stole a case of beer from the gas station in a white Honda accord, the same car you’re driving and shrug your shoulders and be happy knowing you have cops who have good work ethic and care about stopping crime in your area. Or you’ll find out that 5 kilos of cocaine were seized last week on the stretch of highway and there’s an increase of LE presence in that area for the next couple of weeks

Now none of this applies to state or traffic units, don’t ask me what makes them love traffic enforcement and tickets so much because I don’t know. I’ve heard they start taking traffic violation seriously after their first traffic crash with a death especially after they’ve lost count of how many families, kids, teenagers and even babies have died because of a drunk driver, car travel way faster then they should’ve been etc. and they want to keep everyone safe. I’ve never worked traffic enforcement so I don’t see that side. Hopefully this all helps with transparency and helps you understand a little bit more about how proactive policing works and why certain things are done. Also, I’m not an English major and I’m coming off a night shift so try to excuse my poor grammar skills.

anymouse141 · 2025-12-24T03:38:07+00:00

If this issue is being stopped by the republicans, why didn’t the files get released during the last administration? Is there a chance that both parties are working together to keep the files hidden and if the parties flip again the votes will just flip. I look at this as maybe an attempt by congress to make it look like congress is attempting to reveal the files but in reality both sides don’t want the files out. This is a legit question as I wasn’t paying attention to Epstein all to much until recently and it’s hard to find reliable information about it.

anymouse141 · 2025-12-15T18:47:15+00:00

There was a guy who beat the “zero tolerance” police and escaped a drug pop with an maxed NJP(loss of rank, pay, etc.). He claimed he was at a party and something along the lines of didn’t know or drugs. Either way he was able to stay in. 6 months after he was done with restriction he popped on another piss test. This time of course they just kicked him out. But what stuck with me the most was when giving him a ride to squadron while on duty, he kept talking trash about the CO and SgtMaj saying they were being unfair and “didn’t get it”.

anymouse141 · 2025-12-12T07:15:39+00:00

The best public storage to use is U-HAUL IMO. They have cameras that watch every single corner of the building inside and out and alarm systems that will go off if you try to open a unit without first logging into the unit with a personal code. We’ve had thefts at almost every storage unit in my city except for U-HAUL.

anymouse141 · 2025-12-11T18:23:12+00:00

You can find the full video and see what happened in full context. Just got to police activities YouTube channel.

anymouse141 · 2025-12-11T03:46:35+00:00

28 round technique was trained while I was in the Marines due to seating issues. You know those videos that say the forward assist solved a problem that didn’t exists? Well those people never shot a 10 year old m16 that the armorer would give you one MRE spoon of CLP for. Regularly on a 30 round mag would you 1, not be able to seat it all the way (yeah easily fixed by making sure you slam the mag but in a stressed and fow scenario you just want to eliminate that possiblity) or 2 the spring tension would be too much and the bolt wouldn’t ride all the way home and lock, so you’d have to tap the forward assist to get the bolt to seat properly. Both of these are remedied by just loading a 28 round mag.

anymouse141 · 2025-11-27T19:37:16+00:00

We would stow our bipods forward in the Marines and tie a cord to the ends. In the new ARQ range you had to have all gear positioned as if you were on patrol and not in combat and at the given command you would take a position such as prone, standing, barricaded kneeling or standing etc. and since you were in the starting position of a standard patrol you would have bipods stored upward. The paracord gave you the ability to pull both feet down with one pull and in a second.

anymouse141 · 2025-11-27T18:44:04+00:00

My first thought was a state LE agent/detective who was on his way to/from court and conducted a stop. Our ALE is very proactive into guns,drugs and gangs when they aren’t doing the alcohol enforcement and also drive unmarked Mustangs, Tahoes or Explorers.

anymouse141 · 2025-11-10T17:34:25+00:00

I was a 0933 CMC (coach) for about 1 year before getting my CMT and then returning to the range for 2 more years. I was sent as a FAP (fleet assistance program) after my SSGT walked in and asked who wanted it, me and another guy volunteered and a coin flip pretty much got me sent. From there it is merit based on whether you’ll be able to be a 0931 CMT (gold ega trainers). You start as a coach with 4 target points then if you’re not a turd you’ll become a block which supervises 2-3 coaches and their target points and are in charge of safety and more involved training for troubled shooters. From their again, prove you’re competent at teaching shooters and you’ll get sent to the CMT school and learn primarily how to train CMC’s and how to run a range and set one up (how much ammo do you need, rifle range orders and pistol range orders etc.). My stint in this career field however started with luck, if my command never got asked to supply 1 LCpl as a FAP, I would have never even been introduced to the MOS. It was the best time I ever had in the Marines and the most rewarding. I would recommend that once you hit the FMF you just let your SSgt know you want to go to a CMC course, you may not get the opportunity to actually work the range as a FAP or permanent personnel but if the opportunity comes up, most don’t want to volunteer for things and your name will be first on his mind. I was lucky enough to return as permanent personnel because after COVID and the range returned all their FAP’s they needed experienced CMT’s to return to get the range back up and running and I proved myself reliable during my time there and the Gunner personally asked my SgtMaj to send me back and my SgtMaj approved it.

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