[Ruxpercnd]

Ok... this is a joke, only a joke.

Question: How does one tell the difference between a Canadian Police officer, an Australian Police Officer and an American Police Officer?

Answer:
First - Lets pose the following question: You're on duty by yourself walking on a deserted street late at night.
Suddenly, an armed man with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, raises the knife, and lunges at you. You are carrying a Glock .40, and you are an expert shot, however you have only a split second to react before he reaches you.
What do you do?




AUSTRALIAN POLICE OFFICER: BANG!





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AMERICAN POLICE OFFICER: BANG! BANG! BANG! (Sergeant arrives at scene later and remarks: 'Nice grouping!)




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CANADIAN POLICE OFFICER:
First, the officer must consider the man's Human Rights.
1) Does the man look poor or oppressed?
2) Is he newly arrived in this country and does not yet understand the law?
3) Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack?
4) Am I dressed provocatively?
5) Could I run away?
6) Could I possibly swing my gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand?
7) Should I try and negotiate with him to discuss his wrong doings?
Does the Glock have appropriate safety built into it?
9) Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind of message does this send to society?
10) Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me?
11) If I were to grab his knees and hold on, would he still want to stab and kill me?
12) If I raise my gun and he turns and runs away, do I get blamed if he falls over, knocks his head and kills himself? .
13) If I shoot and wound him, and lose the subsequent court case, does he have the opportunity to sue me, cost me my job, my credibility and the loss of my family home?

[Gunnair]

I'm guessing you haven't seen Canadian police in action.

In other words, not really funny.

[BartSimpson]

Gunnair wrote:

I'm guessing you haven't seen Canadian police in action.

In other words, not really funny.

I've seen the CF in action and I've seen the VicPD in action, too. No comparison and the VicPD lend credence to the joke...sadly.

[Gunnair]

BartSimpson wrote:

Gunnair wrote:

I'm guessing you haven't seen Canadian police in action.

In other words, not really funny.

I've seen the CF in action and I've seen the VicPD in action, too. No comparison and the VicPD lend credence to the joke...sadly.

Not the VicPD I've dealt with or seen in action. There's enough accusations of police brutality and use of excessive force (some true and some not) to suggest that ain't true.

The only hand wringing that tends to occur with VicPD are the sit at home quarterbacks stating that the call made was a bad one... from the comfort of their living room.

[Bruce_E_T]

I liked the joke.

[Ruxpercnd]

The bit about the American PD is so true. If you are holding a knife in front of an American Police Officer, you will be ventilated.

Frankly, I thought the funny part was about the American.

[DanSC]

What about the British Rozzers?

[Ruxpercnd]

I saw a lot of Vancouver police during the first day of the hockey riots.. then I left town. But 2nd riot day, didn't the Vancouver Police run away from the rioters?

[Gunnair]

Ruxpercnd wrote:

I saw a lot of Vancouver police during the first day of the hockey riots.. then I left town. But 2nd riot day, didn't the Vancouver Police run away from the rioters?

http://www.google.ca/

[BeaverFever]

My family lived in Vic in the early 80's, where my dad was a doctor. My dad attended a ER case the patient (still alive) had been shot by police after having shot and wounded an officer. The police claimed they shot him from across the street during a shoot-out. Suspect's gunshot wound was through-and-through, back-to-front, from above, and at close range.

After the medical report was published, The VPD story then changed to: after the suspect was on the ground and in custody, another officer arrived on the scene with his weapon drawn, tripped and fell on the suspect, accidentally discharging his weapon.

So thats either an example of brutality or incompetence, but neither is professionalism.

[BeaverFever]

My family lived in Vic in the early 80's, where my dad was a doctor. My dad attended a ER case the patient (still alive) had been shot by police after having shot and wounded an officer. The police claimed they shot him from across the street during a shoot-out. Suspect's gunshot wound was through-and-through, back-to-front, from above, and at close range.

After the medical report was published, The police story then changed to: after the suspect was on the ground and in custody, another officer arrived on the scene with his weapon drawn, tripped and fell on the suspect, accidentally discharging his weapon.

So thats either an example of brutality or incompetence, but neither is professionalism.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

BeaverFever wrote:

My family lived in Vic in the early 80's, where my dad was a doctor. My dad attended a ER case the patient (still alive) had been shot by police after having shot and wounded an officer. The police claimed they shot him from across the street during a shoot-out. Suspect's gunshot wound was through-and-through, back-to-front, from above, and at close range.

After the medical report was published, The police story then changed to: after the suspect was on the ground and in custody, another officer arrived on the scene with his weapon drawn, tripped and fell on the suspect, accidentally discharging his weapon.

So thats either an example of brutality or incompetence, but neither is professionalism.

Awwww my heart pumps piss for the "victim". When some fuckhead is shooting at the police, I'm not all that worried about how they finish things.

[BeaverFever]

Oh, the guy was real pieace of shit...a biker and an escaped con from some prison in washington state. But you don't need to symnpathize with the victim to understand that this kind of police behaviour cannot be tolerated. And if you have cops who think they have the power to execute "dirtbags" on site as they wish, you better be worried. That's what happens in the worst dictarships.


You should know: In the days after the incident, there were strange cars parked infront of our house, mysterious phone calls late at night, anonymous callers asking my dad and mom if theyd talked to anyone about the case or the phone would ring and nobody would be on the line. It was pure police intimidation. My dad was just a doctor doing his job. Even though it only lasted a few days, I guarantee if you and your family ever go through something like that, you'll never write another post like the one you just did.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

BeaverFever wrote:

Oh, the guy was real pieace of shit...a biker and an escaped con from some prison in washington state. But you don't need to symnpathize with the victim to understand that this kind of police behaviour cannot be tolerated. And if you have cops who think they have the power to execute "dirtbags" on site as they wish, you better be worried. That's what happens in the worst dictarships.


You should know: In the days after the incident, there were strange cars parked infront of our house, mysterious phone calls late at night, anonymous callers asking my dad and mom if theyd talked to anyone about the case or the phone would ring and nobody would be on the line. It was pure police intimidation. My dad was just a doctor doing his job. Even though it only lasted a few days, I guarantee if you and your family ever go through something like that, you'll never write another post like the one you just did.

Funny, I had the same thing happen when I refused to picket after voting against a strike. Death threats, cars parked out front, cars driving by realslow, my vehicle vandalized. If you ever had that happen to you, you'd never write another post about how great unions are.

However, my point wasn't about shooting "dirtbags", it was about not being shocked and all holy when a "dirtbag" gets his wind resistence reduced after shooting a cop.
Quite frankly, if I ever witness a similar incident, the police sure wouldn't need to intimidate me to get me to keep quiet about it.

[herbie]

See avatar. ZZZZZZAAAAAAAPPPPPPP!!!!!!
Just thinking about the guy in Houston? Smithers? He was choking the officer so the officer shot him. In the back of the head.
So how do you shoot a guy who's choking you in the back of the head without shooting towards your own head? The inquiry seemed to miss that....