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semi-reformed sailor |
Fellas, each one of us are allowed to have their own opinion. No need to call people names. "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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I was told just before I retired that my Dept. needed two types of cops: Hand shakers and hand cuffers. The lip synch thing is an outgrowth of that philosophy, I guess. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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I see no reason that they can't be the same cops. Different actions for different situations. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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I think it's fun and good PR. But, there will come a backlash as people start asking about the amount of time and resources being spent producing these videos. It is clear to me that some of them are professionally choreographed and videoed, and that means there was a lot of time spent in rehearsals and preparation. If that was done on the officers' off duty time, it would be hard to find a complaint, but I doubt that is the case. CMSGT USAF (Retired) Chief of Police (Retired) | |||
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safe & sound |
Just further proof that white males tend to be less capable of dancing than they believe themselves to be.  | |||
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| Serenity now! |
So my department did the 'battle' as well. It's a PR stunt by the powers that be to be less scary to the public. Personally, I think it's a waste of time and resources but the Chief does what the Supervisors want and they are predominantly Dems/Blue County. ------------------------------------------------ 9/11/01 Never Forget "In valor there is hope" - Tacitus | |||
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Casuistic Thinker and Daoist |
That was the first thing I noticed also  No, Daoism isn't a religion | |||
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| Casuistic Thinker and Daoist |
Then I guess things have changed quite a bit. I started in 1980 and retired 10 years ago There are still cops out there who are better suited to grade schools and handing out stickers, but I've found that most of them can do both...mostly because they are more secure in themselves and their ability to do the job required. I was always very approachable as a street officer and most folks in the hood would greet me without reservation...well, the OG would, the "young bloods" would sometimes need to be "corrected" by the older guys in the set. I don't think they "feared" me, but they knew I would do "whatever" was needed to get the job done No, Daoism isn't a religion | |||
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Spectemur Agendo |
The Pickens County, Georgia Sheriff Department decided to do a more serious video with a message. (It starts silly and then changes about a minute in.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOPNZ1h-tQ8 SIGforum's triple minority "It can't rain all the time." - Eric Draven | |||
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Here's the entry for Salt lake city. | |||
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Sigforum K9 handler |
I work in a really active division. We deal with a lot of really bad people daily. Cops with a stick in their ass do not last long there. They wound up getting transferred to somewhere they can write all the 4-6 MPH over speeding tickets that they want because "ITS THE LAW". This lip syncing stuff ain't my cup of tea. But, I challenge any of the haters to show me in real dollars proof about "tax payer money" wasted because I like to know about it. Most of these things are produced by the office of pubic relations (see, look at that, HIGHLY UNprofessional for me to make a pun about the public relations people, I should really go write some mattress tag violations and say 10 Hail Mirandas). They have budgets for just this type of frivolous stuff. Some of the budget just didn't get spent on stickers, or key chains this year but on Lip Syncing as a fair trade off. (Yeah, the radios don't work in patrol, but the AV club has a budget. Ooooops, that was unprofessional of me too, calling them the "AV club". I should probably write some parking tickets next. ITS THE LAW). Officers get detailed to silly shit all the time. (Want to talk about a waste of resources and a danger to public safety, that would be funeral escorts. Blowing through a red light because by statue they have the right of way is going to lead to another fatality one of these days.) Cops go to dog and pony shows constantly. On occasion I have to do spots on local TV on public interest stuff about theft, and I think it is a waste of my time and resources. My boss disagrees. He's in charge, and writes the checks. Therefore, I get detailed to it, and I do the best job that I can with it. It costs the "TAXPAYERS" we're seemingly now worried about it absolutely nothing. But, you're a detective, and you can slip out from time to time, and the many of the officers in this video are apparently patrol guys. Yeah, the hour or so they were out (assuming it wasn't done on OT) of the rotation, I am more than willing to be that there was a stick in the ass dude that caught their calls for them. And complained about it the entire way. Oh, and I watched exactly one of these videos, and it was from LASD. The parody of Bohemian Rhapsody was hilarious with the Wayne's World touch. I guess if you have no sense of humor, you could always go back to watching "End of Watch" and beating off. (I have really did it that time. REALLY UNPROFESSIONAL. I should do a public apology to Michael Pena for that one. You don't know who Michael Pena is? Have you seen any movie in the last 10 years? He's the hispanic dude) | |||
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What is it with you and Bohemian Rhapsody ??? . | |||
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Fighting the good fight |
I thought that was Noel Gugliemi...  | |||
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| Purveyor of Fine Avatars  |
I'm surprised nobody has posted what is probably the original LEO lip sync video: Dover Police (feat. Taylor Swift) - Shake It Off https://youtu.be/8XFBUM8dMqw Or this one from Australia: [Unknown Department] (feat. Justin Timberlake) - Can't Stop the Feeling https://youtu.be/1vxrZpvMWrI "I'm yet another resource-consuming kid in an overpopulated planet raised to an alarming extent by Hollywood and Madison Avenue, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak!" - Calvin, "Calvin & Hobbes" | |||
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I haven't watched any either. Kind of stupid to me. _______________________________________________________ And no, junior not being able to hold still for 5 seconds is not a disability. | |||
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| safe & sound |
Although I'm not really a fan of these, one of our locals made one that addresses some of the explanations you've seen mentioned in this thread, and is a bit more creative than some of the others. Also less dancing.  | |||
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| Ammoholic |
Not a cop, no experience in the area. That said, had an interesting conversation with a friend who is an Lt. at the local PD. He said his cops need to be able to handle the armed felon looking to put a hole in them as well as the odd resident who needs help shutting their water off or whatever other silly little thing. It is apparently all part of the job in that town. | |||
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Semper Fi - 1775 |
Outstanding! The ending bit was brilliant! No one doubts the stress; anguish, danger that an officer faces everyday; so it's great to see a department not take themselves so serious that they cannot have a bit of fun too. ___________________________ All it takes...is all you got. ____________________________ For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
Yeah, that was superb! I was already laughing pretty hard at Sabotage in the middle, that was pretty great, but the end totally eclipses it. Also loved the disclaimers at the end. ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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