hayrake
Active Member
I was standing in line at a tag office one day when two men behind me began discussing why one of them had quit police work. I couldn't help but eavesdrop a little bit because it was interesting. The main reason, it appeared, that the man had quit police work was purely burn out; but he also mentioned that it was surprising how many times he pulled people over and then discovered that he knew them, which sometimes turned out kind of funny but others not so much. He said some people got really irate with him as a friend when he gave them a ticket; and that he felt bad about it because they couldn't understand that once he had pulled them over with intent to give them a ticket then that's what he had to do. He said there was a time when he could have let some of them slide, but that procedures had changed and that officers could no longer do that without it reflecting on their jobs.
I imagine that would be a tough situation. Has it ever happened to you and how did it make you feel? Did your friend or family member understand?
I imagine that would be a tough situation. Has it ever happened to you and how did it make you feel? Did your friend or family member understand?