Broward Sheriff’s Office loses its accreditation

[sgtrock82]

You can't expect policemen to trade their lives for those of children that they don't know. They didn't sign up for that.

Then they can be mall cops. Hopefully more professional ones.

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[Firefly]

You can't expect policemen to trade their lives for those of children that they don't know. They didn't sign up for that.

Living is highly overrated.

Whatever it takes. I've lived my life. **** it. anything for a joke

[Uni-Vibe]

Can't tell if sarcasm

Nope. These guys have families of their own to take care of. And nobody wants to check out early themselves.

[Firefly]

Nope. These guys have families of their own to take care of. And nobody wants to check out early themselves.

I have no friends
PBA pays well for LODD
Speak for yourself, Sweetchuck

(sounds morbid but....not everyone squats to pee)

You know I'm born to lose, and gamblings for fools. But that's the way I like it. I don't want to live forever

[Arik]

Nope. These guys have families of their own to take care of. And nobody wants to check out early themselves.

Wrong line of work then. Same as firemen. That's literally their job, which is why they have tasers, handguns and rifles.

[seb5]

You can't expect policemen to trade their lives for those of children that they don't know. They didn't sign up for that.

Trade, no. Risk, yes you can and there are many that would. And I also think they did sign up for that.

[BoringGuy45]

Now they CAN shut down a police department but depending on size it’s literally firing everyone they don’t like and starting over.

And that's hard to do in a Florida sheriff's office, considering the counties are the largest jurisdictions to provide day to day policing off of the highways. I have to wonder, considering that Broward SO seems to be a chronic problem, would it be a good idea for the county to explore forming a separate county police department and restricting the sheriff's office to corrections and court duty? That's commonly how it's done in Georgia, Maryland, and Virginia. Nothing's perfect, but it seems like a lot of the county PDs in those states are considered some of the most top notch local agencies on the East Coast.

[1168]

You can't expect policemen to trade their lives for those of children that they don't know. They didn't sign up for that.

It is precisely what they signed up for.

[SteyrAUG]

Nope. These guys have families of their own to take care of. And nobody wants to check out early themselves.

And yet, a bunch of other guys went inside, including a black guy armed with a tie, to try and do just that...to save those kids. If you aren't ready to hunt Bin Laden, don't go to BUDS. If you aren't ready to climb high ladders, don't go to the fire department. And if you aren't ready to run in a building, find armed bad guy and bring shooting spree to an abrupt end, then don't be a cop...especially not a SRO.

These jobs aren't for everyone, that's why I'm not a F-18 Hornet pilot. Would have been cool as F, but not sure I'd have been very good at it and didn't want to F things up for everyone else on the off chance it actually happened.

[ThirdWatcher]

You can't expect policemen to trade their lives for those of children that they don't know. They didn't sign up for that.

I served 40+ years in LE, every minute of it on the street and I never walked into any situation thinking I was “trading my life” for anyone.

The State agency I’m retired from had excellent firearms and ground fighting training. They gave us a box of (new) practice ammo monthly and expected us to stay proficient with our weapons. We had a FATS Machine when I went through the Academy in ‘79 and upgraded to a Simulator with branching. We also practiced with Simunitions, to include Active Shooter training.

Combine this training with the lack of micromanagement (which is the real enemy) and why would I (or any of my fellow LEO’s) hesitate to do our duty.

I knew the risks when I took the King’s Shilling...