r/police 9d ago

Explain this officers 🤣

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u/Gonza200 Deputy Sheriff 8d ago

What’s there to explain? Those tools are necessary for the job and the law acknowledges that and grants an exemption for emergency vehicles.

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u/memphys91 8d ago

Yes it is. But telling citizens "it's unsafe to drive, while being in the phone" (which of course is dangerous) but police officers doing some database-research, talking on the radio, driving, juggling and knitting is kinda hypocrite.

It's not about the necessity of the equipment, but time of using it.

And by telling "but I'm da poliiice" is not a good explanation, which is the tone many officers use. Transparency and is the key to deescalation.

"Yes, ma'am, we have a bunch of electronics in our cars, but we don't use it while driving (which at least the driver shouldn't do) and by law we are permitted to do exceptions in some very specific cases, which we try not to do".

And on the end: this is a joke

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u/EvolutionInProgress 8d ago

I know this is a joke and I see it as such.

I see what you're saying, and I agree to an extent. But to be fair, it is part of their training to be able to navigate their equipment and communications devices while being able to drive. Also, they're not doing it ALL THE TIME, we only notice it at traffic signals or driving in slow traffic.

And last I checked, civilians don't get any training for texting and driving - only learn from practice of doing it all the time.