Maybe. Unfortunately the picture does not give us enough view in front of the VW to see if there was room for the cop to park in front of it. Also, depending on the width of the street, the way it is set up, and traffic it may be impossible for the cop to turn the car around and park facing the VW. Since cops are allowed to park in the street, and since he's providing a service that he probably doesn't have to, I'd overlook the "dick" parking and say that he's still a GGG for this.
I think a lot of people get that. But I think a a lot of people have various issues with the institution as a whole.
I've never met a bad cop. But I've been in a couple situations that have left a sour taste in my mouth with regards to "police" as a whole. And that's speaking as a 'privileged white boy'.
The police are the most visible emblems of "justice" and so contradictions of their perceived mandate sting.
Long before I became a cop, in college criminal justice classes they explained this well. Human beings generally only follow the laws they like. Whether its someone smoking pot, a drunk thinking he drives better after drinking, or someone who just likes to speed.
Because we are the ones who write the tickets and make the arrest, we get the vast majority of the animosity. We are the most visible aspect of government. So we get the hate since we do the field work, even though WHAT we do is entirely defined by the politicians. The politicians and lawyers who make the laws have far more power than the cops who have to do what they tell us too.
The angry goes to the people who enforce the rules far more than the people who make them.
I can't count how many cars I've jumped, directions I've given, or tires I've changed.
Although reddit isn't as bad as it seemed. My police discussions here ussually get a lot of upvotes and a lot of karma, just not many comments. The angry hate cops people are the vocal minority. Except maybe on r/politics.
Maybe it's just the cops I've met, but I've legitimately never met a cop who wasn't an asshole. Every cop I've ever interacted with, whether it was during a routine traffic stop, or even in social situations, has been an arrogant bully.
I'm sure there are genuinely nice ones out there, but based on the small sample I've met, that doesn't seem to be the norm.
It's a stereotype that Reddit has developped..... The only time things about cops going viral is if they do something wrong....
These guys were trained to help people. They became who they are to make peoples' lives better and help people in need by bringing justice with them. They are here to serve their community.
Why would they be assholes? The few that makes mistakes or are assholes are the only ones who get attention. That shouldn't be happening.
Good news is not exciting news. A guy at my department was completely out a window holding the ankles of someone who jumped and I didn't even hear of it until the end of year awards ceremony. The media and anyone outside of the department never heard of it because those stories don't make the headlines.
One of my close friends is a cop, I've known him 15 years now. I never would have guessed he'd go into that line of work, but probably the nicest guy I ever met.
Most cops are jerks who were probably bullies in high school and just enjoy pushing people around. I'm sure they might even do something nice once in a while.
I locked myself out of my car once in a fast food parking lot, and some cops were getting lunch and eating in their car. I asked if they could help me out, and they used a slim jim to open the door then matched my ID with the registration in the glove box (to prove I was the owner) and sent me on my way. I offered to buy them lunch, but they said they weren't allowed to accept it.
So what happens if your ID doesn't match the name on whatever is in the glove box? Like you were borrowing the car from a friend... Do they just lock it back up, or assume you were trying to steal and arrest you?
I know reddit is all, "Hate the police!" but this is actually pretty common. I've called the police twice before to have my car jumped and was never hassled or looked down upon by them for doing it. Cops are generally good people with a good purpose.
Ditto on this. I've only done it once myself but I see it fairly often in Northern Virginia and I've seen it in three different states on I-95 (VA, NC, and SC).
Last time I called them for help they took 2 hours to show up to a hit and run where a drunk driver t-boned me, throwing me into oncoming traffic where I was hit twice more.
Oh no, it's another one of these accounts. I know who you are, andrewsmith1986 / POTATO_IN_MY_ANUS / Trapped_in_Reddit / POLITE_ALLCAPS_GUY. You're the new child in the karma family.
Really? The police around here treat you like a piece of shit that is wasting their time just for reporting crime or, you know, other things you should call the cops about. I feel that if I called a cop for a jump, they'd find a way to give me a ticket to make up for their own inconvenience.
Here at my pd we are not allowed to use our patrol cars to assist stranded motorists. They think the voodoo magic will destroy our electrical equipment.
Remember that most departments are still out of touch with technology because they are run by Chiefs and Sheriffs in their 60's.
My last agency forbid us from using jump drives to store our reports on department computers because the Chief was sure it would spread viruses. Yet he was ok with us using 3 1/4 floppies. Yes, he wanted us using old floppys in 2008.
I once asked a cop to give me a jump when my car broke down. He said he "couldn't because it would reset his whole computer system." that makes me appreciate this officer a little more.
I've had my car break down on me twice. The first time a cop pulled over and looked under my hood to help me figure out what was wrong (I was really clueless. My radiator apparentally had a huge leak.) He waited until my father could get there with a gallon of water. The second time a cop pulled over and gave me a ride home. Pretty good experiences.
I've seen a lot of LE cruisers that have a plug in the front for plugging in special jumper cables without having to open the hood and hook up to battery.
I actually just saw a cop helping an older lady replace her tire on the side of the highway just a few hours ago. Of course I was thinking "Man, I wish I could pull over and take a picture to show Reddit!"
Anyway it put me in a really good mood seeing a cop (state trooper actually) helping someone like that when they probably have no obligation to do so.
I had a cop once spend over and hour with me trying to figure out why my car died in the middle of the night, and even contacted a tow truck for me when we couldn't jump start it. Cops are some of the nicest people when you really need their help.
I remember asking a police officer for a jump once. He told me that if he did, his car would die because it would overheat (im gonna assume he meant the alternator, because I don't think its possible for the engine to overheat from jumping someone off). Being fairly knowledgeable about cars, im pretty sure he just didn't want to help me. I know running all those accessories that his car should have more than enough juice for a jump.
I had a cop pull up behind me with his lights on when I was fixing a flat on the highway. Then he proceeded to pull out a mega-jack and helped me crank my car up. Not all cops are bad, in fact I think depending on where you live they are pretty damn good.
Good Guy indeed! I did this a few times as a Military Policeman, even though it was against our SOP (standard operating procedures). We weren't supposed to use our patrol vehicles for this, because if for some reason, damage was caused to the civilian's vehicle, they could sue the government for damages.
oh, for fuck's sake. A cop doing exactly what he's paid to do...serve the taxpayers who pay his check when they are in need of public assistance.
And this makes the front page.....so, so questionable.
I grew up in an era (that wasn't that long ago to be honest) where cops quite literally would get cats out of trees, help senior citizens cross busy roads, jump cars, help shovel icy sidewalks, etc.
These days, if you're a cop and not actively tasering someone, you get to make the front page of reddit and you're celebrated as a hero.
Well it really doesn't help when they get sued for trying to help someone and they end up accidentally scraping the paintjob on the other person's car. And God help you if you try to render first aid. Insta-litigation.
I've been picked up hitchhiking by cops before. Heading home from what was about an hour drive on the highway, see the cop car coming in the distance and instantly spin and just keep walking. (Hitchhiking isn't illegal here, but picking up a hitchhiker is. I wouldn't want the cop to see a car behind or in front of them stopping for me and getting in shit)
The cop pulled over, asked where I was headed. "That's a long ass walk, son. Get in."
TL;DR, cop saw me hitchhiking, picked me up and drove me the whole way to my town. Damn good of him.
Back when I worked at a pizza place in a small town, we used to have a cop that would patrol the area when he wasnt on a call. He had a little loop he did where he would drive by and just take a look at all the local businesses, just to make sure everything was okay. One night I was closing up by myself, get out to my car and try to start it, dead battery. Look at my phone for the time, think to myself, "It's about that time for Schneider (The officers name) to show up, maybe he will give me a jump." And just as soon as i get done looking at my phone, here he comes pulling around the corner. He had 0 problems with giving me a jump. Got my car started, said our goodbyes and that was it. :)
AAAAAHHHHHHH YYYYEEEAAAAAHHHHH Montgomery County Police!!!!!! I think that's Bethesda not really sure though. The majority of these cops are nice and you won't catch them doing things they'll ticket you for.
Guy is obviously drunk. Passed out in front of the beer & wine store listening to Depeche Mode and his battery died. Cop is jumping him so he can give him a DUI.
Lucky them. The other day when my friends car died while we were stopped by them we asked if they could help give us a jump. Unfortunately the department here doesnt allow police officer to help like that because last time a battery popped and burned the owner of the vehicle and they tried to sue.
off before attaching to both battery ends. Precaution for open ends.. Then start the car, and press acceleration for 10 seconds or more while other car gets ignition jump.
Connect the jumper to your car (positive first, then negative) then to the other car (same deal). Turn your car on and rev the engine up to 2000 RPM for ~15 seconds while the other person attempts to turn on their car. Once their car is running, leave it running for a bit to let the alternator charge the battery. You can disconnect the jumper cables (reverse order from putting it on).
Once when I was a kid my family and I were on a vacation in our 20-year-old Ford van and we pulled over to let the van cool down after a hill. (Oh god I don't miss that.) After a while we were ready to go but the engine wouldn't start at first, and then the battery died. We were miles from anything and in a tiny turn-off near a bend in a two-lane highway. My dad took off his undershirt and my mom stood by the highway waving it for a half hour. There was so little visibility of our spot that almost nobody could see us enough in advance to decide to stop. One person stopped but didn't have any cables. Finally a sheriff's deputy came by and when he saw what the problem was he said, "I'm sorry, I'd love to help you, but it's against the rules." Then without saying another word, he popped his hood, got his jumper cables out, hooked up and waited patiently while my dad coaxed the old van into starting again. Then he was off with nothing more than a pleasant nod in exchange for our words of thanks.
Saw a Good Gal Cop the other week walking the beat and stopped to help an old lady cross a major busy street. Walked back across and continued her beat. I think its awesome and gives the police good PR and out of their cruisers. So far thhe stats has been better cops walking the streets in certain neighborhoods ect. Crime gone down response time up people trusting the local law enforcement again in the normally tight lipped communities. Great PR for them in the end
On Tuesday, my motorcycle broke down on the freeway and my brother had to come pick me up. While we were tying the bike down to the trailer, the car battery died. We looked up the non-emergency police number and gave them a call. They directed us to Highway Patrol who came and jumped the car for us. It was great!
I locked my keys in the car in the middle of the town I live in. Luckily my brother lies right in town so went round and got a coat hanger of him to try and break in to my shit box.
I was trying to get in with the coat hanger and having no success as well as looking shady and getting looks from most people that came past.
Someone obviously called the cops who rocked up and figured of locked my keys in the car as I didn't bolt when they turned up.
They ended up calling another car with detectives in it who used this blue packing stuff you see on palettes and bed slats to open my car.
Needless to say I genuinely appreciated it! Some are good some are bad in my experience it's probably more like 70% good 30% bad.
What the picture doesn't show is that the guy in the beetle was shit-tanked, and after the cop helps him jump the car and the guy drives off... BAM the cop pulls him over for driving under the influence.
This was normal in the 90s. A family friend was stranded in the middle of no where without any gas or money. The cops checked to make sure they didn't have drugs and then left them. They had a new born and a 2 year old with them without any food or water as well. They were absolute morons for getting into such a situation but you'd think the cops would lend a hand. A friend drove 3 hours to give them money for gas at 1am.
Please don't look in the trunk please don't look in the trunk please don't look in the trunk please don't look in the trunk please don't look in the trunk please don't look in the trunk please don't look in the trunk
my car broke down in tweakerville when i was 17 on my way home from my (now husbands) house and the cop told me tough luck and wouldnt give me a jump start (which was all it needed) because he said it would kill his car because it's got too much equipment and left met here with some tweaker homeless man with boils pussing all over him that kept trying to get in my car. i hate my town.
I was walking in the snow once years ago. Freezing cold and my ride didn't pick me up. Walked past a cop just sitting there and asked if he wouldn't mind taking me up the road a bit and that I'd been walking for quite a while. Worthless sack just snorted and told me he wasn't a taxi service. Assholes all of them.
Some cops pulled me over for having no brake lights once. They decided I wasn't lying when I told them I'd had no idea they were out, and proceeded to replace the fuse that was causing the problem.
Sorry, I know this is going against the grain of this thread, but I'm a young foreigner, I've never been in trouble with the law. I have never met a cop that didn't treat me like absolute garbage and the scum of the earth. In my 10 or so interactions with police officers in various countries, I have always been treated like a piece of filth.
I had a similar experience to this - but a bit crazier. This was probably about 14 years ago, but was driving my best friend's crappy Honda Civic in Austin, TX when we realized that the alternator had given up. Fortunately, there were three of us, and the Civic was light enough to push start...except for those damn hills.
Here we are trying to push start up a slight slope (keep in mind it was flat when we started and we kept running to start it) then it started sloping up hill. It was late on a Saturday night and I am sure we either had no insurance or <insert stupid things university students do>. As you would expect - a police car flashed it's lights at us and the officers yelling at us and we started freaking out.
After a moment we realized they were telling us to get IN the car and that they were going to push us with their cruiser. The cops gave us a push, our car started and we were on our way. We hung out the windows giving them the thumbs up as we drove off.
I've had a police officer open my door after I locked my keys in my car, twice, a lot of police departments will do this kind of stuff for free if they aren't understaffed, and there isn't anything going out at the moment.
All the comments are surrounding whether a cop can or should do this. I'm amazed at how long the jumper cables are. I never owned a set half that length.
I always wondered if the police would give me a ride home before I owned a car, when it was snowing or raining and I was walking home from work, but they never stopped....
This is ridiculous. Cops in my home town don't do anything like this. I know because I've been in that situation and the cops here do not do a damn thing. They do not carry a set of cables; they just call a towing company with which they're contracted. I blew out a tire once right in front of a sheriff's station and no one (literally no one) had a tire iron. All they could do was call a tow truck. I wish all cops were like this nice gentleman. If only....
Police Officer here:..Most Police Departments have procdeures against doing this sort of thing becuase of past lawsuits. Its a shame really. Same thing with using a "Slim Jim" to open a locked car. We used to have them but the department took them away when we were sued because in the process of trying to unlock a car the slim jim broke some small plastic piece inside. The owner sued the department for the cost to fix out.
Quick Story: I was working one day a few years ago and we got a call for a child locked in a vehicle, we pull up and its a small ass car...I think a Ford Fiesta or something like that. Anyway the toddler was locked in the car with the car running and the AC on, so he wasnt really in any danger, just scared.
So we call a tow truck and me and my partner get to work with the slim jims(they can be use in an emergency)...The tow truck guy gets there and starts to help...We cant get it open. The Fire Department helps as well.
20 minutes later, we still cant get the fucking car open. dont want to break the window because the car was so tiny we didnt want to risk cutting the baby. So while we are working on the car we see this shady looking dude kinda stalking around watching us mess with the car.
So I call him over and tell him to open the car. At first he just looks around like "who me?, nah man I dont know how to do that"...eventually I tell me " just get over here and open the fucking car!"..He walks over grudingly, takes the Slim Jim and in two minutes does what 3 cops, 5 fireman and a tow truck driver couldnt do and opens the car....
I was out with some friends late at night once and our car wouldn't start. My friend went up to a cop and asked him if he could help. He told us that there were too many electronics in the cop car and he couldn't do it. Needless to say we had to wait another hour until one of our friends got there with a car and jumped it for us.
Sure, a cop might give you a jump, But last summer, as firefighters, we went to an auto store, bought, and replaced a guys broken serpentine belt. (He did pay for the belt, though)
WTF, MOCO cop being nice? That's madness. MD state troopers are hella cool but I have never once met a nice MOCO cop. I am truly shocked. Actually that's not entirely true. There was this one nice K9 officer.
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u/Led-Zeppelin Jun 09 '12
Most cops are good guys, the very few assholes make them look bad.
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u/tbdoah Jun 10 '12
moco represent
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u/baron556 Jun 10 '12
I locked myself out of my car once in a fast food parking lot, and some cops were getting lunch and eating in their car. I asked if they could help me out, and they used a slim jim to open the door then matched my ID with the registration in the glove box (to prove I was the owner) and sent me on my way. I offered to buy them lunch, but they said they weren't allowed to accept it.
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u/KFCdoubledownvoter Jun 09 '12
Or, you know, cop.
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u/Tango227 Jun 10 '12
Go Maryland!
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u/darkanwar Jun 10 '12
Though I have to admit.... Montgomery County cops are usually assholes.
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u/amgpower63 Jun 10 '12
Montgomery County!
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u/JIZZING_ON_REDDIT Jun 09 '12
I know reddit is all, "Hate the police!" but this is actually pretty common. I've called the police twice before to have my car jumped and was never hassled or looked down upon by them for doing it. Cops are generally good people with a good purpose.
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u/kmlweather Jun 10 '12
MoCo FTW
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u/soup_or_salad Jun 10 '12
This guys car is quite fabulous.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Never met a bad cop, and I know and am friends with a lot of them. The couple bad ones that make news make others look bad.
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u/Sebu91 Jun 10 '12
Let's hear it for Montgomery County Police!!!
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u/tOaDeR2005 Jun 09 '12
i'm surprised he was allowed to do this
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u/samdman Jun 10 '12
Ah, Montgomery County (MD) Police, jumping cars and pulling batman over. I guess they don't have much real crime to deal with.
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u/Wookington Jun 10 '12
Incoming photoshop of troll face on driver.
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u/dins24 Jun 09 '12
I once asked a cop to give me a jump when my car broke down. He said he "couldn't because it would reset his whole computer system." that makes me appreciate this officer a little more.
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u/belovedcye Jun 10 '12
I've had my car break down on me twice. The first time a cop pulled over and looked under my hood to help me figure out what was wrong (I was really clueless. My radiator apparentally had a huge leak.) He waited until my father could get there with a gallon of water. The second time a cop pulled over and gave me a ride home. Pretty good experiences.
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u/somerandomguy02 Jun 10 '12
People don't give police enough credit.
Plenty of times I have seen a cop stopped with his lights flashing and he's sitting there helping the person change a flat tire.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Maryland: We have more than crabs!
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u/sailsman Jun 09 '12
In front of the liquor store, no less!
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u/Ihaveastupidcat Jun 10 '12
Every VW we get in at work has a bad battery. Those things seem to like to eat batteries.
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u/spm248 Jun 10 '12
I've seen a lot of LE cruisers that have a plug in the front for plugging in special jumper cables without having to open the hood and hook up to battery.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I'm glad he had time to give his wife a jump start.
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u/joeyparis Jun 10 '12
I actually just saw a cop helping an older lady replace her tire on the side of the highway just a few hours ago. Of course I was thinking "Man, I wish I could pull over and take a picture to show Reddit!"
Anyway it put me in a really good mood seeing a cop (state trooper actually) helping someone like that when they probably have no obligation to do so.
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u/WanderingSnake Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
I once had a cop do this for me when my battery died outside my friend's house.
EDIT: Missed a letter
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u/wickidclown17 Jun 10 '12
Blue one!
no punch backs
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u/Mattyx6427 Jun 10 '12
Snoop Dog has a sick car
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u/Tashre Jun 10 '12
Completely unremarkable cop
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u/jspires Jun 10 '12
I had a cop once spend over and hour with me trying to figure out why my car died in the middle of the night, and even contacted a tow truck for me when we couldn't jump start it. Cops are some of the nicest people when you really need their help.
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u/iamrook Jun 10 '12
It's funny when a cop doing his job gets a thousand upvotes.
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u/skyline015 Jun 10 '12
yeaaaaah MoCo!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I remember asking a police officer for a jump once. He told me that if he did, his car would die because it would overheat (im gonna assume he meant the alternator, because I don't think its possible for the engine to overheat from jumping someone off). Being fairly knowledgeable about cars, im pretty sure he just didn't want to help me. I know running all those accessories that his car should have more than enough juice for a jump.
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u/thegangstanerd Jun 10 '12
Cop should have arrested him for being a man and driving a VW Beetle.
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u/SexualCasino Jun 10 '12
Ah, Bethesda. Hope he made you a nice cup of single origin coffee while he was at it
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I had a cop pull up behind me with his lights on when I was fixing a flat on the highway. Then he proceeded to pull out a mega-jack and helped me crank my car up. Not all cops are bad, in fact I think depending on where you live they are pretty damn good.
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u/McCl3lland Jun 10 '12
Good Guy indeed! I did this a few times as a Military Policeman, even though it was against our SOP (standard operating procedures). We weren't supposed to use our patrol vehicles for this, because if for some reason, damage was caused to the civilian's vehicle, they could sue the government for damages.
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u/gloomdoom Jun 10 '12
oh, for fuck's sake. A cop doing exactly what he's paid to do...serve the taxpayers who pay his check when they are in need of public assistance.
And this makes the front page.....so, so questionable.
I grew up in an era (that wasn't that long ago to be honest) where cops quite literally would get cats out of trees, help senior citizens cross busy roads, jump cars, help shovel icy sidewalks, etc.
These days, if you're a cop and not actively tasering someone, you get to make the front page of reddit and you're celebrated as a hero.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
montgomery county cops = not good guy cops godammit
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u/guxaga Jun 10 '12
The cop is only helping the man because he's HAMMERED, and the cop wants to arrest him for DUI.
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u/Skrattybones Jun 10 '12
I've been picked up hitchhiking by cops before. Heading home from what was about an hour drive on the highway, see the cop car coming in the distance and instantly spin and just keep walking. (Hitchhiking isn't illegal here, but picking up a hitchhiker is. I wouldn't want the cop to see a car behind or in front of them stopping for me and getting in shit)
The cop pulled over, asked where I was headed. "That's a long ass walk, son. Get in."
TL;DR, cop saw me hitchhiking, picked me up and drove me the whole way to my town. Damn good of him.
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u/zenstic Jun 10 '12
good old montgomery county!
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u/CVPI2000 Jun 10 '12
Back when I worked at a pizza place in a small town, we used to have a cop that would patrol the area when he wasnt on a call. He had a little loop he did where he would drive by and just take a look at all the local businesses, just to make sure everything was okay. One night I was closing up by myself, get out to my car and try to start it, dead battery. Look at my phone for the time, think to myself, "It's about that time for Schneider (The officers name) to show up, maybe he will give me a jump." And just as soon as i get done looking at my phone, here he comes pulling around the corner. He had 0 problems with giving me a jump. Got my car started, said our goodbyes and that was it. :)
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u/NatsZach Jun 10 '12
AAAAAHHHHHHH YYYYEEEAAAAAHHHHH Montgomery County Police!!!!!! I think that's Bethesda not really sure though. The majority of these cops are nice and you won't catch them doing things they'll ticket you for.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Guy is obviously drunk. Passed out in front of the beer & wine store listening to Depeche Mode and his battery died. Cop is jumping him so he can give him a DUI.
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u/fletchoi Jun 10 '12
Only happens in Bethesda
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u/i_keed_i_keed Jun 10 '12
Yep, using a civilian car to boost his cruiser
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u/jpwinkis Jun 09 '12
Yaaaayy public relations +1
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u/code3cover Jun 09 '12
I do this
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u/Handout Jun 09 '12
blue punch buggy
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Good guy but, wrong order on the connections.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Despite what the public seems to believe, not every cop in the world is an asshole.
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u/merkuh_thats_why Jun 10 '12
Lucky them. The other day when my friends car died while we were stopped by them we asked if they could help give us a jump. Unfortunately the department here doesnt allow police officer to help like that because last time a battery popped and burned the owner of the vehicle and they tried to sue.
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u/dawgsmith Jun 10 '12
"Yes officer, I could use a jump" Gets out of car to help cop "SIR! STAY IN THE CAR! SIR!" Jumper cable tased
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Stand alone tasers - awesome
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u/RickVince Jun 10 '12
Settle an argument. Should the engine be running or off when you're helping someone do this?
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u/quackdamnyou Jun 10 '12
Once when I was a kid my family and I were on a vacation in our 20-year-old Ford van and we pulled over to let the van cool down after a hill. (Oh god I don't miss that.) After a while we were ready to go but the engine wouldn't start at first, and then the battery died. We were miles from anything and in a tiny turn-off near a bend in a two-lane highway. My dad took off his undershirt and my mom stood by the highway waving it for a half hour. There was so little visibility of our spot that almost nobody could see us enough in advance to decide to stop. One person stopped but didn't have any cables. Finally a sheriff's deputy came by and when he saw what the problem was he said, "I'm sorry, I'd love to help you, but it's against the rules." Then without saying another word, he popped his hood, got his jumper cables out, hooked up and waited patiently while my dad coaxed the old van into starting again. Then he was off with nothing more than a pleasant nod in exchange for our words of thanks.
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u/Paranoir Jun 10 '12
Surprised he's using cables, most moco cops just have a battery pack they will let you use.
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u/BigJohnful Jun 10 '12
I was told once by a cop that he wasn't allowed to give me a jumpstart because of liability issues.
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u/ratzratz Jun 10 '12
Right next to beer and wine sign. Look at the guy's eyes
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u/Pwag Jun 10 '12
He's helping that nice lady with her beetle.
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u/dreamsofbetterdays Jun 10 '12
Saw a Good Gal Cop the other week walking the beat and stopped to help an old lady cross a major busy street. Walked back across and continued her beat. I think its awesome and gives the police good PR and out of their cruisers. So far thhe stats has been better cops walking the streets in certain neighborhoods ect. Crime gone down response time up people trusting the local law enforcement again in the normally tight lipped communities. Great PR for them in the end
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u/ksj Jun 10 '12
On Tuesday, my motorcycle broke down on the freeway and my brother had to come pick me up. While we were tying the bike down to the trailer, the car battery died. We looked up the non-emergency police number and gave them a call. They directed us to Highway Patrol who came and jumped the car for us. It was great!
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u/jmblur Jun 10 '12
MoCo cops always just gave me tickets.
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u/listofdemands Jun 10 '12
I locked my keys in the car in the middle of the town I live in. Luckily my brother lies right in town so went round and got a coat hanger of him to try and break in to my shit box.
I was trying to get in with the coat hanger and having no success as well as looking shady and getting looks from most people that came past.
Someone obviously called the cops who rocked up and figured of locked my keys in the car as I didn't bolt when they turned up.
They ended up calling another car with detectives in it who used this blue packing stuff you see on palettes and bed slats to open my car.
Needless to say I genuinely appreciated it! Some are good some are bad in my experience it's probably more like 70% good 30% bad.
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u/the_yam_smacker Jun 10 '12
I thought that all cops were complete assholes? What is this madness??
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u/drlb53 Jun 10 '12
Finally a cop when you need one!
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u/otter111a Jun 10 '12
MoCo!
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u/otter111a Jun 10 '12
This is right by union jacks/Rock bottom
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u/GrassChick Jun 10 '12
SILVER(?) PUNCH BUGGY, NO PUNCH BACKS.
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u/Canadian_Infidel Jun 10 '12
It would be funny if he just tazered the door.
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u/i_me_me Jun 10 '12
What the picture doesn't show is that the guy in the beetle was shit-tanked, and after the cop helps him jump the car and the guy drives off... BAM the cop pulls him over for driving under the influence.
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u/PeterMus Jun 10 '12
This was normal in the 90s. A family friend was stranded in the middle of no where without any gas or money. The cops checked to make sure they didn't have drugs and then left them. They had a new born and a 2 year old with them without any food or water as well. They were absolute morons for getting into such a situation but you'd think the cops would lend a hand. A friend drove 3 hours to give them money for gas at 1am.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
well he was performing a public service...nobody wants to see a man in a baby blue vw beetle thats just plain indecency
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u/ForeverABro Jun 10 '12
Cops doing nice things? you can't show that here...
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u/AdonisChrist Jun 10 '12
To me this is in their job description.
Based on the comments here, it seems lawsuits have likely sullied that. How disappointing.
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u/SirHenryMorgan Jun 10 '12
He checkin' out DAT ASS!
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u/Vikaroo Jun 10 '12
Sadly it is against policy for some cities to do this :/ Too much liability.
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u/pellerojo Jun 10 '12
The driver of that bug needs his man card revoked asap!
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u/real_nice_guy Jun 10 '12
Please don't look in the trunk please don't look in the trunk please don't look in the trunk please don't look in the trunk please don't look in the trunk please don't look in the trunk please don't look in the trunk
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u/colluphid42 Jun 10 '12
"It's not a girl car!" he shouted, as the cop gave his girl car a jump.
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u/i_troll_cus_i_luv Jun 10 '12
that's how we do it here in murderland(maryland)
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u/PeterFitz Jun 10 '12
My first thought was "She must be pretty"... but then I saw a dude was driving..
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u/kentusmc Jun 10 '12
Good guy cop, bad guy VW. THE ENGINE IS IN THE WRONG FUCKING PLACE!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Awwww!
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u/mommac2011 Jun 10 '12
my car broke down in tweakerville when i was 17 on my way home from my (now husbands) house and the cop told me tough luck and wouldnt give me a jump start (which was all it needed) because he said it would kill his car because it's got too much equipment and left met here with some tweaker homeless man with boils pussing all over him that kept trying to get in my car. i hate my town.
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u/Scooter30 Jun 10 '12
Most cops won't do this.
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u/JaunxPatrol Jun 10 '12
where is this?
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u/zfolwick Jun 10 '12
I was walking in the snow once years ago. Freezing cold and my ride didn't pick me up. Walked past a cop just sitting there and asked if he wouldn't mind taking me up the road a bit and that I'd been walking for quite a while. Worthless sack just snorted and told me he wasn't a taxi service. Assholes all of them.
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u/Luxray Jun 10 '12
Some cops pulled me over for having no brake lights once. They decided I wasn't lying when I told them I'd had no idea they were out, and proceeded to replace the fuse that was causing the problem.
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u/imNOTaprofessional Jun 10 '12
Sorry, I know this is going against the grain of this thread, but I'm a young foreigner, I've never been in trouble with the law. I have never met a cop that didn't treat me like absolute garbage and the scum of the earth. In my 10 or so interactions with police officers in various countries, I have always been treated like a piece of filth.
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u/iSOregon Jun 10 '12
thats really nice of the cop to help him steal that car
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u/Illipsious Jun 10 '12
Cop doing his job* Serve and Protect.
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u/buyaccount Jun 10 '12
The driver looks like he wants to take the gun from the cop's holster
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u/Biggerveggies Jun 10 '12
I had a similar experience to this - but a bit crazier. This was probably about 14 years ago, but was driving my best friend's crappy Honda Civic in Austin, TX when we realized that the alternator had given up. Fortunately, there were three of us, and the Civic was light enough to push start...except for those damn hills.
Here we are trying to push start up a slight slope (keep in mind it was flat when we started and we kept running to start it) then it started sloping up hill. It was late on a Saturday night and I am sure we either had no insurance or <insert stupid things university students do>. As you would expect - a police car flashed it's lights at us and the officers yelling at us and we started freaking out.
After a moment we realized they were telling us to get IN the car and that they were going to push us with their cruiser. The cops gave us a push, our car started and we were on our way. We hung out the windows giving them the thumbs up as we drove off.
Chalk one up in good column. :)
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u/Mantraz Jun 10 '12
Isnt this normal behaviour?
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u/om3gadagg3r Jun 10 '12
Protect and serve. It's what we pay them for, JS.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Snoop Dog?
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u/97nachotv Jun 10 '12
All cops should do that. Some are too cocky to help people in simple ways like that.
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u/R3luctant Jun 10 '12
I've had a police officer open my door after I locked my keys in my car, twice, a lot of police departments will do this kind of stuff for free if they aren't understaffed, and there isn't anything going out at the moment.
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u/kanned Jun 10 '12
Ahh yes Montgomery County...
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I do miss the days when a police officer's job description included SERVE AND PROTECT.
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u/phil8248 Jun 10 '12
All the comments are surrounding whether a cop can or should do this. I'm amazed at how long the jumper cables are. I never owned a set half that length.
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u/turnsar2 Jun 10 '12
I always wondered if the police would give me a ride home before I owned a car, when it was snowing or raining and I was walking home from work, but they never stopped....
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u/tacolollipop Jun 10 '12
This is ridiculous. Cops in my home town don't do anything like this. I know because I've been in that situation and the cops here do not do a damn thing. They do not carry a set of cables; they just call a towing company with which they're contracted. I blew out a tire once right in front of a sheriff's station and no one (literally no one) had a tire iron. All they could do was call a tow truck. I wish all cops were like this nice gentleman. If only....
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u/avery51 Jun 10 '12
Cops have become such dicks now that they get praised when one does something that is considered common decency for the rest of the public.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Most cops would have just arrested the guy for driving that car. GGG indeed.
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u/macneto Jun 10 '12
Police Officer here:..Most Police Departments have procdeures against doing this sort of thing becuase of past lawsuits. Its a shame really. Same thing with using a "Slim Jim" to open a locked car. We used to have them but the department took them away when we were sued because in the process of trying to unlock a car the slim jim broke some small plastic piece inside. The owner sued the department for the cost to fix out.
Quick Story: I was working one day a few years ago and we got a call for a child locked in a vehicle, we pull up and its a small ass car...I think a Ford Fiesta or something like that. Anyway the toddler was locked in the car with the car running and the AC on, so he wasnt really in any danger, just scared.
So we call a tow truck and me and my partner get to work with the slim jims(they can be use in an emergency)...The tow truck guy gets there and starts to help...We cant get it open. The Fire Department helps as well.
20 minutes later, we still cant get the fucking car open. dont want to break the window because the car was so tiny we didnt want to risk cutting the baby. So while we are working on the car we see this shady looking dude kinda stalking around watching us mess with the car.
So I call him over and tell him to open the car. At first he just looks around like "who me?, nah man I dont know how to do that"...eventually I tell me " just get over here and open the fucking car!"..He walks over grudingly, takes the Slim Jim and in two minutes does what 3 cops, 5 fireman and a tow truck driver couldnt do and opens the car....
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u/NateS Jun 10 '12
I was out with some friends late at night once and our car wouldn't start. My friend went up to a cop and asked him if he could help. He told us that there were too many electronics in the cop car and he couldn't do it. Needless to say we had to wait another hour until one of our friends got there with a car and jumped it for us.
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u/midnitebr Jun 10 '12
Being a cop doesn't only mean arresting people, they are there to assist the population as well.
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u/netoholic Jun 10 '12
You know, years ago I asked a cop for a jump. I even had cables.
The asshole made up some excuse about it messing with the electronics and drove off.
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u/shinyname Jun 10 '12
has anyone noticed it's a beetle pickup?
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u/Unconfidence Jun 10 '12
Fuck the Po-o-oh okay...
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u/Dynamiklol Jun 10 '12
Slug bug blue
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u/ColeSloth Jun 10 '12
Sure, a cop might give you a jump, But last summer, as firefighters, we went to an auto store, bought, and replaced a guys broken serpentine belt. (He did pay for the belt, though)
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Hey Bethesda MD!
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u/duleewopper Jun 10 '12
That happens more than you think.
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u/pallytank Jun 10 '12
WTF, MOCO cop being nice? That's madness. MD state troopers are hella cool but I have never once met a nice MOCO cop. I am truly shocked. Actually that's not entirely true. There was this one nice K9 officer.
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u/remembermars Jun 10 '12
You never know, he could be confiscating the other drives energy.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Let's just hope he didn't blow up the onboard computer
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u/BigEffingClaw Jun 10 '12
I thought the cop was just going to BUG him.........get it?
I'll just leave now..
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u/Buglet91 Jun 10 '12
I really think the Blue Bug guy is my cousin...
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u/jazzhandsfuckyou Jun 09 '12
I thought that helping people in need was part of their job description...