Any other real life cop's on here?

[crockettstheme]

MV was my inspiration growing up and made me want to join the police many moons ago! Sadly policing the streets of England in 2008 is nothing like Miami in 1984... I asked for a Testarossa and they said no... the stripes just dont look the same on the side of a white Ford Escort!

[crocketsgrl]

You know I swear I posted on this...lol...I'm still confused here but it's getting better all the time....hope your also a Beatles fan and could get that line..lolAnyway, I think that is so cool that Vice was the reason you became a cop. Can I ask you what type of cop you are? Maybe I posted this in your greeting? Sorry about that if I did.

[crockettstheme]

Hi CG how are you?I worked for several years on response, which is basically rushing around in uniform to the 999/911/112 calls which was obviously great fun but a bit of a drain on me physically... it was ever changing shift work and very little time off... your whole life ends up based around work, which can never be good!I've taken a break from that for a bit to do some neighbourhood policing, which basically means I've got a small area just outside Birmingham City Centre which I am responsible for... General problems I am dealing with now are youth related gang trouble (which is an absolutely nightmare, there is a gang numbering 40+ who are teenagers who terrorise this area... every weekend they get high on weed and go mad!) and mass cocaine/heroin use... at least I get to do some plain clothes work now, not had a chance to wear my white suit out on the street yet but wore it to court!

[MV86]

After seeing vice,I also wanted to become a cop. I'm checking into it.

[crocketsgrl]

Hi CG how are you?I worked for several years on response' date=' which is basically rushing around in uniform to the 999/911/112 calls which was obviously great fun but a bit of a drain on me physically... it was ever changing shift work and very little time off... your whole life ends up based around work, which can never be good!I've taken a break from that for a bit to do some neighbourhood policing, which basically means I've got a small area just outside Birmingham City Centre which I am responsible for... General problems I am dealing with now are youth related gang trouble (which is an absolutely nightmare, there is a gang numbering 40+ who are teenagers who terrorise this area... every weekend they get high on weed and go mad!) and mass cocaine/heroin use... at least I get to do some plain clothes work now, not had a chance to wear my white suit out on the street yet but wore it to court! [/quote']Crockettstheme, I'm well , thank you for asking. I find that's very interesting and physical. I know from having cops where I used to work the horrible schedule. The long hours and for them it was two weeks one shift two weeks another. I remember the illegal aliens coming in and the officer that was covering use would call it in and take off. One poor guy ran after some guy across a major highway and into the woods. I ran to the door and said to myself, wait you aren't a cop and this guy may have a gun..lol....Any way, the officer told me he was so mad he made sure his knee was hard in the guys back and the cuffs a bit tight...lol..Very hard work. So now you are patroling? Now you say you have gangs and you are plain clothes. These are teenagers so how does that work? You are some what undercover and arrest these kids when you see something going down? Thank you so much for telling about this. Watching Vice is one thing but hearing what actually happens is another. You find this job better then? And now you can Vice it a bit.....

[timm525]

My first major was Criminal Justice. I enjoyed the classes a lot and got straight "As".I think there was/is too much negativity in that line of work. Also, it is nothing like cops and robbers on TV.

[crocketsgrl]

My first major was Criminal Justice. I enjoyed the classes a lot and got straight "As".I think there was/is too much negativity in that line of work. Also' date=' it is nothing like cops and robbers on TV.[/quote']tim, that's because it's called, Hollywood and don't confuse that with Dollywood...:DI do like to hear what it's really like though.

[jurassic narc]

I spent 29 years as a Special Agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Over half of that time was spent working narcotics investigations. The last ten years I was a supervisor. I did the same job that Crockett and Tubbs did on a statewide basis. I got to know some officers from Metro-Dade before Miami Vice came on the air. It was a great show to watch because I was living that life. Several narcs got together to watch it on Friday nights.I wore a Galco shoulder holster, but coudn't get the State to issue me a Ferrari. Many of the things that C&T did on the show were similar to cases I worked. SMUGGLERS BLUES and TRUSTFUND PIRATES come to mind. The friction between locals and the feds was much as it appears on the show, and the episodes were generally close to the real deal.

[Joe]

Yeah, crockettstheme´s and jurassisc narc´s reports about their lives are very interesting.I think, my job will be also to do with the law. (I don´t know if it´s the right grammar !!!)But today I don´t know if I want to be a lawyer, ...@ CtIsn´t your job sometimes very dangerous ??? That´s my only fear about being a plice officer.

[crockettstheme]

Hi guys,CG in answer to your Q's the teenage gangs are an absolute nightmare! They have absolutely no respect for authority and commit mass amounts of petty crime. Most of them are carrying weapons CS Spray the normal one (I think you guys might know it better as pepper spray?) knives, batons, etc, habitually smoke Cannabis (which I seem to be able to smell out from 200 yards despite having a twice broken nose!) and believe that they have the right to harrass, assault, and intimidate anyone they feel like. The age of the mobile phone video camera is a nightmare too, they will try to wind us up to get a reaction then film their mate getting there ass handed to them by my colleges and I and put it on YouTube!! I spend a lot of time in the evening in unmarked cars - cars that dont look like police vehicles, they are seriously clapped out to blend in with the area... I normally cover my head with a hood as the blonde highlights stand out a mile away... Have a little drive around and wait for something to go down and pounce! I know the names of all the players so to speak!Joe: Yes it is very dangerous. Everyday I go to work knowing that my life could be on the line at any given moment. 2 people who joined the force with me have been killed which is always on my mind. I think I normally think the worst every time I get to a job then for every bad thing im thinking of that isnt happening its a bonus! In 4/5 years I've been assaulted probably 30+ times. Never really badly because I'm not shy about throwing the first punch so to speak! And I always make sure its a good one! It's all about risk assessing danger really. I've backed out of a few things in my career so avoid serious harm to me or anyone else. Sadly, I'm not invincible!Anyone who has any more questions please feel free to ask!

[Izzie]

I also want/ed to become a cop. I was told it's nothing like 'Bad boys' as my friend said. i know that, i know that it's going ot be nothing like MV. I thought about it and at one poin i was so eager, then all of asudden i went off the idea. Maybe because of the youth crime and many cops were seriously injured quite a few had been stabbed. So i think now maybe i will maybe i won't. Not sure.Did you say your were armed response crockettstheme? I must admit that area interested me, not necessarily because of the firearms, but it'd be quite interesting, and err exciting.

[MV86]

Is most of cop life sitting in the car watching and waiting?

[crocketsgrl]

I spent 29 years as a Special Agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Over half of that time was spent working narcotics investigations. The last ten years I was a supervisor. I did the same job that Crockett and Tubbs did on a statewide basis. I got to know some officers from Metro-Dade before Miami Vice came on the air. It was a great show to watch because I was living that life. Several narcs got together to watch it on Friday nights.I wore a Galco shoulder holster' date=' but coudn't get the State to issue me a Ferrari. Many of the things that C&T did on the show were similar to cases I worked. SMUGGLERS BLUES and TRUSTFUND PIRATES come to mind. The friction between locals and the feds was much as it appears on the show, and the episodes were generally close to the real deal.[/quote']Wow, thanks Jurassic Narc, that is so interesting and to know that Vice was close to the real deal makes it even better. I mean, they tried to show the real deal, even the problems with the Feds and locals......So you were undercover. Did you find that it affected your life out of work? And it must have been very stressful to be in a situation were you had to play the character right and be that person or get shot. Scary. Did you have to keep your undercover name going and get things as Vice shows under that name? That part from the pilot sticks out when Crockett says sometimes he remembers who he is and how he went through the week each assignment he could be on , guns , drugs etc. Thank you.

[crocketsgrl]

I spent 29 years as a Special Agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Over half of that time was spent working narcotics investigations. The last ten years I was a supervisor. I did the same job that Crockett and Tubbs did on a statewide basis. I got to know some officers from Metro-Dade before Miami Vice came on the air. It was a great show to watch because I was living that life. Several narcs got together to watch it on Friday nights.I wore a Galco shoulder holster' date=' but coudn't get the State to issue me a Ferrari. Many of the things that C&T did on the show were similar to cases I worked. SMUGGLERS BLUES and TRUSTFUND PIRATES come to mind. The friction between locals and the feds was much as it appears on the show, and the episodes were generally close to the real deal.[/quote']This for some reason posted twice, my fault, I know but wanted to say I'm sorry for that........Wow, thanks Jurassic Narc, that is so interesting and to know that Vice was close to the real deal makes it even better. I mean, they tried to show the real deal, even the problems with the Feds and Locals?.......So you were undercover. Did you find that it affected your life out of work? And it must have been very stressful to be in a situation were you had to play the character right and be that person or get shot. Scary. Did you have to keep your undercover name going and get things as Vice shows under that name? That part from the pilot sticks out when Crockett says sometimes he remembers who he is and how he went through the week each assignment he could be on , guns , drugs etc. Thank you

[crocketsgrl]

Hi guys' date='CG in answer to your Q's the teenage gangs are an absolute nightmare! They have absolutely no respect for authority and commit mass amounts of petty crime. Most of them are carrying weapons CS Spray the normal one (I think you guys might know it better as pepper spray?) knives, batons, etc, habitually smoke Cannabis (which I seem to be able to smell out from 200 yards despite having a twice broken nose!) and believe that they have the right to harrass, assault, and intimidate anyone they feel like. The age of the mobile phone video camera is a nightmare too, they will try to wind us up to get a reaction then film their mate getting there ass handed to them by my colleges and I and put it on YouTube!! I spend a lot of time in the evening in unmarked cars - cars that dont look like police vehicles, they are seriously clapped out to blend in with the area... I normally cover my head with a hood as the blonde highlights stand out a mile away... Have a little drive around and wait for something to go down and pounce! I know the names of all the players so to speak!Joe: Yes it is very dangerous. Everyday I go to work knowing that my life could be on the line at any given moment. 2 people who joined the force with me have been killed which is always on my mind. I think I normally think the worst every time I get to a job then for every bad thing im thinking of that isnt happening its a bonus! In 4/5 years I've been assaulted probably 30+ times. Never really badly because I'm not shy about throwing the first punch so to speak! And I always make sure its a good one! It's all about risk assessing danger really. I've backed out of a few things in my career so avoid serious harm to me or anyone else. Sadly, I'm not invincible!Anyone who has any more questions please feel free to ask![/quote']Lee, you can call me Sue. I never thought about how much danger you cover is in with cell phone videos and the Internet......You've seen something on youtube from either yourself or a co-worker? That is scary. And these kids, as I remember at that age think they are immortal or Invincible........Do you have a partner to help you out? They have to get things so easy on the street anymore like you said with the knives and I would imagine guns too. Good for you to through a good punch up , guess you have to. When you find these situations that are very serious that you have to avoid what happens? I mean something has to be done with it. And you said you know all the players and they must know you. So is that also why you where a hood or hat? You just watch and wait for something happening or do you also follow leads to avoid something big coming down from a large gang. I know where I live there are gangs and then there are huge gangs that will think nothing of walking up a shooting another gang member. Or planning something. People who live near where they are make sure they aren't out after dark. I don't live in a bad area or so I thought until two years ago down my street there was a guy who owned his condo and sold drugs and had hookers. My community is a nice one and to find out that they were busted was a shock to me. I saw the police cars and all that, didn't find out until the next day. Surprised how people can hide things when you are in a row home and the walls are only so thick. Lee, thank you and thank you for doing what you do , I have so much respect for you and your brothers. Putting your life on the line to help innocent people. And then taking a beating at times. God Bless you and Juriasic Narc and Lou too!

[MV86]

I find that being a cop would be exciting. Like your putting your life on the line,just the thrill of it.

[ECN5247]

Hi guys' date='Most of them are carrying weapons CS Spray the normal one (I think you guys might know it better as pepper spray?) [/quote']Pardon the correction but, CS is not pepper spray. Pepper spray is OC and many times more effective than CS.CS is a decent irritant but has been found to be ineffective against people who are either under the influence of drug and/or alcohol or mentally ill.Oleoresin Capsicum or OC (pepper spray) on the other hand, is an inflamatory with many times more incapacitating effects than CS.A quote from a European study:"The effects of pepper spray are far more severe, including temporary blindness which last from 15-30 minutes, a burning sensation of the skin which last from 45 to 60 minutes, upper body spasms which force a person to bend forward and uncontrollable coughing making it difficult to breathe or speak for between 3 to 15 minutes." All of the above is true...I know...I just got a dose (again) last Friday!And regardless of the Initials...either one is nasty and deployed with one thing in mind; to incapacitate the person it is aimed at and would warrant either a Less Lethal (Taser) or Deadly Force response.

[Viceman Cometh]

I find that being a cop would be exciting. Like your putting your life on the line' date='just the thrill of it.[/quote']TV cop shows have about as much to do with real police work as Star Wars does with NASA.

[crocketsgrl]

"The effects of pepper spray are far more severe, including temporary blindness which last from 15-30 minutes, a burning sensation of the skin which last from 45 to 60 minutes, upper body spasms which force a person to bend forward and uncontrollable coughing making it difficult to breathe or speak for between 3 to 15 minutes." All of the above is true...I know...I just got a dose (again) last Friday!And regardless of the Initials...either one is nasty and deployed with one thing in mind; to incapacitate the person it is aimed at and would warrant either a Less Lethal (Taser) or Deadly Force response.

ENC, Are you a Cop ? If not how were you unluckiy enough to get sprayed? Thanks for the Info on the effects of Pepper Spray, and I never knew it was called OC. Thanks

[ECN5247]

ENC' date=' Are you a Cop ? If not how were you unluckiy enough to get sprayed? Thanks for the Info on the effects of Pepper Spray, and I never knew it was called OC. Thanks[/quote']Let's just say it's all in a day's work.

[crocketsgrl]

Let's just say it's all in a day's work.

Man of mystery, are we? Love that answer...lol....

[crockettstheme]

ECN you're dead right, Pepper spray IS much more effective (and painful) that CS Spray, I only likened the two because I was too sure who would know what I meant if I said CS Spray.

[jurassic narc]

Sorry it took me so long to reply. Yes, we used several identities, with attendant props (drivers license, business cards, etc) and worked lots of different types of crooks. I was undercover with drug smugglers (in those days cocaine and marijuana came into Georgia and Florida like tourist to Disney), Doctors, and the occasional mid-level street dealer (ten pounds of Cocaine or more). It was a lot of fun, and was at a time when often you were on your own. It was a lot like MV was at the time. In fact, other than the Ferraris and the boats, it was much the same job. Not quite as much gunfire, but the occasional shootout with smugglers did occur. I shot a former deputy from Florida who smuggled 880 pounds of marijuana, after we exchanged gunfire across a runway.It beat the hell out of working for a living!!

[ECN5247]

ECN you're dead right' date=' Pepper spray IS much more effective (and painful) that CS Spray, I only likened the two because I was too sure who would know what I meant if I said CS Spray.[/quote']No worries, just wanted the populace to be well informed!

[crocketsgrl]

Sorry it took me so long to reply. Yes' date=' we used several identities, with attendant props (drivers license, business cards, etc) and worked lots of different types of crooks. I was undercover with drug smugglers (in those days cocaine and marijuana came into Georgia and Florida like tourist to Disney), Doctors, and the occasional mid-level street dealer (ten pounds of Cocaine or more). It was a lot of fun, and was at a time when often you were on your own. It was a lot like MV was at the time. In fact, other than the Ferraris and the boats, it was much the same job. Not quite as much gunfire, but the occasional shootout with smugglers did occur. I shot a former deputy from Florida who smuggled 880 pounds of marijuana, after we exchanged gunfire across a runway.It beat the hell out of working for a living!![/quote']Jurassic, they did a TV show that had to have a lot of gun fights for the action and the flashiness, I would think. But what you are saying is interesting. But did it affect your private life being known as one person but being another? Thank you for the info, I enjoy finding out from you guys that know......