Got my rear kicked...

Really sorry about the broken nose, but if you were able to walk away and talk about it, you won. I was a KY State Trooper for 24 years. I know where your coming from. It's sad to say, but there are police officers out there working every day that maybe should be in some other line of work. On the bright side this may have been a wake-up call for your rookie partner.
 
A broken nose?! Y'all aren't going to have "Bobo" transferred out to our Precinct are you?!!!!!!

Email me when you get a chance...................SK
 
If I were you, I'd give my so-called "partner" the proverbial wooden shampoo. You could've been killed while he was cowering beside the car. :mad:
 
My thanks as well Copaup! I think any day a LEO gets too go home after work is a good day even if he does have a broken nose.
 
Glad you are OK.

Neither me nor Bobo was cut out to be a cop; difference is, I know it and Bobo doesn't. Well, maybe he does now.

With any luck, he will address the next roll call with a sincere apology for letting you, the department, and the city down and will resign.
 
While I bet your rookie feels like a dumbass it could have meant your life, Glad your ok to spend thanksgiving week with your family...even if somewhat bruised up a bit.
 
Copaup,

30-year bobby here (on terminal leave, having reached the pot of gold at the end of the s***bow!)

We have an offence over here called "Neglect of duty." I hear all you say and I respect your decisions, but Bobo - if he discovers enough in his trousers to come back to work - is a timebomb waiting to go off. Will you be doing anyone any favours by not alerting your supervisors to his cowardice?

I've caught my share of fists, boots and clots of phlegm. I value your sense of humour, but I know how I'd feel behind the jokes.

Keep on being a good thieftaker, but remember: "There are old bobbies and bold bobbies; but few old, bold bobbies."

maximus otter
 
braddy said:
Someone should explain to the rookie that he just doesn't have the excitement gene, so he should'nt try for work that calls for it, he needs to have the impulse to run towards the action. It's easier to train a man that is action oriented to control himself, than to train a man without that temperment to develop it.
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I agree with braddy's above viewpoint. I'm a small woman, but I know that I would have jumped into that kind of situation. Copapup, I really cannot imagine your Bobo standing there like some sort of Barney Fife with his pistol cued in on an empty car seat. :mad: I believe in forgiveness, but unfortunately, I don't believe that your job allows any wiggle room. There are real lives that are on the line. I think Bobo's failure to show up at the next roll call and take the heat further demonstrates weakness. It reflects to me that he's a lost cause, in terms of law enforcement, and unworthy of a second chance. I understand that he was in for one hell of a bashing. He deserved it. He knows that he screwed up. He still wasn't man enough to take his medicine. :mad:

I'm really curious how a second chance could be handled. How can you trust someone who has been tested and failed under such severe circumstances? I think that every newby (in any job) will make really stupid mistakes initially. After all, there is always a learning curve. I imagine that this would be a lesson that would forever change him in his career. Does he deserve a second bite at the apple? :rolleyes: I'd just try to write the report as objectively as possible (just the facts), and let the department decide what they want to do with him.

Thank God that you came out of it with your life. Unlike your partner, you were tested, and you proved that you are a valuable asset to your department. Obviously, your colleagues agree with this sentiment. So let's cut the crap about your getting your bottom kicked. You're a macho man, and you have the scars to prove it. ;) :) Thanks for serving and protecting. :)
 
Isn't is strange how certain moments in life have the power to change EVERYTHING? In those few moments of struggle, there were 4 possible outcomes (probably more):

1. He shoots you.

2. You shoot him.

3. Bobo subdues the guy, you pat him on the back and buy him a beer at the end of the shift. You write a good report and he has a great future ahead of him.

4. Bobo freezes and nearly costs you your life, watches his future crumble.

Thank God it wasn't 1 or 2.
 
Maximus,
Rest assured, they have heard my opinion on the matter. The evaluation that I wrote up on his performance and sent out to the training academy would in a perfect world insure that he find another line of work. Sadly, we all know how hard it is to fill these uniforms sometimes and there will be preassure to keep him. Unless he quits on his own. I understand he didn't come to work yesterday, and is still on the sick board for today. I need to talk to him. He seems to have taken my jacket by mistake, as I have his. Sadly his is too small for me. His days are numbered should he decide to come back. He has lost our trust and is no longer welcome. It would be most difficult to regain it.

As a further update, the volvo kid turned himself in last night. Of course his story is that someone stole his car and he heard that whoever had done it had fought a police officer. I guess the raging wardrums convinced him he might want to come in of his own free will to a well lit headquarters rather than have his door kicked in at o'dark thirty in the morning by angry men. His story might be a bit better if it weren't for the pattern of fleeing from and occasionally fighting with the police in his arrest history. He's in jail now. Sadly, with Thanksgiving this week all courts are in recess. No bond hearing till next Monday. Awwwwwww.
 
Cop...sorry if you've posted it already, but are you state police, big city LEO, small city LEO? Just curious.
 
Just glad you did not catch a round myself, hope it works out and you have a partner you can trust to back you up.
 
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