How is someone that gets out of breath eating a donut going to protect and serve anyone?

  • Jhex@lemmy.world
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    24 days ago

    How is someone that gets out of breath eating a donut going to protect and serve anyone?

    They don’t serve anyone

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      25 days ago

      This is a common misconception in the U.S., it’s not even the car’s job… that crappy sticker has the shittiest union.

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        25 days ago

        That sticker was exclusive to the LAPD, but it kept turning up in films made in Hollywood set elsewhere, so other regions adopted it eventually too.

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          25 days ago

          Man, that kind of figures… I bet it was a PR campaign that they paid for. So in a way we all got value out of that lie… nope. No satisfying conclusion to be found here 😒

  • BossDj@lemm.ee
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    25 days ago

    Cities in pretty much the entire country are running with an understaffed police force. They’ll take what they can get. I’m 100% pro Union, but another problem is that police unions help protect unfit (literally and figuratively) police from being forced to try harder by abusing protected status health claims. I’ve seen in both police and military, they are handed paperwork if they are not meeting fitness expectations, but nothing ever comes of it.

        • Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip
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          25 days ago

          Yes, unions are too democratic, too humane. Police should have only one goal – to protect the government from peons. You can’t risk the police having any resemblance to humans. This might lead to failure in the main goal achievement.

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            25 days ago

            Cops aren’t exploited workers, they are armed agents of the state. They are not your friends, allies, etc. And whether or not they are human is entirely debatable. I’ve never seen any evidence to suggest it.

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        25 days ago

        So bad in fact, they’ve often made me wonder if any union is worth it if that’s the risk of what they could become.

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          25 days ago

          With that mindset, why bother living or leaving the bed? Imagine the worst day you could have, why risk it?

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            25 days ago

            Sure, take it 100% literally. Don’t relate to the thought process at all.

            You all can’t be serious in that you haven’t thought the same thing. I didn’t say it 100% makes all unions bad I just shared a thought I occasionally have because of how bad the police union is in America.

            But yeah let’s fight with each other about it instead of eating the rich, good plan.

            🙄

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              25 days ago

              Your though process is wrong. You need to backpedal it. One bad apple doesn’t mean we should burn the orchard. And you can perverse anything good into an abomination.

              eat the rich

              How you want to do that without unions? Dude, saying out loud

              [I wonder] if any union is worth it if that’s the risk of what they could become.

              Is not helping anyone.

              Take an L and do better.

  • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club
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    24 days ago

    Since you’re using terminology tied to BMI, it is important to note that it’s use for police officers doesn’t accurately reflect reality.

    A lot of cops take their fitness regime seriously, including building a lot of muscle mass. If you have significant muscle mass, you are going to be considered obese or morbidly obese per BMI even though they are in great physical shape. This would be true for other fields like firefighters.

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    25 days ago

    Beyond what others have said, different departments have different policies. They’re usually pretty similar to each other, but a lot don’t explicitly lay out fitness requirements.