Cop taped making fun of murder victim

[Pepsei]

link to news and video

Now, we are all allowed to be a douche or act like an asshole like that, this is a free country. should officers be held to a different standard like those teachers who are getting fired for their revealing picture on myspace in their own home?

are they always on duty even off duty? Is there a line we measure how far is too far?

If the police department had to fire everyone who cracked a joke about a murder victim, I don't know if we'd have enough policemen left on duty. But maybe he did go too far.

I don't have a strong opinion on this yet. what do you guys think?

 

[xSauronx]

ima go with hold everyone to the same standard and stop freaking out when people act like...people.

or something

 

[IceBergSLiM]

i think people should be free to joke about and talk shit about anything they want. race religion death .....nothing is off limits.

 

[RoloMather]

If he's doing his job competently, why should he be held to a different standard in his personal life?

 

[AstroManLuca]

Originally posted by: RoloMather
If he's doing his job competently, why should he be held to a different standard in his personal life?

Agreed.

I don't think teachers should be automatically fired for things they do outside of teaching, and the same applies here. Maybe I'd think differently if this guy was on the job and making these comments directly to people affected by the murder. But on his own time? No big deal. Some people have to be able to joke about these things in order to handle them.

 

[racolvin]

He's off duty and drunk. He's entitled to his opinion, he wasn't representing the town or the police force at the time, so why should he be taken to task for this? Tasteless yes but resign from his job? Screw the NAACP

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: racolvin
He's off duty and drunk. He's entitled to his opinion, he wasn't representing the town or the police force at the time, so why should he be taken to task for this? Tasteless yes but resign from his job? Screw the NAACP

wrong, cops are always "on duty" and represent their town.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: racolvin
He's off duty and drunk. He's entitled to his opinion, he wasn't representing the town or the police force at the time, so why should he be taken to task for this? Tasteless yes but resign from his job? Screw the NAACP

This.


I've been saying This a lot. I'm getting lazy.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Off duty. It's his private life.

Without even bothering to watch the video: almost everyone reading this thread has said something equally tasteless and offensive at some point, and many of us have posted something worse to ATOT.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Off duty. It's his private life.

Without even bothering to watch the video: almost everyone reading this thread has said something equally tasteless and offensive at some point, and many of us have posted something worse to ATOT.

umm no, wrong.

 

[mxyzptlk]

Hmm, I want to agree that off duty it's his private life, but even off duty cops are still allowed to shoot people. You gotta give up something for privs like that.

but nah, I've got the darkest sense of humor ever.. I can't find it in me to give a shit about what someone else thinks is funny.

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: racolvin
He's off duty and drunk. He's entitled to his opinion, he wasn't representing the town or the police force at the time, so why should he be taken to task for this? Tasteless yes but resign from his job? Screw the NAACP

wrong, cops are always "on duty" and represent their town.

Wrong then whatever company you work for should be the same way. Tasteless, ignorant and small minded yes. Fired no

 

[tyler811]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Off duty. It's his private life.

Without even bothering to watch the video: almost everyone reading this thread has said something equally tasteless and offensive at some point, and many of us have posted something worse to ATOT.

:thumbsup:

 

[spidey07]

I don't think it's right at all that he's being punished. But we are all representatives of our employers even when not at work and your conduct should reflect that.

 

[SSSnail]

Originally posted by: spidey07
I don't think it's right at all that he's being punished. But we are all representatives of our employers even when not at work and your conduct should reflect that.

Wrong! Unless you're on a business trip, you're in no ways, shapes or forms representing your employers after you leave work. Just don't involve them and don't use their publicity for your gains. OR, if you're in the military.

Now I see where you get this "Defend my masters" attitude of yours from.

 

[jlee]

Off duty, out of uniform, leave him alone.

IMHO.

For the select few who say cops are always on duty, start lobbying for budgets to pay 168 hours/week.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: tyler811

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: racolvin
He's off duty and drunk. He's entitled to his opinion, he wasn't representing the town or the police force at the time, so why should he be taken to task for this? Tasteless yes but resign from his job? Screw the NAACP

wrong, cops are always "on duty" and represent their town.

Wrong then whatever company you work for should be the same way. Tasteless, ignorant and small minded yes. Fired no

yes i am right. off duty cops always represent their town/city/dept. you do anything to bring discredit upon the town/city/dept you will pay the piper. sorry but that is fact and sorry it doesn't fit within your beliefs which are wrong.

also, yes my actions out side of my company do have consequences. when i was hired 10 years ago one of the forms i had to sign as a condition of employment was a moral agreement. meaning that if i did anything to bring bad press to the company about something i did, i would be terminated. all companies are like that and depending on your job and company it could be more stringent or less stringent than others.

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

Originally posted by: tyler811

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: racolvin
He's off duty and drunk. He's entitled to his opinion, he wasn't representing the town or the police force at the time, so why should he be taken to task for this? Tasteless yes but resign from his job? Screw the NAACP

wrong, cops are always "on duty" and represent their town.

Wrong then whatever company you work for should be the same way. Tasteless, ignorant and small minded yes. Fired no

Incorrect. Cops and other public servants are held to a higher standard in return for the greater authority they hold over the public.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: tyler811

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: racolvin
He's off duty and drunk. He's entitled to his opinion, he wasn't representing the town or the police force at the time, so why should he be taken to task for this? Tasteless yes but resign from his job? Screw the NAACP

wrong, cops are always "on duty" and represent their town.

Wrong then whatever company you work for should be the same way. Tasteless, ignorant and small minded yes. Fired no

yes i am right. off duty cops always represent their town/city/dept. you do anything to bring discredit upon the town/city/dept you will pay the piper. sorry but that is fact and sorry it doesn't fit within your beliefs which are wrong.

also, yes my actions out side of my company do have consequences. when i was hired 10 years ago one of the forms i had to sign as a condition of employment was a moral agreement. meaning that if i did anything to bring bad press to the company about something i did, i would be terminated. all companies are like that and depending on your job and company it could be more stringent or less stringent than others.

Nope.

But hell, what would I know.

😉

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: SSSnail

Originally posted by: spidey07
I don't think it's right at all that he's being punished. But we are all representatives of our employers even when not at work and your conduct should reflect that.

Wrong! Unless you're on a business trip, you're in no ways, shapes or forms representing your employers after you leave work. Just don't involve them and don't use their publicity for your gains. OR, if you're in the military.

Now I see where you get this "Defend my masters" attitude of yours from.

wrong pal.

say you are in sales and you and your wife are swingers and post facial pictures of you and your wife along with other XXX pics on a swingers site. say somehow someway it really doesnt matter that your boss finds out about it. guess what you can be fired period end of story. you may not like that but its a fact of life.

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: racolvin
He's off duty and drunk. He's entitled to his opinion, he wasn't representing the town or the police force at the time, so why should he be taken to task for this? Tasteless yes but resign from his job? Screw the NAACP

:thumbsup:

 

[lxskllr]

I'm no fan of cops, but I'm having a hard time getting excited over this. Th chief needs to bring him in the office, and bitch at him about watching his mouth in public, but that's about it. He also might want to lay off the alcohol if he can't control himself while drinking.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: lxskllr
I'm no fan of cops, but I'm having a hard time getting excited over this. Th chief needs to bring him in the office, and bitch at him about watching his mouth in public, but that's about it. He also might want to lay off the alcohol if he can't control himself while drinking.

Drink at home ftw. 😛

 

[SSSnail]

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: SSSnail

Originally posted by: spidey07
I don't think it's right at all that he's being punished. But we are all representatives of our employers even when not at work and your conduct should reflect that.

Wrong! Unless you're on a business trip, you're in no ways, shapes or forms representing your employers after you leave work. Just don't involve them and don't use their publicity for your gains. OR, if you're in the military.

Now I see where you get this "Defend my masters" attitude of yours from.

wrong pal.

say you are in sales and you and your wife are swingers and post facial pictures of you and your wife along with other XXX pics on a swingers site. say somehow someway it really doesnt matter that your boss finds out about it. guess what you can be fired period end of story. you may not like that but its a fact of life.

Yeah? I dare you to write those exact reasons for firing on my termination letter.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: SSSnail

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: SSSnail

Originally posted by: spidey07
I don't think it's right at all that he's being punished. But we are all representatives of our employers even when not at work and your conduct should reflect that.

Wrong! Unless you're on a business trip, you're in no ways, shapes or forms representing your employers after you leave work. Just don't involve them and don't use their publicity for your gains. OR, if you're in the military.

Now I see where you get this "Defend my masters" attitude of yours from.

wrong pal.

say you are in sales and you and your wife are swingers and post facial pictures of you and your wife along with other XXX pics on a swingers site. say somehow someway it really doesnt matter that your boss finds out about it. guess what you can be fired period end of story. you may not like that but its a fact of life.

Yeah? I dare you to write those exact reasons for firing on my termination letter.

lol and what exactly would you do about it?