hwytohell Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 https://www.freep.com/story/news/investigations/2018/10/24/mcoles-michigan-reserve-cops/1353397002/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidude600 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 The village that I live in has its own volunteer force that will patrol the village at certain times. They are allowed to use retired department vehicles that have no lights or sirens. They usually help with crowd control at community and school events, directing traffic at parades or in the event of an accident. They have no arrest powers, have to call a regular officer when observing something suspicious, are not allowed to confront anyone and cannot carry a gun. under these guidelines I personally don't see a problem with a reserve force. I do have a problem with an individual with little to no training being given a plastic badge and a real gun and allowing them to go out on "patrol". We see enough abuse from regular cops, this is just asking for trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ActionfigureJoe Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 This won’t last long. The civilians will do a better job. They’ll problem solve and interact with the public. Cops will be threatened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry ginger Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 22 minutes ago, ActionfigureJoe said: This won’t last long. The civilians will do a better job. They’ll problem solve and interact with the public. Cops will be threatened. i disagree, you'll get the chip on the shoulders guys in many cases who coudn't pass a background (vs the average cop with a chip on their shoulder who can hide it enough to pass) and will abuse the power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revkev6 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 aside from cruising around in patrol cars they had a teen force that did the same thing in my town when I was in school. they would work all the town events basically Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Back in the day when smoking was just getting banned everywhere, I had to tell one of those fakes to pound sand. "I'll call the cops!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted October 24, 2018 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted October 24, 2018 28 minutes ago, Snake said: Back in the day when smoking was just getting banned everywhere, I had to tell one of those fakes to pound sand. "I'll call the cops!" I got kicked out of Fenway park for smoking in an ally off of yawkee way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 1 hour ago, steve from amherst said: I got kicked out of Fenway park for smoking in an ally off of yawkee way. And they probably ignored a mugging to get you for the butt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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