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Street Cop Podcast

Stupidity Of Things I Used To Think Were Important As A Cop

Street Cop Podcast

Street Cop Training

Education

4.9967 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Dennis recalls where his focus was as a young and undertrained officer, shedding a candid light on how lost a cop can feel on what to do and look out for. Recorded on 06/01/2021.

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One guy who's going to be a little bit.

0:02.0

I don't have to be a great, uh-huh.

0:04.0

You trying to be a street cop.

0:10.0

Man, it's been a while since I do one of these driving live videos but um

0:18.1

brain spark today it's funny because every time I see a tow truck with their

0:22.8

ambro lights on all they're towing another vehicle,

0:25.4

I revert back to this time in my career

0:28.2

where, you know, like just fucking embarrassing of like the what I reflect back to a lot of things

0:36.7

and I kind of think about why did I do the things that I did why did I behave the way that

0:40.4

I did what clause a lot of that And the first thing goes down to is

0:44.3

lack of perspective. I didn't have formal training, just like many of you have no

0:48.9

formal training. I worked in a police department where they thought proactivity was writing tickets, right?

0:55.0

And I remember having a muster, I think I spoke about this before,

0:58.0

had a muster meeting with a lieutenant,

1:01.0

and we went over something about tow trucks having to turn their lights off

1:08.1

while they're towing a vehicle. They could use them while they're recovering the

1:11.9

vehicle but they have to turn them off when they're towing a vehicle. but they have to turn them off when they're towing a vehicle.

1:15.0

Follow me here, I know it sounds completely ridiculous.

1:18.0

So I'm like, oh, okay.

1:20.0

He's like, yeah, so if you see that, you know, enforce that.

1:25.0

I remember like later that evening that night, seeing a tow truck with its flash was on pulling a tow.

1:30.6

And I like pull up next to him, I didn't make a formal formal traffic stop and I was like hey you

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