Show Its It's Not Expecting Too Much For Law Enforcement Officers To Obey The Law Or Is s It by Daniel Weir Should law enforcement officers obey the laws that they are enforcing In the spring of 1983 Nyle Strasburg alumni was driving on South when he saw a police officer make a turn without properly signaling Strasburg followed the officer until he stopped at a 7 He approached the officer to bring to his attention the illegal turn that he had made The officer replied Im not here to tobe tobe tobe be an example of the law He went on onto onto onto to say If there had been another cop around he could have given me a ticket There seems to be a major fallacy in this officers officer's philosophy 1 serious seriously y doubt that if another cop had seen the incident that he would have issued a citation Perhaps there is a double standard Maybe it is too much to expect that our police officers obey all of the traffic laws all of the time If this is true then how can we be expected to do the same Perhaps we dont don't understand the nature of some police departments It seems that in some small towns here herein Inthe in inthe the valley the police departments department's main purpose is to generate revenue by issuing citations For him it is only a business It shouldn't be and hopefully isn't the philosophy of other cops When I was young police officers were to me They should still be bethe bethe bethe the same today Perhaps the officer in inthe inthe inthe the story and any ny other that feels the same way should adopt a new attitude about his work After all the philosophy of Do as I say and not as I Ido Ido Ido do does not command respect |