Rate My Cop? No Thanks
By Wyatt Earp | July 9, 2008
It’s always a pleasure when you see what a scumbag people think you are. Especially when their only barometer is your choice of profession.
Of course, I’m sure no one that comments on this scumbag site has an axe to grind with the boys in blue. I am also sure that the commenters there are fine, upstanding citizens who never broke a law in their life. /Snark.
For most people, making a mistake on the job is tough enough. But imagine the whole world finding out about it and then judging you on the Internet.
That’s happening to many police officers across the country. Efforts are under way to give people a chance to voice opinions about neighborhood officers. A new Web site will allow a person to judge the officers on their job and post about their personalities.
Wow, that NBC10 is really on the ball. This site has been around for months. That’s hardly new, kids.
“There’s no avenue for citizens to get feedback on officers. It’s kind of a secrecy out there for officers,” Gino Sesto, of ratemycop.com, said.
And considering people can comment on the site anonymously, how many words of praise do you think are being bandied about there? I’ll take ZERO for $500, Alex.
Philadelphia police said they would not give a list of their officers to the Web site.
An attorney for the department said such a list could potentially jeopardize the lives of the officers and their families. (NBC10)
Ya think? Finally, some common sense from my department. That should last for about fifteen minutes.
Topics: People I Hate, The Job | 7 Comments »
July 9th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Unbelievable. Litigators can use this in court too.
July 9th, 2008 at 11:39 am
If you track down the most frequent posters, I’ll bet you’d have an entire roster of people if you ever wanted to do your own version of “Cops.”
July 9th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Good for your department. Take the good when you can; there’s disappointment and rejection just lurking around the next corner.
I’m surprised this isn’t endemic in California and in my department.
BZ
July 9th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
Admiral – Because hearsay from some random toad should be admissable. /Sarc
Doghouse – Lots o’ “wife beaters” and tattoos!
BZ – I know. Just enjoying the moment.
July 9th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
There is a similar site for teachers. I stopped looking at it three years ago.
July 10th, 2008 at 12:01 am
RT – I don’t see what purpose something like that serves, other than to give malcontents a pulpit from which to preach.
July 10th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
Being as honest as I can, my experiences with the police have been mixed, but mostly positive even when I was the one being busted for speeding or even arrested while in high school for stealing hubcaps as a prank.
The cop who hauled me to jail for the hubcap bit was a master at making me feel at ease and accepting the fact that I was in deep shit.
Of course it probably helped that I was scared shitless and he undoubtedly saw that I wasn’t a ‘troublemaker’.
Later on I was busted for doing ‘110 MPH and accelerating’ by an ISP trooper on US 41 in a 45 zone.
The trooper acted totally professional during the incident and while I and my insurance company didn’t like the ticket, I had no reason to bitch about the officer in question.
My negative experiences with the police mostly involved younger guys who just may not have learned the ‘people skills’ needed to not piss off the public while doing their jobs.
The one exception to that rule involved a local cop who had a bad rep as a hothead, and he lived up to it in a hospital parking lot threating to ‘kick my ass’ and waving his maglite around, despite it being shift change and about 30 people witnessing the exchange.
In the end his rep bit him in the ass when the Mayor wanted to name him Chief and public outcry forced the Mayor to back down.