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Question

I was doing this ride-along, and my officer pulled this car over for driving with no headlights, and when my officer instruct me to come out, the lady was so rude, cussing and screaming, but my officer was so patience and calm, he told me that other officer would probably arrested her. So anyways, I was wondering, how do you do it?, it was get me a little mad and pissed.So I was wondering, what other officers would do?

Answer 1

PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE.
PROFESSIONALISM IS PATIENCE
STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES BUT:
NAMES WILL NEVER HURT ME.

WITH 42 YEARS IN LE I THINK I HAVE ABOUT 50 NAMES.

Answer 2

You need to understand that 90% of the time a person comes in contact with an officer, it is not due to a happy situation. Anythin from traffic stops, to domestic violence to next of kin notification, officers are usually there because something bad or illegal has already happened.

Most officers learn early on that you just take most of it, and for the most part tune it out, unless the person uses the magic words that change it from venting to threatening, or if they take an agressive or fighting stance.

Then later when you have lunch with your squad, you get to vent by laughing and making fun of the way a full grown adult can turn into a 5 year old throwing a temper tantrum, just cause they got caught.

Answer 3

I always looked at it like a game.
The object of the game was to remain as calm and unruffled as possible, while watching the person carefully to make sure that they were not going to take it to the next level.
Also, if you arrest or cite them just for being mouthy, or "contempt-of-cop," to me, that was like letting them win.
I always liked getting them through the entire ticket process, no matter what they said, and then saying something like, "Drive safely, and enjoy the rest of your day."
That was way more fun than getting down to their level.
I also have a heavy bag at home. So after work, if I had any residual feelings about a contact like that, I would give the heavy bag an extra little work-out.

Answer 4

I probably would have wrote her some tickets. You have to learn not to take things personally, but at the same time, you also know in the back of your head, you can mess up their entire night by taking them in or even just writing them a ticket. It's just a part of the job. I'm sure that officer has heard worse than what you witnessed. You kind of get used to it, but every once in awhile someone will push your buttons.

Answer 5

It comes with experience. You learn to shut off your emotions when you get an idiot. They are usually just venting and as long as it doesn't escalate to anything else you learn to let it go. I read in a book once and I couldn't put it any better, and that is: You should let them have the last word because its you, the Officer, that will always have the last action.

Answer 6

You are taught to take abuse. As long as there are no other witnesses, you just let it go.

Had she been argumentative and verballly abusive in front of others, it could have resulted in an arrest for disorderly conduct.

What you saw happens thousands of times a day, but it is not newsworthy, and not shown to the public. They just see the very few controversial police contacts, not ones like this.

Answer 7

After a while, you get used to it... if you arrest everyone who is cussing & screaming, you would never get a day off, and would have to live at the court house.

Answer 8

If you notice, the louder they complain, the further they stand away. They know better than to push it toward an arrest. They're just venting, and you learn to ignore it.

Answer 9

It depends on how far they push it. I usually let them vent for a few seconds, but then I cut it off. If they continue, they come with me.

Answer 10

It comes with the job, you get used to it after awhile, just becomes another one of those things.