Posted by
Jim in southwest Illannoy on July 8, 2010:
Is the bandage from rolling his car or from the campers letting him know how much they appreciated the early wake up call?
Posted by
Mike from Dallas on July 11, 2010:
Well, at least he's not still working while there is an internal investigation ongoing on this "alleged" incident, such as in the Phoenix Police Dept. -- Just Two Beers, Officer!
Posted by
Pomaikai in Hawaii on July 11, 2010:
My remote community is protected by a Volunteer Fire Department and our guys are incredible ... dedicated, thorough, utterly self-effacing ... and they do it not for pay, but because they love the forested community we live in.
Every time some jerk like this runs amok, he tarnishes the reputation of a national brotherhood of hard-working, caring individuals. I hope they roast him ... literally.
Posted by
Robert in Missouri on July 12, 2010:
Roasting him would be far too mild a punishment; a long sentence of, say, 20 years breaking rocks and being fed subsistence rations might help change his attitude about what he did. FWIW, I was taught as a child that policemen and firemen deserve respect for the jobs they do. When they commit crimes, they take advantage of the trust the public invested in them, and the punishment for cops and firemen gone bad is usually much worse than for the average citizen.
Posted by
AllanW, Rancho Cucamonga on July 20, 2010:
This is the first story I've heard in a long time where the application of "Zero Tolerance" wasn't offensive in itself. In fact, the people who invented ZT would probably cite this story as the reason why it was invented.
Of course, they're still wrong. Without a ZT policy, this person would still no doubt be arrested and fired. ZT doesn't add anything useful to the prosecution.
But at least this isn't a case where ZT makes a bad situation worse.
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Or, as the case often is, a neutral situation terrible! -rc
OK Buddy, Where's the Fire? - Comments
Posted by Jim in southwest Illannoy on July 8, 2010:
Is the bandage from rolling his car or from the campers letting him know how much they appreciated the early wake up call?
Posted by Mike from Dallas on July 11, 2010:
Well, at least he's not still working while there is an internal investigation ongoing on this "alleged" incident, such as in the Phoenix Police Dept. -- Just Two Beers, Officer!
Posted by Pomaikai in Hawaii on July 11, 2010:
My remote community is protected by a Volunteer Fire Department and our guys are incredible ... dedicated, thorough, utterly self-effacing ... and they do it not for pay, but because they love the forested community we live in.
Every time some jerk like this runs amok, he tarnishes the reputation of a national brotherhood of hard-working, caring individuals. I hope they roast him ... literally.
Posted by Robert in Missouri on July 12, 2010:
Roasting him would be far too mild a punishment; a long sentence of, say, 20 years breaking rocks and being fed subsistence rations might help change his attitude about what he did. FWIW, I was taught as a child that policemen and firemen deserve respect for the jobs they do. When they commit crimes, they take advantage of the trust the public invested in them, and the punishment for cops and firemen gone bad is usually much worse than for the average citizen.
Posted by AllanW, Rancho Cucamonga on July 20, 2010:
This is the first story I've heard in a long time where the application of "Zero Tolerance" wasn't offensive in itself. In fact, the people who invented ZT would probably cite this story as the reason why it was invented.
Of course, they're still wrong. Without a ZT policy, this person would still no doubt be arrested and fired. ZT doesn't add anything useful to the prosecution.
But at least this isn't a case where ZT makes a bad situation worse.
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Or, as the case often is, a neutral situation terrible! -rc
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