Reply #8: I'll tell you a little story [View All]

When I used to live in Virginia, I once asked an off duty Hampton VA PD officer if they'll ever show up on COPS.

He said that the Chief of Police would never allow it. Why should their mistakes show up on national TV?

This chief (back then) was a cool guy, Hampton cops are totally professional from what I saw and very non confrontational. The wear powder blue uniforms and drive around in powder blue squad cars.
They have community involvement and do community policing.

I realized that these departments who do these TV shows are more interested in getting publicity than doing their fucking jobs properly.

The DPD is broken today. The last mayor to keep these cowboys on a short leash was Coleman Young.

Hopefully a good lawsuit is the cure for this problem.