police officer in trouble for using a clannad meme

[Nosebleed]

i don't know how much you understand about the police in the USA but they are not military you can publicly disagree with superior officers and if you are given a punishment or legal charge you don't agree with they have both a legal defense firm just for the police to use against the police, and there are civilian oversight committees for many places in the us for a board of selected citizens to look over police actions and help decide if a crime or charge is accurate.

 

i repeat they are not military and don't have to bend over and accept what ever your superior officer decide is your punishment and you are not required to agree with there opinions or stances on a issue either.

Sure, you don't have to agree at all, I never said he had to agree, I'm saying if he wants to keep the job he will agree and bite the bullet, he's not having his liberty taken away from him or having his rights violated like I said before, he's merely being reprimended for having some questionable misconduct on the job which is nothing to frown down upon or remotely illegal so he can't really do much about it (and really, why would he? there's literally nothing to gain from it in this case), but if he wanted to he could, it'd just be stupid to do so here. He now knows he shouldn't have done it and got some scolding, that's all there is to it.

[krill]

Sure, you don't have to agree at all, I never said he had to agree, I'm saying if he wants to keep the job he will agree and bite the bullet, he's not having his liberty taken away from him or having his rights violated like I said before, he's merely being reprimended for having some questionable misconduct on the job which is nothing to frown down upon or remotely illegal so he can't really do much about it (and really, why would he? there's literally nothing to gain from it in this case), but if he wanted to he could, it'd just be stupid to do so. He now knows he shouldn't have done and got some scolding, that's all.

 

no it don't work that way his job is not in jeopardy for disagreeing either with a stance on a issue or with a punishment dictated to him, all he would have to do if he didn't think it fair is talk to his representative and file a claim and then argue it in a closed court. likely in this case he just figured it was easier to take the slap on the wrist rather then drag it out. either way his job wouldn't have been at risk.

[Nosebleed]

no it don't work that way his job is not in jeopardy for disagreeing either with a stance on a issue or with a punishment dictated to him, all he would have to do if he didn't think it fair is talk to his representative and file a claim and then argue it in a closed court. likely in this case he just figured it was easier to take the slap on the wrist rather then drag it out. either way his job wouldn't have been at risk.

I guess it works differently there. I know plenty of places where you would have gotten fired over this and you can't do anything about it, though I guess it wouldn't apply to state owned businesses (for lack of a better term for the law enforcement system).

 

Either way this is silly, this thread has lasted longer than this guy's punishment.

[Darklord Rooke]

 

While police officers do represent their police forces, this was private communication, even if it involved department-issued phones.  

 

Employers do try and ensure their workplace is free from inappropriate behaviour, even if things are a private communication. Which is why private emails sent from or to work computers between work colleagues so regularly find their way to court. If you want to behave inappropriately in a private setting, don't use employer regulated communication devices. 

[Darklord Rooke]

I really don't know how it was leaked to the media. All I've managed to find so far is:
 
"Unfortunately, he got too excited as the conversation was revealed in an ongoing investigation into text message scandals with the police department.."

[arakura]

Because this thread exists and it was about this case, and approaching it from a philosophical standpoint is much more interesting than simply replying "Bah, bad reporting.  Next."  Or would you have preferred that I gave a superficial one-line comment like most everyone else and then moved on?

I would have preferred you just moved on with 0 posts. Make a thread about the topic if it interestts you. This thread/example isnt a very good basis for it. rawr I dont know why this thread bothered me so much O.o

[krill]

edited for reasons 

[Stray Cat]

What a surprise, it happened in Florida