txsportsscribe
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could use a little advice on a recent incident with a local cop. what would be the best course of action to take when a cop verbally assaults you, threatens you and then tries to intimidate you when you go to file a complaint?
here's the gist:
i complained in an email to several of his superiors (and city administration) about ongoing lack of cooperation from the public information officer for the department. i then get a call from the cop who's rude from the get-go (which i can handle). but he quickly loses his temper - and i mean out-of-control, violently angry – and starts calling me every name in the book and tells me to bring my mother-effing fat ass down to the station he'd do something out it. i hang up and go first to a city administrator, who tells me to go to the cop's supervisor.
when i go to the police department, i specifically tell the lieutenant i do not want to see this cop and am assured that he won't be coming out. the next thing i know, here comes the angry cop to confront me. i tell him i have no intention of speaking with him and he tells me "well you got me, so deal with it."
i start to leave after another confrontation with him right there in the lobby but the initial lieutenant comes back out and asks me to wait so the angry cop's captain can speak with me. the captain - who witnessed the meeting in the lobby (and did nothing to stop it) and also witnessed angry cop's telephone tirade acknowledges that the conduct was unprofessional, apologizes and gives me an internal complaint form to fill out and return. the captain also says that while he witnessed the initial phone rant, he didn't hear any threats. to which i replied that i believe that if i felt threatened by angry cop's actions, it's a threat and that daring me to come down to the stage and he'd do something about it is an obvious threat. and also that angry cop confronting me there was nothing more than intimidation by a public official.
i now no longer feel comfortable going to city hall in my reporting duties and actually fell uneasy about even being out and about in my own city because a crazy cop with a gun has threatened me. i'm also concerned about harassment by other cops.
if it were just a pissed off cop, i could deal with that because i'm a big boy and understand some people are just pricks. but this man lost control of his ability to act rationally and with that kind of flash anger and hostility, i honestly believe he could pose a threat to the public.
here's the gist:
i complained in an email to several of his superiors (and city administration) about ongoing lack of cooperation from the public information officer for the department. i then get a call from the cop who's rude from the get-go (which i can handle). but he quickly loses his temper - and i mean out-of-control, violently angry – and starts calling me every name in the book and tells me to bring my mother-effing fat ass down to the station he'd do something out it. i hang up and go first to a city administrator, who tells me to go to the cop's supervisor.
when i go to the police department, i specifically tell the lieutenant i do not want to see this cop and am assured that he won't be coming out. the next thing i know, here comes the angry cop to confront me. i tell him i have no intention of speaking with him and he tells me "well you got me, so deal with it."
i start to leave after another confrontation with him right there in the lobby but the initial lieutenant comes back out and asks me to wait so the angry cop's captain can speak with me. the captain - who witnessed the meeting in the lobby (and did nothing to stop it) and also witnessed angry cop's telephone tirade acknowledges that the conduct was unprofessional, apologizes and gives me an internal complaint form to fill out and return. the captain also says that while he witnessed the initial phone rant, he didn't hear any threats. to which i replied that i believe that if i felt threatened by angry cop's actions, it's a threat and that daring me to come down to the stage and he'd do something about it is an obvious threat. and also that angry cop confronting me there was nothing more than intimidation by a public official.
i now no longer feel comfortable going to city hall in my reporting duties and actually fell uneasy about even being out and about in my own city because a crazy cop with a gun has threatened me. i'm also concerned about harassment by other cops.
if it were just a pissed off cop, i could deal with that because i'm a big boy and understand some people are just pricks. but this man lost control of his ability to act rationally and with that kind of flash anger and hostility, i honestly believe he could pose a threat to the public.
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