Kilted Cops in Germany

[Big Dave]

Cops are only human. We tend to think of them as infallible, because they are the ones in charge and are suppost to uphold the law, but they have their good days and bad, just like the rest of us.
The thing is that they are in a job that is suppost to protect us, and they should be accountable for their actions, on and off the job.

[bubba]

When you entrust someone with authority you hold them to a higher standard than the average citizen. That doesn't make them less fallable than thevrest of us, just that they must use more judgement in their conduct. The questions I always consider when I read about cops getting a bit crazy are did they harm anyone and did they fail in the duty we entrusted them with. If the answers are no I don't get in a tizzy over it.

[davedove]

I fully understand the need for the police (and others in similar stressful jobs) to get a little crazy. The standard I hold them to is "would they call someone else on similar behaviour". In other words, they shouldn't be violating the law they are sworn to uphold, whether they are on duty or not.

[Norbydog]

I agree with all your posts, and I am really happy there is so much support.

I have an unusual situation, where I was single for the first 6 years I was on the force, and like any male, I was interested in a social life.

Being the size of my town, I would get grief from exboyfriends, current boyfriends, friends, enemies, and all the sorts of any woman I dated. It all came to a volcano when I had to arrest a gal I dated for about a year. I still hear about that, and I dated her 4 years ago.

So now, I wear kilts, and it gives them something to talk about rather than my persoanl or social life.

[646guy]

I fully understand the need for the police (and others in similar stressful jobs) to get a little crazy. The standard I hold them to is "would they call someone else on similar behaviour". In other words, they shouldn't be violating the law they are sworn to uphold, whether they are on duty or not.

If they are violating the law then, in my opinion, they should be arrested and dealt with like everyone else. Just because they are a cop doesn't give them a free pass. In this case, if they considered what the cops did to be indecent exposure because they deliberately lifted their kilts (ah bringing it back to the topic of kitls to keep us on track!) then that's FAR different from them standing near a ventilation system and accidentally getting it blown up....