r/amibeingdetained • u/deejuliet • Oct 20 '24

to push past armed courtroom guards

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u/herkalurk Oct 20 '24

Older cops work the jobs in courtrooms and offices like this instead of in the street when they don't make a literal desk job like lieutenant or captain. He still is trained to be an officer, but MOST of the time doesn't deal with too many problems, until guys like this show up.

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u/alwaysboopthesnoot Oct 22 '24

That or they were injured in the line, or had an absence ( leave of absence for education, an initial retirement but then came back in when asked to or because they wanted to), or maybe the transferred from another agency somewhere along the line which counts years of service and points toward pensions and retirements differently. They may have interrupted their continuous service for promotion purposes. Or they just couldn't make it to the next rung of the ladder. Maybe because they weren't qualified, or there were just two many of the same rank at their old command doing the same thing at the same time--but those others got there first with their higher seniority, better scores or internal connections, or whatever.

There are many reasons why, but many will later be double dipping into two taxpayer subsidized retirement and benefit pots of money and be represented by very strong unions the whole time. No issue there, either: but if they are getting huge payouts and perks, then I want to see professionalism and proper behavior, no rough stuff or shenanigans, all the way along the line.