Jody Langford Pulled Me Over

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JuanDeFuca

Big Wall climber

Chatsworth

Sep 27, 2005 - 12:46am PT

Thats the cool thing about having a job with the CHP. Your actions directly save lives. That husband speeding home to his wife and kids you saved, by getting him to slow down. That teen driver that you saved. Your actions have touched many lives in a good way.

Peace

Juan

dirtbag

climber

Sep 27, 2005 - 01:00am PT

I dunno Jody, I know people who would speed and drive recklessly more frequently without the threat of receiving tickets. Without LEO our laws would be paper tigers. You won't reach everyone, but I still think you are helping things.

WBraun

climber

Sep 27, 2005 - 01:06am PT

That’s the whole problem; you are only a servant, not the controller. We do our job to the best of our abilities and the higher power controls the end results. We become attached, we become useless. We can’t save any lives whatsoever. It’s not in our power. If I think I saved some ones life then I’m definitely in illusion.

Only the supreme lord can take or give thru us.

maculated

Trad climber

San Luis Obispo, CA

Topic Author's Reply - Sep 27, 2005 - 01:07am PT

Dirt's right about that.

You win some, you lose some. It's why I got into teaching. I'll get the kids that space out in class, and I'll get the other ones that take a little of the wisdom I try to get them to grow and make use of it. I've had kids tell me I'm the best teacher they've ever had and go on to get involved in stuff I've educated them about, and I've had kids turn in papers they wrote an hour before that insulted my intelligence.

Same thing, less dangerous.

Minerals

Social climber

The Deli

Sep 27, 2005 - 02:06am PT

“The 870 is only 4+1 and I am pretty sure the barrel is 18". The ammo is 000 buck(8 pellets)”

How about 6+1 with a mag extension tube? Or will they not let you? Ever shoot slugs? 000 buck ought to do the trick… You ever have to aim that thing at someone during your career? Or just the forty?

G_Gnome

Trad climber

Sep 27, 2005 - 11:35am PT

I thank law enforcement for contolling crime and arresting drunk drivers. I have no respect for their role as traffic cops. In my mind it is just another method of taxation. And it causes me to lose respect for those people who are doing the ticketing. Maybe if the traffic laws were upgraded to take into account that we are no longer driving 1930's era vehicles it might make more sense. And until they ban driving while on the phone I will not take seriously any talk of trying to save lives. They are padding the coffers and that is it!

Minerals

Social climber

The Deli

Sep 27, 2005 - 12:57pm PT

Yup, either +1 or the “racking sound” but you can’t have both.
How about the mag extension, Jody? And a pistol grip? 3” magnum rounds?
You guys shoot slugs at engines to stop cars? Or is that just a myth? I like to shoot them through car frames – makes a nice big hole.

spyork

Trad climber

Fremont, CA

Sep 27, 2005 - 01:36pm PT

Well I appreciate your efforts out there Jody. I have gotten tickets before, although it has been about 15 years or so since I got one. I deserved that one. :)

Thanks for being there to chase the bad people, and I know they are out there. Thanks for being out there to help with the human wrecks that happen.

I think some people disrespect you guys because they are mad/embarassed about being caught doing something stupid. A lot of my relatives have worked in Law Enforcement over the years, including my grandfather, they are/were good people. I really can't disrespect folks out there trying to do a tough job. I have met a couple of people in Law Enforcement who were somewhat prone to being not so nice, but they are easy to avoid.

Can't say I agree with your politics, but who knows, maybe we can get you to change your thinking!

Steve

AndyG

climber

San Diego, CA

Sep 27, 2005 - 02:04pm PT

"Only the supreme lord can take or give thru us. "

Well, if that's true then this supreme lord dude is one sick mf.

Andy

G_Gnome

Trad climber

Sep 27, 2005 - 02:31pm PT

Jody, in reality all I would hope for is to ticket people who can't drive and talk at the same time. Too bad the problem is too big to address by the available force.

Until LEO's start ticketing bad driving and not just fast driving I will have no respect for them as traffic cops and the normal traffic enforcement tactics suck. All the other stuff you guys do gets my heartfelt thanks though so don't think I hate LEO's. I just hate how they deal with motor vehicle drivers. Really I guess I hate the laws that are being enforce too. But then I hate most of the laws that are designed to "keep us safe from ourselves".

And, I never implied that CHP got the funds, but that the state gets the funds and uses you guys to generate revenue.

dirtbag

climber

Sep 27, 2005 - 02:33pm PT

Actually Short Timer, I think traffic laws are set up more to keep us safe from other people than to keep us safe from outselves.

Patrick Sawyer

climber

Originally California now Ireland

Sep 27, 2005 - 03:41pm PT

I'd never want to be a LEO, what a thankless job, so I am glad there are some people crazy enough (okay, just kidding, I mean, let's hope you are not crazy) to do such a job.

But I am adamant about cell/mobile phones not being used, at least unless a handless unit is being used. I suppose in some ways it is no more distracting that drinking a cup of coffee or soda pop while driving, except that you are carrying on a two-way conversation, oftentimes of some import, so don't tell me that doesn't take your concentration away from driving.

Mountain Man

Trad climber

Outer space

Sep 27, 2005 - 05:25pm PT

Jody,

Consider me a friend, and thank you for your service. People who bitch about the police would be shocked if they weren't there to save them from the creeps.

Ouch!

climber

Sep 27, 2005 - 07:32pm PT

I was a cop at one time. I guess things were different then. I became a bit disillusioned while watching the Columbine massacre unfold on TV. I didn't see anyone stroll through the door and at least try to put a stop to the killing. The thin blue line hunkered down behind the wall and waited for massive reinforcements so they could investigate..after the fact.

I guess times have changed.

caughtinside

Social climber

Davis, CA

Sep 27, 2005 - 07:36pm PT

Dude. They had automatic weapons, in a sleepy suburb. I'm not sure if what you expect is reasonable.

Ouch!

climber

Sep 27, 2005 - 07:38pm PT

Yeah. I guess it might be expecting too much to think someone might have the guts to get between the bad guys and innocent kids.

Different times.

Hardman Knott

Gym climber

Straight Outta Squamton

Sep 27, 2005 - 07:40pm PT

Are you suggesting they should have rushed in not knowing what kind of weapons
or how many suspects they were up against––likely to be using armor-piercing rounds?

Were you really a cop?

I'm having serious doubts...