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The city limits of El Cajon are about a quarter of a mile from me. It's not normally a very weird place: it's a typical California suburb-city that's not on the coast. Poorer than it's main city, but with a high minority population because it's affordable (mostly hispanic and middle eastern - it has a very big Chaldean community). But also, because you're further from the coast, more Republican nutters. Which means you have a mostly Republican government, Duncan Hunter as Representative, and so on. Which, I guess, is how you end up with an arsehole council behaving like this.Last edited by San Bernardhinault; 16-01-2018, 15:45.
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If you want weird not far from us, the story out of Perris is absolutely bonkers, and horrifying. (And Perris genuinely is a profoundly strange place).
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The city’s police-officers union is cracking down on the number of “get out of jail free” courtesy cards distributed to cops to give to family and friends.
Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association boss Pat Lynch slashed the maximum number of cards that could be issued to current cops from 30 to 20, and to retirees from 20 to 10, sources told The Post.
The cards are often used to wiggle out of minor trouble such as speeding tickets, the theory being that presenting one suggests you know someone in the NYPD.
I'm a little leery of posting this in the WTF thread. Not because there isn't a large does of WTF but due to being more horrified at the corruption this suggests.
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Apparently friends and family speeding ticket benefits for cops are totally institutionalised in NYC, to the extent that cops are complaining that their quota is being cut back.
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WOM, it's called the NYPD
GY, the city is too big for it to be informal, and the single most frequent use for these things are to get people out of tickets for parking illegally, which requires some sort of "official" demonstration of affiliation.
It's worth noting that they aren't completely effective as Get Out of Jail Free cards. If a holder shoots someone, he's going to get arrested.Last edited by ursus arctos; 23-01-2018, 14:28.
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When you donated to the Toronto police union charity back in the day, you got a Gold, Silver or Bronze 'badge' sticker that you stuck on the lower corner of your car's front window to avoid parking and speeding tickets. They finally killed that after an outcry, but that was maybe fifteen years ago.
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My ex-brother-in-common-law, who was a cop in california told me that there you just have your driving licence in the same mini wallet as your police id when you showed your licence after being pulled over, there would be the badge and you'd get a "All seems to be in order. Have a nice day"
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The quotes are really the best:
“They are treating active members like s–t, and retired members even worse than s–t,” griped an NYPD cop who retired on disability. “All the cops I spoke to were . . . very disappointed they couldn’t hand them out as Christmas gifts.”
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