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[quote]batman730 wrote:
[quote]WN76 wrote:
[quote]batman730 wrote:
[quote]WN76 wrote:
[quote]batman730 wrote:
[quote]WN76 wrote:
Like idaho said, develop your own terms of action. They should be limited to your loved ones and the truly helpless people out there. You don’t want to expose yourself to unnecessary risk for people you don’t know. Sometimes shitty things happen and you can’t do anything about it.
In my hometown’s bar district, it’s common for a group of thugs to have one guy (usually a smaller one) in the group grab the ass of a woman walking with a man. The others stand back, and wait for the man to confront the small guy. This usually results in a swarm and the beating of the guy who thought it was just some small punk trying to get a piece of his woman’s ass.
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We had a rash of this type of thing a few years ago. A co worker of mine caught a pretty decent beating in basically exactly that scenario. Just because something is “right” doesn’t necessarily make it a good idea.
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If you don’t mind me asking, how far up the island are you? If you don’t want to disclose that info, I understand completely.
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I don’t mind you asking. I’m South Island. Beyond that I prefer to imagine that my comments on these boards are somewhat anonymous, and the Island is a small place.
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I remember reading you were from the Island. I spent about a month there a few years ago. I was curious if I had visited your area. From reading your posts, I always had a suspicion that you were LE of some type. Your other post confirms it.
BTW, I always enjoy reading your posts.
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Cool. Where have you been on the Island?
Yeah, I am LE, but as a Reserve I only work part time (in my case about 30 hrs a month) on a volunteer basis. We don’t carry firearms, just batons and OC, so we always have a Regular Member as armed overrwatch when we’re on patrol/enforcement duties, but it allows you to get an extra body on scene to lend a hand. We also do community policing/crime prevention stuff (block watch, personal safety and fraud prevention presentations etc.) and assist in the training of our Regular members.
Policing is brutally competitive to get into here and, while it’s not an official requirement, the Reserve program can potentially really help in the hiring process. It also gets you out there getting some experience and allows you to determine if it really is for you before you get hired, go to the academy etc, etc only to find out it’s not a good fit.
I enjoy reading your posts as well.
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I was in the Victoria area mostly, but made a trip up to Nanaimo to visit friends. I loved my time on the Island and hope to return someday.
Yea, it’s really hard to get hired right now. Unless you’re a female or a visible minority, you really have to stand out as an applicant. Even then, it’s still a coin toss. I have a buddy out your way in the process with a few muni services and the RCMP. How far are you willing to relocate?
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I have family in both Nanaimo and Victoria. If you’re out this way again, let me know.
As far as relocation goes, I’m willing to go to the back of beyond myself, but my wife’s having some pretty major health issues and treatment, family, support etc, are all here. For the time being, it’s the local muni road for me. That’s ok, I love living here.
It’s going ok, just gotta pay your dues and keep hammering away. There’s some light at the end of the tunnel, but it could always turn out to be an oncoming train.