You witness a police officer abusing the siren on his police vehicle. Do you report him to his superiors or forget about the incident?

There is no reason why a law enforcement official should be granted any special privilege. They are paid to enforce the law, not abuse it. If they unjustly navigated traffic, just to get a Big Mac sooner, then yes, you should call the commanding officer and report the incident.

You mustn't disclose your information, you can speak anonymously. However, if no one ever reports an officer abusing their power, they will undoubtedly take it too far. Here is an example.

I graduated from the police academy, with a very arrogant person. He thought it was funny to brag of his position, and use his badge as a scare tactic. In other words, he would be driving around, off duty, and randomly pull up beside some one and flash his badge, just to make them nervous.

He was an all around jerk. One night he was responding to a call, and flying through town...he ran a stop light, and wasn't using his siren. He hit a civilian, and totaled both vehicles.

The other driver sustained brain injuries so severe, she didn't even recognize her own children. He was obviously terminated for reckless and careless behavior, as this was mare than a mere accident. He was exceeding necessary speed for the call, improperly using lights and siren alerts.It could have been avoided.

People like this aren't police officers because they want to instill order and safety. It is because they feed off the authority of the job. Had he been reported for all the inappropriate actions, he would have been terminated long before this.

They are not untouchable. And just like the rest of the community need to be held to a standard. I for one do not want these types of people responding to my emergency.

If they can't be honest and upstanding, then how can they be sure everyone else is.

I don't think there is anything to gain by reporting it. Besides, even if he was abusing the siren, if you ruin his evening he's likely just going to take it out on someone else. I wouldn't report an officer unless it was for something incredibly serious.

Absolutely. If he was not guilty of wrongdoing, it will be easily apparent: radio logs will show that he was on a call, and the call was canceled. Simple.

If he was guilty of wrongdoing, he should know that that behavior will not be tolerated. Police do not have unlimited permission to do whatever they want. We, as a free society, have given them special permission to violate the law IF and only IF there is an emergency.

Driving around like that could endanger a life. Getting lunch is not a worthy cause. I could go on and on, but I believe that police officers believing that they are above the law is a huge social problem, and anything that can be done to stop it should be done.

We live in a divided society, and they're doing a great deal to divide it. If a law enforcement officer cannot be held to high standards, who can be?

It is a minor offense and like everyone has said, you don't really know what happened. He might get called and then was canceled or he might get a call not to pursue something but to check on something but then the situation has already been resolved. Pick your fight and this is not a fight you want to be in.

You really don't want to piss off a police because then the entire police officers might be pissed at you too.

As previous answer says, how do you know that he wasn't going to a call and was cancelled, it happens all the time. Maybe he was eating lunch, got dispatched to a call, it got cancelled, his lunch food would have been cold/gone bad/gone, so then the officer goes out for lunch. Is it really a big deal anyways?

For the most part I believe officers do a good job, and are doing the job for the right reasons...

No pick your fights as the answer you will get is he was on a call and it was cancelled. The next time he sees you you'll be sure to get a ticket.

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