Do you feel comfortable with your local cops?

[Jasana]

63. From Revere...

I'm a bit confused about the Revere Police Department. Several years ago I had a run in with a Revere cop. A plow truck driver called the cops on me during one of the worst winter snow storms in history. Long story short; idiot plow truck driver nearly ran me over while I was trying to dig out my driveway. I threw my snow shovel at his 1 ton truck and for that he called the cops.

I was ripping mad when the cop came; shouting explitives (the plow truck had tried to plow in my driveway on purpose and nearly hit my 80 year old grandmother) so you can only imagine what I was shouting. I was also daring the driver to get out of his truck so I could "kill him." I was dead serious. By then I'd been shoveling 8 hours straight and was wearing nothing but jeans, boots, a tanktop, gloves and earmuffs and the sweat was rolling down my face. When the cop arrived I unloaded my torrent on him while neighbors shouted, "You go girl!" in the background.

The cop slowly talked me down but if I could have got at that coward prick plow driver I would have smashed his face into the pavement or worse. The cop showed real professionalism that day. In the end, I'm glad he was there.

On the other hand, there's a cop that lives on my street and polices in Revere. He's a real dick. Got special no parking signs in front of his house, brings his cruiser home overnight even though Revere cops aren't suppose to do that. Worst of all, he flouts Mass laws. Every goddamn July 4th he shoots off fireworks that are illegal here and on several occasions nearly caused car accidents because of his negligence with them. That's not too mention some of the drunken parties with his crazy girlfriend running down the street screaming like a banshee for no reason.

I'm in the middle. I've seen some horrid cops in my time and I've also seen some good ones. I try to take each as they come and hope I get one of the good ones.