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If an off duty grammar cop flirts with a woman, and later when on duty cites her for a suspected infraction, is that ethics, or is it wrong?

 

 

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Posted - August 10, 2023

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  • 13277
      August 10, 2023 11:35 PM MDT
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  • 8214
    Ethics!
      August 11, 2023 6:55 PM MDT
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  • 8214
    By the way sweet Randy D. I have a bone to pick with you.  I have used the phrase "running amok" when referring to your dear tildes.  However much to my embarrassment I spelled it amuck many times and was never corrected.  Where is the grammar police when you really need them, tell me that.  :  )
      August 11, 2023 6:58 PM MDT
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  • 53524

     

     I’m in very high demand, so you really have to claw your way to the top of the heap to catch my attention. Survival of the flirtiest, you see. 



      August 11, 2023 8:49 PM MDT
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  • 11087
    Both spellings are correct, it's just that amok is more commonly used. 
      August 13, 2023 5:10 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    Randy has a partner, you know.
      August 13, 2023 7:13 AM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      Tread carefully make sure you don’t muddy the lines between on duty and off duty activities, mon frère. That partnership jazz doesn’t automatically grant privileges across the board. (Grrrrrrr.)

     


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      August 13, 2023 7:27 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    But citizens need to be made aware of all personnel available for spelling correction and other duties.
      August 13, 2023 9:25 AM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      I’m the lead officer on this particular case, so your interference is both unwarranted and unwanted.

      

     I’ll inform her personally of the ins and outs of the law. 
      

      August 13, 2023 10:59 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    What warrant?
      August 13, 2023 11:43 AM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      She has already given her consent for me to enter, so please just run along and peddle your papers somewhere else.  This will take a while, be a mensch and let the Watch Commander know I won’t be back to the precinct house until next shift. (Cough, cough.)



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      August 13, 2023 12:49 PM MDT
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  • 5451
    When has Randy ever bothered with getting warrants for grammar-related (and grammar-unrelated) searches? 
      August 13, 2023 1:13 PM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      Exigent circumstances require immediate action on the part of the responding officer. In the interest of officer safety, I have to know what she has on her person, and ensure there’s nothing that might hurt me. It’s all perfectly legal and legitimate.



      (Please stop wiggling so much, Miss. I can’t get an accurate read on all the good parts when you do that.)


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      August 13, 2023 1:48 PM MDT
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  • 8214
    Whut!!!! oh no, foiled again.
      August 13, 2023 2:45 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    It's predictable. 

    ;)
      August 12, 2023 7:26 AM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      Hey, wait!
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      August 13, 2023 10:51 AM MDT
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  • 11087
    What kind of grammar cop flirts with a woman like that? Highly suspicious. 
      August 13, 2023 11:13 AM MDT
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  • 53524

     

       Jealous, I see. (Predictable.)
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      August 13, 2023 12:51 PM MDT
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  • 53524
      I was er, um, I meant to say he was off duty when he flirted with her, then later when he was on duty, he issued her the citation, so technically, he wasn’t in his official capacity when he flirted.

      August 13, 2023 2:27 PM MDT
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  • 5451
    The thing that makes it all worse is when the off-duty grammar cop fails to hyphenate an adjective that contains two or more words when he’s asking if he’s doing something wrong.  It’s even more wrong when his partner fails to cite him for the mistake.

    This type of malfeasance calls for defunding the grammar police department.
      August 13, 2023 1:23 PM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      Oh, you’re one of those. Par for the course, though, that a known criminal (queenpin) advocates less enforcement of laws. Grrrrrrr.
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      August 13, 2023 1:52 PM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      Jane S has long campaigned against rampant use of hyphens. I’m weak when it comes to the power she has over me. 


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      August 13, 2023 1:55 PM MDT
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  • 8214
    Sweet! I'm about to find how just how much power you have. :  ) This post was edited by Art Lover at August 13, 2023 8:25 PM MDT
      August 13, 2023 2:46 PM MDT
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  • 53524

     

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      August 13, 2023 8:42 PM MDT
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