"CCred68046" wrote in message
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Patrol the boat ramps and their usage. The rules here are that the tow
vehicles make the line and it never fails that someone in a boat will just
pull
up to the ramp and think they can sit there while they go get their
vehicle...
Nothing like a good fight at a busy ramp.

I've seen it at our ramp occasionally as well, I'll try to keep an eye on
that. Thanks.
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"If it wasn't for stupid people I'd be unemployed."

"Paul Schilter" paulschilter@comcast,dot,net wrote in message
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swatcop,
Just can't beat common sense. To Protect and to Serve is what's it's
all
about. You sound like a good cop to me.
Paul

Thanks, Paul. I'm a firm believer in good ol' common sense.
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-= swatcop =-

"If it wasn't for stupid people I'd be unemployed."

"Clams Canino" wrote in message
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"swatcop" wrote in message news:INMCb.12534

Thanks for the tip on the narrow areas, although I
would have thought that to be common sense. Maybe it's different in your
area.

It's different here. We have a patch of river 8 miles long and 200 - 300
feet wide. And often the Marine Patroll doods troll right up the middle,
particularly the newer younger guys. I mean, it is "instinct" to drive up
the middle, but if you see a skiier coming it's *nice* to pull aside, as
opposed to watching to see if he'll slow down for you.

And as a question on the safety checks, other than the marinas in my
town, most people use a public boat ramp area. Would you be offended if
the
cops did a safety inspection on your vessel while you were waiting in
line
to launch at a boat ramp? It seems to me like it would save time that
way.

*I* wouldn't be offended at the ramp, no. I tend to be be a comedian about
it and show him the life-preservers, throwables, ski-vests, fire
extinguisher, flares, whistle, horn, anchor, sunscreen, sunglasses, TCW-3,
12 soda, 6 beer, 1 energy drink, 1 milk, 1 orange juice, 1 orange, 2
apple
pies, 1 canned ravioli, 1 Spaghetti-O's Etc etc...

(yanno - we might think it's funny - until the day the Marine Patroll
finds
a subject in hypoglycemic shock and comes screaming after my boat to get
my
goodies - *then* he'll be glad I showed him the Hostess Apple Pies!)

Don't laugh - I actually make notes about those sort of things. I know who
to go in town for various special needs. You may be an asset one day by your
preparedness.


But anyway, a lot of people tend to view a "safety check" like an "MV
stop" - they wanna know what they did to draw your attention in the first
place. shrug

Speaking of the ramp, I don't know how enforcable it is (perhaps via
loitering laws hehe) but some of the idiots that tie up / slow down the
ramps need a ticket for *something* LOL.

I've seen this mentioned a few times. I will keep an eye on inconsiderate
people at the ramp.


-W

PS: Look at bright side - it's *got* to be a lot more fun than S.W.A.T.
work
is!!

Um, NOT!!! I'm much more at home in my "black pajamas" with my AR-15.

Just still be carefull out there. Binoculars are your friend. If you run
into drug runners on a boat, it's way too easy to just shoot the cop and
sink the evidence. Remember *they* already know what's up as your
approaching them.

I'll keep that in mind, thanks. Luckily in my area the Fish & Wildlife
commission and the local Sheriff's marine boat are usually in the water. We
make it a habit to stay in touch with one another while we're out there.
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"If it wasn't for stupid people I'd be unemployed."

"Clams Canino" wrote in message
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MOST importantly. Come back HERE often to post the best "idiot" stories.
!!!

That's a deal, as long as you guys keep steering me in the right direction.


I'll give you the best one I ever heard:

A friend of mine is a State Trooper. One night he was gassing up his
vehicle at one of the little "Statie stops" they have here for the
Troopers
to gas up at. So while he's filling his (unmarked) car, the subject pulls
up to the pumps, drunk as a skunk, and when the Officer comes over to the
subjects window to see what he possibly could want - he slurrs: "Fill her
up please".

A moment of silence follows while the officer looks at the subject ,
meanwhile the subject is looking the officer up and down, and becomes
dimly
aware of the real situation.

Subject rolls down his window - stucks out both hands - and says "OK you
got
me - that was pretty clever"

Poor cop said he had a hard time stopping laughing long enough to ask the
guy for his liscence and reg so he could start the OUI arrest.. LOL.

"So how'd you get this one?"

"He just kinda drove up and surrendered."

-W

That about sums up the quotation after my signature (see below).
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-= swatcop =-

"If it wasn't for stupid people I'd be unemployed."

"Rick" wrote in message
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Clams Canino wrote:

This might parrot what others said, but in my opinon the more you can
hound
wreckless jet-ski's the better. hehe And then of course wreckless
boaters
in general.

I think the "wreckless" ones should be left alone and go after those
with many wrecks to their credit.

Rick

I'm sure the ones with wrecks to their credit will put themselves into the
spotlight on a regular basis and will be dealt with accordingly. Thanks for
your input, Rick.
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-= swatcop =-

"If it wasn't for stupid people I'd be unemployed."

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:50:22 GMT, "swatcop"
wrote:
Just F.Y.I., my personal definition of a safety inspection is not to be a
jerk and have a citation writing contest. I was thinking more along the
lines of pointing out to the boaters what equipment is old or missing,
trying to help out, not be an ass with a ticket book.

================================================== ====

Your attitude is commendable but your role is slightly confused. Your
role as an armed, badge wearing law officer is to enforce the law (in
a hopefully reasonable manner), not to offer helpful suggestions to
people who are not even on the water yet. To me that is overly
intrusive, and comparable to stopping someone who is backing out of
the driveway for a quick safety check of their car.

I second this notion. I see far more ignorance and inconsiderate behavior
(and, therefore, angry people) at the launch ramp than on the water. Worse
at the end of the day when many folks have had a few Coors and are already
****ed about their empty live wells.
Just my $0.02 worth.

"swatcop" wrote in message
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"CCred68046" wrote in message
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Patrol the boat ramps and their usage. The rules here are that the tow
vehicles make the line and it never fails that someone in a boat will just
pull
up to the ramp and think they can sit there while they go get their
vehicle...
Nothing like a good fight at a busy ramp.

I've seen it at our ramp occasionally as well, I'll try to keep an eye on
that. Thanks.
--
-= swatcop =-

"If it wasn't for stupid people I'd be unemployed."

Doug Kanter wrote:

.... Or, the knuckleheads who
need help docking on a windy day, and when they toss you their line, it's
always 2 feet shorter than the distance from the boat to the dock. Wouldn't
want to buy a 15 ft rope when a 3 footer will work just as well. Sort of.
:-)

Usually this sort of stupidity is self punishing. But the problem is that the
stupid don't learn better no matter how many times it happens.

DSK

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:50:22 GMT, "swatcop"
wrote:
Just F.Y.I., my personal definition of a safety inspection is not to be a
jerk and have a citation writing contest. I was thinking more along the
lines of pointing out to the boaters what equipment is old or missing,
trying to help out, not be an ass with a ticket book.

================================================== ====

Your attitude is commendable but your role is slightly confused. Your
role as an armed, badge wearing law officer is to enforce the law (in
a hopefully reasonable manner), not to offer helpful suggestions to
people who are not even on the water yet. To me that is overly
intrusive, and comparable to stopping someone who is backing out of
the driveway for a quick safety check of their car.


Ah - I see what you're saying now. Your analogy made a lot of sense to me.
Point well taken, thanks.
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-= swatcop =-

"If it wasn't for stupid people I'd be unemployed."

"Eric H" wrote in message
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I second this notion. I see far more ignorance and inconsiderate behavior
(and, therefore, angry people) at the launch ramp than on the water. Worse
at the end of the day when many folks have had a few Coors and are already
****ed about their empty live wells.
Just my $0.02 worth.

A point well taken - it seems that the two biggest "bitches" so far are
jetskis and morons at the boat ramp. Thank you for your input.
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-= swatcop =-

"If it wasn't for stupid people I'd be unemployed."