On 2/13/2012 5:32 PM, Will in New Haven wrote:
>> Of course they are drawn under other circumstances, and 1% of arrests is
>> A LOT!
>
> It still leaves room for "most officers never draw their weapon." How
> many arrests does a typical officer participate in?
No Will, it doesn't, because when you butted in with your idiocy, I was
clearly talking about officers who are on the street in rough urban
areas doing real police work. Those are the very officers who ARE forced
to draw their weapons quite frequently and who ARE placed in dangerous
situations frequently. For you to minimize their service and courage
while you sit behind your computer and pretend you are a big man by
talking about killing people is well beyond laughable.
> By the way, 1% would be a lot. The actual figure was around .2
> percent. I said _under_ 1% and you didn't read the data.
No, I didn't read your data. You said less than 1%, so I assumed you
meant close to 1%, not 20% of that. For once, I assumed you weren't an
idiot, and you let me down again. I don't need to read your data because
I know what I'm talking about from experience, and you were going on
what you heard from a friend of a friend who knew someone on the
auxillary force in Petunia, Kansas back in the 50s. I already showed you
proof that only about 10% of Portland officers report never drawing
their weapon, and it's not hard to see that those are the ones who work
in community relations showing moms how to install baby seats or behind
a desk at the station. That has nothing to do with the kind of police
work I was talking about, and you know it. Someone needs to pull you
into the 21st century. It's a brave new world out there.
>> Now, refresh my memory...who was the moron operating on bad data again?
>
> Why you. You really don't know as much you think you do.
Will, stop pretending you have any concept whatsoever of what I know and
what I don't know. You don't. Not even close.