[quote=bearishgurl]
IIRC, jimmyle’s neighbor is living close to the SD substation where EVERY SD street cop begins his/her “lofty” career:
Drive to SE Division Stn. Park in the parking lot. Lock your “luxury” car. Start walking eastbound. Get to know the folks out there. And … have a nice life![/quote]
BG: While I take your point, I’d also opine that working Southeast doesn’t comprise the bulk of most San Diego cop’s careers, anymore than working “Shootin'” Newton (South Central LA) does for LAPD officers.
A good friend of mine, who is now with the FBI, worked Patrol, Narcotics Street Team and Homicide with SDPD before being accepted into the FBI, where he now works bank robberies. He was with SDPD a grand total of about 10 years and spent the bulk of his time in Patrol and undercover and fired his weapon a grand total of two times, never fatally. He worked some really bad neighborhoods, including Skyline, Encanto and Ocean Blvd. He also worked Patrol in La Jolla, Beach Patrol in PB and Mission Beach and Homicide out of downtown.
Law enforcement can be a dangerous profession, but I have plenty of cop friends, most of whom have never even drawn their weapon in the line of duty nor seen a shot fired in anger.
Conversely, all of my friends who have served in the military have been involved in shooting wars and dating back to the 1980s.
There’s “dangerous” and then there’s “Dangerous”; it’s a matter of perspective, profession and venue.
