stirring the pot

[Elhuero]

ok, the whole cop - anti cop thing has died down.

I don't want to flare it up or cause anti cop sentiment, but dag nabbit I just can't help it.

so here it is, what do you think about this:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...ed.WAGT?hpt=T2

GA department fires officer for getting pregnant

I'm curious what folks here think of this, especially the LEOs here.

[SA Friday]

I didn't even have to open this thread and I knew it had something to do with law enforcement.

Well, at least you're consistant.

[hurley842002]

I didn't even have to open this thread and I knew it had something to do with law enforcement.

Well, at least you're consistant.

X2

[Elhuero]

I didn't even have to open this thread and I knew it had something to do with law enforcement.

Well, at least you're consistant.

how so?

have I bashed police in this thread?

one of the anti police arguments folks have is the "blue line", how police look out for their own.

it would appear from the video that they don't.

imagine she wasn't a street cop, that she just had a desk job. does that change your opinion?

[hurley842002]

how so?

have I bashed police in this thread?

one of the anti police arguments folks have is the "blue line", how police look out for their own.

it would appear from the video that they don't.

imagine she wasn't a street cop, that she just had a desk job. does that change your opinion?

Nobody said it was going to be a thread about you bashing cops, just knew it was going to be about Cops.

[CrufflerSteve]

If the story is accurate then she'll probably win a big settlement. Women get pregnant. I don't believe policewomen have to take vows of chastity. One of my neighbors is an LEO and he's got a pile of kids.

At the same time, it is true she can't do a lot of police activities while in this condition. Wrestling with drunks is not a good idea.

I don't see it as a police issue but as an employment issue. It was dealt with really unskillfully. The updated video shows more. She's essentially disabled for awhile. If a male officer had broken his leg off duty should he be fired? There's such things as leave. The town might be broke and lacking resources but this seems like plain old dumb.

Steve

[Colorado Luckydog]

85% of LEO's give the rest of them a bad name.

[Byte Stryke]

I think it's a load of crap and the Citizens need to oust their Chief of police and make changes in their city council.
I See this city funding a whole lot of diapers and a college tuition or two before its all over.

[JohnTRourke]

85% of LEO's give the rest of them a bad name.

You are a bad bad bad man.

You owe me a new screen.

[Buzzkill69]

I thought it was against the law to fire a woman cause she's pregnant? I had a similar situation come up with my girl and her work. We were worried that she could get fired because she got pregnant (my boys can swim!!! lol) and then got the job but didn't say anything during the interview. She was afraid that she wouldn't get the job if she had. Anyway she told them a few months later and explained to them her fear of being fired because of it and they said "it was fine" and that they couldn't fire her even if they wanted to. This may be an individual state law, not sure but if I were this woman's husband/boyfriend I'd be calling lawyer's right now!