The pastries there are delicious!

Check out the umbrella center, they may take donations.

Sold!

I see your pie and raise you the chicken nuggets.

Praise be to Kirkland, bringer of bulk snacks…

There hasn’t been a consistent presence at 144 Temple since the playwright. That was a great spot.

😂 well played sir

Alumnus*

Yeah, that sounds like a shitty experience, I’m not going to pretend otherwise. Without knowing the details, I can only speak in generalities: we get lied to on an if not daily basis then certainly with regularity and it can be very frustrating. What’s also tough to convey to people is how much we’re exposed to and how much that can wear on a person. It’s not uncommon for us to handle a critical incident such as a shooting, clear the call, and immediately get dispatched to whatever is holding. Imagine stepping in brain matter, trying to secure a scene with a crowd of upset people and comfort grieving family members, then getting dispatched to someone’s parking complaint…and for that person it’s super important because “that cAr AlwayS PaRks liKe tHat!!!” (that’s my best approximation of an irate neighbor.) I’m not excusing what happened to you because I’d like to think we should be able to control ourselves better. However, it feel like society expects us to be some combination of navy seals and social workers but only want to pay for the national guard (no offense to my guard members!)

Please see my previous comment.

I hope you get the help you need.

Actually, I retract my invitation, I deal with enough mental illness to see you don’t seem particularly stable.

I’m certainly not “coming at” you, I’m simply pointing to my invitation to having you learn a bit more about a profession you don’t seem to have much personal experience with, or at least alter your perspective if not change it entirely. I’d call that welcoming rather than adversarial. For a profession accused of being close minded, it seems you’re the one with an entrenched position.

And yes, of course there will be cases of misconduct, we’re human beings and we’re going to make mistakes, it’s inevitable. I’d be concerned if data showed that there was no misconduct because that would mean the data was wrong. Taking a tiny subset and using it to impugn the entire profession is statistically incorrect however; compare police related misconduct to the aggregate of police interactions and you’ll see it’s a tiny fraction. By way of example, medical malpractice is the third leading cause of death in America: how many doctors/nurses do you know of who have been fired?

Treating all cops in every state as if were the same seems pretty silly. I’m guessing if someone said that they didn’t like doctors or lawyers because some of them are terrible, you’d think that person needed some perspective.

What I find most interesting is that the police are constantly accused of having a closed culture. But I’m here suggesting that you come get to know us and your response is that I “go off” because you’ve had bad experiences in the past, as if those are the only possible experiences you could have. Are you afraid of having your mind changed?

I am a New Haven cop, so I’m pretty familiar. That sucks that’s been your experience, but in my science there’s different degrees and causes of “horrible.” Some of those are the fault of the officer, some are more bureaucratic, state law, etc.

I’m always available for a ride along! My suggestion is to pick a fri or sat evening though.

Because it seems like your experience is filtered through other people. You should try out a shift for yourself. 🤷‍♀️ Just a thought.

Have you ever spoken with a cop in New Haven? You should do a ride along, I’m betting it would be an eye opening experience.

One of the rules of this sub is that any views other than the extreme left are “literal” nazi/fascist hate speech. Also, eversource posts.

😂 the coexist sticker must be factory applied.

That’s not a good area, unfortunately. Don’t keep anything in your car of value and be cognizant of your surroundings.

Meadow Street by West Water. Enjoy!

Hm, I didn’t know if that was an option the last time I had Pandora. It’s been a few years and I’ve been overall happy with Spotify. I haven’t used the actual radio in my car in a long time.

I prefer the ability to make my own playlists and/or play individual songs and podcasts. I had pandora but their playlists seemed to get repetitive pretty quickly.

Fun fact that may interest only me: there are visible remnants of the tracks in the road behind the police department.