Report: Midland deputies took photos of waitress holding service rifle

Lisa wrote:

They should be in trouble for that. They are responsible for their riffles, what if she fired one and hit someone.
Policemen & dupities should set positive examples for citizens to follow but it is sad they don't. They are the ones in charge and sometimes it goes to their head and the rules apply to everyone but them. They don't realize teens are watching them while they are doing the wrong things.

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Common sense wrote:

Again people make judgments without the facts; the rifle wasn't loaded and she couldn't shoot anyone. Some one like some posters in Texas should show more common sense. Also the deputies at the most should not have been fired; hey we all are human and I do not consider what they did a firing offense. Doing drugs; stealing or violating use of force is a different argument and YES THOSE ARE FIRING OFFENSES..Make the judgment fit the offense if they really violated their dept. policy? We all don't know that; or do we?
Now take part of what is written; some one called about a weapon at a diner? Yet the caller didn't see the patrol car she was on and the deputies she was with? They were there from a training class and not on patrol duty; using the car for transportation is why it was there.. It is clear some one most likely a woman got mad about the pictures being taken and ratted on the deputies.
Law enforcement is a dangerous and dirty job; I also work in the field and yes we are human and we do things sometimes that don't hurt anyone; but may not be the best way to use judgment.
Case in point a joke was made in the locker room with a very large artificial male member of the body.... Hint Hint... The officer opened his locker and it sprang out.. Instead of whining to the supervisor or admin complaining of mental damages and PTSD; he grabbed it and started to chase the guys around the locker room with it; the sgt. opened the door wondering about all the commotion. Now we all came to a screeching stop with that - Daddy caught us look towards the Sgt..
Now that Sgt. could have done all that Political Correctness crap and wrote him up; but he didn't. He did a Mr. Spoke - da eyebrow.. told him to holster that weapon or get rid of it and turned around shaking his head mumbling you guys tear me up then he started to laugh. This incident is in the same catagory as the one I mentioned.
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The West Newton Kid wrote:

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Boy, comments such as your really show law enforcement for what it is. Your story of a bunch of cops frolicking and joking in the locker room, just like 15 year old boys back in high school, really shows us what kind of brain power many of you possess. And, clearly, in your case, it is not much. You sir, are one dim lightbulb.
Of course, being a fellow LEO yourself; you blindly support your fellow cops; no matter how out of line that they are. No big surprise there!
These boobs blew it! And, that is why one of them has already been canned and the others are in hot water. The Taxpayers did not find this whole mess cute and playful, as you do. It is clearly conduct unbecoming of a LEO, but again, no surprise that you are OK with it. We all know that most LEO's hold themselves to a lower standard of behavoir than the genneral public, and your stupid bablings just prove the point.
More cops "acting stupidly" . There seems to be plenty of that going on lately.