Does anyone respect Cpl. Richard Mankewich

I'll agree with the fact that both were wrong in the way they handled the situation. Understandably as much as it may pain some individuals of minority (I myself being a Black Officer), and even more individuals of the smaller minority (Minority Officers) to admit it the Major was indeed wrong in the way he escalated the situation after he was pulled over. We all need to realize that even though we are indeed Peace Officers and through certain wordings of our penal code are Peace Officers (24/7) when it come to public safety. We are however not the contact officer when being pulled over. It's virtually the same as the instruction that you are given while in the Academy while off duty an officer needs to assess the situation (i.e. being present at a bank robbery with 3 armed gunmen, are you going to draw your weapon and identify yourself or do what most of us are taught and become a witness, because there is no better witness than a police officer), because there is no better witness to a crime than a police officer. But back to the point regardless of how we feel about being pulled we have to remain professional in the way we handle the situation.

Now addressing the actions of the Cpl. He should have also maintained his sense of professionalism. That is the reason the Instructors in the Academy spend the first few months yelling and what not, to assure that we as officers remain professional and tactful while performing our jobs.

If the Major felt he was being profiled, you handle that situation by going in uniform the next day and having a professional conversation with the Chief/Sheriff/Station Commander. Trust me that works. {My father a Lieutenant with a Los Angeles Area P.D. walked into a L.A. County Sheriff's Station off duty and asked for a location of Business to which the Deputies working the front counter responded they "I Don't Know!!" in a very rude and disrespectful manner. Upon searching for the business location my father discovered the business was directly across the street from the Station. Now could my father have went back to the Station and spoke with the deputies? Yes. Did he "No". We instead waited until the following day, returned to the station in Class "A" uniform in a Patrol Car definitely to the surprise of both deputies as they immediately recognized us and proceeded to request a meeting with the Station Captain. As we all know shit rolls downhill from the Captain to Lieutenant to Sergeant to Senior Deputies to the deputies who worked the front counter that night}

You may not agree with how I feel regarding the situation, but so be it. Be safe out there wear your vest.

I'm tired of people trying to make this a black and white thing.

Next time your at work, go out onto the interstate at night and park in the median. Try to tell what race people are as they go past.

The Miami major was an asshat and caused the whole incident. He deserved a good old fashioned ass-kickin.

[Britcop]

I'll agree with the fact that both were wrong in the way they handled the situation. Understandably as much as it may pain some individuals of minority (I myself being a Black Officer), and even more individuals of the smaller minority (Minority Officers) to admit it the Major was indeed wrong in the way he escalated the situation after he was pulled over. We all need to realize that even though we are indeed Peace Officers and through certain wordings of our penal code are Peace Officers (24/7) when it come to public safety. We are however not the contact officer when being pulled over. It's virtually the same as the instruction that you are given while in the Academy while off duty an officer needs to assess the situation (i.e. being present at a bank robbery with 3 armed gunmen, are you going to draw your weapon and identify yourself or do what most of us are taught and become a witness, because there is no better witness than a police officer), because there is no better witness to a crime than a police officer. But back to the point regardless of how we feel about being pulled we have to remain professional in the way we handle the situation.

Now addressing the actions of the Cpl. He should have also maintained his sense of professionalism. That is the reason the Instructors in the Academy spend the first few months yelling and what not, to assure that we as officers remain professional and tactful while performing our jobs.

If the Major felt he was being profiled, you handle that situation by going in uniform the next day and having a professional conversation with the Chief/Sheriff/Station Commander. Trust me that works. {My father a Lieutenant with a Los Angeles Area P.D. walked into a L.A. County Sheriff's Station off duty and asked for a location of Business to which the Deputies working the front counter responded they "I Don't Know!!" in a very rude and disrespectful manner. Upon searching for the business location my father discovered the business was directly across the street from the Station. Now could my father have went back to the Station and spoke with the deputies? Yes. Did he "No". We instead waited until the following day, returned to the station in Class "A" uniform in a Patrol Car definitely to the surprise of both deputies as they immediately recognized us and proceeded to request a meeting with the Station Captain. As we all know shizzat rolls downhill from the Captain to Lieutenant to Sergeant to Senior Deputies to the deputies who worked the front counter that night}

You may not agree with how I feel regarding the situation, but so be it. Be safe out there wear your vest.

Great post. Race should never be an issue in our line of work. We're all brothers. After reading your post I'd take you as my zone partner over some of these other Yahoos anyday. Stay safe my brother.

The black cop is the one who had no respect! Lock his a** up. He acted like a crimminal and should be treated like one!

I'll agree with the fact that both were wrong in the way they handled the situation. Understandably as much as it may pain some individuals of minority (I myself being a Black Officer), and even more individuals of the smaller minority (Minority Officers) to admit it the Major was indeed wrong in the way he escalated the situation after he was pulled over. We all need to realize that even though we are indeed Peace Officers and through certain wordings of our penal code are Peace Officers (24/7) when it come to public safety. We are however not the contact officer when being pulled over. It's virtually the same as the instruction that you are given while in the Academy while off duty an officer needs to assess the situation (i.e. being present at a bank robbery with 3 armed gunmen, are you going to draw your weapon and identify yourself or do what most of us are taught and become a witness, because there is no better witness than a police officer), because there is no better witness to a crime than a police officer. But back to the point regardless of how we feel about being pulled we have to remain professional in the way we handle the situation.

Now addressing the actions of the Cpl. He should have also maintained his sense of professionalism. That is the reason the Instructors in the Academy spend the first few months yelling and what not, to assure that we as officers remain professional and tactful while performing our jobs.

If the Major felt he was being profiled, you handle that situation by going in uniform the next day and having a professional conversation with the Chief/Sheriff/Station Commander. Trust me that works. {My father a Lieutenant with a Los Angeles Area P.D. walked into a L.A. County Sheriff's Station off duty and asked for a location of Business to which the Deputies working the front counter responded they "I Don't Know!!" in a very rude and disrespectful manner. Upon searching for the business location my father discovered the business was directly across the street from the Station. Now could my father have went back to the Station and spoke with the deputies? Yes. Did he "No". We instead waited until the following day, returned to the station in Class "A" uniform in a Patrol Car definitely to the surprise of both deputies as they immediately recognized us and proceeded to request a meeting with the Station Captain. As we all know shizzat rolls downhill from the Captain to Lieutenant to Sergeant to Senior Deputies to the deputies who worked the front counter that night}

You may not agree with how I feel regarding the situation, but so be it. Be safe out there wear your vest.

Very well said. I agree with BritCop. I'm LEO, not with OCSO. I came upon this bulletin and was greatly disheartened because I realized it wasn't just my department who had "those" cops. What happened to the brother-en? I'm more afraid of the people I work with than the people on the street. On the street I usually know who wants to stab me in the back.
It was quite refreshing to see a well thought out rebuttal that didn't have to have every other word be profanity, and didn't slam a co-worker in order to make his point.
Thank you, I'm glad to know that there are decent "Peace Officers" on this site.

To answer the ORIGINAL question...I sure as he// don't respect him and he's a Sergeant now. Goggle his name and see some of the other crap he's done in the last ten years. TOOL

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