And anyone is at all surprised by this???

Hell, you should meet the Atlanta TSA agents at Hartsfield.

"has"

torch [TotalFark] Quote 2008-10-11 10:44:28 PM
And anyone is at all surprised by this???

The number DOES seem awful low...

TFA doesn't say how far in the past those crimes are. Police dept. hiring isn't so concerned about non-felony crimes as long as they're years in the past. If you want people with no criminal past what-so-ever you'd never be able to staff a police dept.

robmilmel: The number DOES seem awful low...



Report all crimes immediately citizen!

Hey, Georgia is Palin/McCain country. Of course they have records

The other 2 have been getting away with it.

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me lucifer
cause Im in need of some restraint

criminals...takes one to catch one...

I'm glad that our police force is comprised of the best citizens out there. Who else but to provide a level-headed and rational approach to law enforcement?

God, it's times like this that I love this country.

"sir, please step out of the vehicle, leave your wallet on the seat and ask your wife to hike up her skirt a little."

Is anyone going to press charges?

/where my doorag?

numerous speeding tickets/improper driving
under age possession of alcohol
drunk in public

those are the "crimes" i've been cited/arrested for.

Came for the Police Academy references.

/left disappointed

No one's posted this yet?

Obvious tag on vacation?


/Lives in the Atlanta area.
//Not surprised

Yeah, look at who runs our city.

RandomExcess: Hey, Georgia is Palin/McCain country. Of course they have records

And banjos, right? Oh and hound dogs.

nice work from Pennington, again.

It's not in itself disturbing to me that they take someone who was rejected by another police agency. But when they take people who were rejected because they failed the PSYCH exam at another agency, it's troubling.

Arrested /= convicted.

Mahoney!!!

VelcroFez: "has"

Actually, depending on the location of the poster have may be correct. For example in Ireland I would say Sears have hats on sale, but here I would say Sears has hats on sale.

In Atlanta I would say that biatch on Peachtree hook me up wif my lid.

Makes perfect sense (and not in the cynical/"ironic" way in which most farkers will likely interpret it). Take a young kid/man who has a run in with police - perhaps it's a relatively positive experience (despite running afoul of the "law") - and they just might think to themselves that it seems like a good career path to take (maybe the arresting officer, or booking officer, etc made a positive impression).

So much for people believing in redemption or second chances, though (if common reaction to these "facts" is any indication).

Iona_Trailer: Obvious tag on vacation?


/Lives in the Atlanta area.
//Not surprised

this.

EL_FABREZ: Arrested /= convicted.

Well you obviously didn't read the article. Two years probabtion and a $71 fine for you.

approve

40oz_A_Knight: Is anyone going to press charges?

/where my doorag at?


ftfy

RandomExcess: Hey, Georgia is Palin/McCain country. Of course they have records

The officers in the article are most probably Obama voters.

Have you ever been to Atlanta? Try the Black College Reunion and see how many McCain stickers you see on bumpers.

The_Original_Roxtar: numerous speeding tickets/improper driving
under age possession of alcohol
drunk in public

those are the "crimes" i've been cited/arrested for.

Hello Chief!

Scary tag was beaten and had some weed planted on it?

feckingmorons Don't kid yourself, I still see 'W' stickers almost everyday on bloated SUVs around town.

"We would like, in an ideal world, to see every applicant with a clean record, but obviously that's not reality," said Atlanta police Lt. Elder Dancy, who runs the department's recruitment unit.

Let's be careful out there. And with sporks.

Dangerous, dangerous sporks.

Mahoneeeeeyyyy!!!

Isolated incident!

Is this a "Chocolate City" thing (wink) or a white trash thing?

Anybody unwilling to risk their life every day for $30,000 a year is too smart to be a cop.

One in three Atlanta Police Academy graduates have been arrested or cited for a crime

Come to Canada. We aint picky no more. Join the police. Join the army. Join the squads eliminating hookers.. You didn't read that last bit...

I doubt most of these "crimes" are anything serious. You can bet the paper took the most sensationalistic to list individually in the paper and even they were ho-hum, so I doubt there is anything really to the other citations. Probably things like

underage drinking
curfew violation
trespassing
shoplifting
moving violations

You know, stuff teenagers typically do.

Yes, but do they go around beating the shiat out of citizens while off duty?
That's the Chicago way!

The arrests ranged from minor offenses such as shoplifting to violent charges including assault.

Police officers who have made illegal left turns? It's more likely than you think.

Affirmative Action at work - except hiring minorities, Atlanta takes to hiring that other protected group - CRIMINALS!

Read neither article nor headline.

Not ironic.

Makes sense to me. If you are a criminal, the best way to avoid future arrests is to be a cop.

Dim, Georgie unavailable for comment.

/Evidence of the old Glazzies. Nothing up our sleeves, Little Alex. A job for two who are now of job age, the Police.

Not irony at all. It's targeted hiring at work. Give a thug a badge and now the thug does your bidding.

Keovongsa Siharath was arrested in Henry County on charges he punched his stepfather.

With a name like that, he should really have beat his actual father.

I've heard more intelligible names given to Twi'lek.

plantae: feckingmorons Don't kid yourself, I still see 'W' stickers almost everyday on bloated SUVs around town.

Yeah but they all drive home to Duluth and live next to the crazy girl who ran away before her wedding, but her parents are rich.