Retirony?

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DAMMIT

I'm guessing he was too old for that shiat.

A shootout over steroids? Goddamn Cow Hampshire hillbillies.

Is it really worth it, cops?

Police Chief in question

R.I.P Very sad day indeed.

How many more.........

time to end the war on drugs so this stops happening, mkay?

asciibaron: time to end the war on drugs so this stops happening, mkay?

QFT

So he gets to retire a week early - what's the problem?

Tip to cops....Don't retire.

LITTLE SUZIE IS GROWINK UP.

From the article:

"Greenland Police Chief Michael Maloney and his wife had planned to sail around the world in their newly christened boat, "The Live-4-Ever."

This wasn't a true drug raid in the sense we usually talk about on fark. It was a juicer roid nut, who they knew had weapons. How about you go with the standoff or grab quickly outside next time NH and save some lives.

/armchair qb

When I first heard the headline on NPR, I thought it was Greenville, which would have meant I might have known who that was... Haven't had an "ohshiat" moment like that for a while.

/still a shame...

Ya know... going after a guy who has shown abusive tendencies and is in the throes of roid rage is a pretty stupid thing to do. It is like kicking a bull in the nuts.

It should have been a simple matter to tail him when he leaves the house for the gym in 26 minutes, check the premises under warrant, and make the arrest where the rager doesn't have access to a high power rifle.

I feel bad for the families and the injured officers, but that raid was really poorly thought through.

CSB Alert!!!

One of my good friends from the military lives in that town and knows the deceased Police Chief very well. He is pretty broken up about his death and appearantly the Police Chief was a widely liked and all arround good guy.

Police haters can hate, but most cops are genuinely good people.

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/you'll lose your life/sanity there.

Evidently there were 7 cops on the main force and 5 of them were shot.

Small town. That's gonna leave a mark.

Roid rage?

MadSkillz: I would rather be killed instantly at retirement age then spend 20+ years lingering, waiting to die.

/wow, I just realized my life is pointless. I should have some kids.

Cause a pointless existence ought to be miserable?

Homes give the alleged criminals the advantage of shooting back, usually. Why can't police wait until their "target" is outside the home and arrest him far and away from his weapons stash? Getting a warrant to the house is easy as pie.

"This is me, too, Pacman!"

M-16A2pilot: CSB Alert!!!

One of my good friends from the military lives in that town and knows the deceased Police Chief very well. He is pretty broken up about his death and appearantly the Police Chief was a widely liked and all arround good guy.

Police haters can hate, but most cops are genuinely good people.

As a former LEO, the power tripping dickheads ruin it for most of the "genuinely good cops." They have a negative influence on public perception and drive away many would be "good cops."

This one hits close to home, about 20 minutes from here - I drive by there somewhat consistently.

TheShavingofOccam123: Evidently there were 7 cops on the main force and 5 of them were shot.

According to the Globe article the other four guys were from other departments

Abe Vigoda's Ghost: Kind of stupid for the Police Chef to take an active part in a drug raid.

I'm thinking the Chief might have know him. Small town, muscleguy lived in his mother's house, maybe grew up there.

Abe Vigoda's Ghost: MadSkillz: I would rather be killed instantly at retirement age then spend 20+ years lingering, waiting to die.

/wow, I just realized my life is pointless. I should have some kids.

He was only 48, so he had a few good years left in him before he entered the "lingering, waiting to die" period.

Kind of stupid for the Police Chef to take an active part in a drug raid.

From reading news stories (I grew up in NH) there were representatives from each of the largest police forces in the area, sounds like they were using the situation as a chance to get some bust experience and he was the one in the front of the group. Still seems kind of dumb to walk up to the front door of a guy with guns who was already in trouble for being irrational.

How the F- do you get to retire at 48?

And steroids? How many cops are hooked on them?

I live in a town near there. My wife and I knew him when he was working for the North Hampton PD. He was one of the nicest cops ever, a humble guy. You don't find too many like him anymore. So sad.

Pootie-Poot: How the F- do you get to retire at 48?

And steroids? How many cops are hooked on them?

Well, it's a small-town police force; he probably joined at age 18, put in 30 years and was fully vested in his pension plan, and decided to get the hell out.

Somebody on Facebook linked a different article about this last night (no fatalities reported at that time), and noticed the "one week before retirement" bit. Refrained from mentioning it to any of my distraught Facebook friends (I know a lot of ME/NH firefighters, and they're pretty tight with the police). In retrospect, keeping my mouth shut was a very very good idea.

he turned the gun on himself and his GF before the night ended.

updated story: Link (new window)

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