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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So this likely wouldn't have happened if the officer had said, I understand your frustration. I hear that you were caught behind that driver, but I have no choice but to give you a ticket. If you disagree with the ticket you can refute it in traffic court. I hope the rest of your day is better. If the smoking was really bothering him he could have said, I'd really appreciate it if you'd put out your cigarette. The smoke is bothering me and I'm required to stand next to your car when writing the ticket. (Which is probably not true and I do wonder why he told her to put out her cigarette except as a power play).
Bottom line, he could have pretty easily de-escalated this. Why wasn't he trained to? Why aren't police trained to acknowledge people's frustrations and not "co-tantrum."[/quote]

I can pretty much guarantee she would have been just as belligerent and disrespectful, even if he had responded/asked in this manner. [/quote]

I can't make that guarantee, but he still could have just written the ticket and gone on with his day.

Police have to deal with members of the public. Members of the public can be jerks, regardless of whether or not they are breaking the law. Dealing with jerks is definitely a crappy part of their job, just like anyone working a job that deals with the public.

After that encounter, he would have been 100% justified in complaining about this person to co-workers, friends, etc. Just like a person working retail can complain about the person who spent 10 minutes holding up the line making some kind of ridiculous demand for a return of an item past the return date.

However, "being a jerk" is not grounds for arrest, and it's certainly not grounds for dragging people out of their cars.[/quote]

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