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beanieson posted:guy's still carrying 92s are the weirdest. you've got the body for stripping, so thats always an option And my first duty weapon was an XD40
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Smiling Jack posted:Could be worse, I heard of one department where a guy carries an XD. My XD is awesome don't you have a long lunch to take or something?
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Cmdr. Shepard posted:I told them price was my biggest concern. This is what I'm talking about. If it's there to save your rear end, why isn't quality your biggest concern? I don't know, but it seems more important than having an expensive hobby or even owning a car. Do you have to buy your own vest? Is it poo poo or are there a lot of better ones out there? e: Hey Branis, did they film that Frozen movie where you live? Reign Of Pain fucked around with this message at 01:03 on Apr 10, 2014 |
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fresh catchphrase posted:Why don't you all just put your guns in your mouth then pull the trigger, severing your pigshit brain from your central nervous system? 
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Reign Of Pain posted:This is what I'm talking about. If it's there to save your rear end, why isn't quality your biggest concern? I don't know, but it seems more important than having an expensive hobby or even owning a car. Do you have to buy your own vest? Is it poo poo or are there a lot of better ones out there? My dept did not issue body armor until a few years ago. Prior to that yes, you had to buy your own. I'll let you guess how many officers wore vests... I was trying to live on less than $30k/yr. I understand where you're coming from but I've gone through some tough financial times where I couldn't justify spending money on a secondary gun. I do plan on upgrading soon but not until I hopefully start a new job.
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Shep get an LCP and an aHolster pocket holster. Thing disappears into my pocket & just lives with me all the time. I still carry my compact 9 primarily when I'm off duty but there at times when you can't wear an IWB holster.
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beanieson posted:guy's still carrying 92s are the weirdest. is this the beginning of groverhaus mkii? 
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Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:is this the beginning of groverhaus mkii? 
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idgi  Edit: just looked up groverhaus, now I get it  Edit2: VVVVV also, yes. beanieson fucked around with this message at 03:30 on Apr 10, 2014 |
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If I had to supply my own sidearm (which obviously I don't because I'm a brit-cop and all we get it a little metal stick) I would try and get the biggest hand-cannon I could buy. I was shooting a .44 magnum in Cambodia a few months ago and it definitely gave me a chubby.
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Ultimate Shrek Fan posted:I thought you were RCMP, if so you can definitely afford not lovely gear. nope Branis posted:I thought drakerider was a cop in saskatchewan, which is like canada's version of flyover states isn't it? Full of meth, rednecks and lovely wages. nooooooooooooooooope I'm not in the RCMP. And my agency (who I won't name because they're scared of the internet and probably wouldn't like some of my joke posts on the larger forums) won't allow us to wear any non-issued gear. And they issue us Uncle mike's for everything except the holster, which is thankfully Safariland.
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Speaking of ESU, NYPD ESU was founded on April 10, 1930. 
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DrakeriderCa posted:I'm not in the RCMP. And my agency (who I won't name because they're scared of the internet and probably wouldn't like some of my joke posts on the larger forums) won't allow us to wear any non-issued gear. And they issue us Uncle mike's for everything except the holster, which is thankfully Safariland. With all of your tar-stained oil money I would have thought that you guys would have nothing but the best. Although they probably don't want you making meth busts since that helps drive the wheel of industry 
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Smiling Jack posted:Speaking of ESU, NYPD ESU was founded on April 10, 1930. NYPD ESU is my favorite group of pudgy Irish guys.
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JiimyPopAli posted:With all of your tar-stained oil money I would have thought that you guys would have nothing but the best. Although they probably don't want you making meth busts since that helps drive the wheel of industry Without meth our province would grind to a halt. Much like Toronto City Hall.
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Ahem mayor Ford runs on crack, not meth.
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Mr. Nice! posted:Ahem mayor Ford runs on crack, not meth. Ron Ford is a national treasure.
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Ours was a para-military style program. Lots of yelling, lots of pushing, lots of yelling, lots of pushing.... and so on for six months. Most fun I never want to have again.
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College with guns and fast cars. We had a convenience store on base that sold cheap booze and we were 10 minutes from the beach. Best 6 month vacation ever.
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Whip Slagcheek posted:College with guns and fast cars. We had a convenience store on base that sold cheap booze and we were 10 minutes from the beach. Best 6 month vacation ever. The food was better at college. And frankly the one you're talking about was not challenging in the least. The local Academy that I went through was harder both academically and physically. So I guess I agree with you.
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My PT instructor was one of the tougher ones there from talking to other people, but yeah the academic portion was on par with freshman year of college/high school, sadly. CITP is supposed to be more challenging
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beanieson posted:Fast cars? Crown Vic's are not fast cars. We played with V8 chargers and PPV Tahoes on the pursuit tracks, only used the Crown Vic for the skid pad and NEVO.
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Tyro posted:So I guess I agree with you. There's no way you can walk away from your experience and not tell me it was the best 3 month vacation ever. Whip Slagcheek posted:We played with V8 chargers and PPV Tahoes on the pursuit tracks, only used the Crown Vic for the skid pad and NEVO. They don't do NEVO anymore for us  I remember doing it in Artesia and having so much fun with it too
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Tyro posted:The local Academy that I went through was harder both academically and physically. Didn't we go to the same academy? If so... All I've got to say to you is one more again!!!   .So yeah, the academy I attended was a pretty good mix of PT/Semi-Paramilitary and fairly strict academics. The academy for the agency I work for now though is pretty much known as a joke with extremely limited PT or structure and allegedly instructors get in trouble if they get "mean" with recruits or something. FLETC was awesome. Although I'm a terrible person to ask because it was specialized training school I attended and like half our official class lunches and dinners were out at local restaurants and bars. The CBP basic guys I interacted with seemed like they were enjoying themselves and the IRS investigator guys staying at our hotel appeared to hate life. e/phone postin Untagged fucked around with this message at 10:15 on Apr 12, 2014 |
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Homie S posted:There's no way you can walk away from your experience and not tell me it was the best 3 month vacation ever. Not quite as good as being an intern in the Caribbean was. But that was unpaid, which is a big negative... Untagged posted:Didn't we go to the same academy? If so... Yeah I think we determined once that we did... Heh.
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oh god i'm thinking about buying a house. Please tell me this is a bad idea
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Branis posted:oh god i'm thinking about buying a house. Please tell me this is a bad idea Dont you make like 12 bucks an hour? I wouldn't even thunk you could afford rent, let alone a mortgage.
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I make a little more than 12, but its also a cheap house.
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Branis posted:oh god i'm thinking about buying a house. Please tell me this is a bad idea Don't loving do it. PM me if you want details on why it sucks.
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Buy a house dude. Paying rent is pissing away your money with nothing to show for it, atleast paying a mortgage is building equity.Tyro posted:Don't loving do it. PM me if you want details on why it sucks. Whys it suck? Like, I see no disadvantage to ownership over paying a lifetime of rent 
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beanieson posted:atleast paying a mortgage is building equity. this is a bad reason to buy a house fyi
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I bought a house because my mortgage for a 3 bedroom house is cheaper than rent for a 1 bedroom apartment.
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Don't treat a house like an investment. They're great places to live but terrible investments. Upkeep on a house costs money too, just like rent, so whereas your landlord is required to keep up a rented dwelling you have to do it yourself if you own it. Buying is very often much more expensive than renting as a result. As a financial asset, houses are awful because they're highly illiquid (among other reasons). The best that I can say for them is they're very tax-efficient because of the mortgage interest deduction. The market forces the price of renting versus buying to be very similar when you take risk into account. When you rent, the landlord assumes all of the risk. When you buy, you assume all of the risk. If you make $12 an hour, it is very likely that you can't afford that kind of risk.
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beanieson posted:Buy a house dude. Paying rent is pissing away your money with nothing to show for it, atleast paying a mortgage is building equity. Mortabis explained it pretty well. But best case scenario it ties you down geographically which limits your job options. I bought a place when I was a local cop and I didn't see moving away soon in my future. Since then I've moved for personal reasons, gone back to school, and switched jobs twice, and I've been renting it out at a loss. Granted, anecdotes aren't data blah blah, but renting isn't bad on its face. Paying rent is not necessarily pissing money away, and especially if you're highly leveraged, the return on buying a house vs paying rent is probably lower than what you could get investing in the stock market, with lower risk. Tyro fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Apr 13, 2014 |
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