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Chicago Cops
Bob2004:
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--- Quote from: Soryon on March 21, 2012, 06:05:07 PM ---Why does it always seem to be the fat cops who do stupid shit? Prolly because you give a position of power to someone who has been ridiculed for a large part of his life.
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Honestly, I find it stranger that you even have fat cops at all. Over here in the UK I don't think I've ever seen a single overweight policeman, but it seems like in the US at least two thirds of them are obese.
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1/4th or 1/5th. At least in Illinois and to my knowledge.
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Ah, that makes a bit more sense. I guess the stereotypical American cop is really fat, so that makes it seem like there are more than there really are.
But still, 1/4 is still a hell of a lot, considering they're supposed to be the ones actively going round fighting crime. You'd think being physically fit would be a requirement.
Dan Hibiki:
they just shoot people
Tatsujin:
--- Quote from: Bob2004 on March 21, 2012, 09:22:11 PM ---
--- Quote from: Tatsujin on March 21, 2012, 08:35:13 PM ---
--- Quote from: Bob2004 on March 21, 2012, 08:28:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: Soryon on March 21, 2012, 06:05:07 PM ---Why does it always seem to be the fat cops who do stupid shit? Prolly because you give a position of power to someone who has been ridiculed for a large part of his life.
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Honestly, I find it stranger that you even have fat cops at all. Over here in the UK I don't think I've ever seen a single overweight policeman, but it seems like in the US at least two thirds of them are obese.
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1/4th or 1/5th. At least in Illinois and to my knowledge.
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Ah, that makes a bit more sense. I guess the stereotypical American cop is really fat, so that makes it seem like there are more than there really are.
But still, 1/4 is still a hell of a lot, considering they're supposed to be the ones actively going round fighting crime. You'd think being physically fit would be a requirement.
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Maybe less, maybe more. I can tell you that the 4 cities I go in-between around Chicago have yet to have a fat cop from what I see. I live on the suburbs of Chicago. Inside Chicago, ....... well that's a different story.
SeventyX7:
The important thing to note is that the fat cops aren't new. They became fat later in their careers. Becoming a cop takes a certain level of physical fitness, but the "blue line" mentality keeps in people who probably aren't fit to be cops anymore. They won't boot out one of their own just because they gained some weight.
elvikun:
Well, in theory, police should be one of the carreers where it should be hard to actually gain weight, in a way similar to military.
In praxis, they spend 5-10 hours a day sitting in a front seat of a car, eating sweets and drinking bad instant coffee with a lot of sugar.
I'm not sure, but I think most of police personel have to pass yearly physical exams and drills here to stay employed (and to get emploeyd at the first place) here, doesn't US have something similar? I mean... It makes sense, fit cop can actually catch people instead of empting a clip into them and won't snap and beat up drunken people when they call him fat.
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