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Originally Posted by Ashington
I think we tend to overestimate things like this. Maybe there are people within the department who care more about their hometown football team than their own careers, but I would wager that this is the exception rather than the rule. Hell, we just had a cop down here arrest ANOTHER cop for DUI when he could have easily let the drunk cop off/followed her home (he actually did follow her home but arrested her anyway).
Cops are going to get hate from the general population no matter what they do, headline-generating arrests are usually +EV for them from a career standpoint.
Plus, again, if it is true that this was first reported in January when Winston was still redshirted it isn't nearly as big a story as it is now, which is what makes me question whether to cop actually said it.
This is not correct at all.*
1.) Headline generating arrests are a good way to become ostracized from the good ole boy network that runs ****. Headline generating arrests of Important People that turn out to be false are a good way to get ****canned/runoutoftownonarail.
2.) The foot soldiers on the ground are oblivious to everything we are talking about. As a rule, they are not the ambitious sort. When an arrest is going to involve an Important Person they do what they have been trained to do; call the Man, shut-up, and do what he says. That's how they ensure the light bill gets paid, the fridge stays stocked with Cold Beer, and the cable TV works on Race Day. Ambition???lol.
+1 to college football culture WOAT.
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I am referring specifically to backwater small towns like Tallahassee.