This is funny (I think)

Metal Head · April 24, 2005, 11:47 AM

This has allways amused me. If you ever watch the tv show "COPS" they show the police locker room sometime when talking to someone. I've noticed that the cops have locks on their lockers. Are they afraid the other cops will steal stuff out of their lockers or what?

FrankDrebin · April 24, 2005, 11:52 AM

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This has allways amused me. If you ever watch the tv show "COPS" they show the police locker room sometime when talking to someone. I've noticed that the cops have locks on their lockers. Are they afraid the other cops will steal stuff out of their lockers or what?

Why wouldn't there be cop thieves? There are cop drug addicts and dealers, why not thieves? Although I think things are more often stolen by the cleaning and maintenance people than cops.

progunner1957 · April 29, 2005, 09:18 PM

I guess you can't be too careful - even if you go to work in a building full of cops! I can't blame them; anything that I want or need, or that cost me money (in other words, any of my possessions) are either locked up or else I don't turn my back on them. BTW, I haven't been ripped off since jr. high school.

Go figure.

BillCA · April 29, 2005, 11:47 PM

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This has allways amused me. If you ever watch the tv show "COPS" they show the police locker room sometime when talking to someone. I've noticed that the cops have locks on their lockers. Are they afraid the other cops will steal stuff out of their lockers or what?

The real reason is many PD's are next to the courthouse and defense lawyers have been known to pass through the locker rooms enroute to the court.

univtxattorney · May 13, 2005, 04:06 AM

I once had a police officer on the stand at a supression hearing for a pro bono case I was handling. He claimed he stopped my client because he was in a "high crime area" and was acting suspiciously. As a result of this being a high crime area, he claimed that there were regular patrols.

I asked him if there were any areas of the city that were so crime free that they didn't need patrols. He said that the court house probably wouldn't need regular patrols if it weren't for the defense attorneys.

He got everyone in the court to laugh, including me and the judge. Needless to say, the evidence wasn't suppressed.

yorec · May 13, 2005, 10:15 AM

Now THAT was funny.

Locks on lockers in a locker rooms is just sensible...

Spotted Owl · May 13, 2005, 11:28 AM

My uncle was a cop on a big city force and he used to tell me of all the bullet holes in the lockers due to NDs.

**Mike Irwin** · May 13, 2005, 12:12 PM

Read this, and then you be the judge of whether a cop would steal from a fellow cop...

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?i...C-RSSFeeds0312

univtxattorney · May 13, 2005, 02:59 PM

Damn Mike... that's pretty scary...

Handy · May 13, 2005, 03:22 PM

The best way to keep people honest is to not tempt them.

XavierBreath · May 13, 2005, 03:43 PM

Locks don't prevent thievery. Locks keep honest people honest.

tanstaafl4y · May 13, 2005, 04:17 PM

Are the locks there to prevent theft or to allow privacy (no this isn't a forth ammend ment question...No reasonable expectation of privacy in an employer provided space)

I thiks that the locks povided because that is what's expected in a locker room.

///I'm the Army its called reallocation of government property - not stealing.

tanstaafl4y · May 13, 2005, 04:19 PM

If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day 365 days a year why do they have locks on the front door?

Metal Head · May 13, 2005, 05:06 PM

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]If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day 365 days a year why do they have locks on the front door?

...and if frogs had wings they wouldn't bump their ass when they hopped.

**JohnKSa** · May 14, 2005, 12:04 AM

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Private Pyle, why is your footlocker unlocked?

Sir, I don't know, sir!

Private Pyle, if there is one thing in this world that I hate, it is an unlocked footlocker! You know that, don't you?

Sir, yes, sir!

If it wasn't for {badword} like you, there wouldn't be any thievery in this world, would there?

On a more serious note--I've had stuff stolen out of a card-reader access area where everyone who had access also had a security clearance. Kinda makes you think...

jefnvk · May 14, 2005, 12:24 AM

Locks keep the honest ones honest. Same reason why, when I am not in my dorm room, the door gets shut. What they can't see, they won't steal.

johnbt · May 14, 2005, 10:35 AM

"If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day 365 days a year why do they have locks on the front door?"

Because when the hurricaine knocks out the power for 3 days the registers won't work and they lock the doors and go home. Luckily the little market in the next block opened and sold stuff in the dark using a battery-powered calculator. It's owned by a nice Iranian family and they showed up early the first morning to board up the broken windows - I spotted them quickly and a line of folks with cash in hand quickly cleared most of the shelves. The ice and beer went first.

John

FrankDrebin · May 14, 2005, 10:41 AM

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No reasonable expectation of privacy in an employer provided space)

That's not necessarily true...

armedandsafe · May 14, 2005, 01:13 PM

Shortly after Pearl Harbor, the Gov't decreed that all Las Vegas businesses had to shut down during the hours of darkness. All lights off, all doors closed and locked. Some of the casinos didn't even have doors, much less locks.

Pops

April 24, 2005, 11:47 AM	#1
Metal Head Senior Member Join Date: March 27, 2005 Posts: 121	This is funny (I think) This has allways amused me. If you ever watch the tv show "COPS" they show the police locker room sometime when talking to someone. I've noticed that the cops have locks on their lockers. Are they afraid the other cops will steal stuff out of their lockers or what?

April 29, 2005, 09:18 PM	#3
progunner1957 Junior member Join Date: November 9, 2004 Location: USA - east of the continental divide Posts: 924	I guess you can't be too careful - even if you go to work in a building full of cops! I can't blame them; anything that I want or need, or that cost me money (in other words, any of my possessions) are either locked up or else I don't turn my back on them. BTW, I haven't been ripped off since jr. high school. Go figure.

May 13, 2005, 04:06 AM	#5
univtxattorney Senior Member Join Date: March 26, 2005 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 103	I once had a police officer on the stand at a supression hearing for a pro bono case I was handling. He claimed he stopped my client because he was in a "high crime area" and was acting suspiciously. As a result of this being a high crime area, he claimed that there were regular patrols. I asked him if there were any areas of the city that were so crime free that they didn't need patrols. He said that the court house probably wouldn't need regular patrols if it weren't for the defense attorneys. He got everyone in the court to laugh, including me and the judge. Needless to say, the evidence wasn't suppressed.

May 13, 2005, 10:15 AM	#6
yorec Senior Member Join Date: February 2, 2000 Location: Wyoming Posts: 2,328	Now THAT was funny. Locks on lockers in a locker rooms is just sensible...

May 13, 2005, 11:28 AM	#7
Spotted Owl Senior Member Join Date: March 17, 2005 Location: Occupied California Posts: 184	My uncle was a cop on a big city force and he used to tell me of all the bullet holes in the lockers due to NDs.

May 13, 2005, 12:12 PM	#8
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 14, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,642	Read this, and then you be the judge of whether a cop would steal from a fellow cop... http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?i...C-RSSFeeds0312

May 13, 2005, 02:59 PM	#9
univtxattorney Senior Member Join Date: March 26, 2005 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 103	Damn Mike... that's pretty scary...

May 13, 2005, 03:22 PM	#10
Handy Junior member Join Date: August 31, 2001 Posts: 8,785	The best way to keep people honest is to not tempt them.

May 13, 2005, 03:43 PM	#11
XavierBreath Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2002 Location: North Louisiana Posts: 2,800	Locks don't prevent thievery. Locks keep honest people honest.

May 13, 2005, 04:17 PM	#12
tanstaafl4y Senior Member Join Date: November 6, 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 136	Are the locks there to prevent theft or to allow privacy (no this isn't a forth ammend ment question...No reasonable expectation of privacy in an employer provided space) I thiks that the locks povided because that is what's expected in a locker room. ///I'm the Army its called reallocation of government property - not stealing.

May 13, 2005, 04:19 PM	#13
tanstaafl4y Senior Member Join Date: November 6, 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 136	If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day 365 days a year why do they have locks on the front door?

May 14, 2005, 12:24 AM	#16
jefnvk Senior Member Join Date: June 8, 2004 Location: MI Tech Posts: 1,791	Locks keep the honest ones honest. Same reason why, when I am not in my dorm room, the door gets shut. What they can't see, they won't steal.

May 14, 2005, 10:35 AM	#17
johnbt Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 1999 Location: Richmond, Virginia USA Posts: 6,004	"If 7-11 is open 24 hours a day 365 days a year why do they have locks on the front door?" Because when the hurricaine knocks out the power for 3 days the registers won't work and they lock the doors and go home. Luckily the little market in the next block opened and sold stuff in the dark using a battery-powered calculator. It's owned by a nice Iranian family and they showed up early the first morning to board up the broken windows - I spotted them quickly and a line of folks with cash in hand quickly cleared most of the shelves. The ice and beer went first. John

May 14, 2005, 01:13 PM	#19
armedandsafe Senior Member Join Date: January 9, 2005 Location: Moses Lake WA Posts: 1,001	Shortly after Pearl Harbor, the Gov't decreed that all Las Vegas businesses had to shut down during the hours of darkness. All lights off, all doors closed and locked. Some of the casinos didn't even have doors, much less locks. Pops