WoW! I can see both sides of this argument. Having been a former Police Officer for 8 years before I went into the IT field, I can guess I can I have done some less than stellar acts in my days on the force. Were they wrong in doing what they did? Yeah sure. But was it a MAJOR CRIME? Did anyone get hurt from it? NO! Back in the days when we use to bust for distribution of illegal narcotics, Almost anything was fair game to be repossessed by the Police Department and used at their discretion. That is the key word here, discretion. Obviously these Officers didnt use that. Does that make them criminals? NO! Did they truly break any laws? NO!
I guess I would be in trouble then for all the times I hung out at the Convinent Store talking to the people the inside, ignoring my routine duties of patrol and such. Should I be chastized or fired? NO! Should I maybe know better to spend less time in the store and be out on the street? SURE! But don't judge me cause you see me in the Convinent Store getting a drink and talking to the employee. At least you can you felt a bit safer in there as compared to not having a Police presense there at all.
The crap that Silver said. That is utter bull! You need to grow up and stop trolling the boards to speak of things you have no clue about.
Kawaford, I get where you are coming from, but you mentioned you they should be doing their job,
I get that, but have you ever been at work and used your computer for something outside of your work related duties? Should you be fired? Reprimanded? Or given a good lecture to about using company equipment not meant for personal use? If you have? Then you are as guilty as these officers.
Hell I am sure most of us here have done something that is against company policy, just because you say they are Police Officers and they should be put on a higher plane than you is plausiable. But something everyone here has kind of forgotten, they are human just like you and me. And yes WE ALL SCREW UP! WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES!
Anyone of you who posted in here thinks they are without sin, go ahead and cast that stone. I bet all of you had to think twice about that one. So get off these Police Officer's backs. Sure they screwed up, but flaming them for something as stupid as playing a WII is a joke! Now if they were doing something more criminal like running drugs or taking kickbacks, but all means flame them. But this is a joke.
I am sure some will come back at me with some witty comment or hateful thing for my stance on this. So please go ahead, but obviously keep it relevant to the topic