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re: Cops using Uber doing Police work- Is this a thing?
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:25 pm to Funky Tide 8
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:25 pm to Funky Tide 8
quote:0 star rating for being a cop?
I'd also be well within my rights to give him a 0 star rating.
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Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:25 pm to ThatMakesSense
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I'd bet you'd suck an Uber driver dry if you were about to get carjacked at gunpoint and the driver, who you were unaware was a cop, blasted the carjackers and possibly saved your life.
That seems like a very plausible scenario, especially in NYC
. This seems like a good reason to just call a cab I stead of uber, or better just take the subway home.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:26 pm to StrongBackWeakMind
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You asked how an Uber driver going out of his way to get his stoned/drunk passengers food at McDonalds is relevant to the quality of the ride?
If I am doing a service for someone where I get paid based on time, then I am not going out of my way by prolonging the time they are under my services.
This post was edited on 4/12/16 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:26 pm to Funky Tide 8
OK, it must have been coming from the building then. Those darn $15/hr employees toking up in the drive through.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:26 pm to StrongBackWeakMind
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0 star rating for being a cop?
For doing police work with his police equipment will I am paying him to take me from point A to point B.
This post was edited on 4/12/16 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:27 pm to roadGator
quote:
OK, it must have been coming from the building then. Those darn $15/hr employees toking up in the drive through.
Would that surprise you one bit?
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:28 pm to Funky Tide 8
quote:For making the streets safer while providing the same amount of service to his riders.
For doing police work with his police equipment will I am paying him to take me from point A to point B.
0 stars.
This post was edited on 4/12/16 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:29 pm to Funky Tide 8
Well, from the building yes. From the employees? Hell no. I expect that most toke up.
Ask your friends to give me the Uber drivers username so I can call for him and offset their 0 stars. Hell, if he'll come here I'll point out all the pot heads I know.
Ask your friends to give me the Uber drivers username so I can call for him and offset their 0 stars. Hell, if he'll come here I'll point out all the pot heads I know.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:29 pm to Funky Tide 8
quote:
They didn't directly see anyone in the car in front of them smoking weed.
So they know what the cop saw? Ive seen a lot of things sitting behind a car. Especially at night while my lights were shining in their car. If I see someone put their hand to their mouth followed by a large puff of smoke that has the smell of burnt marijuana then id say there is more than enough evidence that the person is smoking marijuana.
Besides, the cop didn't order them be arrested. He just requested an officer investigate it.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:30 pm to StrongBackWeakMind
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0 star rating for being a cop?
0 stars for not doing the job his customers are paying him to do. As someone pointed out earlier, he's ethically obligated to go after crime if he sees it. I can think of all sorts of bad scenarios where all people want is a drive home, and instead they get a drive to jail. Generally speaking arresting your customers or leaving them on the clock to call in crime is generally frowned upon by most businesses.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:31 pm to NYNolaguy1
quote:What part of his job didn't he do?
0 stars for not doing the job his customers are paying him to do.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:32 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
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So they know what the cop saw? Ive seen a lot of things sitting behind a car. Especially at night while my lights were shining in their car. If I see someone put their hand to their mouth followed by a large puff of smoke that has the smell of burnt marijuana then id say there is more than enough evidence that the person is smoking marijuana.
Besides, the cop didn't order them be arrested. He just requested an officer investigate it.
That's a fair thought.
Still would not have wanted a ride from that guy.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:34 pm to StrongBackWeakMind
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What part of his job didn't he do?
Its not what he didn't do, its what he did, which was using police equipment to do police work while carrying riders without giving them any choice over whether or not they wanted to be associated with such action.
This post was edited on 4/12/16 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:36 pm to foshizzle
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Cops don't get paid all that well and often take a side job.
He's to be commended for legit moonlighting with Uber instead of shaking down motorists during traffic stops or worse.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:36 pm to StrongBackWeakMind
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What part of his job didn't he do?
He didn't devote all of his attention to his customers. If I am paying you to drive me somewhere I don't want you looking for crime to go after while you're on the clock. The police radio in the car tells me he is either 1)on the clock as a cop or 2)not paying attention to the road/waiting for something else to come in. Why have it on if you don't want to use it?
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:36 pm to Funky Tide 8
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Its not what he didn't do, its what he did, which was using police equipment to do police work while carrying riders without giving them any choice over whether or not they wanted to be associated with such action.
Good lord.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:37 pm to Funky Tide 8
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Explain to me then how getting paid more to go through a drive-through somehow makes this situation extenuating? You can't, because it doesn't.
Uber isn't a taxi where you're charged per minute with a meter running. It's based on distance. If mcdonalds is on the way home he's not getting paid more. If you wanna get real technical, that extra time he spent (and it is extra time, since that wasn't their dropoff location) could have cost him a good bit based on the next fare he lost out on by getting them food.
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:38 pm to Funky Tide 8
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For doing police work with his police equipment will I am paying him to take me from point A to point B.
Did he take you from point A to point B?
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:38 pm to Funky Tide 8
quote:
which was using police equipment to do police work
Ok, take away the radio. If John Q Public Uber driver did the same with his cell phone reporting someone drinking and driving would it be as much of an issue?
Or is the issue really that people don't like cops and think just because marijuana should be legal, people should ignore the current law
Posted on 4/12/16 at 3:38 pm to NYNolaguy1
quote:He was sitting in a drive thru line...
He didn't devote all of his attention to his customers.
quote:Doesn't sound like he was. Sounds like the passengers hotboxed the car in front of him and the smoke poured out when they rolled the window down to pay. He wasn't patrolling Gardere with passengers in the back looking for hand to hands.
If I am paying you to drive me somewhere I don't want you looking for crime to go after while you're on the clock.
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