To the police of the Shoreline Police Department and across the country!
Today while Driving to my moms house I notided two police cars parked right next to eachother with both cars facing opposite directions. Generally I see this when two officers are pulled off to the side of the road "BS"ing. Normaly this does not bother me (even though it is some what upsetting to see that that's where my tax dollars are going). However when a/multiple Officers feel that their personal conversation is more inportant than a civilians time, it really pisses me and many other people off. You see, the two officers that were parked were clearly blocking the way to the appartment complex. I saw no flashing lights nor was the road blocked off from any other side. This tells me that the two officers were just sitting there, in the way, talking. When i drove up and waited for one of the officers to be on his way and get back to work he simply looked at me like was stupid and waived me off to go around the complex! this made a 5 second drive take about ten minutes. "Maybe they were there for a reason" I think to my self. Well when I go back 5 mins later both cars are gone which further leads me to belive that there was no real reason for either officer to sit there idely and chit-chat to his fellow officer. I have no beef with any police Deparpartment. I just have a problem with police acting like their badge is a VIP access card to do what ever they want. Using it to speed, loiter, or talk down on others. When it comes down to it your job is to go out and keep me safe. NOT sit in the middle of a Apt complex driveway obstructing the path of the residents then not moving when some one needs to get by. Its shit like that that gives police a bad name. I understand your job is dangerous, but you did or you should have realized that your self before signing up, so get out there and do it right. Again im not trying to rag on the Police or anything. I highly respect Police officers and what they do, i just dont appreciate when the people who are PAID to make my life more comfortable actually make it inconvienient for no real reason other then "i dont feel like moving out of the way" or "i dont want to walk over there so im just gonna yell from across the street." Just because you Uphold the law does not make you "The Law." I may have more to say on this later but for now iim done venting.