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sigman
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:34 pm |
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Joined: Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:20 am Posts: 1317 Location: Racine, MN
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I love happy endings.
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Scott Hughes
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:35 pm |
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Joined: Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:44 pm Posts: 1525 Location: Isanti, MN
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I agree with reaver3 that a short letter (or e-mail) to the Chief that you were pleased with the performance of the officers may be in order.
The decision of the BG to avoid confrontation with the pooch may well have saved him from making the mistake of having to confront the G22 .
All's well that ends well. Stay safe.
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WITHOUT LIBERTY THERE IS NO FREEDOM
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mnmike59
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:56 pm |
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Joined: Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:49 pm Posts: 105
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reaver3 wrote: Bravo on a job well done, and for keeping a cool head.
+1 Awesome! You responded exactly as you should have. Nice job!
I sure hope this goes on the record that you were a permit holder and you acted accordingly. This will help all permit holders.
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cmxterra
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 8:47 pm |
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Joined: Sat Sep 20, 2008 2:31 pm Posts: 40 Location: Lakeville
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Someone call the press!! (not that they would print it)
It would be nice to have documentation that a permit holder did in fact stop a crime from happening.
_________________ Smile.. wait for the flash
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Srigs
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:07 pm |
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Joined: Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:40 am Posts: 3752 Location: East Suburbs
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Great job mnglocker! You did the right thing and glad everything turned out alright.
_________________ Srigs
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"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking" - George S. Patton
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Binky .357
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:26 pm |
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Joined: Tue May 30, 2006 3:02 am Posts: 816 Location: South of the River Suburbs
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Nicely done all around, to you for keeping your calm, for the gents at the Minnetonka PD (I know a cop or two in that cities ranks personally; good men), and to the dispatcher who had his/her stuff together and actually gets it when one of us calls 911 about a crime in progress.
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"You'd be amazed at the things a bullet can stop." -Old Irish Proverb
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JimC
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:38 pm |
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Joined: Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:56 pm Posts: 1109
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Pretty sad we have to write letters praising officers for doing their job properly. Knowbody did anything above & beyond what their suppose to do.
I'm glad everything worked out well, but geesh, that's what we pay the police to do.
reaver3 wrote: If you're so inclined, a written letter to the chief will be copied into the officers' personnel files, and would probably be much appreciated by them.
Bravo on a job well done, and for keeping a cool head.
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Nickel pkg
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:24 pm |
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Joined: Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:29 am Posts: 73 Location: West Twin Cities
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Nice job...
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...but didn't that "36" pry-bar" look just a little like a rifle barrel?
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just kidding!
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mnglocker
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:02 am |
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Joined: Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:04 pm Posts: 1682 Location: Wright County
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JimC wrote: Pretty sad we have to write letters praising officers for doing their job properly. Knowbody did anything above & beyond what their suppose to do. I'm glad everything worked out well, but geesh, that's what we pay the police to do.
I would agree normally, however, the response time was over the top excellent. The officers we're more than polite and professional than needed. I've never had to deal with the police in a situation like this and been so blown back by the good work before. Minnetonka has a top notch PD.
_________________ Get Off My Lawn.
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Andrew Rothman
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:06 am |
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Joined: Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:24 am Posts: 6767 Location: Twin Cities
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JimC wrote: Pretty sad we have to write letters praising officers for doing their job properly.
Nah.
1. Positive reinforcement is extremely effective with animals, children and government agencies.
2. We criticize when they do wrong, so it's only fair to praise when they do well.
3. If we have to help them see the light on an issue, we are more likely to be heard if they already know us as fair and positive supporters of their good actions.
_________________ * NRA, UT, MADFI certified Minnesota Permit to Carry instructor, and one of 66,513 law-abiding permit holders. Read my blog.
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jmaynard
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:20 am |
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Joined: Tue Mar 13, 2007 2:20 pm Posts: 117 Location: Fairmont, Minnesota
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We are very quick to criticize when people do wrong. Simple fairness demands that we be equally quick to compliment when people do right, and when the magnitude of what they did right is such that, had they done that magnitude of wrong, we'd write a letter, we should do so in praise of their doing right.
_________________ Jay Maynard, the Tron Guy
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sigman
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:27 am |
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Joined: Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:20 am Posts: 1317 Location: Racine, MN
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I think it is very appropriate to compliment people on a job well done, LEOs included. How many times have you had some asshat wreck your day? A few kind words of appreciation can make someone's day a little better. I see nothing wrong with that.
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joelr
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:04 am |
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Joined: Sun Aug 07, 2005 5:43 am Posts: 7970 Location: Minneapolis MN
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Sure; if there's something wrong with praising somebody for doing his/her job well, I can't figure out what it is.
_________________ Just a guy.
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