“Police Benevolent Association” is such an ironically sinister sounding name… where was marketing?
From Wikipedia:
The PBA issues cards to its officers that read “The bearer of this card is a supporter of the PBA, and you should try to extend every courtesy possible.”
They get to give people cards that tell the police to be nicer to those citizens and let them off the hook…? The fuck?
“I see card after card. You’re not allowed to write any of them (up),” he told The Associated Press. “We’re not supposed to be showing favoritism when we do car stops, and we shouldn’t be giving them out because the guy mows my lawn.”
American law enforcement really is just a bad joke…
Many of them don’t even call themselves unions, it’s like they know better. PBA is one example used widely, but I believe there are many others.
“Police Benevolent Association” is such an ironically sinister sounding name… where was marketing?
From Wikipedia:
They get to give people cards that tell the police to be nicer to those citizens and let them off the hook…? The fuck?
There’s been a LOT of controversy about those cards.
Here’s a recent article where to my surprise a cop calls them out for exactly what they are. They’ll be drumming him out soon enough I’m sure. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/nypd-officer-cites-courtesy-cards-friends-family-cops-99709978
American law enforcement really is just a bad joke…