Look asswipe! The cops we are talking about are off duty cops! They have every right to not volunteer to guard a person who demonizes them. They have no such right if they are on duty. This does not make the police look bad. You just want to walk all over them and you are pissed because you cannot. The NFL can hire their own damn security or support the cops who VOLUNTEER to do so. It's their move.
Off duty or on duty the rules don't change, or change very little. That link has been posted. You can call it unfair if you like but just like the actions of the minister it doesn't count just on Sunday morning. He's on duty 24 x 7 x 365. It goes with the job. If they can't accept that, get another job.
From the article asswipe!
That is a voluntary detail, so I suspect I will have some officers refuse to work the Bonnabel High School games,” Normand continued. “The same way that the Bonnabel players have every right to kneel during the national anthem, my officers have every right not to volunteer to work the Bonnabel high school football game.”
Bullshit. A sworn officer is on duty at all times. Period, end of story. There job as peace officers is to keep the peace. They are not hourly workers, they are salaried and many agencies require their officers to carry their service weapon at all times. On shift or not.
Bullshit! Volunteer means volunteer! Write it down. Study it. By an extra lightbulb if necessary!
If they attend a game, their have a duty to keep the peace. If the City/County will not pay to patrol a game, they will surely respond if a riot breaks out, and if any officer on or off duty is ordered to respond, and do not, they can and should be fired.
[willow, you really don't know anything about everything, and that's sad]