Ask Freerollin` about 10 years in Law Enforcement

[RayPowers]

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If I murder a random person I have never met before and bury them in the vast ocean of sand between Phoenix and Tucson, really, what's the odds I'll get caught?

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What's your IQ, and where are you going to kill them?

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I'm a smart guy. Honors courses in High school. Good SAT scores. So so scores in college due to boredom and lack of trying. Pretty successful businessman. I'm no super genius, but I have clue.

It would have to be a random kill of opportunity. No bystanders and such, but the location can easily be variable based on chance of success, chance of being seen, etc.


Ray

[RiverFenix]

Time you were most scared while on the beat?

Ever shoot someone? Story?

Ever think about becoming a detective or PI?

[Freerollin`]

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Time you were most scared while on the beat?

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Serving a warrant on the biggest piece of white trash I've ever seen, my partner is telling his wife to STFU after we cuffed him. Out of nowhere comes a big German Shepard barking and snarling. I think I had a quick heart attack before pulling my gun. The dog had stopped about six feet in front of me before I pulled the gun, and the wife made him calm down. If he hadn't stopped, I never would have pulled the gun in time and probably would have been attacked.

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Ever shoot someone? Story?

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No, fortunately. Above story is the only time I actually pulled my gun.

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Ever think about becoming a detective or PI?

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Nah, too much work to establish a business, and the hours are crazy. I'm not sure how much they make, either.

[in48092]

i have a question regarding the underlying motivations for going into law enforcement. Generally speaking, what do you think are the motivating factors for most cops to be. In my town, a college town, i find that most of the cops seem to be reasonable people,with altruistic intentions. However, there seems to be a sizable minority who seem "get off" on there postions of relative power. Do you think a sizable percentage of cops have taken the job for less then honorable reasons?

[Freerollin`]

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i have a question regarding the underlying motivations for going into law enforcement. Generally speaking, what do you think are the motivating factors for most cops to be. In my town, a college town, i find that most of the cops seem to be reasonable people,with altruistic intentions. However, there seems to be a sizable minority who seem "get off" on there postions of relative power. Do you think a sizable percentage of cops have taken the job for less then honorable reasons?

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The motivating factors are almost always honorable. People become police officers because they want to help out other people and make a difference in their communities.

There are, however, a VERY small minority of people who went into police work to get off. It's like the cop in Harold and Kumar - found out that bullying didn't work after high school and wanted to put themselves in a position to continue a power trip. This is very rare in my experience. I can think of one person who fit this description, but he was fired, and last I heard, was working as a bouncer.

[Freerollin`]

Obviously, any intelligent person realizes that they are far less likely to be caught for a crime if the victim is random. Motive isn't an element in criminal laws, but it sure makes it easier to catch and convict a person if there's a motive.

So I'm not sure what the actual "chances" are of getting away with murder since it's clearly a case by case basis. I can tell you this, though - the vast majority of people who get nabbed for a crime are caught because they do things too quickly and don't put enought thought into leaving the least possible amount of evidence behind.

Also, when I asked you where it was going to be done, I meant the geographic location. If state lines were crossed, the feds would become involved, and your chances of being caught would have increased astronomically. The feds aren't that much smarter (they are, to some degree), but their resources (compared to state-level law enforcement) are enormous.

[RayPowers]

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Obviously, any intelligent person realizes that they are far less likely to be caught for a crime if the victim is random. Motive isn't an element in criminal laws, but it sure makes it easier to catch and convict a person if there's a motive.

So I'm not sure what the actual "chances" are of getting away with murder since it's clearly a case by case basis. I can tell you this, though - the vast majority of people who get nabbed for a crime are caught because they do things too quickly and don't put enought thought into leaving the least possible amount of evidence behind.

Also, when I asked you where it was going to be done, I meant the geographic location. If state lines were crossed, the feds would become involved, and your chances of being caught would have increased astronomically. The feds aren't that much smarter (they are, to some degree), but their resources (compared to state-level law enforcement) are enormous.

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Definitely in the Phoenix/Metro area..

Before I start coming off as too creepy, this line of questioning is coming in relation to the Baseline Killer in AZ.

Ray