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Originally Posted by Stealhead
I'd push hard to get assigned to Beverly Hills. I'd give famous people tickets and not show up to court of course I'd imply that to the traffic offender. Then I'd chase away the peasants to keep the property values high. I bet I'd make lieutenant in three or four years.
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Beverly Hills is a separate city from Los Angeles, although it is pretty much surrounded on three sides by the City of Los Angeles (the fourth side is bordered by the City of West Hollywood, also not part of the City of Los Angeles). The BH Police Department is autonomous from the LAPD and is, in itself a very good department. I've had dealings and encounters with them over the past few decades and have always found them to be professional, courteous and very efficient...
Giving a 'famous person' a ticket is not going to affect them in the least; you might not show up in court, but neither will they; they'll send their attorney who will have the judge dismiss the ticket: in California, if the case goes to trial and the officer doesn't show, it's an automatic dismissal. Add to that the fact very few 'famous people' nowadays actually live in BH and those who venture into the City, are usually in there only long enough to get the face on TMZ...
As far as chasing away the 'peasants', I have not heard of any BH officer using his position to force someone out of the City, not even transients; in fact, BH has in place programs that direct transients to programs to aid those persons with finding lodging, food, and counseling assistance. I have seen first hand, at the BH Public Library, social workers making rounds to find and aid those in need, something I have never seen anywhere else...
As far as making LT., I'm afraid you'd find yourself unemployed long before that would ever happen; the BHPD is a pretty tight ship...
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