[bigguy-pmurk]

@gotta run wrote:

@bigguy-pmurk wrote:

He mentioned how there was something like this that the police had blown up in a park about a year ago, and how people didn’t learn from that.

Wow. Just wow. That is frightening.

Though I will say bigguy, you do look mighty suspicious… 😆

8) ➡ 😯 ➡ 8)

[bigguy-pmurk]

@goirish75 wrote:

@bigguy-pmurk wrote:

@goirish75 wrote:

I too am finding some of the posts on here disheartening. For one, to just give up geocaching because of these rare isolated incidents is not only ignorant and short sighted, but exactly the kind of quitting attitude our sport doesn’t need to properly represent it. Secondly, each contact with law enforcement is a case by case basis, and one negative contact with some officers should not be the measuring stick by which all police contacts should be judged. Also remember, YOUR attitude in the field towards law enforcement will determine their response and attitude toward you. If you happen to run into an overzealous cop, there’s nothing to be gained by getting into a pissing match with them in the field. Speak with their boss later, the ,chief of police or the county sheriff and address the issue in a an adult professional manner at the top. I’m not here to defend either side, seeing as I fall on both sides as a cacher and as a police officer. Just try to keep an open mind. You wouldn’t quit driving just because someone has a crash would you? So instead of quitting caching and archiving caches, hang in here, don’t let this be your crutch to quit. Use it as a chance to educate others and turn some muggles into geocachers.

I will not be archiving anything. In fact quite to the contrary, you can look for a few new Bigguy-Pmurk and Team RK caches around your local neighborhoods in the weeks to come (as soon as my schedule allows me time to do so). Gorish, I know that your post was not directed at anyone in particular, but it kinda seems like you’re chewing your fellow cachers a new one and telling us that we don’t know how to act with/around law enforcement. As for my situation, although I was nothing short of ass kissing, the officers (one in particular) still had an attitude toward me. This situation nor any other run in with law enforcement that I have had will make me stop caching, and that includes hiding and finding. In fact, I went and grabbed a few more caches after that little run in, despite my little meet-n-greet.

I wasn’t aiming my post at anyone at all, it was more of a general statement. I do hate that there are power hungry cops that give the rest of us a bad name. But what can ya do, there are douchebags in every profession, I just want to get the word out that most are normal, easy going people, that do understand logical explanations of things and don’t always jump to hasty conclusions. Most love technology too and would be open to hearing about geocaching. I’m too new around here to attack or flame anyone on here, can’t we all just get along?

I didn’t mean for the tone of my post to be so negative, it just kind of came out that way. I think I just mis-interpreted what you had stated, giving way to my post thusly leading to your second post and now to this one… or something. I agree that there are douchebags in every profession and such. You’re never too new to state your opinion regardless of whom it may p.o. Again, sorry if I caused any waves with you. Cheers, mate 😆 !

[bigguy-pmurk]

@goirish75 wrote:

I too am finding some of the posts on here disheartening. For one, to just give up geocaching because of these rare isolated incidents is not only ignorant and short sighted, but exactly the kind of quitting attitude our sport doesn’t need to properly represent it. Secondly, each contact with law enforcement is a case by case basis, and one negative contact with some officers should not be the measuring stick by which all police contacts should be judged. Also remember, YOUR attitude in the field towards law enforcement will determine their response and attitude toward you. If you happen to run into an overzealous cop, there’s nothing to be gained by getting into a pissing match with them in the field. Speak with their boss later, the ,chief of police or the county sheriff and address the issue in a an adult professional manner at the top. I’m not here to defend either side, seeing as I fall on both sides as a cacher and as a police officer. Just try to keep an open mind. You wouldn’t quit driving just because someone has a crash would you? So instead of quitting caching and archiving caches, hang in here, don’t let this be your crutch to quit. Use it as a chance to educate others and turn some muggles into geocachers.

I will not be archiving anything. In fact quite to the contrary, you can look for a few new Bigguy-Pmurk and Team RK caches around your local neighborhoods in the weeks to come (as soon as my schedule allows me time to do so). Gorish, I know that your post was not directed at anyone in particular, but it kinda seems like you’re chewing your fellow cachers a new one and telling us that we don’t know how to act with/around law enforcement. As for my situation, although I was nothing short of ass kissing, the officers (one in particular) still had an attitude toward me. This situation nor any other run in with law enforcement that I have had will make me stop caching, and that includes hiding and finding. In fact, I went and grabbed a few more caches after that little run in, despite my little meet-n-greet.

[bigguy-pmurk]

The cops around here are completely without a clue. About 2 months ago, I was on an FTF run for a new cache out by the jail and BCMHC when I was detained by two cops. They stopped me for about a half an hour to lecture me on how I looked suspicious, and that I was only going to get one warning to stay away from that area, and how I should post a note on the geocaching website so people would know to stay away from that area. The one was from Allouez, and he mentioned how there was something like this that the police had blown up in a park about a year ago, and how people didn’t learn from that. Apparently it was the Super Troopers that had a tough time wrapping their gourds around this one.

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