An Idealistic Cop, a Forbidden Ticket and a Police Career on the Brink

>And card-toting drivers didn’t learn from their mistakes — why would they? — so Bianchi found himself pulling over the same people three, four, even five times. Bianchi stopped one teenager about a dozen times; he got so familiar with the family that the kid’s father began sending him holiday greetings. (The kid is now a police officer.)

"Show me the incentives, and I'll show you the outcome." —RIP Charlie Munger

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One of the most-infamous memories I have of a GF from NYC is from her in-city friendship with "The Guy that became a NYPD Officer" — I remember this kid bragging about "going 100mph through mid-town intersections just because I can."

About a month after this Officer's comment, one of his brothers killed a few kids by T-Boning them at similar excessive speed [when they had R.O.W. — officer didn't even bother turning on his siren].

The ex-GF's cop friend was the most wreckless, braggart, pervert of all her friends. Hope he either "grew up" [doubtful] or found another career [also, doubtful].

Non-paywall link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/16/nyregion/mathew-bianchi-n...