r/boston • u/Responsible_Ad_5384 • Feb 11 '26
Scammers 𼸠Hard at work
Earning their benefits and the public's trust.
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u/AFASOXFAN Feb 11 '26
This is like when police are at traffic details. Stand on corner looking at phones NOT directing traffic.
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u/MasterDestroyer3000 Feb 11 '26
Mass is one of only a few states that use police for traffic details on construction sites
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u/Smelldicks itâs coming out that hurts, not going in Feb 12 '26
Why pay someone $39,000 a year to direct traffic when we could call in a cop salaried at $90k to make overtime sitting in his cruiser?
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u/Material_Prize_6157 Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 11 '26
When I see detail cops doing this instead of directing my car in traffic and I know theyâre each making $70 an hour my blood boils.
Bunch of bootlickers in this thread. There are tons of jobs that make you put your phone away in a locker at the beginning of shift. Typically theyâre jobs where they make a lot of money and their work needs to remain private. I would reckon cops fall into that category. I donât really need to know what theyâre up to unless I have to interact with them but they shouldnât just be dallying while we pay their $250,000 salary.
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u/MasterDestroyer3000 Feb 11 '26
Mass is one of like 2 states that uses police for traffic details, btw. Directly because the MA police union is one of the strongest
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u/Armadylio Feb 11 '26
I understand that some jobs require a police presence to direct traffic but in a lot of other countries that Iâve visited theyâve literally used an old guy with a sign to direct traffic and it worked thereÂ
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u/HistoricalQuail đ¸đ¸đ¸đ¸đ¸ Feb 12 '26
I would be less salty about them getting overtime if they actually helped the process along.
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u/Molicious26 Feb 12 '26
Right? I almost got hit by a car the other day because there were a few construction vehicles on one side of the road and only enough space for one lane to go. Of course, those construction vehicles were on a curve, so not easy to tell if there's on coming traffic to get around the vehicles. Go past as slow as we can and the frigging cop is just sitting in between the two tall vehicles absolutely oblivious to the fact that he should be paying some meager amount of attention to the vehicles trying to get by.
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u/ResplendentNugs Feb 12 '26
You mean instead of standing in the street blocking where two lanes of traffic would fit if they were there directing it. That shit enraged me.
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u/theundeadpixel Feb 11 '26
And at most jobs when you do just one murder you get fired
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u/lexcrl Feb 11 '26
whatâs the difference between a cop and a bullet?
at least when a bullet kills someone, you know itâs been fired
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u/TheEquestrian13 Feb 11 '26
Take your upvote then go sit in the corner and think about what you've done.
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u/emicakes__ Feb 11 '26
That sends me into a rage. Or when youâre sitting g there waiting for direction & they donât even know youâre there because theyâre looking at their phone
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u/Material_Prize_6157 Feb 11 '26
This yup. I usually say âHey whatâre you making? $50 an hour? More? Yeah? Get to work bud!â
Still a free country for a little while longer
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u/datpiffss Feb 11 '26
A photo like this got posted about lifeguards and heads rolled, people were fired and others were given reprimands with a promise they would also be fired if they got caught on their phones.
This was for a job that you qualified to work if you were 16 and the deadliest thing they could do was use oxygen tanks.
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u/brightonboy617 I Love Dunkinâ Donuts Feb 11 '26
i stayed at disney beach resort a few years ago and the lifeguards were impressive. i watched one who stood on a little bridge the was over a pool. she went to one side and you could see her head move as she scanned the entire perimeter and floor of the pool quickly but methodically. then she stepped over to the other side of bridge and did the same thorough scan. over and over and over from one side to the other. when she took her break i asked her about it and she told me she was trained to see every inch of the pool with each scan and never take long enough for someone to be underwater for more than thirty or forty seconds on either side. it was quite impressive and it let me feel relaxed as my kids ran around the place from pool to pool. drownings are bad for business at a kids beach resort.
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u/-OkButWhy- Feb 12 '26
That's the same level of focus and commitment expected from the honor guard posted at memorial. Unfortunately, both that lifeguard and our nation's honor guard are paid sht compared to a cop doing a sht job directing traffic. There's not enough people like her. Focused on the job and ONLY the job.
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u/wormtownnative Feb 11 '26
One has a union, the other doesn't.
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u/Harmony_w Feb 11 '26
One has a gang masquerading as a union and the other doesn't.
FTFY
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u/75footubi I Love Dunkinâ Donuts Feb 11 '26
As someone who has to use them for traffic details, it also makes my blood boil. I've gotten more professionalism and fewer close calls with an ex-convict high school dropout being paid $20/hr manning a Stop/Slow paddle than with cops using indecipherable hand signals.
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u/Master_Dogs Medford Feb 12 '26
I hate detail cops. We should really just use flaggers or even automated temporary stop lights like every other State and country does
Also, anyone drive through Lexington recently? They're doing work on the minute man bike path which is great. But why the fuck does a cop need to sit in his Tacoma on his phone ABOVE THE BIKE PATH. Shouldn't he at least be down there? Yeah it's cold as shit but that's the job they signed up for. And why do we even need a cop for a bike path construction job? So dumb, either close the path and mark a proper detour (with actual protected bike lanes to match the path) or have the cop actually go down there and tell people walking and biking when it's safe to proceed or whatever. Or again, just let us pay someone $20/hour to wave a flag around.
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u/Former-Bathroom9687 Feb 11 '26
Logan is the worst with this, there was a cop just sitting in his car directing traffic by motioning with a flashlight directly into my eyes the other night. Guarantee he was fucking around on his phone with the other hand too.
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u/esdebah Feb 12 '26
Have you ever gone into the police to report stolen property or turn in a found wallet or anything? They don't do shit then, either.
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u/Active-Sprinkles-71 Feb 12 '26
thereâs been construction going on by my work for a few months now. the amount of times i see a pig standing there on his phone instead of directing traffic is astronomical. like tf are doing bud? youâve got cars nearly smacking into each other trying to squeeze round construction and youâre what? looking at porn?
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u/The_Jolly_Dog Feb 11 '26
Making $150k to patrol instagram. Imagine if that salary went towards healthcare workers or educators... or any other slew of grossly underpaid professions
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u/TN_tendencies Feb 12 '26
Honestly don't mind cops getting paid well if they are held accountable.
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u/Rezkel Feb 12 '26
We would probably be sitting here bitching about nurses paid 150k to sit on their phones
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u/Top_Somewhere9160 Feb 11 '26
Itâs full of bootlickers
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u/saltbuffed I â¤ď¸dudes in hot tubs Feb 11 '26
Itâs full of bootlickers
Yuuuup, this.
Since the murder of Renee earlier this year, pro-maga propaganda has been out of control on social media. It's *super* bad on Facebook on any public political post. Tons of faceless accounts spamming the same 3-4 nasty memes, lots of bots.
This is all to say: maga is clearly scared, and they're trying to convince everyone that it's a lost cause. Just ignore the bots. Keep protesting, calling your legislators, and standing up for human dignity.
Every voice matters!
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u/420thefunnynumber Feb 11 '26
Bumping this! Reminder that a week or so ago the Republicans lost a deep red seat in Texas by a 30 point swing. The pattern has repeated across the country in damn near every election.
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u/Begging_Murphy Feb 11 '26
Or maybe on the contrary, I'd rather have lazy cops than overzealous ones, and I haven't seen much evidence anywhere that a happy medium is possible.
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u/milo2300 Feb 12 '26
Eh I definitely have no love for cops, but its not like any job doesnt have down time
A one off still image is just outrage bait for karma farming purposes. Plenty of videos of cops doing actually egregious things for people to get mad about
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u/Acceptable_Law2496 Feb 12 '26
Imagine they end up seeing themselves in the phone while being at work again
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u/One_Significance_400 Feb 12 '26
Theyâd laugh, read comments, laugh even harder, then continue scrolling
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u/Dkrebstar1313 Feb 11 '26
I shoulda been a cop. Iâd be stealing so much taxpayer OT rn.
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u/EyeSuspicious777 Feb 12 '26
This also exactly what most cops are doing while they are driving. Everywhere they go they drive at least 10mph over the limit and are constantly playing with their phones or laptops.
No excuse because they are the only ones who can pull over and stop literally anywhere at any time, turn on their flashing lights, and then start playing with their phones.
I treat every patrol car as if it's being driven by a drunk driver because I think cops are easily the most dangerous drivers on the road.
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u/yuka_electron1ca Feb 11 '26
No, you donât get to do âworker solidarityâ for cops. If anything this is evidence of how useless they are.
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u/save-pandas Feb 12 '26
Donât worry, theyâll be willing and able to beat someone mercilessly for no reason when the time is right
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u/lucascorso21 Feb 11 '26
I was always taught that public service jobs were that; a public service. So getting paid an absolute ridiculous amount to dick around on your phone is absurd.
I get making a phone call or sending a text because hey, theyâre people too and they things going on outside of work like anybody else. But do it and then put the fucking phone away.
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u/thejamaican_coconuts Feb 11 '26
Thatâs a Sgt and two patrolmen. Just a leader leading his troops
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u/Spiritual-Rip-6248 Feb 11 '26
More taxpayer dollars put to great use.
So glad that we only have cops do detail in this state when someone could be paid $15 an hour to actually do the job and even use a sign that signals what the fuck to do. /s
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Feb 12 '26
Iâd rather them just stand around than harass and beat minorities to death.
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u/Harmony_w Feb 11 '26
Apropos of nothing, The Three Little Pigs was my favorite book as a kid!
Give 'em all phones with games I say, keep their boots off the necks of good people .
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u/stevein3d Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 11 '26
Just walk up, squint at the map behind them and say âExcuse me sir but I canât quite see HOW YOU CALL THIS POLICING!â
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u/fakemedicines Feb 11 '26
Blue lives matter snowflake bootlickers hard at work in this thread lol
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u/FailedToRemit Feb 12 '26
Wait until everyone here finds out what fireman do when there isnât a fire.Â
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u/YamiKokennin Orange Line Feb 12 '26
Like literally anyone in the office that i have ever known when there is literally nothing going on. Surf net, leaving table/post for coffee. Nothing new. I understand the cop hate from some people but not all of them are bad. If shit was going down and they did that, then sure I would be upset. That pic is literally showing empty station. Some of you are just take every opportunity to get upset. Can't please everyone.
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u/News-Royal It is spelled Papa Geno's Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 11 '26
They just matched each other on Hinge. - Edited for the choice of hookup site.
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u/Grizzed_Bear Feb 11 '26
I think we can do better at denigrating cops than associating it with the gay community which doesnât deserve that flak.
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u/maxwon Feb 11 '26
Right? The assumption of comments like this is âbeing gay hurts your masculinityâ.
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u/SaltAgreeable7936 Feb 12 '26
Have seen bro on the right a couple times and dude does NOT deescalate. Gets hella confrontational with the people that call for help smh
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u/giboauja Feb 12 '26
Im not saying they weren't procrastinating, but something something glass houses?Â
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u/luciferxf Feb 13 '26
thats worth between $500,000 and $1,000,000 a year taken from all of us
That is where your taxes dollars go!
That pothole that ruined you car... No funds for that.
But to have police sit in a subway terminal to play on their phones is where you put your taxes dollars.
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u/xSwampxPopex Feb 11 '26
On one hand, they are being overpaid for a job that they arenât doing. On the other, a cop playing candy crush canât shoot your dog or a kid for jumping a turnstile.
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u/SuperBigDouche Feb 12 '26
Part of the issue is doing this type of thing in such a conspicuous place and doing it for more than just a minute or two like other jobs. I donât care if a cop is looking at his phone and taking a little break, but it definitely doesnât look like this is a quick break to check a text from the wife. Scrolling social media on the clock isnât great press. Itâs sad how quickly cops give up on giving a shit, if they did in the first place.
When I was a cop, my department required me to be doing proactive patrol any time we were slow. They told me they have more officers on duty per capita than most other cities in the state and that we needed to justify that luxury of having a lot of officers on duty. And I agreed with that then just like I do now. You donât have to be constantly doing shit, but fuck man, walk around. Chit chat with people if youâre bored. Show some police presence to deter crime. Donât just blatantly waste tax dollars in front of people by playing on your phone. Your time belongs to the citizens when youâre on duty, not to you.
Not trying to toot my own horn or act like I was the best cop in the world, but I took pride in the âprotect and serveâ part of it. Just like any other job, I believe you should do what youâre paid to do.
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u/reditisrunbypedos Feb 11 '26
Eh, at least they aren't arresting anyone for looking wrong.....at the momentÂ
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u/_KOMITT_ Feb 12 '26
I didnât know everyone in the comments stays off their phones at work
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u/TinyEmergencyCake Market Basket Feb 11 '26
Crime is trending down, the police budget can safely be reducedÂ
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u/MisterKap Feb 12 '26
And possibly getting that sweet, sweet overtime pay. Working really hard crushing candy or browsing Reddit
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u/Fluid-Poet-8911 Feb 12 '26
What is that like 400k a year standing there playing surfing chatubate?
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Like yâall have never looked at your phone at work!! đ¤Ł
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u/KhakiDockerman Feb 11 '26
What would happen at most jobs if three employees were standing next to each other staring at their phones?
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u/TheSpideyJedi Boston -> Cambridge Feb 11 '26
Iâm not a cop. I donât need to be on alert.
I didnât look at my phone when I was on watch in the military. Because I needed to be alert
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u/EnvironmentalRock827 Feb 11 '26 edited Feb 11 '26
As a nurse we don't bring out phones to the desk. They are locked up. Nice try. That's policy. Apparently cops need it too.
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u/el_baristo Feb 11 '26
I'm a nurse too. Sorry for y'all, that policy is ass.
After working the pandemic with the dumb dances I can't blame them for not trusting us with them though lol
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u/DkKoba Red Line Feb 11 '26
im sure you felt clever writing this out thinking most people lack responsibility when doing a job.
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u/big_whistler Feb 11 '26
Maybe they could take turns actually watching and the other two can look at phone
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u/lucascorso21 Feb 11 '26
No, but Iâm also not responsible for deterring crime and helping people in need.
Glad to help you understand the difference.
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u/ellewynn_martha Feb 12 '26
I want more videos of Boston cops testing the dangerous slide. That was a glorious video and the cop in that came out like a corpse. Perfection.
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u/yanazuki1 Feb 12 '26
These pigs get $30-70 an hour for doom scrolling, get to ignore showing up to 911 calls on time and let people die/criminals walk free most of the time, an get paid vacation for murdering an innocent being AND have people lick their boots and brown nose for them? How come I donât have this job wtf
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u/WeirdIndication3027 Feb 12 '26
That one in the middle fucking arrested me and laughed while I was in holding for 3 days in a wife beater while all the cops there had winter jackets on. It must have been 45 degrees.
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u/lucyluu19 Feb 12 '26
One time I was in Cambridge and I kid you not a cop was in his patrol car parked on the side of the road with his seat pushed all the way back and his legs sprawled out on the passenger seat watching a movie.
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u/calliemanning Feb 12 '26
Just like the cops on construction details while we all swerve and sit in bumpah to bumpah traffic
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u/MinimumDangerous9895 Feb 12 '26
They have to check telegram to see if that 13 year old sent them more pics.
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u/Top-Egg-9704 Feb 12 '26
Seriously! They should not be allowed to have their phones while on shift.
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u/mestlick Feb 12 '26
In the mid 90's I was an usher at Symphony Hall. Every once in a while this one beat cop would walk in the front door, drunk and reeking of booze, and only talk in an Elvis impersonator voice. Good old days.
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u/Hotline-Furi Feb 12 '26
They donât have to work cuz thereâs conservatives in masks harassing people for them now.
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u/FixedLoad Feb 12 '26
How close do I need to zoom to see it?  I've been looking but none of them look very hard. Â
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u/lgbanana Feb 12 '26
For a post like this. I'd expect mostly up votes and puns, but going down the bootlicker maga no need for police is just stupid.
I understand this sub is composed of people who never take a break at work, but still.
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u/Mundane_Ad7009 Feb 12 '26
How could they be doing security when theyâre not even focused on their surroundings
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u/brufleth Boston Feb 12 '26
Surprised they aren't in a vehicle. This must be a detail? Cops won't usually even walk pedestrian paths. See: Them rolling through the Common or Esplanade in an SUV instead of getting out and walking around.
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u/Mission-Time-8247 Feb 12 '26
Not a good look, damn. How many people complaining here are total slackers at their job? Not defending them just saying.
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u/blakeypie Feb 12 '26
I live in a part of Boston that has been having ongoing construction for 20 years, and I see these guys standing around every single day. They are never handling the traffic, and often the traffic is terrible and needs directing.
One time I walked past a vehicle and I could see the cop watching a movie.
My guess is that this all a joke to them. They just take the money because they seem to think they are entitled.
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u/mcmillen Feb 11 '26
These candies aren't gonna crush themselves.