No.. not the San Fran police

[Texan4Auburn 1,626]

Of all the police departments.............The San Francisco one!

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/04/03/8-sfpd-officers-suspended-racist-homophobic-text-investigation-concludes/

So if a fight breaks out at a gay wedding, does a officer that doesn't believe in gay marriage due to religious beliefs have to answer the call even if he is the closest to the location?

[quietfan 233]

You know, I've generally had a negative opinion of social media and the obsession with texting, Twitter, Instagram,, Facebook, e-mail, etc. But I'm beginning to think they might be a great thing: It certainly aids in the locating, identification, and culling of fools, idiots, and a-holes!

Besides the obvious concerns with prejudice, racism, homophobia, etc, anyone dumb enough to think they can put anything on social media and keep it a secret is too stupid to be a cop, IMHO!

[AURaptor 1,122]

The bigger story here are the 1400 cases which may have been affected by incompetent lab work. The texts ? Should have never made it to public knowledge.

[AUFAN78 3,892]

Of all the police departments.............The San Francisco one!

http://sanfrancisco....tion-concludes/

So if a fight breaks out at a gay wedding, does a officer that doesn't believe in gay marriage due to religious beliefs have to answer the call even if he is the closest to the location?

Yes. Of course. Sorry, but kinda dumb question. Sure you meant well.

[Texan4Auburn 1,626]

Of all the police departments.............The San Francisco one!

http://sanfrancisco....tion-concludes/

So if a fight breaks out at a gay wedding, does a officer that doesn't believe in gay marriage due to religious beliefs have to answer the call even if he is the closest to the location?

Yes. Of course. Sorry, but kinda dumb question. Sure you meant well.

Oh ya, I asked it in a silly form for fun.

It could be dumb unless you have overheard some officers discuss not answering calls on purpose in a BBQ restaurant .

Plus you have guys like the cop that didn't want to ride in the parade despite knowing that is what that unit did. So there is evidence that officers will not want to perform assigned duties based off of sexual orientation of citizens. Despite that parade having gone on since the 70's and despite the duties of the unit:

Although the motor squad's primary function is traffic control, they participate in numerous special events. This includes funeral escorts, honor guards, parades, running/walking events, DUI saturation enforcement, and dignitary escorts. Not only does the squad help with crowd control for parades, they perform precision formation riding drills in the parade.

http://www.policemotorunits.com/salt-lake-city--ut-police-department.html

Again if for a religious reason you don't want to serve a population that is fine. Be responsible and don't take a job in which you are required to serve that population. Obviously the chief voiced the same concerns I have. If he had a issue with this then will he have a issue in the field also.

[cptau 169]

Of all the police departments.............The San Francisco one!

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/04/03/8-sfpd-officers-suspended-racist-homophobic-text-investigation-concludes/

So if a fight breaks out at a gay wedding, does a officer that doesn't believe in gay marriage due to religious beliefs have to answer the call even if he is the closest to the location?

what was not discussed in the article is that the sms text messages were found during a police corruption investigation. meaning that these policemen were probably sending sms texts back and forth from their city provided cell phones. the cellphone company was probably saving all the sms texts for the police department as part of the corruption investigation. the dufuses should never have used the city provided phones for anything but official business.

[cooltigger21 0]

Of all the police departments.............The San Francisco one!

http://sanfrancisco....tion-concludes/

So if a fight breaks out at a gay wedding, does a officer that doesn't believe in gay marriage due to religious beliefs have to answer the call even if he is the closest to the location?

Yes. Of course. Sorry, but kinda dumb question. Sure you meant well.

Oh ya, I asked it in a silly form for fun.

It could be dumb unless you have overheard some officers discuss not answering calls on purpose in a BBQ restaurant .

Plus you have guys like the cop that didn't want to ride in the parade despite knowing that is what that unit did. So there is evidence that officers will not want to perform assigned duties based off of sexual orientation of citizens. Despite that parade having gone on since the 70's and despite the duties of the unit:

Although the motor squad's primary function is traffic control, they participate in numerous special events. This includes funeral escorts, honor guards, parades, running/walking events, DUI saturation enforcement, and dignitary escorts. Not only does the squad help with crowd control for parades, they perform precision formation riding drills in the parade.

http://www.policemot...department.html

Again if for a religious reason you don't want to serve a population that is fine. Be responsible and don't take a job in which you are required to serve that population. Obviously the chief voiced the same concerns I have. If he had a issue with this then will he have a issue in the field also.

The officer would have worked the event and provided security but he objected to being a performer in the parade. Those are two entirely different things. If we're going to restrict the kind of work a christian can do if he doesn't want to go against his convictions then what does religious freedom mean? Is it just freedom to go to any church you wish or not go at all and that is it? If that's the case then anybody anywhere anytime can come to me in my profession and demand I do something that I don't believe in and I either have to quit my job or violate my beliefs. That is not religious freedom.

[Texan4Auburn 1,626]

Of all the police departments.............The San Francisco one!

http://sanfrancisco....tion-concludes/

So if a fight breaks out at a gay wedding, does a officer that doesn't believe in gay marriage due to religious beliefs have to answer the call even if he is the closest to the location?

Yes. Of course. Sorry, but kinda dumb question. Sure you meant well.

Oh ya, I asked it in a silly form for fun.

It could be dumb unless you have overheard some officers discuss not answering calls on purpose in a BBQ restaurant .

Plus you have guys like the cop that didn't want to ride in the parade despite knowing that is what that unit did. So there is evidence that officers will not want to perform assigned duties based off of sexual orientation of citizens. Despite that parade having gone on since the 70's and despite the duties of the unit:

Although the motor squad's primary function is traffic control, they participate in numerous special events. This includes funeral escorts, honor guards, parades, running/walking events, DUI saturation enforcement, and dignitary escorts. Not only does the squad help with crowd control for parades, they perform precision formation riding drills in the parade.

http://www.policemot...department.html

Again if for a religious reason you don't want to serve a population that is fine. Be responsible and don't take a job in which you are required to serve that population. Obviously the chief voiced the same concerns I have. If he had a issue with this then will he have a issue in the field also.

The officer would have worked the event and provided security but he objected to being a performer in the parade. Those are two entirely different things. If we're going to restrict the kind of work a christian can do if he doesn't want to go against his convictions then what does religious freedom mean? Is it just freedom to go to any church you wish or not go at all and that is it? If that's the case then anybody anywhere anytime can come to me in my profession and demand I do something that I don't believe in and I either have to quit my job or violate my beliefs. That is not religious freedom.

No he signed up for a unit that historically performed in that parade. If he had a issue performing those duties then he should not have signed up for that unit. He didn't walk into that blind. That goes for all religions not just Christianity.

It is a two way street. If you want the right to not perform duties you also have to accept that there are jobs that you should not take as they will involve conflict.

If I am the administrator at a Methodist based hospital then I fully expect my staff to provide the morning after pill in rape cases if asked for by the victims in my ER. If you are Catholic and don't believe in any birth control I accept and respect that. You should then apply for a position at a Catholic Hospital where that is standard or you should go into private practice. The patient/victim should not be submitted to potentially more physical or mental trauma/health issues do to the doctors differing religious belief. If you are a Jehovah Witness that has issues with blood transfusions, I respect that, but I don't want you in my ER either as the differing view can have potentially harmful consequences for patients (though ways are being developed to get around blood now).

Why I think some fields if you have a issue you shouldn't work in them or not take certain positions.