# I was threatened by an off-duty cop. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 16, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840 "2009-11-16T23:32:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/21 "2009-11-18T00:33:28Z")
> [@whole\_bean](#): > > This puzzles me. Do you keep an attorney on retainer just for such instances? _Are you in the mob?_ He’s done legal work for my family. My non-Mob family. Not that I _have_ a Mob family. Really. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/22 "2009-11-18T00:52:41Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Ditto. What the hell? That, coupled with the staccato delivery of the posts, makes the whole incident seem like cheap melodrama. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/23 "2009-11-18T01:05:25Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > That, coupled with the staccato delivery of the posts, makes the whole incident seem like cheap melodrama. I’m sorry about that. I was kind of nervous, during the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/24 "2009-11-18T01:07:47Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > I’m sorry about that. > > I was kind of nervous, during the OP. You were nervous five days after the event? ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/25 "2009-11-18T01:33:02Z")
No one says “I’m going to smack your head against the concrete” that is way too specific. That is an out of control cop. First of all if you’ve made 9 complaints about noise you have to face facts, the apartment complex doesn’t care. They aren’t going to do anything. You need to start looking for another apartment. If you have a lease, I’d say to management, OK I’ve complained 9 times and you failed to act, now the next time this happens I will find a lawyer and break my lease and move. Second you need to report this “courtesy officer.” Not only that, but I’d report him to his local police office as well. Off duty cops that go ballistic are a nuisance to the force. We in Chicago have had tapes of several off duty cops beating people up after getting drunk or whatever. This won’t do much good but it will serve the police force, that they are potentially employing a troublemaker. And it will serve to put the officer on note too. If this guy lives on the complex he could’ve been drinking at home off duty when he answered your complaint, and that got him mad. In any case persue it with management. I would get a lawyer and say blatantly I do not take threats against me likely and I want this “courtesy cop” removed ASAP from his job, if not a lawsuit will be promptly filed. And see about getting a restraining order against this cop. Your lawyer can advise. You probably don’t have enough to get a restraining order, but again it serves to put the police dept and this officer on notice, change you behaviour ASAP. The real bottom line is you’re living in a place that doesn’t suit you and managment has no intention of correcting it. So you need to move ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/26 "2009-11-18T01:33:30Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > I’m sorry about that. > > I was kind of nervous, during the OP. So what’s with the weird revelation of the off-duty cop’s name? Why was it relevant? ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/27 "2009-11-18T02:56:49Z")
In case the OD cop comes back and kills him. Then we all know who did it. ---
**Author:** ![Godinama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e95f7d/32.png) [@Godinama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godinama)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/28 "2009-11-18T03:15:45Z")
You could do the unsmart thing and complain _again_ and cross your fingers that the same guy arrives. Set up a camera. Then, when he throws you over the balcony, if you survive, you’ll have a nice fat lawsuit against the PD 😃 ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/29 "2009-11-18T05:05:50Z")
You should “ve mo”. Word broken in 2 & first section placed last to interfere with U-Haul. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/30 "2009-11-18T10:58:13Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > You were nervous five days after the event? No, I had started filing the complaint, & was watching a news program about a man beaten to death in a local jail. Then, nervous. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/31 "2009-11-18T15:29:51Z")
If he bangs your head against the concrete, you’ll be set for life. What’s to worry about? If you are sensitive enough to be shaken up days later by some jock cop threatening you, you are probably lucky you live where you do. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/32 "2009-11-19T04:15:02Z")
I accidentally an off-kilter recluse. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The whole recluse. ---
**Author:** ![Fantome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Fantome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fantome)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/33 "2009-11-19T04:23:31Z")
**Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor** , you ever gonna get around to answering the question everyone keeps asking and you keep ignoring? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/34 "2009-11-19T10:52:39Z")
> [@Fantome](#): > > **Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor** , you ever gonna get around to answering the question everyone keeps asking and you keep ignoring? OK, I’ve answered several. Which ones would you like more information on. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/35 "2009-11-19T11:29:17Z")
> [@Fantome](#): > > **Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor** , you ever gonna get around to answering the question everyone keeps asking and you keep ignoring? Well, he said this – > [@](#): > > Note-- his name is “hew Lay”. Name broken in 2 & first section placed last to interefere with net searches. My guess is he doesn’t want the cop to search for his name and find this thread. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/36 "2009-11-19T13:37:48Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > OK, I’ve answered several. > Which ones would you like more information on. Exactly what transpired, i.e. _exactly what you said or did_ between “Courtesy Officer shows up” and “Becomes belligerent”, would be my guess, but I’m not the one asking. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/37 "2009-11-19T14:04:46Z")
> [@Contrapuntal](#): > > Well, he said this --My guess is he doesn’t want the cop to search for his name and find this thread. Well, yes, but I think the question most people had was why include it in the first place. And what **An Arky** said about what happened between calling and “I’m going to bounce you off some concrete.” My guess: Bosda woke up/interrupted the lovemaking of the off-duty copy for the ninth or tenth time in the last few months. Off-duty cop becomes angry and threatens Bosda to discourage further (what the cop sees as nuisance) calls. He said it was after midnight. The cop was probably asleep and pissed that he had to deal with yet another noise complaint. Doesn’t excuse threatening someone, but it does make it clearer how the situation escalated so rapidly. My 0.02 = the cop should be fired from his courtesy cop position and Bosda should get a new apartment. Seriously, if you’re making 9 or 10 noise complaints in a couple months, something is either wrong with your neighbors (and you should move) or you’re not cut out for living below someone (and you should move). At this point, they may just be fucking with Bosda on purpose. Sounds like a toxic situation for all parties. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/38 "2009-11-19T14:29:17Z")
Pissed off an off duty cop that lives in your building in TN, man you are soo screwed. ---
**Author:** ![Fantome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Fantome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fantome)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/39 "2009-11-19T14:43:44Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > OK, I’ve answered several. > Which ones would you like more information on. This one. > [@Bear\_Nenno](#): > > Call the cops next time, instead of the apartment complex. Let an on-duty officer handle it. > Also, what is the significance of the officer’s name? Why did you bother sharing it, and doing so in such a strange manner?? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-was-threatened-by-an-off-duty-cop/517840/40 "2009-11-19T14:45:25Z")
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