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How do you address a police academy student?
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Nothing wrong with turning out polite police officers ...
Saying sir/madam makes for a lot better dash cam videos.
With the shoulder mounted cop cam around the corner next, always acting like you are on camera is a good defense.
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Calling people scumbag, and beating them on the head really makes for some nasty news coverage.
Saying sir/madam makes for a lot better dash cam videos.
With the shoulder mounted cop cam around the corner next, always acting like you are on camera is a good defense.
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Calling people scumbag, and beating them on the head really makes for some nasty news coverage.
As others have mentioned "Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening" will suffice. It is common practice in any US military type training including police training to address civilians as Sir or Madam/Ma'am but it is not expected from civilians. If you were graduated from law school and an officer of the court then adding Cadet would be appropriate, since you outrank them.
For anyone when addressing a uniformed police officer "Officer" is appropriate not Sir or Ma'am, it shows respect for their authority and can help you avoid a ticket.
For an Officer of the court such as DA or Judge it would be appropriate to use there title. Detective, Lieutenant, Captain, Officer (for street Cops) etc...
For a defense lawyer I believe that using the appropriate title is only expected on official business such as questioning for a case.
For anyone when addressing a uniformed police officer "Officer" is appropriate not Sir or Ma'am, it shows respect for their authority and can help you avoid a ticket.
For an Officer of the court such as DA or Judge it would be appropriate to use there title. Detective, Lieutenant, Captain, Officer (for street Cops) etc...
For a defense lawyer I believe that using the appropriate title is only expected on official business such as questioning for a case.
The only reason I included madam is because the OP used that rather than "ma'am". The military does not say madam; I would be very surprised if a police academy did.
The idea is that they render what's referred to as "the proper greeting of the day", which will be the very formal greeting that you mentioned. Once you return that greeting, the conversation either ends, or you may continue it. Once the formal greetings are exchanged, the conversation can usually become less formal if the higher-ranking individual (you, I suppose) desires.
Do they honestly salute? I read that as "salutation" but others seem to think they render a full hand salute.
The idea is that they render what's referred to as "the proper greeting of the day", which will be the very formal greeting that you mentioned. Once you return that greeting, the conversation either ends, or you may continue it. Once the formal greetings are exchanged, the conversation can usually become less formal if the higher-ranking individual (you, I suppose) desires.
Do they honestly salute? I read that as "salutation" but others seem to think they render a full hand salute.
in the state of california, state bar, harrison street, san francisco, california...a lawyer is only an officer of the court when in court and a law student is only an officer of the court when in court as a law clerk or in special circumstances a junior co-counsel in the lower court
outside of court, in california, they are not court officers, and in no way are they superior to any police officer or cadet
many a lawyer never spend much time, or any, in court
in a famous case in my city, which i won't mention since it has not been settled yet, the mayor of the city was pulled over for drunk driving....i think he was .05 and had half a glass of wine but still impaired...he tried to pull rank on the cop
the mayor has absolutely no authority over the cop on the street if he sees the mayor, popular and very wealthy in his case, driving impaired
the mayor is like any other citizen
now i am talking of a certain city in the state of california
i have no idea how another city would handle it, and especially how another state would handle it
from a previous post, sure it's not a good idea for a police officer to piss off a lawyer or judge, but it is not a good idea for a lawyer or judge to piss off a cop
btw, the mayor, also a superior court judge, was voted out overwhelmingly despite a close personal relationship with the president who he brought to his city for a speech
i am not aware of georgia, as i mentioned earlier on that different states have different rules
something tells me that the first could work, but the second will not go over very well
try the democratic primaries...and imagine being in a bar watching a debate and obama says something out of the ordinary (good or bad), i could hear people saying "did you hear what that dude said?"
now if hillary said something similar, who would say, "did you hear what that babe said?"
even drunk patrons just would not cross that line
he he...don't get me wrong...i am not young and i think for her age hillary is not a bad looking woman, and during her years as the first lady, she was a babe
and i won't be partisan, mrs. bush ain't bad looking, either...and i hope you know which mrs. bush i am talking about...ok...you know, the one that doesn't look like george washington