Embarrassing

So is this because hiring standards are so low or because the Academy doesn't remind everyone about professional behavior - on and off duty?

• A Chicago police officer is stealing the internet’s spotlight after a Florida sheriff roasted him—and his mugshot—in a series of sassy social media posts Tuesday morning.

  “Had you not battered the security officer at Westgate River Ranch Resort and Rodeo we might have never met,” the Polk County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a post accompanying Sheriff Grady Judd’s video. “And now look at us – totally acquainted.”

  According to Judd, CPD Officer Dwayne Ocasio and a group of Ocasio’s friends were standing around a golf cart in the middle of the road on Friday. So, a security guard for the resort and rodeo “politely” asked them to move out of the road, said Judd. “You know what this guy did?” asked Judd. “He cussed the security guard. Used a racial slur. That’s right. And then pushed the security guard.”

It gets stupider from there. 

While we're not big fans of the humiliation aspect of the incident, respect is supposed to run both ways in the police business. In this case, it didn't, and once that boundary is breached, bad things happen.

And one of the biggest lessons we remember being taught is "The on-duty Officer is always in charge." You do not disrespect, threaten, ignore lawful orders given by any cop on scene. You don't know what the cops have been told, you don't know the OEMC information dispatched, you are not in the loop - you are off-duty. You might get professional courtesy if the situation warrants it, but until that time, butt out.

If you want to disagree, there's an administrative procedure in place, same as any citizen can use. But you don't throw your weight around, especially in a foreign jurisdiction. The sheriff may have been a dick, but he's the dick in charge....and you're far from home.