The professionalism the quad operator showed is
extremely impressive! At the 1:20 minute mark it almost looked like the parent was going to try to "get tough" with the operator when he leaned out of his vehicle and said, "
you know what? I don't like you filming my daughter". And good for the operator for not being intimidated and explaining to the guy that he was not there to "film his daughter". Knowing myself, I have to regretfully admit that there's
no way I would have been able to stay as calm and composed as he did. BUT, after seeing this maybe I can use it as a learning aid for myself in how to handle such situations should I ever encounter one. I
DO appreciate and understand the parents concern regarding this BUT had showed half as much respect and professionalism as the operator did then the encounter would have been a lot more amicable. What he should have said is he appreciated the explanation and just wanted to insure nothing nefarious was going on and then left.
I found another video involving LEO's that I could probably learn a lesson from. I really hope this thread continues with other examples so we/me can learn by example on how to react to different situations cause going forward they'll undoubtedly be more and more of them.
Just wish the author hadn't titled it as "Police Helicopter Harassment"
It was a good interaction with both sides coming away with a better understanding of each others POV.
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