Austin Police Officer Todd Meyers shows restraint with mentally ill guy

[1775novten]

What was the guy doing wrong?

[Guitarwolfluke]

Todd is a great guy - have dealt with him many times and always a class act.

[asrr62]

if only 10 percent of pigs were like that !

[metatron9696]

We don't see enough of this. I made sure to share this.

[cshawn07]

Wow, nice job. Good cop, how rare is that:-)

[henry19702000]

thanks for posting good peace officers to as well as the BAD

fellow austinite

[Jamille85]

Hmmm. Look at the professionalism by the BLACK cop. Imagaine a white cop and black bum... we would've seen another Mike Tyson attack.

[myopinionsplenty]

Nice! It is tough dealing street folks sometimes. This cop did a good job and it was really cool he didn't give you trouble for taping him. It sucks that the guy had to pack up and go elsewhere but I've watched lesser cops make it a lot worse of a situation.

[bbrjch]

Dealing with 10-96 individuals can always be an experience. Good job to this officer

[dr0mni]

I don't think you should pat the cops on the back for "nicely" harassing homeless folks at the behest of business owners. Cops have a tendency to appear as decent human beings, and act politely when they are being filmed, but what happens when nobody is watching? A "good" cop would have told the business owner to stop wasting their time on such petty BS, and then left the guy alone.

[therealDCASTLE]

@dr0mni It's not up to the officer to decide whether or not to help the business. If it's a business' property and they ask the man to leave, he has to, or he is trespassing. So a good cop does exactly what he's supposed to, and sends the person away or arrests him.

[spd2549]

Good posts both by FoxWolfeh and ryno99! Couldn't agree more!

[ryno99]

Well done officer todd meyers. We need more men like you. A true freedom lover. Thank you sir.

[FoxWolfeh]

There should be more of these videos. Watching Cops should show the good things as well as the bad. Like them risking their lives to save someone being held ransom. You aren't going to win cops over by insulting/hating them. If they do wrong, they should be responsible. If they do good things, they should be praised.