Atlanta coppers sport fedoras, see?

maboot38 · Post by **maboot38** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:49 pm

http://www.ajc.com/living/content/livin ... olice.html

Vaderbreath · Post by **Vaderbreath** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:54 pm

Very cool story. Thanks for posting it...I'd never heard of that tradition with them before.

Post by **Michaelson** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:57 pm

It must be a culture shock when DragonCon comes to town, as there are more fedoras spread around those attendees than you can shake a stick at.

Regards! Michaelson

maboot38 · Post by **maboot38** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:58 pm

I guess they wear them like badges. They get their first one when they solve their first murder.

thedurdens · Post by **thedurdens** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:59 pm

That was a great story!

Thanks,
Frank

Hollowpond · Post by **Hollowpond** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:01 pm

Sweet! That is a super cool story. Elliot Ness would be proud!

maboot38 · Post by **maboot38** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:04 pm

Homicide detectives are a quirky bunch anyway. You have to be a little "off" to do that job. Watch "The First 48" sometime on A&E and you get a great idea of what they go through.

Of course, if non-fiction isn't your thing, try "The Wire". Fedoras definitely make an appearance in that one.

BendingOak · Post by **BendingOak** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:00 pm

thats great. Thanks for sharing.

jacksdad · Post by **jacksdad** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 8:22 pm

Great story, make you wonder how long before hats make a return to totally mainstream.

Long John Tinfoil · Post by **Long John Tinfoil** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:07 pm

Hats aren't totally mainstream?

LJ

maboot38 · Post by **maboot38** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:35 pm

My prediction is that they will not be mainstream in our lifetimes. Don't hold your breath. Just wear them, look silly, and be happy. That's what I do.

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:52 pm

That was a great story. I really enjoyed. It.

I seriously thought about being a homocide detective for a long time but decided not to becuase there is no way to not take you work home with you.

Dave

gabrielle · Post by **gabrielle** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 12:08 am

Great story. It's funny, but since I was a kid I've sort of always had a picture in my mind of detectives and reporters wearing fedoras, must be I watched too many movies!!!

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:13 am

DR Ulloa wrote:That was a great story. I really enjoyed. It.

I seriously thought about being a homocide detective for a long time but decided not to becuase there is no way to not take you work home with you.

Dave

I never had a problem with it. I brought a lot of things home with me, but I never brought any dead bodies home. My wife wouldn't stand for it. She yelled at me when she saw some pictures of a homicide in my car. She thought that was gross. I said, "honey, you watch CSI, you know we are supposed to take pictures".

Russian Raider · Post by **Russian Raider** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:30 am

Interesting reading. Thanks for posting!

Bufflehead Jones · Post by **Bufflehead Jones** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:33 am

I wish we would have had fedoras. We had a hat that looked like a milkman's hat from back in the day when there were milkmen. It was butt ugly. The only time I ever wore it was when we were required to wear it when we had our dress uniform on. How we won a best dressed police department award with that hat, I will never know.

Indiana Joosse · Post by **Indiana Joosse** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:23 am

Interesting story, great read!

Not too sure about this though:

"They want to dress like guys they admire," Linkwald says.

Anybody around here ever feel like that?

Vindy · Post by **Vindy** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:29 am

From the photo caption:

The fedora commands respect, says a retired Atlanta police lieutenant.

Imagine the respect they could command by adding a whip!

DR Ulloa · Post by **DR Ulloa** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:33 am

Vindy wrote:From the photo caption:

The fedora commands respect, says a retired Atlanta police lieutenant.
Imagine the respect they could command by adding a whip!

I've thought about bringing it to work with me to see how my students would react.

Dave

maboot38 · Post by **maboot38** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 8:52 am

I wear mine to work a couple of times a week, and just about every day, I get "Hey Indy" from all the other white guys.

Indiana Joosse · Post by **Indiana Joosse** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:55 am

I'm not sure what line of work you are in, but is there a specific reason you only get that reaction from the white guys?

maboot38 · Post by **maboot38** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 11:57 am

I have NO IDEA either. I just noticed that in my office, treatment of my hat differs along racial lines.

I work in an office that has mostly African Americans on one side of the building and mostly white people on the other.

I only get jokes and jeers from the white guys, whereas compliments only come from the black guys.

I haven't a clue why this is, but it is an interesting observation.

maboot38 · Post by **maboot38** » Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:00 pm

I can only guess that it is a cultural thing. A lot of the African Americans in my office wear a lot of bling. Big gold chains and flashy accessories. The white guys are mostly in polo shirts or button down shirts and khakis, very plain.

So I think that may be the difference.

Indy35 · Post by **Indy35** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:43 pm

DR Ulloa wrote:
Vindy wrote:From the photo caption:

The fedora commands respect, says a retired Atlanta police lieutenant.
Imagine the respect they could command by adding a whip!

I've thought about bringing it to work with me to see how my students would react.

Dave

We need more discipline in classrooms, and i think the whip might do that. But make sure you've got a camera going before you crack it the first time.

And I work with G-men (hope to be an agent one day), and have done little to nothing other than law enforcement in my life. Yes we're a quirky bunch and all of us have seen those movies and have to have "that" lid. They're very popular, and its probably the only reason i wear one all the time. But we think we look cool, with our fedoras and trench coats! LOL ;-)