Firefighter Resigns After Police Prank

Seems a bit silly to me.

OUCH!! Would like to know the whole story, sure there is more. Was it a black and white without decals, etc?? Sometimes what we think is humorous is not to others and could frighten some. Not good. While resigning was probably the best perhaps a reprimand and an apology to those involved would suffice. But, does the guy have any "history?"

I think the firemen was correct. in resigning. he knew he was in the wrong. If the bystander had not seen him, nothing would of been said, but being one saw him, the only thing he could of done was to resign. Or get called, on the carpet for posing as an Officer. When he was not. It is an unfortunate situation and miss place judgment of the firefighter, But thinking of himself and the his fellow firefighters he did what was best, Maybe in the future he will think before he acts!

I am a citizen and I total agree with AFSP906 about the liberal mindset. We already don't have near enough LEO's and firemen out there to be over reacting to something like this. From reading the story I am unsure if the citizen caused a big fuss or the fireman resigned to protect his department, but the final word should have been a caution at best to the firefighter and then forgotten. About 20 years ago I walked in to a police station to talk to the desk sergeant about some work I was going to do for his department. When I rounded the corner into his office he immediately pointed a small black pistol at me, shouted something and fired. It did not matter that it was only a bright orange rubber dart headed for my nose. It was all a split-second reaction in my brain telling me a police officer with a gun firing at me. It was a joke! A few seconds after I restarted my heart and changed my pants, I was laughing with the rest of the officers. I was actually honored to think they thought enough of me to feel at ease pulling that little prank. Life is way too short. About 15 years ago a volunteer firefighter arrives at my home in less than 3 1/2 minutes after I called to say my wife had stopped breathing. Because of him my wife and I are celebrating out 33rd anniversary in a few months. God bless all LEOs and firefighters everywhere.

NO harm done, Everyone is just to uptight! If LE and Fire do not keep some sort of fun in the loop they may just exlode at some point. Everyone jokes around at work ,why be so critical again.
No harm done.

Then again, I have to agree with "SKATER", maybe the guy just didn't want to cause any lash back on the fire department as he was only a voluonteer.

His resignation reminds us all of the liberal influence on our society nowadays.... too bad, pranks are supposed to end up at the pub laughed about over a couple beers...

Like skater said, he left a volunteer position. How is this newsworthy? Oh yeah, RRB702, why do you keep throwing around the word "citizen" like it is a dirty word? Get over yourself. I pity the fool!