Indianapolis police shootings highlight balance between safety, cost

"...should be getting relieved frequently in hot or cold weather regardless of whether they ask to be relieved."

"How about lifting your fat tush off that golf cart and tell me I am relieved for a break instead of whisking your golf cart from post to post having fun asking."

While I agree it is unprofessional for the relief guy in question to **** or moan when taken up on his offer, he apparently did offer. He certainly should have done so eagerly as relief is a good assignment and I do not dissent with you or the OP's angle on that. However the remarks above make me think they expected to be instructed to take a break rather than asked. I have done relief several times and always tried to bring by food and offer to take a post for a while. I am almost always told no and we have some cordial conversation and I move on. I would feel as if I were patronizing or "micromanaging" someone if I TOLD them to accept my relief. At LEAST he got an offer. Some relief units vanish.