Police issues!

[961500]

I dont believe police officers of any kind should be wasting anyones time with stupid crap like this, they should be working on real problems, creating a safer community for all.
My last vehicle had a fully locked rear end and i received 120$ ticket for reckless endangerment for flipping a u-turn on cement slab, so hell ya the tire was squealing. anyway i got the ticket dropped but it still cost me a 45$ ticket processing fee and full day of work.

Most people dont realize the amount of warrants and other various items that are controlled by what you call a stupid stop. On the past week my brother has pulled three people with felony warrants off the streets all due to small infractions like missing headlight or license plate light. One was for drug possesions another for domestic abuse and the other for a firearms issue. Most people don't realize if you will just be polite and let them do thier checks
life will go easier for both parties.

 

[bowtiefreak]

it's there job. It sucks for the guys with mods...but it's a risk we take. I had a cop pull me over with: tires stick out to far, bumper height is too high, no mud flaps, the brush guard has bars that run across the headlights, the KC lights on the guard are too close together. We got to talking and he has a lifted jeep and just wanted to let me know that some cops may grab me for any of these....told me he liked the truck and off I went.

Attitude does play a big part of it.

Sucks you got a ticket regardless.

 

[AtomicHoe094]

fog lights are too close? man i swear they pull more shit out of there ass, thats ridiculous.

 

[puckhead]

I dont believe police officers of any kind should be wasting anyones time with stupid crap like this, they should be working on real problems, creating a safer community for all.
My last vehicle had a fully locked rear end and i received 120$ ticket for reckless endangerment for flipping a u-turn on cement slab, so hell ya the tire was squealing. anyway i got the ticket dropped but it still cost me a 45$ ticket processing fee and full day of work.

They are trying to create a safer community by doing these "stupid" stops. Thats how they get a lot of their arrests, just like 961500 said. We cant see through houses or anything and have to go off of reported crimes and hope someone gets there in time to do something about it. Most of the calls we get, something already happened.

 

[994door]

We hear about good cops and bad cops all the time it is the job of the so called good cops to remove the bad they make you all look bad. Most people dont know cops as people just as cops. It is not your job to bring your emotions from the last call to decide what is going to happen on the next call. If there are laws and they need to be followed then why are they left up to some rookie with a chip on his shoulder to decide who gets a ticket for something while the next guy he stops for the same thing gets away with it. Most people will respect any cop that treats them with the same respect But why expect respect when you try to humiliate and belittle someone.
PS> I dont hate police I have a couple who are friends I also got pulled over by some that were very respectful and it is hard to be a jerk to a nice guy.

 

[puckhead]

True, respect goes both ways though

 

[bai78]

Sub'd to hear the outcome.

I've had my fair share of being pulled over. One was for no front license plate & the other was for failing to signal while in a turn only lane. In both cases I had just gotten off of work and it was a probable cause stop at 2am. All the officers were nice, advised me to be careful, & sent me on my way.

 

[roadrageror]

yes attitude plays alot into it..i believe a WARNING..for the mud flap would have been the proper call after he put my plate# in and saw 0 ,zip, nothing on me since i only had one speeding ticket in my life over 10 years ago and nothing else not even a seatbelt fine..or if he would have said ill give you this ticket instead of a heavier ticket for the muffler (that is legal and not even loud)..(still going to fight it). but he came up to my window already to give me a ticket and attitude..well he got it back in silly questions from me! i wasnt an ******* to him,plus he asked me if i had any questions..i did!! at least the two tickets made it worth my while to stop. like i said i dont want pitty or anything like that 165 for both tickets is a couple of meals out with the girlfriend or a tank and a half of gas..also i have had cops give me tickets and still be cool about it and i just stick up for myself nobody else will if i dont! i dont regret it at all. im also not above the law if its illegal than it is ..im just telling the story.

 

[blackcoffee]

Reminds me of the failure to switch lanes when an officer is parked on the side of the interstate with lights on ticket. What a joke, theres a bridge off a 4 mile straight stretch of road called 68-1 which is part of the interstate, as I was going up the bridge which then turns into highway 41 there was a cop on the top parked to the side with her lights on. I didn't see her tell I was ontop of the bridge I began to switch lanes and slow my speed from 45 which was the speed limit. She pulled me and wrote me a $200.00 ticket no questions asked, she came up and got my license and registration then came back with the ticket. I couldn't believe it, it was the biggest joke to meet her quota or something. I was very polite to her.

 

[drowndindreams]

the world would be 10x better place if cops would just put away bad people instead of giving the good ones problems.

 

[fyremanpat]

theres no such thing as quotas for speeding tickets. its all probable cause. dont give them a reason to pull you over, its as easy as that. you gotta pay to play. my father was an officer for 22 years. ive been around law enforcement my entire life, and now i am following his footsteps.

 

[puckhead]

theres no such thing as quotas for speeding tickets. its all probable cause. dont give them a reason to pull you over, its as easy as that. you gotta pay to play. my father was an officer for 22 years. ive been around law enforcement my entire life, and now i am following his footsteps.

yep thats usually the case, people ask me that all the time, just doin my job. Our State Patrol does have a quota though, although it is not a very high one.

And cops arent there to bother you. They check you if you have a infraction to find the bad guys. How do you suppose they should find the bad guys otherwise? If theres a call they try to get there before the suspect leaves. Otherwise it is stopping people for small stuff hopefuly to get bigger things

 

[drifter666]

I don't know man, I'm with you on the warning. I also agree about standing up for yourself I always do. Ive been pulled over probably 15 times in the 6 years Ive been driving and have had some real assholes, but I have also met some great cops, and you are right by saying the bad ones just make all the rest look bad as well. I do know that here in CT Ive seen people pulled over for tires sticking out and the mudflap law does exist but it is one of the laws "MOST" cops over look. I'm sure we have all been pulled over for something stupid I know that I have been pulled over for having the wrong color tail light BY A COP TRAVELING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION!!! I had red bulbs in but the sun faded 1/2 the bulb so it was pink. I will be honest if I notice a cop turning around I will try to run and have gotten away many times but I don't advise it. The best I can say is, BE HONEST, don't raise your voice, try to answer with yes sir/mam no sir/mam, and if you catch an opportunity to slip in a joke give it a try as long as its tasteful, in my experiences if you can get a cop to laugh you have a decent chance of getting a warning, also it never hurts to ask for one its worked for me like 3 times. They are out there to do their jobs, and just like bad cops give all cops bad names, bad civilians can give other civilians bad names too, I always try to be kind because a little kindness can go a long way. Sorry for rambling, that's just my 2 cents.

 

[blackcoffee]

I was just telling you my one lousy encounter with police officers, they were game wardon officers btw. My only other run in with police officers were in Venice, FL. Speed trap, I just happened to be speeding. I know a lot of cops, most of them around here are great guys. I enjoy talking to them, and I respect them to the fullest extent.

But if I got NWA playin' **** the police in muh hoe then stay out muh way!

 

[99COOP]

i dont know why everyone is saying he should of watched his mouth...cops are just people, they just all think there the shit cause they hide behind there uniform...no offense to any cops on here but 8 out 10 cops are just wanna be tough guys..they were prob beat up in school so much and now there takin it back on everyone else

um, no.

 

[IRQVET]

So I'll give you folks a tip.

When I make a traffic stop, by the time I reach your door, I've already got a rhetorical question in mind to ask; meaning, a question that I already know the answer too.

If your cool, polite, and don't give me some lame ass excuse for something I see people do everyday, and all your paperwork is current and in order, I will more than likely let you go so long as your not a dick.

If you lie, downplay what you did, or play stupid, your getting cited. . .period!!

And if you have multiple citations on your driver's record when I pull your DMV record, nothing you do or say will change the fact that your getting a ticket because obviously you haven't learned you lesson, so why would I cut you a break now . . .

As for equipment violations, that is the highway patrols job to hammer you folks on those issues. To be honest, I could give two ***** if you don't have mudflaps. HOWEVER, if you look like a someone I might want to talk too for whatever reason, I will use your lack of mudflaps as probable cause for the stop so I could identify you.

I stopped a guy once with a lifted custom F-250. My intention was to get some face time because I didn't know who he was, I'd seen him in town before, and I wanted to ID him because lifted F-250's are a hot item to steal. Sometime we just want to get to know you, so if someone is driving your truck that isn't you, maybe we can catch them BEFORE it hits the chop shop.

But again, I'm in California so that's just the way we do law enforcement here and you area could vary.

 

[ravingmadman]

Don't be an idiot. If he wrote you the mud flap ticket in the first place, he thought you were a douchebag to begin with. Not saying you are, but he's the one writing the infractions. Furthermore, you'll never get out of a ticket by proving that others are breaking the law too. If you get a speeding ticket, you won't get out of it by saying that everyone else speeds too, unless the judge thinks you're hot. You have to prove a fault in the method of detection. If you get an excessive noise ticket, you aren't going to get out of it by proving that your sport bike is louder. You're only going to piss the judge off.

Perhaps you've learned your lesson in respect for authority? Even if the authority is a total ******....

 

[AtomicHoe094]

being nice never helped me its cause im "young" and "wreckless" as they say

 

[clean454]

So I'll give you folks a tip.

When I make a traffic stop, by the time I reach your door, I've already got a rhetorical question in mind to ask; meaning, a question that I already know the answer too.

If your cool, polite, and don't give me some lame ass excuse for something I see people do everyday, and all your paperwork is current and in order, I will more than likely let you go so long as your not a dick.

If you lie, downplay what you did, or play stupid, your getting cited. . .period!!

And if you have multiple citations on your driver's record when I pull your DMV record, nothing you do or say will change the fact that your getting a ticket because obviously you haven't learned you lesson, so why would I cut you a break now . . .

As for equipment violations, that is the highway patrols job to hammer you folks on those issues. To be honest, I could give two ***** if you don't have mudflaps. HOWEVER, if you look like a someone I might want to talk too for whatever reason, I will use your lack of mudflaps as probable cause for the stop so I could identify you.

I stopped a guy once with a lifted custom F-250. My intention was to get some face time because I didn't know who he was, I'd seen him in town before, and I wanted to ID him because lifted F-250's are a hot item to steal. Sometime we just want to get to know you, so if someone is driving your truck that isn't you, maybe we can catch them BEFORE it hits the chop shop.

But again, I'm in California so that's just the way we do law enforcement here and you area could vary.

what part of nor cal are u from?

 

[josetizapan]

Since I started driving i've only have gotten stop by five cops and one of them stop me 8 times in 3 months in three different vehicles and all the times he stop me i was not rude until the last time.