I'm kind of sick of the guys that have about 3 days on the job and specialize at sandbagging soccer moms in their minivans and crossovers for 5 or 6 over the limit. Come on, please get real. Maybe grabbing a few of the local heroin addicts might be a better way to earn your pay and allow yourself to look in the mirror at the end of the day, but lay off the MILFS (or I should say MYLTF in this case) please. Half the time it's a cops wife anyway.
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Twice in the last 22 years. The first was back in the 80's, and I don't remember much about it except that it was very minor and she was given a friendly warning which I appreciated, and the other was recently for talking on the cell and also resulted in a warning. I would of been fine with the summons because she deserved it and we know that they constantly do cell phone enforcement. My griping has nothing to do with her getting stopped but rather about what has happened to friends, and acquaintances over the last 10 years, combined with my own observations as a retired guy that's around town a lot and see what they're doing. I personally didn't look at anyone unless they were at least 20 over the limit, but a lot of summons in town have been issued for 5 to 10 over, often to local moms that wouldn't hurt a fly. I'm sorry but that's a joke. The quality of this (or lack of it I should say) speaks for itself. I always been pro cop, and thought that the police brotherhood was a great thing, but too many of these young guys have their priorities screwed up. There are drug issues, constant thefts from MV's (GPS and all of that stuff), and plenty of home burglaries. They don't catch too many people for that but rather insinuate how stupid the residents are for not locking up, and they might be right about that to a point, but they're also not doing squat about it because they're too busy sandbagging. I had no problem with quality summons, but this stuff really is hogwash. If you're going to be cop please be real rather than a wussie, that's all I ask.
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You must live in the TWP that I work in. There are a few that do nothing but stop soccer moms and write tix. Couldn't conduct an investigation on a MV stop if the driver was holding a gun to the passengers head while smokin a bong. Just want that cheap tix.Being a good street cop is like coming to work in a wet suit and peeing in your pants. It's a nice warm feeling, but you're the only one who knows anything has happened.
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who would write or even stop a car for 5 or 6 over the limit? i love writing tickets but i usually give people at least a 10 mph cushion for speeding. some people become cops for the power trip i guess.Ivan, did you see the sun rise this morningsigpic?
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Originally posted by jgorto View Postwho would write or even stop a car for 5 or 6 over the limit? i love writing tickets but i usually give people at least a 10 mph cushion for speeding. some people become cops for the power trip i guess.Being a good street cop is like coming to work in a wet suit and peeing in your pants. It's a nice warm feeling, but you're the only one who knows anything has happened.
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Or they are stopping for 10-20 mph over and doing a road side break and writing 5-10 over. I don't practice nor do I recommend it, but it is done quite a bit.
Nevertheless, if you or your wife don't have problems maybe your friends are exagerating when they say they were ONLY doing such and such.
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Originally posted by mallninja View PostOr they are stopping for 10-20 mph over and doing a road side break and writing 5-10 over. I don't practice nor do I recommend it, but it is done quite a bit.
Nevertheless, if you or your wife don't have problems maybe your friends are exagerating when they say they were ONLY doing such and such.
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A fellow I know used to write 500 - 700 movers a month (of course he was on the Turnpike), just brutal, especially truckers. He was loved by the bosses.
He wound up in State prison for theft after being promoted to his requested "job".
The same boss 'consoled' me for performance, with the line that mv accidents with injury were up in our section of the Pike and everyone was writing more to get the accidents down. I answered that if summones were up along with accidents, so maybe all the stops were causing mv accidents and we should reduce writing to reduce accidents. 'You're hopeless, get back on the road." At the time I had more DWI arrests than anyone on the Pike.
Write what is actually hazardous to the public and the operator of the mv stopped. Be a mirror of how you are treated on the stop, if they are nice and respectful than a warning is a good tool, if they are tools to you then the roadside mv inspection for lights/horn/signals/tires/windshields/ etc is fair game.
Bye the way, I know 3 guys that married women from either aids for gas/tires or mv stops.Last edited by BigWill2876; 11-19-2009, 11:27 AM.
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I agree if someone has a good attitude no need to hammer them w/ tickets. I think people learn the same lesson if you write them a non moving to give them a break and they have a better view of us in the end. Its always easier to be nice.Ivan, did you see the sun rise this morningsigpic?
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Cant stand guys who write Chicken***T tickets either. I'm all for M.V. enforcement and know the direct correlation to MV. Crashes but these guys are wimps and sissies and pull over soccer moms in mini vans while the felons, guns and narcotics drive by and laugh. The department I left was full of gutless guys like that. They'd never make it up against a real bad guy.Conduct every traffic stop extending the olive branch of peace; while having a tactical plan to kill everyone inside the vehicle
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Originally posted by BigWill2876 View PostA fellow I know used to write 500 - 700 movers a month (of course he was on the Turnpike), just brutal, especially truckers. He was loved by the bosses.
He wound up in State prison for theft after being promoted to his requested "job".
The same boss 'consoled' me for performance, with the line that mv accidents with injury were up in our section of the Pike and everyone was writing more to get the accidents down. I answered that if summones were up along with accidents, so maybe all the stops were causing mv accidents and we should reduce writing to reduce accidents. 'You're hopeless, get back on the road." At the time I had more DWI arrests than anyone on the Pike.
Write what is actually hazardous to the public and the operator of the mv stopped. Be a mirror of how you are treated on the stop, if they are nice and respectful than a warning is a good tool, if they are tools to you then the roadside mv inspection for lights/horn/signals/tires/windshields/ etc is fair game.
Bye the way, I know 3 guys that married women from either aids for gas/tires or mv stops.
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