Would you ticket a fellow LEO for 13 mph over?

[Gene L]

1. Yes

2. No

3. Depends on his attitude

[1042 Trooper]

Gene L. you're new so please don't take this personally....

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[Irishluck31]

You Trooper have absolutely no sense of adventure. Bet you heard that before.

[1042 Trooper]

Once or twice.

[LeanG]

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"As soon as you think you're out, they pull you back in"

[1042 Trooper]

It never ends.

[t150vsuptpr]

Would you ticket a fellow LEO for 13 mph over?

I could see it going either way depending on a whole host of things to include lighting, traffic, location, and etc.

(I am assuming that "fellow LEO" means a "LEO period" and further presume that such is off duty or far outside his bailywick as in .... plumb out of his home state and jurisdiction. I do not see it happening with the current crop that work with / near me as they are a really squared away bunch and not apt to put me in such a position, nor I them.)

[Fëanor]

Most of the time I think it is plenty safe to go 13mph over the limit, so I would not be pulling over very many people for 13mph. In a residential neighborhood with narrow streets or in a school zone would be a different story.

If I did decide to pull them over for that speed it would be because I thought they were driving too dangerously and I would give them a ticket regardless of their occupation.

[gopherpuckfan]

I don't tag Joe Citizen for 13 over, so why would I tag a LEO?

[mdrdep]

Open hwy or wide open street I usually don't cite anybody until 15 over. 10 in a residential or narrow/blind areas. But taking all things in to consideration I give far more breaks than cites anyway. As long as they don't have a terrible driver's history or bad attitude civies get a break. I take into consideration an officer's EVOC training as one of the reasons I give my fellow LEO's a break. If they have a bad attitude I'd rather deal with that through his agencies W.C.

[djack16]

Where is the option for "Doesn't appear to think infraction is serious and is likely to violate again."?

[ArkansasFan24]

I write a ticket based on my feelings, given the circumstances, of whether the act of doing so will help or hurt a situation. If it hurts the situation such as taking food off the table of a family, etc. then I won't. Additionally, I write them, such as in cases of not having insurance, not as a punishment but as a documentation that this person has no insurance and is a financial danger to others on the roadway. If the violation is tossed out in court I don't really care. I did my part.

Would I ticket a cop? Sure, why not. Maybe not one I work with simply for the fact that some people are trivial and may not offer assistance (back up) for the fact, but I wouldn't feel any worse about it. I equate this to the cop that runs stop signs, redlights, etc. simply because he/she is the police and no one can do anything about it. If you're responding in an emergency or even urgent fashion then I don't have a problem. However, I find it ironic that many cops will ticket someone for offenses that they themselves do often regularly.

[ArkansasFan24]

LOL

I should add that I wouldn't write anyone on Earth a citation for traveling 13 mph over the posted speed limit.

[grumpyirishman]

No, officer or not....

I wouldn't even pull a person over for 13 mph over....

[irishdep]

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