Wildman
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posted February 13, 2003 05:47 AM
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The cops get overtime for court appearance, so they always go, and they are 'friends of the court', ALWAYS TRUSTED and RARELY WRONG in the judges eyes.
That isn't necessarily so. It seems to depend on the department.
Here In Indianapolis (a bigger city than you think), IPD officers rarely show up to court for traffic offenses. However, if you get a ticket from one of the jack booted meter maids (Harley riding traffic cops), you can pretty much count on them showing up.
The always trusted thing is true, you are guilty until proven beyond any shred of doubt in front of at least 3 tv cameras that not only are you innocent but that you were also 1500 miles away doing charity work in an orphanage. In other words, if there is a trial, you will lose. Period.
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VincentHill
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posted February 13, 2003 06:18 AM
MM, Maybe he is Jellous of you and this is his way to show you who is the Boss! If you think I am bad now, I would actually be pissed when I left court and won because the Policeman did not show! Now that I am a "little" lighter, I am happy to win any way I can! For you to be angry is simply his plan! Just to make you feel fustrated like he does! Imagine a Job where a lot of people do not like you. Imagine hearing all of the Jokes! How many jokes do you hear about People Drag Racing? No where near the Police Jokes! How many times do you see them on an "Emergency" call and you say to yourself "The Fresh Donoughts mus have come in"!
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ddpete3
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posted February 13, 2003 06:24 AM
Just flip him off next time you see him and show how much you care.
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MadMike
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posted February 13, 2003 09:14 AM
LOL.. ddpete, are you a cop??? LOL....
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted February 14, 2003 03:35 AM
no law against sign language....lol
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Wildman
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posted February 14, 2003 08:25 PM
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no law against sign language....lol
I'd be afraid to try that... I think I'd be likely to fall down a dozen or so times on the way to jail.
What's the charge? Resisting arrest. Arrested for what? Resisting arrest. Got it? Good.
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted February 14, 2003 09:23 PM
lmao....explain that one to the judge.......
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freek
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posted February 15, 2003 02:12 AM
cops are what now?
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted February 15, 2003 05:06 AM
they are like you Freek....lol
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freek
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posted February 15, 2003 12:02 PM
AAAAAAAH!!!!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! ITS THE END OF CIVILIZATION AS WE KNOW IT!!!!
dude, don't SCARE me like that!
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slug
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posted February 15, 2003 01:08 PM
local cops don't scare me.
ATF and FBI scare me,they have WAY more power and almost NO controlling authority.
i said almost, because they do get punished sometimes for really public acts of atrocity, usually with paid time off and a letter of reprimand.
the cop rolling onthe highway making stops for safety or such things i can deal with. the ones that hide in the bushes to write speeding tickets are doing nothing to help the road safety they are proclaiming to be protecting.
the claims to be trying to slow traffic are bogus, if htey wanted traffic to slow they would intermingle with the cars. people would drive slower, and be 'safer' if you will. to just sit with 15 people in chase cars to write tickets is revenue generation. the ONLY time i kow of from personal experience where there was a real attempt to actually SLOW traffic flow was in VA, they took a stretch of I81 and posted HUGE billboards on both approaches to that stretch, stating that on such & such a date, they would be RIGOROUSLY patrolling that stretch, and writing tickets for ANY infractions of speed limit. oddly enough the average speed on the stretch ofhighway WAS lower, they still wrote tickets, but the average travelers WERE running slower than the normal road average.
some interesting things with police forces ;P
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ranchhand
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posted February 16, 2003 01:37 PM
I write tickets for no insurance more than anything else. I have to pay, you have to pay too. If you had insurance then no big deal. Keep your current card with you to avoid this unfortunate incident. The deputy that wrote you doesn't know you from anyone else that doesn't provide current proof of insurance. By the way cops have designated court days in their schedule. Better luck next time.
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posted February 17, 2003 02:06 AM
Some cops are cool,Some are peckerheads
Be careful on your trip to fla. in 2 weeks mike.Don't want you to get in trouble with johnny law.The cops I would most like to shit on the hood of their car are the florida highway patrol.They are cocksuckers.
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted February 17, 2003 03:03 AM
yeah and what is up with that Harry, when I go to Florida, they are always pulling people over, an everyone still drives freakin 90??????WTH??/
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harryzx-12
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posted February 17, 2003 02:31 PM
Only 90, you must have went on a slow day!  I was coming back from tampa one day on I-75 and was pacing the fastest vehicle which ended up being a guy in a caddalac or lincoln (older car)cruising at 130. I stayed right with him till he got off then I slowed down!
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kingzx12r
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posted February 18, 2003 07:56 PM
I would have gave you a ticket for the light out too so I guess you would be double mad at me.
Just kidding.
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CrotchRocket
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posted February 21, 2003 06:29 AM
Hey Mike, cant believe that your going to put yourself through all that nonsence to inconvenience the cop!!!...Your actually wasting your own time!!!
Just make a copy of your valid insurance card and a copy of the policy page that has your info with your car info on it too, then mail it to them!!!...Cops dont have to go to court on their day off and if they do, they get O/T for it...
Dont know the situation, but if he didnt give you a ticket for your headlight and gave it to you for your ins. then he inconvenienced you less and costs you nothing!!!...The defective headlight could cost you because you were driving with a defective headlight!!!
Dude, dont let that stuff get you heated!!!...At least its not costing you $$$
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Zx12RNinja
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posted February 21, 2003 02:58 PM
Forget About It.
Why waste your time man
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posted February 21, 2003 04:11 PM
The proof of insurance thing here is bogus because they can check if you have it just like the regristration. The insurers in Nevada must submit a "tape" of everyone who has insurance. Believe me if your vehicle is not on that tape and your vehicle is registered, they are all over you and fine the shit out of you. Happened to me, my insurer didn't have me on the tape and bingo I got fined $60 and no matter what I did to prove that I did indeed have insurance they would not give me back my money. I even went to their kangaroo court. The insurance company had to pay me back.
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posted February 21, 2003 09:05 PM
Here's a different perspective I got from another board:
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A POLICE OFFICER SPEAKS
(The author of this article was Trooper Mitchell Brown of the Virginia State Police. More about him at the end of the article.)
Well, Mr. Citizen, it seems you've figured me out. I fit neatly into the category where you've placed me. I'm stereotyped, standardized, characterized, classified, grouped, and always typical.
Unfortunately, the reverse is true. I can never figure you out. From birth, you teach your children that I'm the bogeyman, then you're shocked when they identify with my traditional enemy ... the criminal! You accuse me of coddling criminals ... until I catch your kids doing wrong.
You may take an hour for lunch and several coffee breaks each day, but point me out as a loafer for having one cup. You pride yourself on your manners, but think nothing of disrupting my meals with your troubles. You raise Cain with the guy who cuts you off in traffic, but let me catch you doing the same
thing and I'm picking on you. You know all the traffic laws ... but you've never gotten a single ticket you didn't deserve.
You shout "foul" if you observe me driving fast to a call, but raise the roof if I take more than ten seconds to respond to your complaint. You call it part of my job if someone strikes me, but call it police brutality if I strike back. You wouldn't think of telling your dentist how to pull a tooth or your doctor how to take out an appendix, yet you are always willing to give me pointers on the law. You talk to me in a manner that would get you a bloody nose from anyone else, but expect me to take it without batting an eye.
You yell that something's got to be done to fight crime, but you can't be bothered to get involved. You have no use for me at all, but of course it's OK if I change a flat for your wife, deliver your child in the back of the patrol car, or perhaps save your son's life with mouth to mouth breathing, or work many hours overtime looking for your lost daughter.
So, Mr. Citizen, you can stand there on your soapbox and rant and rave about the way I do my work, calling me every name in the book, but never stop to think that your property, family, or maybe even your life depends on me or one of my buddies.
Yes, Mr. Citizen, it's me ... the cop!
The author of this article was Trooper Mitchell Brown of the Virginia State Police. He was killed in the line of duty two months after writing the article.
As a salute to the millions of police officers who put their lives on the line for us everyday.
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freek
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posted February 21, 2003 10:27 PM
too true....
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MadMike
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posted February 22, 2003 05:25 AM
Ok I was just going to let this thread die out, and obviously it is not, I do not hate the police I have had a couple of uncles that were in law enforcement and my grandfathers brother was a federal marshal and one of my best buddies is a state trooper and one of christinas uncles retired from the FBI. I know they put their lives on the line everyday for us. like our military also and other services such as the firemen, fbi, emt. and services like that, I am proud of them! as I have stated before I have never had a ticket (moving violation) before and I was two blocks from the house, I know he dosent have to but why wouldent he let me go two blocks and walk into my house and get the card for him? saved him paperwork and me the hassel of having to go to court to show them my little card that I have had with the same company for 20 years. I am sure he was doing his job, it was late and I had one headlight out, so I am sure he just wanted to see if I was drunk or not! which is cool if I would have been smashed I would deserved everything he would have done to me. but I was not, and I am sure he pulled up my clean record, and saw that my address said 2 blocks away. it is really not a big deal, it takes alot to make me upset and he just caught me on the wrong day. or maybe I just drove by him on the wrong day, maybe he went onto his police board on the internet, and told everyone how this idiot who had a perfect driving record didnt even have his damn insurance card on him and had a headlight out, and he was being an ass about it so I wrote him up for it. LOL..... and him and his buddies all got a chuckle out of it.... probalby so! so to close on this I say we are even! I'm cool with it and I'm sure he dosent even rember it.
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted February 22, 2003 06:37 AM
rock on, Mike, rock on
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freek
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posted February 22, 2003 12:10 PM
its the "human factor" again. there's always an ass in the flock.
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worm~hole
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posted February 24, 2003 12:46 AM
.yeah, Mike..as in all professions..there will be the ocassional asshole 
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