WTF! Getting a ticket for RUNNING OUT OF GAS??

[C_stripes]

So this is the crazyest thing I have heard or seen in a long time. So My friend was driving home from work and ran out of gas in his camaro. He ran to my house as I was only about a mile from were he ran out of fuel. From there we went to work which is another mile. We grabbed a gas can and went to the 7-11 and put some fuel in it. All in all. The car sat next to the road for less than half an hour. We pull up to the car and there is a cop waiting and a tow truck pulling up. All this in less than a half hour. The tow truck driver was way cool and said since he has a gas can there and that is all that was wrong hes fine with letting it go. The Cop didn't like that. He proceeds to lecture us about how once he calls the car in it is now in the states custody and blah blah blah. Then he asks for Chases(My friends) License and reg. Well I leave now. Once I get home. Chase calls me and tells me the cop wrote him out a ticket for un-emergency stop, Running out of fuel.  Its going to cost $80 if he doesn't fight it in court. How desperate are these cops for money to pay for their chargers that they need to write tickets for running out of fuel?  This is total bull sh*t!   Anyway.  Just thought you would like to hear why Logan PD Sux the big one.        Jeremy

[Charger1973]

Dude I thought cops were supposed to protect and serve not screw over and rob people...  Thats some BS if you ask me.

[terrible one]

Haha oh god how about a 2:00 AM scene from the parking lot at work last night now that I think about it!

Bubba and I saw a cop followed by a Ford Ranger pull into the car wash complex across the street. The cop tucked into a bay and turned his lights off. Then a girl steps out of the truck and goes over there, seeing us two looking on the way. The cop then gets out of his car, turns his flash light on and is shining it in our direction. He then talks to the girl, and they drive off, with her leaving and him following. Now what do you think was going on here? 

[Charger1973]

Yeah me and a buddy busted a cop doin his thing one time, we were like 12 and there was a creek that ran through the trees at his place.  Well there was a driveway on the other side of the creek that leads down into the trees, pretty well hidden, but it was still on their property.  So we were screwing around in the trees and we saw a car so we snuck up on it, usually it was just punk kids and we would get his dad to run them off.  Well this time it wasnt kids, it was a county sherriff car and he was in the back seat on top of some girl.  We threw a couple small rocks at the car windows and he was out of there in a hurry.      Oh man I wish that would happen again now...

[69_500]

What irritates me around here, is when I see cops flip on their lights, at a stop light late at night to just roll through it, then go up 1 block and pull into a grocey store parking lot. Get out, and go get some groceries.

Had a cop get upset with me when I was in my truck making a delivery one day at work. Pulled over on the side of the road, had flashers on, in the loading/unloading zone in front of a building. Cop pulls up behind my truck while I"m stacking stuff on my dolly. Turns lights on, gets out, and proceeds to tel me I can't park the truck there to do a delivery. I shake my head, then turn and point to the sign that says in about 6" high letters LOADING/UNLOADING Zone only. Point back to the stack of items on the dolly, then go inside the building. Cop follows me in to the freight elevator and tells me I need to move the truck or i'll be ticketed. I ask what on earth make him think that he can write a ticket for doing exactly what is posted? He says,"Leave the truck there and I'll have it towed and ticketed". Just pushed the button, rode the elevator up to do deliveries, came down to a ticket on the truck. $150 fine. I pulled out my nice digital camera (always carry it with me). Took a nice shot of the truck where it was, making note to have it at an angle in the photo to show the CLEAR sign saying loading/unloading zone. Then took a picture of the ticket with my watch in the photo as well, showing time I was taking the pictures and proceeded to mail in my ticket with a notice that I'll be going to court over this one.
Come the day of the court, I drive over to the court house, pull in to park. No signs anywhere in front of the building stating its any kind of reserved parking or anything. I am getting out of my car, when a cop pulls up behind me and says "You will need to move that car". I said, "Why?"
"The parking lot fills up very fast on court days, and you can't park in that area. You'll need to pull around to the back side of the building to make room for people who have court dates." he says.
I looked at him, and said I was going to court for a ticket, and there is nothing posted saying its a reserved spot so I'm leaving the car there. Guy goes on to say if I leave the car there I'll get a parking ticket for parking in a reserved space. So I go inside the court house, talk to the people at the front desk. They go outside with me to my car, and upon getting to it see the cop standing at my drivers door writing me a ticket. They told me to go on inside to court and that they would handle it. Aparently he was a cop that was on probation for doing a lot of things that weren't in the best interest of the police station, and was supposed to be going in on that day to turn in his badge, and was apparently too lazy to park on the back side of the building and walk around, so he was going to try to throw some weight around with his badge and get me to move so that he could park in the closer lot.

All in all it was a pretty funny span of 4 weeks. Oh the first parking ticket was thrown out by the judge when my time came up for the whole case.

[Bandit72]

this happened to me one time...ran out of gas in my buddys truck (big pos 81 chevy) anyway, i was 2 blocks from school and had to go in for detention, so i just walked and figured i'd come get the truck in an hour...well in that hour, the truck was towed and i had a ticket waiting at my house...i was PISSED...i had afew words with the cop and my buddys insurance paid for the tow..i didn't end up paying anything but man i was i gonna give the judge afew words...

[TruckDriver]

Dude I thought cops were supposed to protect and serve not screw over and rob people...  Thats some BS if you ask me.

He would be smart to fight that ticket.

[69bronzeT5]

What irritates me around here, is when I see cops flip on their lights, at a stop light late at night to just roll through it, then go up 1 block and pull into a grocey store parking lot. Get out, and go get some groceries.

How bout this...I've seen a few stupid cops here. One time, lots of traffic, this cop flips his lights on, proceeds to get everybody out of his way, goes through the red light (that was causing the traffic jam) and then once he gets to the other side of the intersection, turns his lights off and drives slow .

Yeah Jeremy, that is just pure BS

[Silver R/T]

I never liked cops, theyre all crooks

[69bronzeT5]

I never liked cops, theyre all crooks

They're NOT ALL crooks

[bull]

I never liked cops, theyre all crooks

Why do you bother posting?

[dkn1997]

I never liked cops, theyre all crooks

I think you just lowered the collective IQ of this website by at least 10 points by writing that dumb-ass comment.  Good job. 

[hemihead]

 There are some Cops on this site that may disagree with you 

[moparjohn]

The many get blamed for the few, but still why do cops have to be that way (ticket for parking in loading zone).   If you don't have anything against them, you will when something like this happens.  Lets have a crackdown on slow drivers in the fast lane, make as much  money as they can and keep traffic moving.   When the're at it lets ticket people who can't mke turns on and off streets without crossing the doulble line, most intersections are at 90 degrees not 45!!! 

[69bronzeT5]

There are some Cops on this site that may disagree with you 

HITMAN 149

[ereru7]

i would of towed your shit... just my 2 . you shouldnt be causing problems.

[HITMAN 149]

thanks guys for sticking up!!!
i'm not even gonna lowere myself down to a certain colors screen name & start this debate OR pissing match on this wonderfull forum. (cause we all kn ow what's gonna happen then!!)
i'll let anyone here that knows me or that i've dealt with, either stick up for me (which they alreday have!!  ) as they know the type of person  i am!!!!
and YES unfortunaltley a few bad apples do spoil the WHOLE TREE!!!!
well on that note... i have to go to work..... ummm lets see, and since it's sat nite.. deal with a bunch of drunk obnoxious a$$ holes, ummm gun toting drug dealers, (ahhh yea when was the last time, you went to work and had to deal w/ that on a reg basis?!?!?!?), drunk drivers, crack heads, domestic vilolence...(which is the #2 reason how cops get hurt/killed).. (traffic accidents are #1!!!)
so i'll just next time you or a loved one is getting hurt, robbed or whatever you would normally call the cops for..... try calling a gas station attendant or a wal mart manager, or a crack head .... and seeeeee who the hell shows up & protects your family!!!!!! and ohhhh yea another thing... when there's a fire also (not knockin any firemen!!!) but cause we are out on patrol all night... WE are usually the first one's there, getting the people out, till they get there!!!
have a good night, be carefull & stay outta trouble!!!

-JOHN

[69bronzeT5]

i would of towed your shit... just my 2 . you shouldnt be causing problems.

I assume you mean the car that ran out of gas?

[4cruzin]

Wow that would of sucked to get a ticket for running out of gas . . .   I have to respect the cops for what they have to do with the world as it is but come on . . . help the person out of gas . . not screw him. 

[Badbob]

it should have been $100 for driving a camaro

[Badbob]

Uh, sorry, make that $250 for leaving junk along the roadside

[C_stripes]

I wasn't knocking on all the cops. More the Logan city police department. They spend way to much money and have to ticket everyone for anything. I know there are good,  GREAT cops out there. I respect them. I just think that some should be a little cooler.  My friend ran out of gas. The car was sitting OFF the side of the road for less than a half hour. We went and got gas. Put it in the car and were being cool to the cop. We gave him NO reason to be a dick. So he issues a $80 ticket.  All that showes is he wants to push his power around. Has he never been out of gas??     As for the guy that said he would have towed it.  Ya.  We were causing lots of problems. The car was blocking 30 lanes of traffic and holding up an airport. So I guess they should have towed it for causing problems :2thumbs:thats my  .  When your down on your luck and out of gas on the side of the road.  I hope you remember that your causing problems and you need to be towed.     Hitman and any other officers on this site.  I did not mean to start anything.  I appriceate what you do.  Thanks too all of you. But there are some things that they should just help out on.  Its like the service that boots cars around here.  There was a truck that stalled in the drive way here the other day so the kid ran back to his apartment . When he got back to his truck 15 minuets later.  They had allready booted it.  $75 will get the boots off.   Since when was it not polite to offer service anymore?  I guess now its kick them wile their down.   I don't know.

[jlb1pi]

The Law Enforcement profession is no different than any other profession, or for that matter the rest of the world...
There's:
-good cops and there's bad cops
-honest cops and corrupt cops
-intelligent cops and literally dumb/stupid cops
-fair cops and unfair cops
-kind cops and brutal cops
-caring cops and don't-give-a-f*&% cops
-brave cops and coward cops
-conscientious cops and slip-shod cops
-cool cops and badge-heavy cops
-rookie cops and experienced cops

Now does that sound any different than any other profession, or job, or boss in the
rest of the world? (Except maybe instead of "badge-heavy", substitute "power-tripping" or "authority-abusing").
No different at all, because Cops are FROM the rest of the world, before they became cops...
so there naturally are good ones and there are bad ones.

Cops aren't perfect...far from it...69 500: you had the right idea with the camera and the sign...
If one thinks that a reasonable person would believe the cop was in the wrong...he probably was !!
State your best case in court, and if the cop WAS in the wrong, there's a good chance you'll
beat it....if the judge is any kind of reasonable man himself.

Just don't make the mistake of lumping ALL cops into one category!! Because they are just as different from each other as
the rest of the people in the world are different from each other, and you can't stereotype them!

Oh, and,
There are active cops like HITMAN 149, still puttin' it out on the line every shift--thank God for that--
and there are retired ones like JLB1PI, who has the same God to thank for getting me through to the end...in one piece, more or less!

And we are (were) both NUTS!!....why else would we break speed limits, blow red lights, swerve around
vehicles who won't pull over so that:....
We can be the first one to the scene where there's "A Man With A Gun!"

HITMAN 149: Be safe Brother...my thoughts and prayers are with you!

C_STRIPES: Running out of gas IS an Emergency Stop in California...I'm willing to bet
the same holds true for your state/city and that once you find the statute that defines it, you will
have all you need to get the ticket dismissed. (Look in the Glossary of Terms in
your state's Vehicle Code...the BIG book, not the little driver's book you get at the Motor Vehicle Department).

Just don't assume that the judge is going to automatically know what defines an Emergency stop versus
a Non-Emergency stop...that's why I say do your homework before the court appearance!!

My Four Cents,
Jer.

P.S. Give me a few days to downsize my sig pics...I just now figured out how to post them !!
....Old Dog learning New Tricks !
THANKS.

[Mike DC]

State your best in court, and if they cop WAS in the wrong . . . there's a good chance you'll beat it.

I'd like to believe that.  My life experience tells be otherwise. 


I find that unless there's some specific proof of why you had no right to be written the ticket in the first place (like if you can prove that you weren't even in the same county at the time of the incident, for example), then you will lose in court.  If you've been issued a ticket, and there is any legal reason for the ticket to be justified, then you're gonna lose.  (By "justified" I mean the law was written to technically allow it.  No common-sense objections need apply.)


And then you will be charged the original penalty fine as if you never tried to fight the charge. 

This might not be any big deal on paper.  But in the real world it means that since you didn't fix the ticket with a lawyer and tried to fight it, then your insurance situation will effectively penalize you with the extra license points.  Which generally hurts a lot worse than the extra $2-300 "fixing" fees that you pay out to a combination of the lawyer and the court. 



I have nothing against the individual officers out there.  I swear I don't. 

But the system is absolutely not set up to give you a fair hearing to challenge your charge.  It's set up to penalize you for not rolling over & paying quietly each time.

 

[HITMAN 149]

from jeremy (c-stripes).."As for the guy that said he would have towed it.  Ya.  We were causing lots of problems. The car was blocking 30 lanes of traffic and holding up an airport. So I guess they should have towed it for causing problems :2thumbs:thats my  .  When your down on your luck and out of gas on the side of the road.  I hope you remember that your causing problems and you need to be towed. "  LMFAO!!! you are 100% right lol!!!  i believe what goes around.. comes around!!!  yes i agree that was a douche move... giving your buddy a ticket for being unfortunate enough to run outta gas!!! yes i would have tried to help him!! that's just friggin ridiculous that he got a ticket!!! wish i could help ya fight it!!! i'd deff go to court!!! trust me.. the cops that write ridiculous tickets like that, look like assholes when they go to court, trust me the JUDGE remembers their honesty & credibility, for future cases!!!!  it's ok jeremy i didn't get the feeling you were knocking all cops!!! 

and just to be clear... all those douchbebag cops, that  ALL you guys don't like... WE don't like those guys either!!!!! but we have to work with em!!!

THANKS BROTHER!!!  A BIGGGGGGG to you JLB1PI YOU made it!!! hope you enjoy it for a LONGGGGG time!!!  i got 15-1/2 more to go!!! lol  seems like an eternity... but i tell ya the first  9 1/2 flew by!!!!
100% percent true, just like in every profession ... there are nice guys & there are bad guys....etc..etc..etc, but we just seem to get lumped in with all the bad guys!!!  i guess all we can do is try & make the best out of it!!! etc thanks

mike dc....
bro trust me i know it seems like the system is against the honest working guy, whose not a kazzzzzillionaire!! lol, i've been to court on cases where the same gun toting crack head, whose been locked up 4 dozen times gets off with a dopey lil fine!!!  yea makes ya pissssed!!!!  but like i told jeremy... if you go & fight a realllly stupid ticket that the retard cop wrote because he's a jerk, most of the time you'll get off!!!!! and it does piss off the judges & the prosecutors, when the cops write tickets for the wrong things, and when it's for a ridiculous reason!!!
i guess it also depends on what area you live in too, i can see more rural area's being a lil harsher (unfortunatly) on the public & maybe being a lil unfair/bias in the courts cause the courts & the local police are closely related. which sucks if you can't get a fair shake!!! the system does suck... for both sides!!!!! 

and yes we most likely get away with speeding when we get pulled over by another cop...it's sorta a perk of the job... just like if your brother or cousin worked at target, you'd prob get a discount too, or have them buy it for you w/ their discount... and if you were a cop, would you give another cop a ticket? i highly doubt it!!!! unless you wanna start a war between the departments!!! lol

and yes as in my previous post (before i went to work), LAST NIGHT WAS BUSY AS HELLLLLL,and we were short handed...only 4 guys working the street last night, on a busy (nice night) sat bar night!!!!
we went from call to call, from one end of town to the other end of town allllll night long!!! all i'll say is ...some kid should be thanking he's still got his teeth in his mouth after last night!!!! 

and just out of curiosity .... anybody know what MR SILVER R/T does for a living?!?!?!? 

my sincere apologies to all, who have ever dealt with a douchebag cop!!! SORRY!!! we aren't all like that.... some of us actually do help people!!! LOL!!!
i'm not patting myself on the back or looking for an ego trip, but just to share.. and maybe restore a lil faith in the law enforcement profession. there was a BIG fire in the town i work.. (which is basically 1 square mile of New York City, but right across the hudson river on the New Jersey side)  a huge apartment bldg went on fire, my partner & i were only 2 blocks away when the call came in (people usually call us first for everything) so as we pull up you can see alot of black smoke from a window on the 4th floor, and a guy pointing out his window to us, so of course we run upstairs & knock on doors to get people up (it's 1:30am also). so we get up to the 4th fl, and the smoke is really comming from under & all around the apartment door, since i don't know if there is anybody in there, i kick the door down & get pummelled with the thick black smoke & i can feel the heat of the flames, well i tried to get in, but the smoke was too much!!! it's amazing how it just consumes your lungs!!! anyways i tried 3 times but couldn't get in the apartment, my boss finally ordered me away, dragging me down the other side of hallway!! (couch..couch choke choke!! LOL, mmmm nice black stuff comes out for a week!!!), anyways 2 other of my guys were able to save an elderly handicapped lady who was overweight & would've NEVER been able to get out on her own!!! we went to find them , cause they were calling for help on the radio as her apt was filling up w/ smoke & flames, but the front glass door to that entrance was locked... so i ended up breaking, the glass door to get in!! hey..gotta do what ya gotta do!!! they all got out ok!!! the fire dept arrived & ended up putting out the fire, but it destroyed like 2 floors & the roof!!! it was a BIG fire!!! 4 of us went to the hosp for smoke inhalation. well a bunch of us midnight guys are getting put in for a bunch of awards!!! which is nice that we are getting something positive about the police dept!!!!!
ok.... time for bed!!! i'm beat!!!
later....

-JOHN

[69bronzeT5]

and just out of curiosity .... anybody know what MR SILVER R/T does for a living?!?!?!? 

Hopefully he dosent work in a body shop

[resq302]

thanks guys for sticking up!!!
i'm not even gonna lowere myself down to a certain colors screen name & start this debate OR pissing match on this wonderfull forum. (cause we all kn ow what's gonna happen then!!)
i'll let anyone here that knows me or that i've dealt with, either stick up for me (which they alreday have!!  ) as they know the type of person  i am!!!!
and YES unfortunaltley a few bad apples do spoil the WHOLE TREE!!!!
well on that note... i have to go to work..... ummm lets see, and since it's sat nite.. deal with a bunch of drunk obnoxious a$$ holes, ummm gun toting drug dealers, (ahhh yea when was the last time, you went to work and had to deal w/ that on a reg basis?!?!?!?), drunk drivers, crack heads, domestic vilolence...(which is the #2 reason how cops get hurt/killed).. (traffic accidents are #1!!!)
so i'll just next time you or a loved one is getting hurt, robbed or whatever you would normally call the cops for..... try calling a gas station attendant or a wal mart manager, or a crack head .... and seeeeee who the hell shows up & protects your family!!!!!! and ohhhh yea another thing... when there's a fire also (not knockin any firemen!!!) but cause we are out on patrol all night... WE are usually the first one's there, getting the people out, till they get there!!!
have a good night, be carefull & stay outta trouble!!!

-JOHN

John,

I am a police dispatcher and I could not agree with you more!  However, there are those cops out there that do spoil the bunch for the good ones.  I know some in my town as well.  You just have to take the good with the bad.  Same with lawyers (not poking at any one on here if you are a lawyer) but it goes the same with every profession.

[68charger383]

a discussion starts about bad part dealers, body shops, cops etc..............and then somehow it ends up with lawyer bashing??   

[Forza]

I never liked cops, theyre all crooks

The feeling is probably mutual. You go up to a cop with a shitty attitude and its going to come right back at you. There are bad apples in every profession, don't label the entire field over a few. You may think we'd be better off without law enforcement but I sincerely beg to differ.

[Bandit72]

I never liked cops, theyre all crooks

The feeling is probably mutual. You go up to a cop with a shitty attitude and its going to come right back at you. There are bad apples in every profession, don't label the entire field over a few. You may think we'd be better off without law enforcement but I sincerely beg to differ.

i agree 110% i have learned many a times that if you treat them with respect, they will respect you back. There are the few that ruin it for the rest of them...but that goes along with every career.

[TheGhost]

I never liked cops, theyre all crooks

You've made more than your fair share of idiotic posts here, but this one tops them all.  Congratulations on showing everyone, once again, just how little you actually think before you hit the submit button.

We, sir, are in awe of your stupidity.

[The70RT]

I guess it depends on what kind of day they are having. I met my share of pricks. I got a ticket for honking my horn when a cop was doing an illegal turn at an intersection....non emergency since he came back after me. I also had a pair for neighbors. They were worried about me with my cars more than the big drug house across the street. They sold shit all night long and just turned up their noses because maybe they were too chicken shit since they lived 3 houses down from them. Don't get me wrong I have some cops friends but not scumbag ones. I'm sure their not as cool as HITMAN though  This city is known for crooked cops though...stealing cocaine v& money....driving drunk bla bla bla. Here a few years ago they had a search warrant for a house and didn't say POLICE open up...they just kicked in the door. A guy living there shot one because of that. He didn't get into much trouble because they didn't give any warning.

[Forza]

Here a few years ago they had a search warrant for a house and didn't say POLICE open up...they just kicked in the door. A guy living there shot one because of that. He didn't get into much trouble because they didn't give any warning.

Those are known as "No-Knock" warrants. Not every search warrant says the police have to yell at the door and give the suspect a 3 minute head start to start flushing the drugs down the toilet or run out the back door.

And yes cops can give tickets for misuse of vehicle instruments. It's very rare but can happen.

[The70RT]

Here a few years ago they had a search warrant for a house and didn't say POLICE open up...they just kicked in the door. A guy living there shot one because of that. He didn't get into much trouble because they didn't give any warning.

Those are known as "No-Knock" warrants. Not every search warrant says the police have to yell at the door and give the suspect a 3 minute head start to start flushing the drugs down the toilet or run out the back door.

And yes cops can give tickets for misuse of vehicle instruments.

Yeah but they never found crap that is why the guy never did time. And for misuse of vehicle intruments....haha.... they are the biggist ones. Just because they have a badge doesn't mean they are above the law....we pay their salary.....not that they make much but that's not my fault

[Forza]

Here a few years ago they had a search warrant for a house and didn't say POLICE open up...they just kicked in the door. A guy living there shot one because of that. He didn't get into much trouble because they didn't give any warning.

Those are known as "No-Knock" warrants. Not every search warrant says the police have to yell at the door and give the suspect a 3 minute head start to start flushing the drugs down the toilet or run out the back door.

And yes cops can give tickets for misuse of vehicle instruments.

we pay their salary.....not that they make much but that's not my fault

Pay more taxes, the paychecks blow. And as for the other ramblings in your post 

[The70RT]

Here a few years ago they had a search warrant for a house and didn't say POLICE open up...they just kicked in the door. A guy living there shot one because of that. He didn't get into much trouble because they didn't give any warning.

Those are known as "No-Knock" warrants. Not every search warrant says the police have to yell at the door and give the suspect a 3 minute head start to start flushing the drugs down the toilet or run out the back door.

And yes cops can give tickets for misuse of vehicle instruments.

we pay their salary.....not that they make much but that's not my fault

Pay more taxes, the paychecks blow. And as for the other ramblings in your post 

Ramblings i yeah know..........sometimes the truth hurts though   Since you are young and maybe still somewhat a virgin in the hotrod world maybe they have left you alone so far 

[Rack]

I know not all cops are bad, but these bad ones do make PD's look bad.


But, IMO, ONE bad cop is unacceptable. Period.


The POS Police Chief in my town just got sent to prison for extortion (sp?). They could have got him for A LOT more than that. He had wrecked at least 5 city vehicles (drunk driving) and was no longer allowed to drive city vehicles. The freakin' Chief of Police not allowed to drive a city vehicle. How sad is that?

It's messed up cuz I was happy when he became chief cuz he was replacing ANOTHER corrupt POS Chief (he didn't get caught though).

Our city tax accessor collector (or some crap like that) is in trouble for some illegal dealings as well. And that's just the beginning. I KNOW our Sheriff is corrupt (my dad worked for the sheriff's dept after retiring from the border patrol). This whole POS town is full of corrupt cops (that's simply the truth). At least the FBI is moving in and starting to clean up around here. Hopefully they bust enough of these losers so that it scares the future Politicians/Cops into actually being honest and doing their freakin' jobs.

I have a few buddies in the PD and from what I know of them, they're good honest people, but I wouldnt' be surprised if they were dirty. When people get a little "Power" they tend to want to take advantage of it.

[HITMAN 149]

thanks guys!!!
i tell everyone... that YOU are 95% the one who is going to dictate whether or not you get a ticket!!! when i walk up to the car.. and if you are nice, 99% (depends on the violation, usually a real dopey minor one) i end up getting a case of the guilts & let you off with a warning! i see no reason to screw up someone's record, and ruin thier day, over a minor violation, cause then your ins goes up, and on & on & on. i guess i'm sorta the exception, not the rule?!?!?  i'm a softie.. what can i say. 

[SnoPro440]

Hey John,

Here is a new avatar for ya.   

[HITMAN 149]

hey easy there you!!! we went 3 years w/out a contract/raise!!!!!! hahahaha
aghhhhem... NEW pics of the beast?!?!?!?!!?

[SnoPro440]

No, nothing new on my car yet.  The shop relocated and I changed my mind on a few things so that has really slowed down the progress.  I hope to have it back in May.  Sorry for the hi-jack.

[HITMAN 149]

aghh got my all excited!!!!!! alllll FOR NOTIN!!! lol
ok.. well i hope all is well!!!

[Rack]

That reminds of a time a cop didn't give me a ticket (cuz he knew I did nothing wrong).


Was responding to an alarm call at work (yes, I'm a lowly security man at a used car lot). It was raining, and I was pulling out onto a main street (at like 2 AM). The street I was pulling out from was at an incline, I was making a right turn, and to my left was another used car lot that always has a big truck/suv on a "ramp" right at that corner and you can't see traffic coming (really, if the city were doing it's job they'd instruct that car lot owner to NOT put vehicles in the way that obstruct the view of traffic). Anyway, since I couldn't see, and it was raining, I decided to put in 4 HI and pull out fast so that if there was traffic coming (there's a street light right there and even in the dark you can't see headlights coming) I'd be out of their way quickly and wouldn't cause anyone to have to swerve (sp?) or slam on the breaks. Sure enough there was traffic coming (including the cop) but since I got out of there quickly (It wasn't that it was "Fast" it was just a quick start considering the rain, but with my 4WD I can get out of there quickly and not lose control).

Anyway, the cop says I could have caused an accident cuz the traffic was too close. I told him I couldn't see the traffic cuz of that damn truck blocking my view. So he says "Well why did you pull out of there so fast". I said, "Since I couldn't see I figure it's better to get out and down the road faster so as not to cause anyone to slam on their breaks in the rain". He says, "It's dangerous pulling out like that in the rain" so I explained to him that I had it in 4HI. He says it doesn't matter it's still not safe. I said, "Yeah I know it's not 'Safe' but it was safer then if I were to pull out into traffic slowly and cause them to slam on the breaks". Then he's like "Where were you tonight?" I said, "Home". What are you doing out at this time of night? I said, "Going to work". He says, "Work? Where do you work?" I said, "Right there" and pointed to the building right next to us. We were literally directly in front of my work place. So I explained I was security and was responding to a call. The security company always calls the police when the alarm goes off so he checked it and knew I wasn't lying.


ANyway, he didn't give me a ticket (again, I made the best possible decision considering the circumstances) cuz he knew I made the best decision. If I had pulled out slowly, there WOULD have been an accident. At least that guy was doing his job though. I have no problem with what he did. He realized I did nothing wrong and let it go. SOme cops have too much pride and want to push their weight around and would have given a ticket anyway.

I can't count how many times I've seen someone make an illegal turn, run a stop sign/light, pull out in front of someone, etc... RIGHT IN FRONT OF A COP and the cop does nothing about it.

[The70RT]

I know not all cops are bad, but these bad ones do make PD's look bad.


But, IMO, ONE bad cop is unacceptable. Period.


The POS Police Chief in my town just got sent to prison for extortion (sp?). They could have got him for A LOT more than that. He had wrecked at least 5 city vehicles (drunk driving) and was no longer allowed to drive city vehicles. The freakin' Chief of Police not allowed to drive a city vehicle. How sad is that?

It's messed up cuz I was happy when he became chief cuz he was replacing ANOTHER corrupt POS Chief (he didn't get caught though).

Our city tax accessor collector (or some crap like that) is in trouble for some illegal dealings as well. And that's just the beginning. I KNOW our Sheriff is corrupt (my dad worked for the sheriff's dept after retiring from the border patrol). This whole POS town is full of corrupt cops (that's simply the truth). At least the FBI is moving in and starting to clean up around here. Hopefully they bust enough of these losers so that it scares the future Politicians/Cops into actually being honest and doing their freakin' jobs.

I have a few buddies in the PD and from what I know of them, they're good honest people, but I wouldnt' be surprised if they were dirty. When people get a little "Power" they tend to want to take advantage of it.

You town sounds as bad as ours. It has been some years ago but we had a Sheriff shoot his own bullet proof vest and put it back on and then called for help. It took them a week to interagate EVERYONE that had such described vehicle......then they found the shotgun....barrel first sticking out of the water with the stock exposed and low and behold guess who's prints were on the stock  I am not sure what his intensions were....I guess he wasn't getting any attention 

[bull]

The Law Enforcement profession is no different than any other profession, or for that matter the rest of the world...
There's:
-good cops and there's bad cops
-honest cops and corrupt cops
-intelligent cops and literally dumb/stupid cops
-fair cops and unfair cops
-kind cops and brutal cops
-caring cops and don't-give-a-f*&% cops
-brave cops and coward cops
-conscientious cops and slip-shod cops
-cool cops and badge-heavy cops
-rookie cops and experienced cops

This can be said about any group of people. Nurses, doctors, teachers, you name it. All of humanity basically. Just replace the word "cops" with "people" and it describes us all.

[Blown70]

Let me tell you there ARE CLOWN in all professions.  I cannot stand most of my fellow "professionals" and I will use that term loosly to describe them.....

I have had a bad run in or two with cops but to be honest overall they are people to and have good days and bad.  I would say OVERALL THEY DO GOOD!   we just sometimes hear more about the bad....better press maybe?

[dkn1997]

....I have a few buddies in the PD and from what I know of them, they're good honest people, but I wouldnt' be surprised if they were dirty. When people get a little "Power" they tend to want to take advantage of it.

Now that's funny. glad someone decided to lighten up the mood on this thread!!

[sick dawg]

thanks guys for sticking up!!!
i'm not even gonna lowere myself down to a certain colors screen name & start this debate OR pissing match on this wonderfull forum. (cause we all kn ow what's gonna happen then!!)
i'll let anyone here that knows me or that i've dealt with, either stick up for me (which they alreday have!!  ) as they know the type of person  i am!!!!
and YES unfortunaltley a few bad apples do spoil the WHOLE TREE!!!!
well on that note... i have to go to work..... ummm lets see, and since it's sat nite.. deal with a bunch of drunk obnoxious a$$ holes, ummm gun toting drug dealers, (ahhh yea when was the last time, you went to work and had to deal w/ that on a reg basis?!?!?!?), drunk drivers, crack heads, domestic vilolence...(which is the #2 reason how cops get hurt/killed).. (traffic accidents are #1!!!)
so i'll just next time you or a loved one is getting hurt, robbed or whatever you would normally call the cops for..... try calling a gas station attendant or a wal mart manager, or a crack head .... and seeeeee who the hell shows up & protects your family!!!!!! and ohhhh yea another thing... when there's a fire also (not knockin any firemen!!!) but cause we are out on patrol all night... WE are usually the first one's there, getting the people out, till they get there!!!
have a good night, be carefull & stay outta trouble!!!

-JOHN

John,

I am a police dispatcher and I could not agree with you more!  However, there are those cops out there that do spoil the bunch for the good ones.  I know some in my town as well.  You just have to take the good with the bad.  Same with lawyers (not poking at any one on here if you are a lawyer) but it goes the same with every profession.

Keep up the good work! I'm getting ready to go to work now. I've got midnight bicycle patrols to do. Not that I have to, but I've got to help bring up some of our young guns right and one of the best ways is to show them there isn't anything I'd want them to do that I won't do myself.  It's good for morale for an old guy like me (46 and thinking retirement soon) to be on bicycles with the young guns at night. They can't get over the fact I can out ride most of them at my age. Keeping them safe and bringing them up right, makes good cops.

[timmy]

THAT BLOWS is he going to fight it in court

[C_stripes]

Yes.  We are going to go to court. I'm going to be there because I was there when we dropped the fuel off.