Got Stop by Officer.
Road Captain
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From: Fairfax, Virginia
RE: Got Stop by Officer.
What? That's crap. Professional courtesy was always a given for me, unless you did something so stupid that I had to pinch you for something. It came with the job and I expected it just like I gave it... Wasn't like I didn't give an equal number of breaks to other folks I stopped that seemed like they deserved. In my book all fellow officers deserved and received it... I was consistantly one of the top three traffic officers on my 100 man department and only wrote about 50 - 60% of my stops. The rest were warnings..
and I didn't write bikes....
and I didn't write bikes....
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RE: Got Stop by Officer.
Friend of mine is a State Trooper in VA, he writes city/county officers all the time. He told me if he has to stop someone, they get a ticket. Even wrote the ADA for Fairfax County once.
His brother is a Judge in Arlington County, he told me once that he went in to the court room and told everyone he was handing out time instead of fines and cleared the court room...He went and played golf.
His brother is a Judge in Arlington County, he told me once that he went in to the court room and told everyone he was handing out time instead of fines and cleared the court room...He went and played golf.
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RE: Got Stop by Officer.
Poetic justice, would be for that ADA to be prosecuting one of the Trooper's tickets, and just make him look like an idiot on the stand.
I wrote a Catholic Priest once, for speeding thru the school zone at his own parish. I took crap over that one for quite awhile!!
I wrote a Catholic Priest once, for speeding thru the school zone at his own parish. I took crap over that one for quite awhile!!
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From: Northern Illinois
RE: Got Stop by Officer.
Professional courtesy is just another perk of the job IMO !!! It would take a lot for me to write a cop, firefighter, nurse, doctor, etc. It's a small world and you never know when you may need those people.
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From: Southern California High Desert, here and there....
RE: Got Stop by Officer.
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Professional courtesy is just another perk of the job IMO !!! It would take a lot for me to write a cop, firefighter, nurse, doctor, etc. It's a small world and you never know when you may need those people.
Professional courtesy is just another perk of the job IMO !!! It would take a lot for me to write a cop, firefighter, nurse, doctor, etc. It's a small world and you never know when you may need those people.
Road Warrior
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From: Naples, Florida
RE: Got Stop by Officer.
I also give professional courtesy; I give a lot of breaks to regular people too. It really pisses me off when a cop says “I always give a ticket, if I pull you over, you get a ticket” That’s BS, it is called officer discretion, obviously they have none. It is never black and white. “Them that don’t know, you can’t teach.”
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RE: Got Stop by Officer.
Where I work, I stop fellow LEOs a lot (twice yesterday alone). With only one exception in my career, everyone of them were courteous and apologetic. When they pull out their badge, I usually say "Would you like me to use your badge number or you driver's license number on your citation?" After they give me that deer in the headlights look, I laugh, tell them to be safe, and send them on their way. You never know if they may be the one to save your butt.
Years ago when I was a paramedic, an overzealous motorcop pulle me over in the ambulance and wrote me a ticket for driving 12 over on the way to a call. After that, I swore that I would never be like that guy.
Years ago when I was a paramedic, an overzealous motorcop pulle me over in the ambulance and wrote me a ticket for driving 12 over on the way to a call. After that, I swore that I would never be like that guy.
