Has the enforcement of traffic violations changed over the years?

keith44spl said:
I really liked it.......
Had the guys in the motor pool plug it up
and remover the RPM and Speed limiter....

She was purty fast on the top end. ;):D

Tires were rated for 168 mph continuous run


It was all A-Okay till one nite some outta state dopers kinda ambushed me.

Gave me a glancing lick in the side and shot er up a bit.

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Wow, that's going to take a whole lot of Turtle Wax!
 
Are there municipalities/agencies populated with knotheads that embarrass us all? Yup. Are they common? Maybe, in some places. In smaller towns, there are a lot of older folks, little kids, etc., who pay less attention than I consider prudent. This results in a major incentive to slow traffic down and keep a lid on the driving in general. In bigger cities, traffic enforcement is rare unless something odd happens, because the call volume for the average radio slave is staggering. a few hours behind on calls is is not unusual.

Badge out? One had best be careful; I know of agencies that will hammer an officer doing that, and others that will turn them in.
 
keith44spl said:
The jurisdiction I worked in, there was an unwritten code of the west...
We didn't write other cops, nor their wives...Didn't write doctors, nurses and or
firemen, ya never knew when you might need your own life saved.

There was a small collage town, west of where I worked, that the city police was so micro managed,
officers had no discretion on traffic stops. They wrote everyone, for everything.
Well, a rookie patrolman wrote an undercover (state gold badge) for a licence plate violation, once.

We were advised not to back this particular city department on any calls and to write any officer
Of that department up to and including the chief for any and all witnessed violations.



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Paragraph one is the BS that needs to stop.

As for paragraph 3, whoever issued the order should rot in prison for the rest of their natural. No perceived slight or politics should EVER stand in the way of effective law enforcement.

As I said before, when will the US stop this hick behavior and join the civilized world.
 
At what level of offense did you start "writing" this privileged (at least in your eyes) group?

keith44spl said:
The jurisdiction I worked in, there was an unwritten code of the west...
We didn't write other cops, nor their wives...Didn't write doctors, nurses and or
firemen, ya never knew when you might need your own life saved.

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Cameras

Speed cameras are popping up all over this area. Local law enforcement cite the safety factor but those cameras are nothing but revenue generators; for the municipalities and for the camera companies.

If a guy is speeding and no cop is there to stop him, he'll keep speeding and possibly cause an accident. In a week, he'll get his $150 speeding ticket in the mail.

I thought LEOs are supposed to stop perps, not take pictures of their license plates.
 
WANNA TALK ABOUT POLICE DISCRETION BACK IN THE DAY?

In my, then small town Dad was the village attorney, fire dept Chaplin, C of C, Elks, in other words well known. My younger Bro had the gift of gab along with a drinking problem. More than once they would take his keys & give him a lift home.
 
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Ματθιας;140379500 said:
How/why did your department get a top of the line, flagship model Merc. Marauder?
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Rumor I heard was they were given to FHP. My agency (WSP) never got any so I bought the first one I saw (new). The Mercury Marauder is what the CVPI should have been.
 
Ματθιας;140379500 said:
How/why did your department get a top of the line, flagship model Merc. Marauder?
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I don't rightly recall now, a discreet vehicle, I was with drug enforcement....

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Muss Muggins said:
At what level of offense did you start "writing" this privileged (at least in your eyes) group?
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When it became a public safety issue.....Reckless, impaired driver (DWI) etc...

Five or ten over the limit on the four lane...I never wrote anyone for that.

Fifteen or above probably got a citation. Drugs and or paraphernalia got em a free ride to the county cross-bar hotel.

Do you really want to be citing the ER Doctor or nurse, the volunteer fireman, other officers that you might need as backup on some lonely stretch of rural highway at 0'dark hundred when there's one of you and four or more subjects in the car you just stopped for suspected drunk driving and they all want to fight.

I never knew when I was gonna need treatment in the ER or someone to help fight a fire at my house or help on the side of the highway....

Policing in a small rural community where everyone knows everyone...it's different that working the big city.

I got away from all that road work....and moving violations.

Spent the last decade as a detective for the DA's office. Give me high crimes any day.


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LVSteve said:
Paragraph one is the BS that needs to stop.

As for paragraph 3, whoever issued the order should rot in prison for the rest of their natural. No perceived slight or politics should EVER stand in the way of effective law enforcement.

As I said before, when will the US stop this hick behavior and join the civilized world.
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It don't sound like you know too awful much about
law enforcement in the United States of America. :rolleyes:

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A few months back, there was an article in the local paper about how the local police are not enforcing the traffic laws. It seems there was some ruling by the NC state legislators where the traffic fines collected by the local police can not be used by the local governments but must be sent to the state. The monetary incentive for the writing of traffic tickets has disappeared! Fortunately were are a very small town and don't have a lot of traffic violations.
 
keith44spl said:
... Do you really want to be citing the ER Doctor or nurse, the volunteer fireman, other officers that you might need as backup on some lonely stretch of rural highway at 0'dark hundred when there's one of you and four or more subjects in the car you just stopped for suspected drunk driving and they all want to fight.

I never knew when I was gonna need treatment in the ER or someone to help fight a fire at my house or help on the side of the highway....

Policing in a small rural community where everyone knows everyone...it's different that working the big city...
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+1. I transferred to a more rural area the first chance I got. When my turn came to lie horizontal in the ER I was really glad I always made a point out of getting along with EMS...
 
in Minden unless you are going really fast you will probably get just a warning. the cops realize that in a small town you will have to live with them and they with you. it is much easier with just giving out a warning.

a couple of weeks ago a girl from Colorado was going to fast and a state patrolman got her for $200 in fines. she didn't learn her lesson as a short time later a deputy got her for another $175.

if you get caught and a fine you get you name in the town newspaper
 
The cameras that are everywhere have taken the discretion away from the rank and file officer these days. In car cameras, body cameras and even the person you stopped, have cameras out these days. I used to be a road patrol cop, now I'm with the investigative side of the house. I wouldn't want to be out working traffic anymore. The cop is always wrong, according to the public.
 
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