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07-27-2005, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by DRM600
do people with "10-99 foundation" license plate frames have a better chance of getting away with a warning for moving violations?
07-27-2005, 07:37 PM
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brakejobhelp, i think i speak for all of us when I say WE appreciate this thread very much, its very usefull...
my question: Why can't more cops be like you.. i know they are mostly all good people, but some of them are just plain rude asses (yes i understand its stressful) but that doesnt mean these guys need to be rude like they are sometimes
my question: Why can't more cops be like you.. i know they are mostly all good people, but some of them are just plain rude asses (yes i understand its stressful) but that doesnt mean these guys need to be rude like they are sometimes
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07-27-2005, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by CLean B
brakejobhelp, i think i speak for all of us when I say WE appreciate this thread very much, its very usefull...
my question: Why can't more cops be like you.. i know they are mostly all good people, but some of them are just plain rude asses (yes i understand its stressful) but that doesnt mean these guys need to be rude like they are sometimes
my question: Why can't more cops be like you.. i know they are mostly all good people, but some of them are just plain rude asses (yes i understand its stressful) but that doesnt mean these guys need to be rude like they are sometimes
I still get in my TL and speed around, and at the meet i was going as fast as everyone else... I've let a lot of people go who deserved to be arrested, but I knew just my contact had made a difference...
Maybe it's just because I work for a busy agency, i don't have time to sit around in speed traps or hide on offramps to get freeway speeders... i get my fill of work busting crackheads, rapists, wife beaters, and other shit... who cares about some idiot kid with a muffler and lowering springs, especially when my own personal car has an idiot muffler and lowering springs
we're all idiots
07-27-2005, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by brakejobhelp
we're all idiots
i've been there done that, got a taste of jail, and i'll NEVER put myself in that kind of situation again as long as i live
07-27-2005, 07:48 PM
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Dont they have some type of Acura Zine Award we can give this guy, hes great 
07-27-2005, 07:48 PM
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sometimes, and this is rare, you'll get one of us to admit that we've all done some things which may have landed us in jail, we're just lucky to never get caught...
i've sped at 120mph when I was 16, in a 35... that would have landed me in jail...
i've sped at 120mph when I was 16, in a 35... that would have landed me in jail...
07-27-2005, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by brakejobhelp
who cares about some idiot kid with a muffler and lowering springs, especially when my own personal car has an idiot muffler and lowering springs
we're all idiots
we're all idiots
I'll fess up, I don't drive a blue TL... but it's not lowered either......
Ok, it's lowered, but i swear about the mufflers, they're stock.
07-27-2005, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by ccannizz11
I'll fess up, I don't drive a blue TL... but it's not lowered either......
Ok, it's lowered, but i swear about the mufflers, they're stock.
07-27-2005, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Raheel
Dont they have some type of Acura Zine Award we can give this guy, hes great
07-27-2005, 07:54 PM
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If you pull someone over and they do something funny, do you laugh at them or do you maintain an all-business demeanor?
For instance, one time I was pulled over because my toll booth transponder didn't go off because I didn't hold it up in time, and when the cop got there I was genuinely distressed because I hadn't meant to blow thru the tollbooth, so I was like, "OMG I'M SO SORRY IT WAS AN ACCIDENT I DIDN'T MEAN TO" and I could tell that the cop thought my reaction was hilarious since I was so obviously upset about something pretty insignificant, but he worked through the pain of trying not to smile and gave me a stern warning (but no ticket)... in that situation, would you have smiled?
Also, do you ever pull people over to tell them you like their cars?
For instance, one time I was pulled over because my toll booth transponder didn't go off because I didn't hold it up in time, and when the cop got there I was genuinely distressed because I hadn't meant to blow thru the tollbooth, so I was like, "OMG I'M SO SORRY IT WAS AN ACCIDENT I DIDN'T MEAN TO" and I could tell that the cop thought my reaction was hilarious since I was so obviously upset about something pretty insignificant, but he worked through the pain of trying not to smile and gave me a stern warning (but no ticket)... in that situation, would you have smiled?
Also, do you ever pull people over to tell them you like their cars?
07-27-2005, 08:01 PM
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Do you feel hamstrung by all of the suspect-friendly, anti-profiling, victim-protecting, politically correct wimp-out regulations that are imposed these days? (OK, the wording of that question definitely shows my bias, but so be it.) I mean if there were one or two things that you could change in the law that would affect the way you guys do your job, what would it be?
07-27-2005, 08:04 PM
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if this thread stays on TOPIC, and no WHORING, it will remain open as long as bjh is checking in and answering
Consider yourselves all VERY lucky to have such honest input from an officer.
Consider yourselves all VERY lucky to have such honest input from an officer.
07-27-2005, 08:05 PM
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Are there any environmental factors that persuades you NOT to pull over someone? Another officer in uniform, military in uniform, hot soccer mom, asian lady looking lost, etc.?
07-27-2005, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Caliadria
When you impound a woman's car, do you dig your face into the driver's seat and growl, "MMMmmm! Smells like FRESH PUSSY!", like the guy in that horrible porno I saw recently?
Thats one of the most retarded things I've heard (not aimed at you but the porno).
07-27-2005, 09:45 PM
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Are these people real cops ?
Are these people real cops ?
07-27-2005, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Caliadria
Also, do you ever pull people over to tell them you like their cars?
07-27-2005, 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by joshrsmith2411
I had a cop pull me over, for flashing my lights at another car to warn him of a speed trap. Can i get a ticket for that. the cop was really nice and let me go but could he have given me a ticket? that same cop told me how much he liked my car and we talked about tl's and cl's for 15 min.
07-28-2005, 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Caliadria
If you pull someone over and they do something funny, do you laugh at them or do you maintain an all-business demeanor?
For instance, one time I was pulled over because my toll booth transponder didn't go off because I didn't hold it up in time, and when the cop got there I was genuinely distressed because I hadn't meant to blow thru the tollbooth, so I was like, "OMG I'M SO SORRY IT WAS AN ACCIDENT I DIDN'T MEAN TO" and I could tell that the cop thought my reaction was hilarious since I was so obviously upset about something pretty insignificant, but he worked through the pain of trying not to smile and gave me a stern warning (but no ticket)... in that situation, would you have smiled?
Also, do you ever pull people over to tell them you like their cars?
For instance, one time I was pulled over because my toll booth transponder didn't go off because I didn't hold it up in time, and when the cop got there I was genuinely distressed because I hadn't meant to blow thru the tollbooth, so I was like, "OMG I'M SO SORRY IT WAS AN ACCIDENT I DIDN'T MEAN TO" and I could tell that the cop thought my reaction was hilarious since I was so obviously upset about something pretty insignificant, but he worked through the pain of trying not to smile and gave me a stern warning (but no ticket)... in that situation, would you have smiled?
Also, do you ever pull people over to tell them you like their cars?
I've never pulled someone over just to see their car... oh wait, i have....
but I had a valid reason just to cover my ass...
07-28-2005, 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Winterwaves
Do you feel hamstrung by all of the suspect-friendly, anti-profiling, victim-protecting, politically correct wimp-out regulations that are imposed these days? (OK, the wording of that question definitely shows my bias, but so be it.) I mean if there were one or two things that you could change in the law that would affect the way you guys do your job, what would it be?
my man....I would want us to be questioned less by the media and general public, who are usually SO uninformed they just take the easy way out and blame the police...
also, i'd like it so we cannot be sued directly if we make a mistake... thats just not fair, we're human...
07-28-2005, 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Astroboy
if this thread stays on TOPIC, and no WHORING, it will remain open as long as bjh is checking in and answering
Consider yourselves all VERY lucky to have such honest input from an officer.
Consider yourselves all VERY lucky to have such honest input from an officer.
thanks 
07-28-2005, 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by brakejobhelp
thanks 
thank you.
07-28-2005, 12:33 AM
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Originally Posted by NiteQwill
Are there any environmental factors that persuades you NOT to pull over someone? Another officer in uniform, military in uniform, hot soccer mom, asian lady looking lost, etc.?
raining? i dont want to be out in the cold
Other cops/military/firemen/emt¶medics are usually given professional courtesy... when it's 2am in the freezing cold and some jackass has knocked his wife out because he's a punk dick... and you're standing out in the cold with the only other morons up at 2am (other cops and fire/medics) then they kinda deserve a little courtesy...
Hot moms sometimes get a break, although a lot of the time they're being bitches and talk themselves into a ticket...
Actually, I had an idiot who would *NOT* get off the phone for a simple, simple, SIMPLE warning... She made an illegal u-turn. I thought she was lost, so i pulled her over just to warn her... Smile and everything, didn't even ask for her license... She kept her window up, i had to knock on it to get it down... then she stayed on the phone and said something like, "Oh great now this officer pulled me over for something stupid..."
I asked her to get off the phone and she said "why?"...
"because I said so, now hang up."
"no officer, you can't make me. now do whatever you want and get this over with" "(back on phone) Oh i just wish he would hurry up, making me late...."
she ended up with an illegal u turn ticket, 2 child seat violations, and 5200vc No front license plate
and i almost NEVER EVER write for no front plate... i dont use one myself..
07-28-2005, 12:34 AM
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Originally Posted by bryanz3.0cl
if someone has a couple oz's on them and you know its for personal use and they admit its for personal use, would still go for distribution?
just a big bag, say 2oz? a full oz over the 1oz limit... I'd just destroy it on site and kick him/her loose
07-28-2005, 12:35 AM
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IF a White guy in an Acura, a black guy in a liftet caprice w/ 24" rims, and a spanish guy in a old shopping cart wingged accord were all speeding who would u pull oveR?
07-28-2005, 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Chopper
Does talking loudly to an office get you a ride of your life ? 
i get a little offended when i don't get respect, i'll admit it... but come on, usually its something this person did to get me here, at least realize it and you'll probably get off...
07-28-2005, 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Caliadria
When you impound a woman's car, do you dig your face into the driver's seat and growl, "MMMmmm! Smells like FRESH PUSSY!", like the guy in that horrible porno I saw recently?
oh, um, no, never (new idea though
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