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07-29-2005, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by brakejobhelp
some people take themselves to fucking seriously...
i call myself the "po po"
i sometimes wear an undershirt with "Fuck Tha Police" on it...
i call myself the "po po"
i sometimes wear an undershirt with "Fuck Tha Police" on it...
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07-29-2005, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by peacefrog
This has GOT to be urban legend, but I always thought it was humorous.
Cops have a way to tell if your drivers license has been used to cut up lines of coke?
Cops have a way to tell if your drivers license has been used to cut up lines of coke?
Lick the edge?
07-29-2005, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ccannizz11
If you have someone pulled over on the opposite side of the road, is there any reason for people to slow down other than to rubberneck?
07-29-2005, 01:08 PM
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do you have any good cop related jokes?
here's two i've heard related to the lapd and the rodney king incident (not intended to offend):
the infamous rodney king beating video = new lapd baton training video
did you hear about the new lapd edition of playing cards? it has 52 clubs and a spade
here's two i've heard related to the lapd and the rodney king incident (not intended to offend):
the infamous rodney king beating video = new lapd baton training video
did you hear about the new lapd edition of playing cards? it has 52 clubs and a spade
07-29-2005, 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by peacefrog
This has GOT to be urban legend, but I always thought it was humorous.
Cops have a way to tell if your drivers license has been used to cut up lines of coke?
Cops have a way to tell if your drivers license has been used to cut up lines of coke?
only if theres some residue, so wipe it off first
07-29-2005, 01:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Count Dracura
From how far away can you accurately get a reading with a radar gun?
i know the biggest problem regardless of range is making sure you're actually getting *that* car, and not someone else...
07-29-2005, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ccannizz11
If you have someone pulled over on the opposite side of the road, is there any reason for people to slow down other than to rubberneck?
blow by at 100 or so and you'll get chased down...
07-29-2005, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by bryanz3.0cl
haha thats what i call you guys too. a friend that i grew up with is a fairfax county cop (havent seen him since last summer) and i would have never thought hed end up being a cop, but anyway i always joked around with him calling out " hey popo, 5-0, piggy, bacon" or asked if he wanted any donuts etc. everything you probably hear all the time, in front of people to see their reaction. hes pretty level headed and was always a huge goofball growing up. its good to see some po's who arent complete dicks and dont take themselves way too serious REALLY ARE out there.
07-29-2005, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by iamhomin
Did a "male" ever cry with the intent to avoid a ticket?
but I have no mercy for these people, they have already screwed up their lives and now have an opportunity to correct their mistakes... they just didn't take it...
edit: these are usually more than just minor traffic tickets im talking about, these are like suspended license / reckless / dui incidents...
07-29-2005, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by brakejobhelp
i know the biggest problem regardless of range is making sure you're actually getting *that* car, and not someone else...
anyway - doesn't laser have to hit a vertical surface to get a reading? i got a speeding ticket and the cop said he hit my front plate. when i brought up to him, and in court, that i had no front plate to hit, he just said "well i hit you."
to this day, i swear that he nailed the truck that was passing me. big green pickup (local) in a small town in MD. and me in my shiny CLS (on the way to a funeral no less)
07-29-2005, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by brakejobhelp
::lick:: damm, now i have enough energy to arrest you, this stuff rocks! got any more?!?
lol
lol
Haha...
Although the idea of randomly licking people's licenses on a regular basis is kinda
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Originally Posted by DRM600
do you have any good cop related jokes?
here's two i've heard related to the lapd and the rodney king incident (not intended to offend):
the infamous rodney king beating video = new lapd baton training video
did you hear about the new lapd edition of playing cards? it has 52 clubs and a spade
here's two i've heard related to the lapd and the rodney king incident (not intended to offend):
the infamous rodney king beating video = new lapd baton training video
did you hear about the new lapd edition of playing cards? it has 52 clubs and a spade
<cop> why is your truck stinking up my highway?
<man> because i have 200 lbs of cow manure in the back
<cop> what the hell do you do with 200 lbs of shit?
<man> you give him a badge and a gun it appears...
or something like that...
those are pretty good
07-29-2005, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Caliadria
Haha...
Although the idea of randomly licking people's licenses on a regular basis is kinda
Although the idea of randomly licking people's licenses on a regular basis is kinda
07-29-2005, 03:22 PM
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What does cocaine taste like? I see cops on tv tasting it and always thought it taste like baking soda...just because it looks like it.
Do cops have clicks? Like is there the nice cops and the renegade cops and the hard headed cops and the blah blah blah...?
How realistic did you find the movie Crash?
Do cops have clicks? Like is there the nice cops and the renegade cops and the hard headed cops and the blah blah blah...?
How realistic did you find the movie Crash?
07-29-2005, 03:48 PM
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Do you have quotas? I.e. do you have to write a certain number of tickets per week? month?
07-29-2005, 03:51 PM
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he already said no, but that writing tickets shows hes doing something other than licking licences
07-29-2005, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by iamhomin
Since you remain "anonymous" and will continue to do so, what's your salary? 
07-29-2005, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by JesusJuice
What does cocaine taste like? I see cops on tv tasting it and always thought it taste like baking soda...just because it looks like it.
Do cops have clicks? Like is there the nice cops and the renegade cops and the hard headed cops and the blah blah blah...?
How realistic did you find the movie Crash?
Do cops have clicks? Like is there the nice cops and the renegade cops and the hard headed cops and the blah blah blah...?
How realistic did you find the movie Crash?
yeah we have cliques, and they're usually comprised of likeminded folks, although our brotherhood is pretty strong and we dont shun other groups...
never saw it, sorry
07-29-2005, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by brakejobhelp
i don't know, i've never tasted any drugs really... doing so is fucking stupid, and for effect... we test all drugs with chemicals, not our tongues...
yeah we have cliques, and they're usually comprised of likeminded folks, although our brotherhood is pretty strong and we dont shun other groups...
never saw it, sorry
yeah we have cliques, and they're usually comprised of likeminded folks, although our brotherhood is pretty strong and we dont shun other groups...
never saw it, sorry
I actually know the answer to this...
It doesn't really taste like anything (kinda bitter?)... but you can tell it's coke because it instantly numbs your tongue; think novacaine.
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a serious question.
I know the tint laws in cali say that we cant have the fronts tinted AT ALL
how often do you pull over someone just because you see that the fronts are tinted? is that even enough of a reason to do so? Also can you really tell the diff if a window is tinted or not? some are kinda hard to tell I think.
(im trying to see if i want to get my windshiled tinted 50% or not)
I know the tint laws in cali say that we cant have the fronts tinted AT ALL
how often do you pull over someone just because you see that the fronts are tinted? is that even enough of a reason to do so? Also can you really tell the diff if a window is tinted or not? some are kinda hard to tell I think.
(im trying to see if i want to get my windshiled tinted 50% or not)
07-29-2005, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by brakejobhelp
some of them have a nightstick up their ass... i dont know... i think it's because I am young and I try to stay as grounded as possible... i really only write tickets when the person has "talked themselves" into it, or when what they're doing is a serious danger to others (like school zone speeding)
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
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
i had NO idea you were a cop. You coulda went on the twistys with us and then 
us all by giving us all tix for speeding
07-29-2005, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Caliadria
I actually know the answer to this...
It doesn't really taste like anything (kinda bitter?)... but you can tell it's coke because it instantly numbs your tongue; think novacaine.
It doesn't really taste like anything (kinda bitter?)... but you can tell it's coke because it instantly numbs your tongue; think novacaine.
you 
there was a movie where they invited recruits to taste cocaine, then told them it was ground up birdshit or something like that... supposedly there was an instructor IRL who did the same, but with like baking soda or something with that nasty bitrex shit... but its sort of a legend-ish thing so
tasting it for law enforcement testing is all hollywood baby
07-29-2005, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by KLepTo
a serious question.
I know the tint laws in cali say that we cant have the fronts tinted AT ALL
how often do you pull over someone just because you see that the fronts are tinted? is that even enough of a reason to do so? Also can you really tell the diff if a window is tinted or not? some are kinda hard to tell I think.
(im trying to see if i want to get my windshiled tinted 50% or not)
I know the tint laws in cali say that we cant have the fronts tinted AT ALL
how often do you pull over someone just because you see that the fronts are tinted? is that even enough of a reason to do so? Also can you really tell the diff if a window is tinted or not? some are kinda hard to tell I think.
(im trying to see if i want to get my windshiled tinted 50% or not)
i dont usually ticket for modified exhausts, tint, front license plate, etc... i like them and have most (no tl exhaust yet
) so its pretty weak... and when im busting dopers and domestic mike tysons i have better things to do... i will usually ticket tint on a car when the person is a doper, a felon, or something else above regular citizen... these people are dangerous and should not be hidden by tint. i want to live and go to more meets
police cars are tinted specifically to the california legal limit, at least ours are. this is so we can compare them, on scene, to the subject vehicle. if it seems darker, we can ticket it.
it's more than enough probable cause for a pull over by itself, and it's pretty easy to tell whats illegal once you get into darker tints.
07-29-2005, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by brakejobhelp
about 70/year because i am not near the top step yet, which is about 82,000/year before promoting to sergeant...
07-29-2005, 05:26 PM
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With tint laws I never understood something. Why is it legal for SUV's to have blacked out tint in the back but not cars? I would think an SUV could potentially carry more people in the back with guns pointed right at you then a car would.
07-29-2005, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by KLepTo
i had NO idea you were a cop. You coulda went on the twistys with us and then us all by giving us all tix for speeding
nah, a little spirited driving never hurt anyone, its a crime not to let our cars breathe a little
especially ronnies tt beast
besides, twistys are usually boonie roads, not like we're speeding through a playground
the "work car" i was referring to when i said i have driven along that road before was a crown victoria
and i was f'in flying, sirens and all, going the opposite way for a cover call..
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Originally Posted by vaioman
I'm sure you have to work a crap load of OT to get there, or unless you have rank (i.e. corporal, lead officer). How long have you been a peace officer and do you have rank?
some study says schentady (sp??) ny cops make more but it's not true. cali cops make the most in the country on average, but our cost of living sucks ass
some departments here make like 106k/year BASE SALARY! on top step patrolman
about 2 years now, and i am bottom rank regular officer, not a sgt or anything (yet)