HBK
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I once dated a criminal justice major. Does that count?
Let's hear your POSITIVE LEO experiences
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sumpnz
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Jeff, well that's five times in 9 years of driving. I'm usually pretty careful and keep an eye peeled for smokey and that has saved me from more trouble than anything else. Don't know how I got out of that last one except that apparently it was just that he didn't want to bother writing the ticket. I've also slowed down quite a bit on that road since then, so I guess he got the job done.
My only other contacts with LEOs have been at traffic accidents. I got rear ended once on the way to the shooting range by a woman without insurance. Cops were great to me, including the guy that part of some police auxillary that was first on the scene. I don't think the other driver was at all pleased with the experience though
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I was also T-boned once in Prescott. I though I would be able to get through the intersection before she got into it (she had a stop sign, I didn't). Had I floored it I probably would have avoided the accident as she hit the back half of the passanger side of the car. Again cops were great to me, though the cop who happened on the scene was a little confused as to how I got to pointing south in the northbound lane until she saw the side of the car.
Funny story, not LE related. I was living as an exchange student in New Zealand at the time (1994) when I was invited to a dinner to welcome the new American ammbasador (some guy, can't remember the name, he was before Mosley-Braun). When my host-dad picked up at the end as I was getting into the car the US Naval Attache backed into his car. And then tried to argue there was not any damage! As were leaving afterwards my host-dad turned to me and said something to the effect of "Bloody Americans!"
My only other contacts with LEOs have been at traffic accidents. I got rear ended once on the way to the shooting range by a woman without insurance. Cops were great to me, including the guy that part of some police auxillary that was first on the scene. I don't think the other driver was at all pleased with the experience though
. I was also T-boned once in Prescott. I though I would be able to get through the intersection before she got into it (she had a stop sign, I didn't). Had I floored it I probably would have avoided the accident as she hit the back half of the passanger side of the car. Again cops were great to me, though the cop who happened on the scene was a little confused as to how I got to pointing south in the northbound lane until she saw the side of the car.
Funny story, not LE related. I was living as an exchange student in New Zealand at the time (1994) when I was invited to a dinner to welcome the new American ammbasador (some guy, can't remember the name, he was before Mosley-Braun). When my host-dad picked up at the end as I was getting into the car the US Naval Attache backed into his car. And then tried to argue there was not any damage! As were leaving afterwards my host-dad turned to me and said something to the effect of "Bloody Americans!"
Partisan Ranger
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A PA trooper stopped me on the PA turnpike in my GTI in 2000. I was doing about 90 in a 55 construction zone.
He nailed me dead to rights. So I pulled right over and shut off the engine. Maybe 150 yards past where he got me.
He came up slowly and leaned in the window (not in front of the door) and said, "Why'd you stop so fast?"
I shrugged and said, "Well you got me, figured I may as well get it over with."
Then he asked for my license and registration and asked me where I was going (home to VA).
I was waitiing for the $250 ticket. All he did was say, "Slow down, okay?" I said, yes sir and he got back in his car and backed up to where he was hiding when he got me.
Now I don't know for sure why he let me go without even a written warning. 4 things that were in my favor:
1. I pulled right over and didn't make him run me down
2. I was very polite and kept my hands visible
3. My wife and kid were in the car
4. I had NRA stickers and NRA plates on the vehicle (I dunno if this helped or not....)
He nailed me dead to rights. So I pulled right over and shut off the engine. Maybe 150 yards past where he got me.
He came up slowly and leaned in the window (not in front of the door) and said, "Why'd you stop so fast?"
I shrugged and said, "Well you got me, figured I may as well get it over with."
Then he asked for my license and registration and asked me where I was going (home to VA).
I was waitiing for the $250 ticket. All he did was say, "Slow down, okay?" I said, yes sir and he got back in his car and backed up to where he was hiding when he got me.
Now I don't know for sure why he let me go without even a written warning. 4 things that were in my favor:
1. I pulled right over and didn't make him run me down
2. I was very polite and kept my hands visible
3. My wife and kid were in the car
4. I had NRA stickers and NRA plates on the vehicle (I dunno if this helped or not....)
BowStreetRunner
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Deputy in FL mercifully didnt cite me for a car accident that was my fault
and some of the best people Ive ever met where Deputies at a Sheriff's Office in Ohio where I interned.....two of them that I hung out with a lot were big time shooters, and one had a little "range" for shootin' .22s in his backyard....
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and some of the best people Ive ever met where Deputies at a Sheriff's Office in Ohio where I interned.....two of them that I hung out with a lot were big time shooters, and one had a little "range" for shootin' .22s in his backyard....
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Jay Kominek
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I was 5 or 6 and I decided it would be a really good idea to hide in a department store to get away from my brother, while my mom was shopping. She ended up forgetting that she'd brought me with her that day, I was hiding so long. In fact, I hid until the mall closed. I must've started making some sort of noise when the lights went out, as an officer who was wandering around the place checking things out heard me, got me to come out, and then ran out to the parking lot and just caught my mom before she left.
Also, while I was off at college, my brother came home one day and for some reason, was spooked and thought there was somebody in the house. (Weird noises or something? I've only heard this second hand, since I havn't gotten him to talk about it.) So he calls 911 from a neighbors, and a few cops come over and cleared the house. There wasn't anyone there, or anything suspicious at all, really. But they thanked him for calling them, and went on their way.
I recently called the Sheriff when some weirdo poured a bunch of unidentified white stuff on my lawn. A fellow came out after awhile, and decided it was laundry detergent. (Weirdest detergent I've ever seen!) He didn't seem to mind that it wasn't actually any sort of drug.
(I called that one in because I'm pissed about people throwing ???? away in my lawn. Since I got the guy's plates and so forth, I was really hoping it was drugs, so they'd go get 'em and hit them with littering in addition to whatever drug charges they felt like. But, alas, it wasn't.)
Also, while I was off at college, my brother came home one day and for some reason, was spooked and thought there was somebody in the house. (Weird noises or something? I've only heard this second hand, since I havn't gotten him to talk about it.) So he calls 911 from a neighbors, and a few cops come over and cleared the house. There wasn't anyone there, or anything suspicious at all, really. But they thanked him for calling them, and went on their way.
I recently called the Sheriff when some weirdo poured a bunch of unidentified white stuff on my lawn. A fellow came out after awhile, and decided it was laundry detergent. (Weirdest detergent I've ever seen!) He didn't seem to mind that it wasn't actually any sort of drug.
(I called that one in because I'm pissed about people throwing ???? away in my lawn. Since I got the guy's plates and so forth, I was really hoping it was drugs, so they'd go get 'em and hit them with littering in addition to whatever drug charges they felt like.
But, alas, it wasn't.)Jrob24
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Some number of years ago I was at a dunkin donuts and there was a cop eating there. I enquired about his gun and he took it out and handed it to me. Was a small nickel colored semi-auto. I'm still surprised he did that.
spacemanspiff
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the last time i was pulled over was for speeding (40 in a 25), only got a warning, the trooper was looking for people who might still have been under the influence. was down in sterling coming back from a camping trip.
was stopped while i was walking home, i vaguely fit the description of someone they were looking for.
was stopped while i was on my bike, didnt have all the reflectors and it was middle of the night. was asked if i knew the whereabouts of one of my relatives when the officer saw my last name.
was stopped and giving a warning for failure to stop at a red light once.
was stopped for having a headlight out once, told to get it fixed, another night they were looking for drunk drivers.
was stopped for failure to stop at a stop sign, actually it was two stop signs in a row, but he wrote me up for only one. and he ignored that i didnt use my turn signal.
was stopped for failure to stop at a red light, which i was positive was a 'yield on green' turning lane. cop was right behind me when i did it.
was arrested for dwi, both officers on scene were very nice, and both said i was the best behaved drunk they'd ever arrested.
was stopped while i was walking home, i vaguely fit the description of someone they were looking for.
was stopped while i was on my bike, didnt have all the reflectors and it was middle of the night. was asked if i knew the whereabouts of one of my relatives when the officer saw my last name.
was stopped and giving a warning for failure to stop at a red light once.
was stopped for having a headlight out once, told to get it fixed, another night they were looking for drunk drivers.
was stopped for failure to stop at a stop sign, actually it was two stop signs in a row, but he wrote me up for only one. and he ignored that i didnt use my turn signal.
was stopped for failure to stop at a red light, which i was positive was a 'yield on green' turning lane. cop was right behind me when i did it.
was arrested for dwi, both officers on scene were very nice, and both said i was the best behaved drunk they'd ever arrested.
Red Dane
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I was in my sophomore year of college and had recently just gotten the back left tail-light of my 1995 Ford Taurus busted out by a soccer mommy (she didn't stop either) in a supermarket parking lot.
I got stopped one evening while driving to Wendy's for having a white light exposed (illegal in AL). I pulled over, turned on my hazards, turned on the overhead light, lowered my window and put both hands on the steering wheel.
The copper (young guy, couldn't have been much older than I was) told me what he had pulled me over, asked me why my light wasn't taken care of.. I described the situation and he walked away with my license and registration. He came back four minutes later and let me off with a warning, told me to get the light fixed and then complimented me on how I had put my hands on the wheel and flipped on the overhead.
It was a very good experience.. he was calm, professional and seemed to be quite reasonable. The Mtn. Brook, AL police dept is tops. I can't say that I've run into an officer in this community who was a dickhead. All seem to be normal people to me, not JBT's
I got stopped one evening while driving to Wendy's for having a white light exposed (illegal in AL). I pulled over, turned on my hazards, turned on the overhead light, lowered my window and put both hands on the steering wheel.
The copper (young guy, couldn't have been much older than I was) told me what he had pulled me over, asked me why my light wasn't taken care of.. I described the situation and he walked away with my license and registration. He came back four minutes later and let me off with a warning, told me to get the light fixed and then complimented me on how I had put my hands on the wheel and flipped on the overhead.
It was a very good experience.. he was calm, professional and seemed to be quite reasonable. The Mtn. Brook, AL police dept is tops. I can't say that I've run into an officer in this community who was a dickhead. All seem to be normal people to me, not JBT's
"1980" punched into the Wayback Machine....
My buddy had a new car. He wanted to demonstrate it's performance capabilities in a large gravel parking lot at an old abandoned country diner. Two redneck boys having redneck fun. After about the 5th donut spin he brought the car to sliding halt. With perfect timing, so did the state trooper. Huge black guy. All he said was, "Boys, are you through yet or do you want me to add some more?"
All three of us broke up laughing. Even when my buddy got the ticket.
Still grin thinking about that.
My buddy had a new car. He wanted to demonstrate it's performance capabilities in a large gravel parking lot at an old abandoned country diner. Two redneck boys having redneck fun. After about the 5th donut spin he brought the car to sliding halt. With perfect timing, so did the state trooper. Huge black guy. All he said was, "Boys, are you through yet or do you want me to add some more?"
All three of us broke up laughing. Even when my buddy got the ticket.
Still grin thinking about that.
Dorrin79
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mostly positive here (not that I've had that many to speak of 
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Been issued a couple of traffic citations that I thought were undeserved - but I've also been 'let go' a couple of times I deserved a ticket
Was treated pretty shabbily a couple of times as a teenager (once for the obstensible crime of 'driving after dark in Friendswood, TX while under the age of 30' and once given the full field sobriety test / car search treatment by Round Rock, TX's finest - also for the crime of driving through Round Rock after dark while in my teens.)
The only time I've ever dealt with cops outside of a traffic citation I was very impressed - it was a bizarre situation involving an insane neighbor in the apartment complex my wife and I lived in for a while... cops were called after my wife and the neighbor had an argument over some trash that had blown into the neighbor's "yard." The responding officers were professional, calm, and handled the situation (this neighbor was truly nuts - yelling profanities at the officers when they showed up despite the fact that she had called them) with surprising courteousness.
I tend to think that most cops are good people doing a really hard job, that brings them into contact with people at their worst constantly.
On the other hand, there are some really bad individual cops out there, as well as some truly Gestapo-like departments.
)Been issued a couple of traffic citations that I thought were undeserved - but I've also been 'let go' a couple of times I deserved a ticket
Was treated pretty shabbily a couple of times as a teenager (once for the obstensible crime of 'driving after dark in Friendswood, TX while under the age of 30' and once given the full field sobriety test / car search treatment by Round Rock, TX's finest - also for the crime of driving through Round Rock after dark while in my teens.)
The only time I've ever dealt with cops outside of a traffic citation I was very impressed - it was a bizarre situation involving an insane neighbor in the apartment complex my wife and I lived in for a while... cops were called after my wife and the neighbor had an argument over some trash that had blown into the neighbor's "yard." The responding officers were professional, calm, and handled the situation (this neighbor was truly nuts - yelling profanities at the officers when they showed up despite the fact that she had called them) with surprising courteousness.
I tend to think that most cops are good people doing a really hard job, that brings them into contact with people at their worst constantly.
On the other hand, there are some really bad individual cops out there, as well as some truly Gestapo-like departments.
Vermont Guy
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A while back I was collecting signatures for an initiative petition on the subject of CCW. Not just any CCW but-repeal-all-the-current-laws- pack-'em if you got-'em CCW. This day I was working at an election poll. I figured that eventually the people inside would start to wonder what I was doing. People coming to vote probably would mention the guy talking about guns outside. And after talking back and forth they would probably call the police to have me checked out.
Sure enough, about 10AM a police car pulls up across the street from me. This really big cop gets out and crosses the street.
“Good morning, sergeantâ€, I say, “come to voteâ€?
He never said a word. He took my clipboard, flourished his own pen and scribbled on the form. Got back in his cruiser and drove off.
I looked at the form fully expecting to read, “I’m coming back in 10 minutes and you better not be hereâ€. Nope, he had signed the petition, name, address, zip code, the whole thing.
I continued working there all day and about the middle of the afternoon I approached a woman coming out of the polls. She was a short stocky woman accompanied by a big kid. The kid was probably just old enough to vote and obviously a valued member of his High School football team. When I told them the goal was to return concealed carry to the ballot (we had just barely lost at the polls the year before) she disdainfully told me, “I can’t sign that.â€
Ok, you can’t win them all. I thanked her for her time as I did everyone who didn’t sign.
She and her escort got in their car and drove off.
When they came back 5 minutes later I just naturally figured they were back to vote again. The woman came across the street, got right in my face, five feet of barely contained fury, and said, “Mister, are you for it or agin’ it�
I whipped off my cap with the NRA Life Member badge, held it over my heart, and said, “Ma’am, I’m for itâ€.
Well, that was OK then, she could sign that. As she was signing she called out, “Billy, get over here and sign this.â€
Well Billy wasn’t so big he didn’t have to do what his momma told him. Billy comes over and he signs the petition too.
As they get in their car and drive off I’m standing there thinking, “Every signature comes with a storyâ€. I look at their signatures. Wait a minute. I shuffle back to the form from the morning. Same last name, same address. That was the sergeant’s family!
Most cops not only support CCW. They marry people that support CCW. AND they raise their kids to support CCW.
Sure enough, about 10AM a police car pulls up across the street from me. This really big cop gets out and crosses the street.
“Good morning, sergeantâ€, I say, “come to voteâ€?
He never said a word. He took my clipboard, flourished his own pen and scribbled on the form. Got back in his cruiser and drove off.
I looked at the form fully expecting to read, “I’m coming back in 10 minutes and you better not be hereâ€. Nope, he had signed the petition, name, address, zip code, the whole thing.
I continued working there all day and about the middle of the afternoon I approached a woman coming out of the polls. She was a short stocky woman accompanied by a big kid. The kid was probably just old enough to vote and obviously a valued member of his High School football team. When I told them the goal was to return concealed carry to the ballot (we had just barely lost at the polls the year before) she disdainfully told me, “I can’t sign that.â€
Ok, you can’t win them all. I thanked her for her time as I did everyone who didn’t sign.
She and her escort got in their car and drove off.
When they came back 5 minutes later I just naturally figured they were back to vote again. The woman came across the street, got right in my face, five feet of barely contained fury, and said, “Mister, are you for it or agin’ it�
I whipped off my cap with the NRA Life Member badge, held it over my heart, and said, “Ma’am, I’m for itâ€.
Well, that was OK then, she could sign that. As she was signing she called out, “Billy, get over here and sign this.â€
Well Billy wasn’t so big he didn’t have to do what his momma told him. Billy comes over and he signs the petition too.
As they get in their car and drive off I’m standing there thinking, “Every signature comes with a storyâ€. I look at their signatures. Wait a minute. I shuffle back to the form from the morning. Same last name, same address. That was the sergeant’s family!
Most cops not only support CCW. They marry people that support CCW. AND they raise their kids to support CCW.
Michigander
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The only negatives I've had with LEO's was when I was young and stupid and they would take me and my friend's beer (we were underage) and tell us to scram. In one case, the LEO's busted all the beer bottles in the back seat and my friends had to ride home soaking wet with beer and glass shards in their rumps. Guess we had it comin' though.
Every other time they have been very polite, curtious and professional.
In one case, I was driving with an open beer (my second of the night, so I was not intoxicated per se) and I was speeding (60 in a 45 IIRC). Michigan State Troopers stopped me. I was still young and stupid back then, and even though I lied and said that we (my cousin and I) did not have any alcoholic beverages in the vehicle, I allowed them to search the car and they found them under our seats. The troopers did not change their attitudes and give us a hard time even though we lied, but they did give me the sobriety test. At the point which I was asked to recite the alphabet, I did so and then proceeded to cite the alphabet backwards. As soon as I finished, the 6'6" tall trooper looked me in the eyes and said in a raised, drill sargent like voice, "are you getting smart with me?" I said, no sir, just trying to demonstrate that I am not intoxicated. And that was that. I was issued a ticket for doing 50 in a 45.
In another case, I was drunk and stupid still, I was doing 80 in a 35 at around 2:30 am. Two female LEO's stopped me. I was resigned to the fact that I was going to jail that night and my spirits were really great before, during and after the encounter. I failed the sobriety test (couldn't walk a straight line). I began conversing with the LEO's from the backseat of their car, telling them about my night. I then started flirting, with no intention of influencing them to reduce charges or anything, only because I was single and did not have a girlfriend at the time and one of them was very attractive (and I was drunk). They gave me a ticket for 45 in a 35 and then gave me a ride back to my city which neighbored theirs.
Another time, I was on the freeway in the middle of nowheresville around midnight in the summer and my car overheated and burnt up my oil. No sooner did I pull over and turn on my hazard lights, a Michigan State Trooper pulls up. He drove me about 5 miles to the nearest gas station where I bought oil and antifreeze and drove me back. He drove like 100 mph the whole time. I told him that my car was once an unmarked police car and it wasn't geared for the highway. He informed me that I should never ever buy a used police car or taxi cab because they are dogged too much.
One note however: I was taught by my father that in an encounter with LEO's I was to always address them as "yes, sir" or "no, sir" or "yes, mam" or "no mam." I always have. I treat them with respect and they treat me with respect. I know of a number of friends and family that are hostile at any encounter with LEO's and the results are predictable. Some people just cannot seem to understand that their attitudes can be clearly and loudly transmitted by their facial expressions and their body language.
Every other time they have been very polite, curtious and professional.
In one case, I was driving with an open beer (my second of the night, so I was not intoxicated per se) and I was speeding (60 in a 45 IIRC). Michigan State Troopers stopped me. I was still young and stupid back then, and even though I lied and said that we (my cousin and I) did not have any alcoholic beverages in the vehicle, I allowed them to search the car and they found them under our seats. The troopers did not change their attitudes and give us a hard time even though we lied, but they did give me the sobriety test. At the point which I was asked to recite the alphabet, I did so and then proceeded to cite the alphabet backwards. As soon as I finished, the 6'6" tall trooper looked me in the eyes and said in a raised, drill sargent like voice, "are you getting smart with me?" I said, no sir, just trying to demonstrate that I am not intoxicated. And that was that. I was issued a ticket for doing 50 in a 45.
In another case, I was drunk and stupid still, I was doing 80 in a 35 at around 2:30 am. Two female LEO's stopped me. I was resigned to the fact that I was going to jail that night and my spirits were really great before, during and after the encounter. I failed the sobriety test (couldn't walk a straight line). I began conversing with the LEO's from the backseat of their car, telling them about my night. I then started flirting, with no intention of influencing them to reduce charges or anything, only because I was single and did not have a girlfriend at the time and one of them was very attractive (and I was drunk). They gave me a ticket for 45 in a 35 and then gave me a ride back to my city which neighbored theirs.
Another time, I was on the freeway in the middle of nowheresville around midnight in the summer and my car overheated and burnt up my oil. No sooner did I pull over and turn on my hazard lights, a Michigan State Trooper pulls up. He drove me about 5 miles to the nearest gas station where I bought oil and antifreeze and drove me back. He drove like 100 mph the whole time. I told him that my car was once an unmarked police car and it wasn't geared for the highway. He informed me that I should never ever buy a used police car or taxi cab because they are dogged too much.
One note however: I was taught by my father that in an encounter with LEO's I was to always address them as "yes, sir" or "no, sir" or "yes, mam" or "no mam." I always have. I treat them with respect and they treat me with respect. I know of a number of friends and family that are hostile at any encounter with LEO's and the results are predictable. Some people just cannot seem to understand that their attitudes can be clearly and loudly transmitted by their facial expressions and their body language.
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Still have friends currently In LEO or retired from.
Still have friends currently In LEO or retired from.
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Jay Kominek
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It depends on where you're at!
For instance, if you're pulled over for going too fast on your bike, while riding on the interstate, then you need to be given a medal, not a ticket.
GigaBuist
Member
You can't be serious. Should you get a ticket if you're running too fast? How much destructive force is really behind somebody running or somebody on a bike? Practicaly none when compared to a motor bike or a vehicle. Bikes aren't required to have speedometers for a reason -- it's just darned silly to expect them to watch their speed that closely.
You don't even need a license to ride a bike on the road. Are we now opening up 14 year old kids to tickets under a system that they have never consented to? What do you do if a kid doesn't pay the ticket? Take away their license? Whoops - can't do that. Jail them?!
Anyway... I've got few more positive LEO stories... just to keep this on topic. Amazing how many run-ins with the police I have that I forgot about being good.
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Around, oh, 1994 or so (I was 14) the family mailbox is found to be on fire. My uncle noticed it while leaving the family business. Apparently my brother had killed somebody's character in an online fighting game (think Everquest -- but far more primitive). Now, these were characters that people would work on for YEARS sometimes, and at the time your character could be taken out of the game by a higher player and you started over. Well, the kid lived somewhat near us and dumped diesel fuel on the mailbox and lit it up. Police were called, nice enough guy, had a cup of coffee with my parents while we all figured out what happened. He was a bit confused though trying to understand how my brother was playing in a game with a bunch of other people that were nowhere near the house. Oh well.
When I was oh, 19 I suppose, somebody hit my vehicle in a hit-and-run on the college campus. I thought they were stopping, but they just kept on going. This was about 10am I think. I tracked down an officer, and explained it to him. He took a look at the truck and joked, "Yep -- no way they didn't know that they hit you." I didn't get a plate though so they never really caught 'em. Sat in his car while we filled out the report and he gets to the "was anybody drinking" questions I guess and jokes, "You didn't drink your breakfast did you?" We laughed about that. Like I'd have tracked down a cop if I was loaded at 10am.
Hmm, got another one too.
Out shooting with a buddy off his back deck in the country. A DNR office isn't too far away though so an officer shows up to figure out what all the racket is. Came out and asked us what we're shooting at -- making' sure it's not animals I guess -- and there's a big orange construction barrel in the yard. Hem... didn't really think about the legality of that one. He doesn't say anything, we offer to let him see our "safety certificate" cards since we've got a fair amount of hardware out and it might look odd with two pretty young guns and all them goodies. He checks 'em, I guess for something to do, and when he picks up my Glock 21 comments "Damn! That's LIGHT!" We offered to let him stay and shoot for a bit but he just took off. Bummer.
None of them are LEOs going out of their way -- just doing their regular job. I had forgotten all about 'em until I read this thread.
No, wait, I do have one of a LEO being an extra-nice type guy.
My brother is 16, just bought a car off me and is going to pick up a buddy after work. Well... the tires are pretty bald and he takes a turn onto a paved road just slathered with gravel. Car hits a ditch, and by "ditch" I mean a 6'-8' deep trench that's common in the area. Car rolls over. Local PD arrives and sure as heck wants to issue a ticket to the youngster that was obviously flying around the corner until the voulenteer FD guy said he saw the whole thing, was right behind him when it happened, and the kid wasn't going fast. Just too much gravel on the road and tires not-so-good. No ticket issued. Car was shot though. The funny part, I guess, is that cop on scene was the same campus cop that issued me a "minor in transportation of alcohol" ticket about 6 months previous while he was working on the campus. I was DD for some buddies and he pulled me over... I admitted to having beer in the back of the Jeep for my buddies... nobody was drinking yet. He gave me what he THOUGHT was a lesser charge but it carried the same penalty as the regular minor on posession.
That night he had me pour all the beer out... so there was a little beer smell to me by the time I was done. When it's all said and done and he's sending me on the way he sticks his nose into the window and goes, "Hey, smells like beer in here!" I got a "Oh crap, NOW WHAT?!" look on my face and probably went white. He just laughed. I didn't think it was funny at the time
Ben Shepherd
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Off the topic but good story:
I was riding my mountain bike down Provo canyon once. I was into biking pretty heavily at the time, into the bike several thousand dollars. I had just put in a nice 3 piece crank set that had changable chain rings. So I took it out for a test ride with a couple buddies. Rode from Deer Creek resivoir down to the mouth of the canyon.
I had put a speedometer on it right after I bought it(mostly to keep track of average speed and total milage). I put the largest front sprocket availble on it, and wanted to see what I could do. Got to a long straight downhill portion of the canyon and gave it everything I had. It looked like my buddies were in reverse. All of a sudden I noticed I was passing cars!!!! Looked down at the speedo: 72.5MPH, and I was still gaining speed!!! Yikes, this isn't a motorcycle helmet, and all I'm wearing is spandex shorts and a nylon riding shirt. Slowed down in a hurry, but some of the looks I got from motorists were priceless.
Had a cop seen me, I have no idea what they would have done.
Fun, scary, and I've never done it since.
I was riding my mountain bike down Provo canyon once. I was into biking pretty heavily at the time, into the bike several thousand dollars. I had just put in a nice 3 piece crank set that had changable chain rings. So I took it out for a test ride with a couple buddies. Rode from Deer Creek resivoir down to the mouth of the canyon.
I had put a speedometer on it right after I bought it(mostly to keep track of average speed and total milage). I put the largest front sprocket availble on it, and wanted to see what I could do. Got to a long straight downhill portion of the canyon and gave it everything I had. It looked like my buddies were in reverse. All of a sudden I noticed I was passing cars!!!! Looked down at the speedo: 72.5MPH, and I was still gaining speed!!! Yikes, this isn't a motorcycle helmet, and all I'm wearing is spandex shorts and a nylon riding shirt. Slowed down in a hurry, but some of the looks I got from motorists were priceless.
Had a cop seen me, I have no idea what they would have done.
Fun, scary, and I've never done it since.
gunsmith
member
Smoking pot in HighSchool 1976
A cop caught me with 30 joints,he took 15 and said "have a nice day"
Stopped for going 90+ in 50,60,70 mph zones (it's a motorcycle thing)
allways get 5mile over speed limit ticket.
One time in NYC 2 cops were helping a woman break into the car she had locked her keys into,I couldn't help myself,I said "there's never a car thief when you need one"
A cop caught me with 30 joints,he took 15 and said "have a nice day"
Stopped for going 90+ in 50,60,70 mph zones (it's a motorcycle thing)
allways get 5mile over speed limit ticket.
One time in NYC 2 cops were helping a woman break into the car she had locked her keys into,I couldn't help myself,I said "there's never a car thief when you need one"
artherd
member
One is a shooting buddy of mine
Let's see.
Officer ticketed me in Utah for running a stop sign (California stop, guess they don't like those!) Was nice and very profesional, as was I.
Then I discovered my new car's gas gauge was "empty" when it read "1/4 tank"...
SAME cop rode me into the next town to get gas!
Cops are amazing people, for the most part they excercise remarkable restraint in not shooting most of the human garbage they pick up every day for very little compensation. Most really are there to serve their fellow man, and do the right thing.
All the more reason the few bad apples are especially abbhorant, and should not be given any quarter.
Let's see.
Officer ticketed me in Utah for running a stop sign (California stop, guess they don't like those!
) Was nice and very profesional, as was I.Then I discovered my new car's gas gauge was "empty" when it read "1/4 tank"...
SAME cop rode me into the next town to get gas!
Cops are amazing people, for the most part they excercise remarkable restraint in not shooting most of the human garbage they pick up every day for very little compensation. Most really are there to serve their fellow man, and do the right thing.
All the more reason the few bad apples are especially abbhorant, and should not be given any quarter.
well I was driving semi recklessly for my home town(driving would be acceptable here in Los Angeles) anyways, I was speeding by about 10 -15 over and made 2 lane changes with out using my signal and was tail gaiting a guy.
The cop only gave the failure to signal.
I figured I got a pretty good break when my boss said "you should have been arrested" half serious
he's a good guy
The cop only gave the failure to signal.
I figured I got a pretty good break when my boss said "you should have been arrested" half serious
he's a good guy
Darkside852003
Member
I have had one good experience, how it started sucked. I was jumped by some wannabe gang members, they were mad I would not box one of there boys. My hands are registered and I didnt feel like going to jail.(though it would have been worth there lesson) So about a week later they jumped me 6 of them and a bat common gang BS. So my being stupid and mad, I didnt call the cops went to the hospital few stitches and a major concussion. About a week later the one who started everything and one of his buddies come over my house, so this time I figured I had enough. I went outside and gave him and his buddie an a$$ whoppen they wont soon forget.
Anyway the cops come and they arrest me they get there stories. So the cops go over there stories with me I laugh my a$$ off.
" Its not funny those boys are serouisly hurt" mr. Copper
" Thats fine"
" The kid was on the ground and you kicked him repeatdly" copper
" Did he tell you it was in the nutz" me
" Its not funny"
" Must have hurt"
The conversation went on like this for about an hour.
So by the cops recommendation it was self defense and I was let go.
So i guess this was positive.
Anyway the cops come and they arrest me they get there stories. So the cops go over there stories with me I laugh my a$$ off.
" Its not funny those boys are serouisly hurt" mr. Copper
" Thats fine"
" The kid was on the ground and you kicked him repeatdly" copper
" Did he tell you it was in the nutz" me
" Its not funny"
" Must have hurt"
The conversation went on like this for about an hour.
So by the cops recommendation it was self defense and I was let go.
So i guess this was positive.
Dex Sinister
Member
One of my best autocrossing buddies (early 80'd in MD when there were still Sunday blue-laws that meant that you could hold parking lot events)was a cop. My childhood best friend is/was a Lt in the Baltimore City Police last time I saw him (I moved out of state, lost touch.)
I got a speeding ticket from possibly the most polite person on the planet in PA once - he even pointed out that PA and MD (MD plates) do not have reciprocity, so the only issue was the fine, which I could mail in.
And the deputies in my county of CA are pretty uniformly great guys and gals who deeply respect the RTBA.
Dex
I got a speeding ticket from possibly the most polite person on the planet in PA once - he even pointed out that PA and MD (MD plates) do not have reciprocity, so the only issue was the fine, which I could mail in.
And the deputies in my county of CA are pretty uniformly great guys and gals who deeply respect the RTBA.
Dex
Edward429451
member
I know you guys think I hate cops too. I do not. I'm just outspoken with frustration of the minority of officers who cross the wrong lines and I sometimes come off the wrong way maybe. but it's all good and I have had positive experiances with them.
<Driving home from a night service call my headlights suddenly went out. Actually, I hadn't noticed it yet because the ambient light from buildings, signs & street lights is alot. I'm turning north and johnny at the light readying to turn south. He flashes his headlights to signal me to turn on my lights and I realize their out and begin clicking the switch to no avail. He doesn't see them come on so heads my way instead of turning like he was going to do. I see this in the mirror and make a couple quick corners hoping to avoid the financial strain of a ticket and success, he's not back there anymore, continue on home wondering whats up with the lights.
Few blocks up the road there he is at the cross light as I pass through. He's on top of it and chirps & flashes and is on top of me and I immediately pull over. He's tensed, aggressive and quick as he hops out and approaches and says 'Why'd you run from me?!' He looked like he was ready to go off on me. I'm sittin there thinkin eluding, ccw, lights, and who knows what else? So I says in a small voice, 'Look man, every time I come in contact with you cops it costs my family money. I don't know what happened to my lights they just went out, I'm on my way home from work'...
The atmosphere immediately changed and he relaxed. He said as long as my papers checked out I could go and please fix the lights. He didn't ticket me for anything. He left a lasting impression on me in that he was both seriously professional and a seriously nice guy to boot. He didn't take it personally that I ran. Very respectable.
<Driving home from a night service call my headlights suddenly went out. Actually, I hadn't noticed it yet because the ambient light from buildings, signs & street lights is alot. I'm turning north and johnny at the light readying to turn south. He flashes his headlights to signal me to turn on my lights and I realize their out and begin clicking the switch to no avail. He doesn't see them come on so heads my way instead of turning like he was going to do. I see this in the mirror and make a couple quick corners hoping to avoid the financial strain of a ticket and success, he's not back there anymore, continue on home wondering whats up with the lights.
Few blocks up the road there he is at the cross light as I pass through. He's on top of it and chirps & flashes and is on top of me and I immediately pull over. He's tensed, aggressive and quick as he hops out and approaches and says 'Why'd you run from me?!' He looked like he was ready to go off on me. I'm sittin there thinkin eluding, ccw, lights, and who knows what else? So I says in a small voice, 'Look man, every time I come in contact with you cops it costs my family money. I don't know what happened to my lights they just went out, I'm on my way home from work'...
The atmosphere immediately changed and he relaxed. He said as long as my papers checked out I could go and please fix the lights. He didn't ticket me for anything. He left a lasting impression on me in that he was both seriously professional and a seriously nice guy to boot. He didn't take it personally that I ran. Very respectable.
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