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Ever wana be a cop?
« on: November 26, 2010, 02:06:50 AM »

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2010, 02:37:01 AM »
I always wanted to be one but felt that being tall I would get shot easier.

Also I would probably get booted for letting pot smokers go.

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2010, 04:55:08 AM »
There are 2 sorts of cops. The one where it's been a family tradition of grandad, dad, & son all being cops. Then you have the motherfuckers who do it because they love the power & fucking with normal people.

I'd never want to be a cop...detective maybe.

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2010, 04:57:56 AM »
There are 2 sorts of cops. The one where it's been a family tradition of grandad, dad, & son all being cops. Then you have the motherfuckers who do it because they love the power & fucking with normal people.

I'd never want to be a cop...detective maybe.

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2010, 05:03:21 AM »
Then you have the motherfuckers who do it because they love the power & fucking with normal people.

I'd never want to be a cop...detective maybe.

Henchmen of the elite. Scum.

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2010, 05:50:37 AM »
I am a cop, but I always wanted to be a drummer in a famous rock band.. go figure..

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2010, 05:51:49 AM »
Son of a bitch!! I posted in this before I realized who started the thread... I've been friggin boycotting people who start more than 30 threads a day.. shit!

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2010, 06:10:15 AM »
Son of a bitch!! I posted in this before I realized who started the thread... I've been friggin boycotting people who start more than 30 threads a day.. shit!
Whats the best way to get out of tickets at traffic stops?

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2010, 06:13:48 AM »
Whats the best way to get out of tickets at traffic stops?


Apologize to the officer that you were speeding and tell them that you were rushing home to a family emergency.  Dishonest but 90 per cent of the time it will work
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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #9 on: November 26, 2010, 06:19:46 AM »
If it is a motorcycle cop, there is no way. They only write tickets as 95% of their job and there is just nothing you say that is going to get out out of it. It's nothing personal, they are just in the business of enforcing traffic laws and writing tickets.

The patrol officer who writes tickets in between 911 calls, are more likely to give warnings. Just keep your hands on the steering wheel, announce you are reaching for your insurance, registration, wallet before you do it, smile, and if you were actually commiting the violation they stopped you for, own up to it with a " Yeah, when I saw your lights, I looked down and was surprised to see how fast I was going, I am normally pretty good about keeping it below the speed limit" We are so geared to hear the typical denials and muttering under the breath that the rare person taking responsibility for their actions might catch us off guard and warrant a warning.

Just know that your admission, if it fails, will cost you the court case if you are one of those who fight every ticket regardless of whether you were guilty or not. Cops will write the qoutes down on the backs of their copies for future reference.      

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #10 on: November 26, 2010, 06:23:00 AM »

Apologize to the officer that you were speeding and tell them that you were rushing home to a family emergency.  Dishonest but 90 per cent of the time it will work

would work 0% with me. What you are saying is "I was speeding but I'm giving you an excuse and not taking responsiblity for my speeding" And we hear every excuse you can imagine with about 7 family emergencies each day. Your's would be number 8. If it worked for you in the past, great, but your best bet is not trying to be dramatic..

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #11 on: November 26, 2010, 06:28:55 AM »
If it is a motorcycle cop, there is no way. They only write tickets as 95% of their job and there is just nothing you say that is going to get out out of it. It's nothing personal, they are just in the business of enforcing traffic laws and writing tickets.

The patrol officer who writes tickets in between 911 calls, are more likely to give warnings. Just keep your hands on the steering wheel, announce you are reaching for your insurance, registration, wallet before you do it, smile, and if you were actually commiting the violation they stopped you for, own up to it with a " Yeah, when I saw your lights, I looked down and was surprised to see how fast I was going, I am normally pretty good about keeping it below the speed limit" We are so geared to hear the typical denials and muttering under the breath that the rare person taking responsibility for their actions might catch us off guard and warrant a warning.

Just know that your admission, if it fails, will cost you the court case if you are one of those who fight every ticket regardless of whether you were guilty or not. Cops will write the qoutes down on the backs of their copies for future reference.      
So in other words, its best to just keep the mouth shut.  The lawyer has always been my best route anyways as I have never bothered with excuses as I never say a word when I am stopped.  I was once cited for competition speed racing (a charge here worse than a DUI or DWI) in my Lotus.  5,000 dollars to a good lawyer left the cops unable to prove anything as there was no radar taken, just sight and they only caught me because I forgot to close the garage door. They never "saw" me in the car.  So they couldn`t place me in the car.  Oh well.  Waste of money on my end, waste of tax payers money, waste all the way around.  The only one smiling was the lawyer.

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #12 on: November 26, 2010, 06:31:12 AM »
would work 0% with me. What you are saying is "I was speeding but I'm giving you an excuse and not taking responsiblity for my speeding" And we hear every excuse you can imagine with about 7 family emergencies each day. Your's would be number 8. If it worked for you in the past, great, but your best bet is not trying to be dramatic..
Would you go away if I gave you twenty bucks or a hundred?  I know that is a charge in itself, bribery, but does that ever work?

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #13 on: November 26, 2010, 06:35:54 AM »
A cop?  No. 

A (federal) judge?  Yes.

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #14 on: November 26, 2010, 06:36:29 AM »
Take all of your tickets to court. I do and it gets you them completely dismissed if the cop doesn't show, or they will bargain them down so they don't have to spend anymore time there fighting it out with you. I had a 30 over ticket plus failure to signal. They dropped the signal one and dropped the 30 over to 20 over when I showed up ready to fight them.

Even if you're in the wrong, just show up to court and they will want to bargain them down to keep it from carrying on. They'll usually have 5-10 others there that same day fighting similar tickets. All they want is to get you the fuk out of there so they can't get the fuk out of there.

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #15 on: November 26, 2010, 06:36:55 AM »
Would you go away if I gave you twenty bucks or a hundred?  I know that is a charge in itself, bribery, but does that ever work?

I make 120K a year, so in order to risk losing that job, it would cost you a minimum of $20,000 to get out of the ticket.

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #16 on: November 26, 2010, 06:40:51 AM »
I make 120K a year, so in order to risk losing that job, it would cost you a minimum of $20,000 to get out of the ticket.

How would you lose your job from accepting a hundred dollar bill?  Perhaps it just falls on the ground.  I don`t understand.  ???

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #17 on: November 26, 2010, 06:56:48 AM »
I make 120K a year, so in order to risk losing that job, it would cost you a minimum of $20,000 to get out of the ticket.

You make that much as a cop? Or are you in some special unit?

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #18 on: November 26, 2010, 07:04:44 AM »
You make that much as a cop? Or are you in some special unit?

Just a cop.. but our pay scale tops out at 16 yrs, I've been here 18. Started at 11 bucks an hour and never got in this to get rich. Hell, I would have done it for free in the beginning if my room and board was paid. But as years went by, and citizens wanted and deserved a more pofessional police force, they had to compete against other departments for the best recruit pool. In the last 10 yrs we have experienced a pay increase that puts us at the top of the ladder as far as police departments in Texas and relatively speaking, nation wide. With that money, came video recording, extremely high standards, high expectations from the public and what I feel is a pretty professional, high tech, forward thinking department.. 

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #19 on: November 26, 2010, 07:10:30 AM »
How would you lose your job from accepting a hundred dollar bill?  Perhaps it just falls on the ground.  I don`t understand.  ???

Well, every stop is recorded, video and audio. And there is the risk that you would later report the bribe to internal affairs. Monetary bribes are pretty rare. I can only think of about 3 in 18 yrs. Sex from intoxicated women is a lot more common. I can think of 2 officers that lost their jobs because of that.. My paranoia has served me well. I always figure that the one time I did something wrong, I'd get caught. So while it was tempting to think about taking the 20 something blonde up on ther offer, I could see myself in Internal Affairs next week wondering why I risked the best job in the world over something like that...     

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #20 on: November 26, 2010, 07:16:28 AM »
Well, every stop is recorded, video and audio. And there is the risk that you would later report the bribe to internal affairs. Monetary bribes are pretty rare. I can only think of about 3 in 18 yrs. Sex from intoxicated women is a lot more common. I can think of 2 officers that lost their jobs because of that.. My paranoia has served me well. I always figure that the one time I did something wrong, I'd get caught. So while it was tempting to think about taking the 20 something blonde up on ther offer, I could see myself in Internal Affairs next week wondering why I risked the best job in the world over something like that...     
Does your conscious ever bother you if you are enforcing a law that you do not agree with whatsoever?

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #21 on: November 26, 2010, 07:21:16 AM »
I make 120K a year, so in order to risk losing that job, it would cost you a minimum of $20,000 to get out of the ticket.

Holy crap - I think we'd all be cops if we were getting paid 120k a year!

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #22 on: November 26, 2010, 07:27:52 AM »
Holy crap - I think we'd all be cops if we were getting paid 120k a year!

Well there is a back ground check..

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #23 on: November 26, 2010, 07:56:32 AM »
Does your conscious ever bother you if you are enforcing a law that you do not agree with whatsoever?


Not really. I think pot and prostitution should be de-criminalized but figure there is a process in place to change the law if people really wanted it changed.... Just because I don't agree with the law doesn't mean I don't enforce it. Sometimes I say to myself "This is some stupid shit" but that's about it

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Re: Ever wana be a cop?
« Reply #24 on: November 26, 2010, 08:19:06 AM »
I make 120K a year, so in order to risk losing that job, it would cost you a minimum of $20,000 to get out of the ticket.

Maybe I should lateral there!!!!!!!  PM me the local!