| Originally Posted by omd  He wrote me a "courtesy ticket" BUT my beef is HE RAN MY PLATES!!! This courtesy ticket crap is just a scam to perform a search on you. There is no law that says the officer HAS to perform an electronic search, is there? We do not live in a police state and I do not like being viewed as being guilty for no cause other than to perform a search. What gives here? I know that most officers are ok and a courtesy stop is fine if you have defective equipment. I just see no need to do an electronic search especially when I had replacement part in hand and was 2/10's of 1 mile from my house. |
| Originally Posted by omd . There is no law that says the officer HAS to perform an electronic search, is there?. |
| Originally Posted by omd What gives here? |
| Originally Posted by Delta784 Here we go....... We can run any license plate we see, for absolutely no reason whatsoever. Your license plates are the property of the Registry of Motor Vehicles and you have ZERO expectation of privacy in regards to them. Instead of whining like a spurned high-school girl, be grateful you got off with a warning instead of a $35 ticket. |
| Originally Posted by Sniper "Can I just have that written warning back for ONE SECOND ?" Perfect example why I rarely write warnings.......... If it's worth my time to stop you, it's worth a civil assessment......... 20 days.............. |
| Originally Posted by omd There is no law that says the officer HAS to perform an electronic search, is there? |
| Originally Posted by Deuce the officer should pull you out of your car through the side vent window and beat the bag out of you. |
| Originally Posted by zebra3 Right now we are testing a digital plate reader system. Two modules are magnetically mounted to the roof of the cruiser, each housing a digital and infrared camera. It takes pictures of every registration plate that comes into view and runs the numbers against a list of plates loaded each morning. Right now it is only looking for stolen plates/cars and warrants. The system is tied into the cruiser laptop and stores every plate ran during that day. The company is off-loading all the info to try and fine tune the system. Right now it is around 70% accurate, due to the structure of the Mass. plates, (Special plates). Yesterday the officer using the system found two stolen cars which were legally parked among other vehicles. |
| Originally Posted by 94c Yes, but can it tell the difference between these two plates? 638EPO 638EP0 |
| Originally Posted by kttref Anyway....our headlight violation in CT is a lot more expensive then MA...but we write written warnings and then check off "defective equipment"...if they don't get it fixed within 20 days by a registered dealer then their reg. gets suspended...it's beautiful... |
| Originally Posted by USMCMP5811 So say I were to get one of these cites for a bad headlight, I would have to pay some schmuck some ungodly amount of money to fix my headlight Vs. headding down to the local Wal-Mat and getting a new headlight to install myself? that's bullshit. |
| Originally Posted by Badge Do you realize how many serious arrests are made simply because someone was pulled over for something minor and it turns out after running them that they have a warrant, suspended license, revoked insurance... TONS! There are serious criminals that are no longer on the streets because the Officer was thorough and ran someone on a minor MV stop. I liken it to when I go into a store and use my credit card and the person actually checks my signature. I feel more secure knowing that there are still a couple people out there that go the extra mile. |
| Originally Posted by hupd451 Now I will just write everyone for headlights!!!!! |
| Originally Posted by justanotherparatrooper I dont think anyone here has an issue with running the operator and plates...." |
| Originally Posted by SPINMASS What a tool bag bitching that his plate got run. I don't any cop who wouldn't run a plate on a stop. It's an officer safety issue. |
| Originally Posted by Sniper "Can I just have that written warning back for ONE SECOND ?" Perfect example why I rarely write warnings.......... If it's worth my time to stop you, it's worth a civil assessment......... 20 days.............. |
| Originally Posted by zebra3 Right now we are testing a digital plate reader system. Two modules are magnetically mounted to the roof of the cruiser, each housing a digital and infrared camera. It takes pictures of every registration plate that comes into view and runs the numbers against a list of plates loaded each morning. [...] Yesterday the officer using the system found two stolen cars which were legally parked among other vehicles. |
| Originally Posted by Badge Do you realize how many serious arrests are made simply because someone was pulled over for something minor and it turns out after running them that they have a warrant, suspended license, revoked insurance... TONS! |
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