New law enforcement memorial plates

At the next M&G I make it to (September 15, 2013...let's start planning!), ask me what kind of plates I have on my car. I like to think of it as honorable camouflage.

I plan on not only putting this plate on my vehicle, but getting my entire vehicle painted as a TBL sticker.

Thin blue racing stripe? Schweet.

Hahahaha...

A couple weeks ago I had a black Ford Escape with blacked out windows, and a TBL front plate with a two plate series. Several on the BOP. I stop the guy and I ask why the TBL plate rather than his issued plate. He says "I'm a constable." hahahahaha

So I say "Why don't you have the front plate attached?" He replies "Nobody told me I needed both."

Really guy? If theyre gonna argue that constables are "police officers," I'd argue they should understand basic concepts of LE.

Pull me over so we can chat!! It's been too long! LOL

I just got my renewal in the mail for my "United We Stand" series plate, it's now up to an extra $45 a year. While the proceeds go to the 9/11 fund, and some $ gets shared with police/fire/military, it's getting pretty expensive to be different in this state.

The following is for whackers. Unless an operator can cough up a department issued photo ID, no badge, no sticker, no specialty plate, and definitely no ex-cruiser is going to help you on the side of the road during my traffic stop.

I put a MASSCOPS bumper sticker on my old car.....the day before I sold it to a Haitian gentleman from New Bedford.

Out in the Springfield area, "FF" Fire fighter plates are very popular with hoodlums. I've seen some who have huge BOPs and definately not fireman. I think they believe that the plates will draw less law enforcement attention to them.

First off, I thought the original point to your argument was shitbags putting these plates on their cars. I can't comment on what goes through the head of your average whacker, except for maybe a good breeze if they move fast; hence, the snarky "they're special" comment. If some moron pulls over for some idiot because they have a specialty license plate; then, they're even stupider than the whackers out there.

Obviously, I can't argue as to how many people with specialty plates and less than stellar records have lapsed insurance. I'm sure it will be no surprise to anyone here when I say that I've never pulled anyone over with lapsed insurance, an expired license, a bop or anything else because I don't pull people over. You know not being a cop, it's just not my thing.

We get it, you are 100% against these plates. That's fine, it's your opinion and you are welcome to it. My opinion is that it was a nice gesture and a lot of work for the woman who got this going and that there is nothing wrong with the plates for the folks here who want to have them. The let's not let anyone have them because some people might do the wrong thing with them argument sounds a little like no one can go to the daddy and me dance because one kid doesn't have a daddy argument.

We're just going to have to agree to disagree before you start responding to me in all caps and question whether or not I wear french and electric blue pajamas.

On vehicles bearing certain characteristics, these stickers are as good as dancing bears stickers on VT vans. You want to advertise, you will get noticed.
They're actually listing MPA stickers for $24.95 on ebay...i'm trying to resist the temptation to take them out of my kids sticker pile and sell mine for $24.94

"I want a royal blue racing stripe, but can you put it around the car, not over the top?"

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I must submit that it's probably a little tougher to tell them apart. Our academy PT'd with the SFD academy a few times and quite a few of them looked like they were picked out of the gang affiliated pre-release pile at Stony brook...not cool.

http://masscops.com/threads/worcester-sheriff-has-questions-after-crash.103552/#post-649006

Normally I fight fair and don't bring up past arguments, but sometimes a point needs to be made.

SFD academy PTs? I know a guy who's on the cot job now, and the only PT he got was walking to the roach-coach that came for the mid-morning break. I kid you not.

This was a long time ago so i'm not surprised that it's gotten worse. Thankfully, we lost sight of them on the run after morning formation. These guys weren't exactly pulling a five minute mile...more like fifteen or twenty.

Yeah...my experience is that people run a hell of a lot slower when they don't have heroin on them.

I'm not sure who that jab is at, but I love how far off topic this thread has gone.

Grapefruit

Question, where do the MPA stickers come from? I do agree with the comments about drug dealers having them on their cars as I have personally seen it in Lynn many times. Im not saying its exclusive, I think in areas like where I live, low crime areas where an off duty officers vehicle has alot less of a chance of vandalism as its parked in a nice suburban driveway they tend to embrace the TBL and MPA stuff but my point is how do they obtain these MPA stickers, they have to come from an LEO right?

Usually it is from when someone is too fucking lazy to peel it off and then trades in the car. Somehow they are being sold on eBay, but those could be forgeries I'm not sure. There is a serial number on them to track them, and displaying one when you aren't a cop is an actual misdemeanor with a chapter and section. However I've only ever seen that charged once in 20 years and we peeled the sticker for evidence anyway.

I love grapefruit, law enforcement and those who support us. While this plate is a very nice gesture and I greatly appreciate the sentiment behind it, I don't advertise.

Which reaffirms my argument that we should just agree to disagree so that you don't have to type in all caps to make your point because I refuse to understand (code for agree with) you.

As for grapefruit, has to be pink with a little sugar sprinkled on it; otherwise, it's too bitter.