I know a few officers in NH who've been known to mail a cite to the operator or go to his residence and hand deliver it... is that possible where you're at? Makes an impression on the tards parents when you take the time out of your day to give him a few hundred dollars worth of citation.
yes you can, I know some departments frown upon mailing it if it is possible to just hand it to them at the time of the offense, but I've never caught any flack for it.
I use the mailing scenario when I've changed my mind. Maybe I went easy and cut the guy a break when LEAPS was out, only to find out his KQ is mud... so whatever else they did I'll send them a "supplemental" gig :wink: I've also used it on Commercial vehicles.. I may gig the driver for something operational (speeding, seatbelt, etc.) and mail a gig to the company/owner for "fail to inspect" or something of that nature. I rather write out the second one later if possible.. I've got many more shitbirds to catch :wink: If i see a bad violation while on a detail, I'll write the plate and note the time and offense... then when I'm done with the detail... I'll do the gig. I rarely do this however, you gotta really piss me off to earn one of these..
Time period: 3 yrs ago Scene: Lovely West Somerville autumn afternoon, on my girlfriends front steps saying goodbye, cruiser in driveway with keys in it and running. Two teenagers: female driver stops in front of house, throws D&D plastic ice coffee cup with ice onto sidewalk in front of the house. Male passenger flips me the bird. MV then spins the rubber and bangs a quick right down a side street. Reaction: I immediately say ADIOS! to the girlfriend and start my shift early. Being a longgggg time resident of Somerville, I know w/ all the one ways this knucklehead will eventually end up at the Powderhouse/Tufts rotary a 1.5 mile journey. I go warp factor 9 down the main drag to the rotary. As I wait here comes Speedy Gonzalez entering the rotary w/o yielding. Imagine their shock when I was at the other side waving to them. When asked what she thought she was doing, she replied, "I guess I'm just a bitch." (I am not making this story up) The male passenger is silent around the cop as per Somerville punk S.O.P. Citation: Littering, fail to slow for turn, fail to yield, 37 in a 25(rotary), seatbelts, inspection sticker, no front license plate, no registration sticker, no registration in possession, and that exhaust sounds a little loud. Then they were escorted back to the litter for retrieval. Have a good day ma'am. I love that citation.
MSP75: Periodic inspection...obviously the vehicle was 'unsafe' to be operated on a public way and needed to be towed!!! 8) :twisted:
People have the stones to do this? If I did this as a kid, my parents would beat the crap out of me, then take me to the police station to have me apologize to the cop, then a very unpleasant ride home, and most likely another smack in the head.
Working a click it or ticket the other night, and I take a quick break in the center of town to enjoy some of D&D's finest. This is a spot where I like to watch for people running a stop sign and I generally like to shut my lights off to reduce my visibility. Sure enough, an Excursion flys through the intersection, barely tapping the brakes. I pull it over and it's a mother with 2 kids in back. the kids are in child seats, but she's unbelted. The first thing she says to me is: "You can't pull me over because you didn't have your lights on." She goes on to say that she saw me turn on my headlights before I turned on my overheads. Apparently, there's some regulation that states we have to keep our running lights on when parked at night. This is the 4th or 5th time someone has said this to me... where do these things come from?? End of story: 89/9 Stop sign violation 90/13A Seatbelt violation 90/14A Failure to slow at intersection
A lot of my friends think that the police have to have their parking lights on (if on the side of the road) in order to pull over a car, because otherwise, the radar doesn't work. Also, my roommate and I were discussing this (nothing to do with this post, but I just thought I'd ask)...she was driving down the street at about 1am the other night and a cruiser was behind her, flipped on his blues and went by her, then turned them off. If he was going to a call, would he have had to keep his lights on the entire time? Just curious...thanks
Depends on the circumstances. There are about a million different reasons why the lights may just be on for a moment, from a courtesy to a slowpoke to a call being cancelled to needing to get someplace fast but not necessarily letting the person or people at the destination know you're there.
My (other) roommate likes to pretend she knows everything she's talking about, but really has no idea. Thanks VOR!
ya know that has made my day. I never would have thought about doing something like this when i was younger. Of course my father being an officer i would have gotten my ass whopped and it would have been proffesionally embarrassing for him. It is stories like this that keep me motivated. keep em' coming officers, keep em coming.
Instead of all this race/car searched boxes on cites there should be four boxes: unaccountable adult ignorant junior operator international driver's license good citizen getting screwed by other drivers Judges should have also have to report on record why they do not hold the operator accountable. I would like to see those stats.
Those boxes should definately be required. Maybe a good idea for the next series of citation books. To expand on that, maybe the courts should have to submit a statement of facts back to police departments why they hold nobody responsible... hey they want more useless paperwork...there you go. It boggles my mind why people argue during stops, have they never seen the show COPS or talked to anyone that has been stopped? The people are a bunch of "lemmings", I think DCS is right on the money about the wonderful citizens out there... I issued the first passenger earned citation a few weeks ago in a long time. I approach the car and the snotty teenage passengers starts, "My driveway is right there, what is this for, and starts ranting..." Last I checked ma'am I asked the DRIVER for the license and registration. As I was writing, Miss Big Mouth kindly told my back-up what she thought of me, hey its nice to hear feedback about what the public thinks from time to time. :lol: I returned to the car; have a nice night Ms. Driver, here is a complementary gift and some words of advice: "Keep your passengers from talking the next time you get stopped, it could prove to be costly". You want to let her control the stop and be your mouthpiece I am happy to cite accordingly. Community Policing at its best, I like giving out advice to the public...oh and the thank-you for blinding me with the highbeams too, thankfully my eyesight was not effected that adversly to see where I was writing the fines. And guess who did the talking when they came to the station the next day, dispatch had a similar encounter...some never learn :roll:
D&D A friend of mines wife was stopped rushing to work one morning, after she had stopped and picked up a dozen donuts at D-D. They were on her front seat. As the PO approached her she said--" was I speeding or did you smell my donuts?"....Not sure if she got a ticket or not
Sorry to bring up old posts, but I hadn't seen this thread. Stopped a guy last week for 70 in a 55, something I would usually warn for. Approach driver's side, and before I have even made it to the window, the guy starts waving the pink copy of a summons out the window. Tells me he got that approximately 5 minutes earlier a little further down the road for 71 in a 55mph. Well, clearly he hasn't been learning his lesson, so I write him for 70 in a 55. After I finish handing him his copy, he asks "is it possible to get two tickets for the same thing in the same day?" I told him to keep speeding, and we'll see if we can make it three.
Some people are idiots. A while ago my neighbors kid got stopped for speed on his way to Concord. Why was he going to Concord? To meet with a DMV hearings examiner to contest a license suspension... for speeding (under 18 y/o). He actually swore at the officer or trooper, "Godd--n it! Another ticket!" A real fool. Wonder how he explained that second ticket to the examiner.
I hope the cop called the hearings officer with a 'heads-up'! If the kid was suspended an arrest could have been appropriate...for 'open-and-gross-stupidity'!
It's Somerville. The kids in that city for the most part have no respect for the police. But when the force is directed at them they cry like little bitches. It's just sad that these kids are really good kids when they are younger then they get into their teens andthey turn into theives and liars and just all out scumbags. Scott :rock:
This isn't anything compared to some of the other stories here, but in comparison to the normal day to day patrolling on Hanscom AFB it is defiantly one of the more memorable traffic stops I've made. This happened a few months back. I was patrolling on Hanscom AFB when I noticed a car traveling toward me at 42 in a 25, and blow through a 4 way stop sign. As he passed me I noticed the driver was talking on his cell phone. I made a quick 3 point turn and blue lighted the vehicle. As my partner and I approached the vehicle the driver rolled down his window, leans out of his car, flashes his MIT ID, and yelled "It's OK I'm a civilian, and if you would excuse me I need to be somewhere." He then rolled back up his window and drove off. My partner and I just stared at each other with puzzled looks, and then busted out laughing. As we walked back to our car I radioed the gates and had them stop all out bound traffic. I pulled up behind the vehicle once again while he was waiting in the line to exit the base. I got on the PA and told him to pull over to the side and shut the engine off. When I made contact with the driver I asked for his License, Reg, and Base ID. He snapped, "Is there some confusion here Airman?" I replied "Apparently your the one confused sir." He then said "Did I not identify myself as a civilian to you?" "Now if you don't mind stop wasting my time and let me be on my way." I then notified him of all the violations that I had observed. Traveling 42 in a 25, failed to stop for a posted sign, impeded operation (not using a hands free cell phone which is illegal on base), not wearing a seatbelt, and finally failure to yield for an emergency vehicle. He then replied "So what does this have to do with me?" "Your military and you have no authority over me." I stated "Well sir I don't know who fed you that load of crap, but their wrong." I went back to my car where I wrote a total of 5 citations. I went back to his vehicle and explained each of the citations to him. He said "but these are all Massachusetts General Law violations. I said "Yes sir because your a civilian remember." The guy then asked me if it too late to get a verbal warning on some of them. When I said no the guy had the nerve to say "Well then I guess I better start paying attention on base for now on because I've been blowing stop signs and speeding for 4 years now and just figured you couldn't do anything." I told him to shut up and go before something comes out of his mouth that's going regret. Two months later I went to Magistrate Court for the 5 citations I wrote. The Magistrate found him guilty on all except the failure to yield for emergency vehicle.
Yeh I hear that Tack....except mine is "why you can't arrest me" Believe it or not, there are actually speed limits on some bodies of water in the commonwealth. :shock: Well there is a limit on a lake that I was patrolling, 35 MPH, guy blows by me at 50+MPH on a jet ski. (I'm not in a crown vic :lol: , so it's not as easy to catch the guy. The police boat tops out at about 40MPH) I waited until he got to shore, then asked for his registration and driver's license. "Uhhhhh NO" he goes...I said "uhhhhhh YES." After a few minutes of 'discussion', he gave it to me, and I wrote him on a town ordinace (since there is is no MGL for speeding on an inland body of water.) Well the guy was alright, but his wife comes running up "You have no right to do that....blah blah blah.) I said "Ok mam, he can appeal the town citatation." BYE A little while later I see him almost take off the head of some kid that was being pulled by a water ski boat, by jumping it's wake. I wait...(there is only one way out of this area...connecterd to the main lake) and he tries to leave. I hit the blue lights and he starts with "F*CK YOU, YOU...YOU AS*HOLE, YOU'RE A BOAT COP YOU CAN'T DO SH%T" and takes off at TOP speed. I spin the 'boat cruiser' around as fast as possible and took off after him lights and sirens..and chased him around the lovely lake. Well...when the idiot finally found shore there were four cruisers awaiting his arrival. (Well now he got his MGL violations...failure to stop for a PO, reckless MB operation.....and a few others)
Tackleberry What a meat head, I would have like to see his face when you handed him his five cites. Just gotta love those MIT rats
