Is there room for two in that emergency vehicle?

 

I already said what i did was wrong and that i deserved, so I am taking responsibility for my actions.I could be like a lot of other people and try and get my parents to fix it but I am the one who is paying it and admitted I was wrong.

 

Bad citizens? No. Just one who made a mistake.

Cops in my city arent allowed to join and are removed if they ever get anything other than a Class C misdemeanor (ie: traffic stop, code compliance, etc-- nothing like MIP)

20 days away...They are trying to use you as an example for the rest of the town. The idea is that you tell your friends how close you are to being 21, then get a ticket. The law reads the way it does, and they hope that your horror story will keep some people from doing it. Dont forget, though-- Once they have seen it happen, if they tun a blind eye, they are risking everything.

As for the use of resources...I know it seems stupid, but you catch the ones you can. If you stroll up on a code compliance issue, solve it, dont stand by waiting for the methhead. I will say this-- I have had my troubles with methheads in the Ambulance, and they are not fun to deal with. And they are well known for breaking restraints, so theres a good reason why cops let the Medics take em. We get em when they are about to die, and their hearts are going crazy. When they get them-- cops get hurt. Yes, we get hurt (myself included), but it usually isnt as bad as when the Officers get it.

A lot of what they do is prevention. Thats why they sit on the freeway pointing radar guns. They know you can see them in the median, but an ounce of prevention is better than ANY amount of crimefighting. More wrecks are caused by drivers panicking when they see the flashers than you know...

I will end with this. Unless they are doing something unethical, illegal, or immoral, dont bother. They have a reason, the right, and the duty to do what they do. I am done with this thread.

 

I see your reasons for feeling the way you do, but have you taken the time to actually think about why you got the infraction?

You were drinkin at home.. fine and legal if your parents were around.
If they werent, you were under 21 and that my friend is Illegal meaning he can and probably will cite you for it. Also it is not the duty of a police officer to catch " illegal immigrants" Just FYI

Im not going to sit around and preach though, cause i was younger too and i drank and did silly crap. I fortunantly was never caught doing anything, and consider myself lucky that i never hurt or got hurt.

One day youll grow older and realize some of the stupid crap that has happend in your life and i doubt hating cops for that one time they gave you a MIP will be one of them.

 

Thats right- Department of Homeland Security, Border Patrol, Immigration Services, US Customs, and the US Coast Guard do all of that. (I think a Federal marshal might be able to, but I dont think they do...)

BTW--When have you all seen cops get off with crimes??? All the ones within about 30 miles of my house that commit any crime other than speeding (for which a professional courtesy is extended-- but firefighters, Medics, and several other groups get the same courtesy to an extent-- you have to be reasonable) are promptly put on Administrative leave, fired, forced to resign, or put in a desk.

Ok-- now I am really done with this thread.

 

Man, where do I start? Hmm, I'll start with the first thing that came to my mind. You want to be in Politics correct? How can you make statements like this? I mean maybe its the alcohol but its no excuse, it'd be a bad habit to get accustomed to if you want to be in politics. Cops are doing their JOB, they are hired to ENFORCE the laws that are enacted. Who says the cops that do cite these "stupid" things actually believe they are right? It doesn't matter, its not their job to consider what is right or wrong of the law. Its a balance of power, you don't want the people who are creating the laws, enforcing the laws. I don't think it should be of any concern to anyone if a cop broke a law, to some extent; nothing is Black and White, thats the past. We all make mistakes. Now if he broke the law while he was a current Police Officer, no problem take him off the force.

I could go on and on and on but I'm going to let my drivel fade off into oblivion.

 

Hey thumper how did you get your signature to look like that? thats sweet and really nice truck

 

Don't hijack your own thread. :

 

haha well figured id swing away from the other topic

 

And how many times did you get away with it over the years? YOU decided to break the law. It's your fault, your choice, if you're approaching 21 man the eff up and take some responsibility for your actions.

 

yeah.

Here's my loud music and illegal tint experience. I had a loud system back when I was younger (which wasn't long ago) and I knew if I played it loud in town I'd get some unwanted attention. I almost got myself carjacked once from it, not a fun experience considering I had to flee for my life in a 91 ford probe gt turbo with one tire on the left and a rim and two sidewalls on the right front, on a front drive car. I somehow outran them and saved my life. There's a longer story involved here, but what it boils down to is the loud music almost got me killed. In your case it was the cops, just learn from your situation and remember this motto I learned: Keep it Down in Town.

As for the tint, I had a 10" strip, illegal as hell on my probe gt. I didn't care. I was lucky, but I got pulled over for other things and they never said anything. I was lucky. Well, I ended up having a baseball bust my windshield. Never put the stripe back on. Never had any more issues. Just keep the stripe legal, no problems.

 

Bethankful you arenotin my part of the world. Several communities here have noise ordinances and the LEA have decibel meters in their cars. The firsttime you get a ticket; the second time, the car may be impunded OR they remove the stereo (not too gently, either) from said vehicle. Oh, you also have to pay to get the stereo back.

BTW---I do not really enjoy people ruining my nice, quiet evening by driving by with a stereo so loud that it beats a 737 on a decible meter. (The best one I saw was when a student of mine was leaving school, turned his music up to the "painful level", and blew out his rear window...

It may seem piddly poop to you, but they are, as others have said, enforcing the law. They don't write the laws, but they are obligated to enforce them.

TSC

 

I just finished reading the whole thread.

IMO, you break the law you pay for it. You KNEW the tint was illegal, and you did the right thing by complying with the officer's request to roll down your window. People say "oh yeah I would have refused" but I'd almost BET 99% of people will, when asked, comply with a request from a cop. You don't, and they make your life hell. Is it legal for them to do so? No, but cops get away with whatever they want. Once you accept that and move on, life is MUCh easier.

As for the Minor in Posession, you know its illegal to drink when you're under 21, yet you CHOOSE to take the risk and do so. It has nothing to do with cops not catching illegals and dog fighters, it has to do with you made a conscious choice to break the law, and you got caught. Your punishment is a direct result of your choice. You should be lucky you got only a ticket and not hauled off to jail, as an LEO has every right to do. Your problems would be 10 fold, had that happened.

IMO, you gotta pay to play. Simple as that folks.

 

If you do the crime , you need to do the time. If your tints are illegal you got busted end of story. Maybe its different in New Zealand but the laws the law, if you break it you know the consequences. Remember the Police you hate are the same ones that have to attend the accidents and scrape bodies of the road from s**T heads who think they are above the law. Just get hard

 

Yup, what I was going to say, just with fewer gramatical errors