Younes Si

Just seen this on Honda-Tech

Pretty cool...Forums for cops

http://forums.officer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36403
http://forums.officer.com/forums/sho...6&page=1&pp=25

obvously I wont in the future or my TCC buds

It's different to hear what they have to say, or maby that's just me

Xscorpio

wow good fine, prety intriguing to read what they have to say. (*#(*#&$(*&$#(*#&$(*#$

imported_alwaysoverkill

professional courtesy, if your a cop you work close with other cops, EMS and FD so why be an *** and issue ticket.

i know everyone is going to say, cops should be fair game too, but just think about that for a minute. your friend gives you a ticket when your best friend could have said to you, slow'er down and have a nice day, you'd be pissed.

speeding is only speeding, now if he is drunk or such, hell ya, thats different, but for speeding, i'd just say slow the **** down.

SteveZ

so why is it that the average joe doing 140 on the highway is driving dangerously, speeding and endangering the lives of others around them, yet, a cop doing the same speed jus needs to "slow down a bit".

yes i understand the whole borther in arms thing, but still, cops arent above the law. i can see the whole friend stuff, where you wouldnt give another officer a ticket cause ur friends, but i dont agree with the "never give another LEO a ticker...ever." statement. its all well and good when the off duty cop is going 140 and gets told to slow down. but what about when hes let go and still doin 140, then hits another car and hurts another family? avg joe would be screwed, but what happens to the cop? there are exceptions that i know will always be there, but i dont think just cause ur a cop makes u invinceable to the law. what do i do thats makes me dangerous yet another cop gets away with in his free time?

t_dot_porkchop

police can use discretion...even if they pull over an average joe for going 140, doesnt mean they HAVE TO issue a ticket.

if its a DUI...thats another issue.

Younes Si

ya, but it also has to do with the code of silence

imported_doggy69247

**** that bul**** o man cops **** me off they lopp the law around there finger like they made it **** them if somebody is speeding they should get ****ed but even if they do they wil just take it 2 court and there lawyer friends wil saw ooo i lost the evidence we canot prosikute bla bla its soo carups and its uselless system same with the government here

imported_Bruce Fee

cool. i didn't know police were smart enough to use the internet.

imported_bevboyy

Considering they have laptops and can access via wifi - But I'd love to see what their domain server has for logs - www.porno4all.com or something similar maybe???

Younes Si

imported_doggy69247

i saw a cop on his laptop 4 soo long he drove up the curb on2 the grass and then swerved back on the road

imported_whosyodaddy16

every job has its perks.you work at blockbuster you get free/discount movies. you work at a restaurant you get free/discount food, my friend works at a university and gets free education. some cops will ticket other cops most dont, it's called discretion or professional courtesy. i dont ticket police, fire ems or handicapped tags all for differnt persoanl reasons

imported_Gutro

What most people forget is that cops aren't your everyday driver. They are TRAINED to drive. They are trained to drive fast. They are also trained to drive fast in traffic. It's a part of their job.

don't get me wrong....I don't think Cops should be allowed to do 140+ etc.....however, you need to remember that they are profesional drivers.

I agree. If I were a cop (wich I plan to be one day) I'd just say Slow down and have a nice day. If the guy/girl gave me attitude while showing me their badge. I'd tell them off...but still wouldn't write them up.

Now if it turned into DUI or something more seriouse...tehn yeah.....I write the ****er up!


BTW!!!! That is one of the most interesting reads I've ever come across. Good post!

imported_Bruce Fee

Gutro, so if I take a racing course or BMWs advanced driver training and pass with flying colours, you think it's cool for me to swerve through traffic.

I was once with my girlfriend in her car.. stopped at an intersection.. two cops pulled up to her right and one cop on her left (left hand turn lane only).. as soon as it turned green, they all floored it, and the guy in the left only lane cut her off and went straight.

my only guess is that they were racing in cruisers.

to give a "professional" courtesy to someone, they have to be professional first, right?

I see cops not pulling eachohter over and driving illegaly more like monkeys cleaning lice off of eachother at the zoo.

Double_B

Good point.

imported_Gutro

I didn't say it gave them the right to. I just said that they are trained to drive in those conditions. Therefore (in general, because there's always that guy who barely passed) it makes them better drivers than most of the people on the road. You know as well as I do that there's a lot of HORRIBLE drivers on the road. Imagine one of them doing 140+ on teh highway....perfect example....the guy who wrecked his Del Sol at the track Saturday. From what i've been told, there's no reason why he should've wrecked....wasn't even going that fast.

Point is....cops are trained to drive fast in traffic. Does that give them permision to do it whenever they want???? NO. Of coarse not. My point was that if I'm a cop and I pull over one of my "brothers", I know he's a good driver and can handle what he's doing. I'll still tell him to slow down though.

BUT, if I pull over Joe Shmoe doing the same thing, I look at him as an untrained driver who doesn't realise the risk he's putting him/herself and the others around in.

Does that make sense? I kinda went off track there, but I think I brought it back.

Double_B

But shouldn't cops be leading by example? Why tell the rest of us not to speed, but on their off day, they can? Doesn't seem right to me.........and where would it stop as far as "breaking the law" It's a very interesting topic

imported_Bruce Fee

i don't think so. me and most of my friends trained to drive fast from ages 16-24.. even insurance companies acknowledge this.. with putting our rates at high risk... some of my friends ride motorcycles.... with one guy to have allegedly gone 290 in a 60 (just a rumour of course)

do you think if we share some of our experiences with police officers they will extend the same courtesy to us? maybe we can video tape ourselves pulling car stunts to show officers to let them know, we are good drivers.

to further elaborate, just because my friend is a seasoned drunk and can really handle his liquor, i'm not to going to support him driving a car anywhere after 10 beers just because I know he can handle his booze and looks fine.

i understand why cops don't ticket eachother... if i was a cop.. with the typical gang mentality.. i wouldn't ticket other cops.. even when they're DUI.. but it doesn't make it right.. nor does it deserve to be defended.

think of running a protection racket.. you're not gonna let others screw with your ****.. but if one of your guys ends up doing something wrong and beating the **** out of the wrong guy.. you're gonna much more likely give him a pass.

cops are nothing more than a legitamized gang.

imported_Gutro

Fair enough.....but tell me you don't speed. Tell me if you were a cop and were late for dinner you wouldn't speed.
OKAY.....I know you...tell it to me without lying LOL
And like they said in that thread...a ticket is different than breaking the law. For example...DUI....bust him! Theft or violent crimes...bust'em again. Failure to use a signal, speeding, rolling stop....I cut him loose. Running a red or blowing through a stop....well.....depends on the circumstances and how much of a mood I'm in.

Double_B

But we do get ticketed for speeding, and how many threads have you seen people asking how to fight them? And the infraction may be 15 to 20 clicks over. So I guess the whole, I will let you go this time is out the door. And this whole, the cop won't show majority of the time to court is crap.

Again, why bother telling the rest of us not to speed, slow it down if they aren't following the same rules? And this can lead into so many other things.........like DUI as you were saying before. Don't tell me cops don't let other cops off if they catch them drinking and driving............not saying all do it, but I am sure some do as well as wife beating etc..........you see where I am going. If they are allowed to do what they want, why should we have to follow the rules.


Am I getting off topic?

BTW I have never sped in my life......