Comments on: Why I do not like cops

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:28:03 +0000

c wrote:

you are an idiot.

Mother, is that you?

By: c

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:35:14 +0000

you are an idiot.

By: youpeoplearestupid

youpeoplearestupid — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:15:22 +0000

if you have a cardboard tag…put it in the back winshield you dumbass…quit hating cops because of your own stupidity!!!!

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 21:05:35 +0000

Well for one thing, deputies (I doubt you had the actual sheriff after you) are not the brightest people. In fact they are probably just a step above mall security. If you’re ever in a courthouse try talking to a bailiff (who also work for the sheriff’s office), they are the most dim-witted people I have ever met (I was there to interview a judge and lawyer for a research paper, mind you). I’m not saying cops can’t be stupid but what you described sounds like a newbie trying to be Captain America with his shiny new badge or one of those by-the-book assholes (met only one and it was a butch woman that had something to prove). Not all cops are bad. I’ve met many cops that would make the most pessimistic person believe there is hope left in humanity.

By: Ryan O'Hara

Ryan O'Hara — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:36:57 +0000

“I took my driver’s license out and went to the sun visor to get the temporary registration and proof of insurance. I always have that stuff in the sun visor and not in the glove compartment. It’s easier to get to this way. Also, reaching into the glove compartment may cause the cop to think I am going for a weapon.”

That’s good thinking, but to be on the safest side you shouldn’t go for anything until they ask you to. Just wait with your hands on the wheel.

I don’t dislike cops, but I don’t trust them until they give me a reason to. My sister got pulled over for DWB (Driving While Black) and she’s white. She’s just really tan and has curly hair. The cop said she looked like a black woman they were looking for.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:24:20 +0000

I had the strange first-time-ever experience of going through a sobriety check point Friday night. I wasn’t worried, since I’d only had two glasses of wine over four hours (I was behaving better than usual). But the strange part was that when the officers recognized me, they pretty much just waved me through, smiles all around. My hope is that they wouldn’t have waved me on if I’d appeared to be two-or-more sheets to the wind. Since I’m feeling unusually optimistic today, I’ll guess that they would have done the right thing and given me a ride home. Our local low enforcement are a pretty good lot, and I’m glad we have them. Though of course I’m speaking about the City cops. I don’t know much about the County ones.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:35:46 +0000

Politically incorrect or not, I agree with you 100%. I’ve been pulled over a few times for speeding (legitimately, I admit), and it just amazes me how inefficient this process seems to be. The cop takes my license and registration, strolls back to the cruiser, takes 5-10 minutes talking on the radio, supposedly running my information, then returns and, more often than not in my experience, issues a written warning with no fine and tells me to watch my speed from now on. What a complete waste of time.

And don’t even get me started on the preferential treatment you get if you happen to know or be related to a cop. Why, doing 65 in a 45 is a whole different story then, isn’t it? What a joke. Are drug dealers in Hagerstown so hard to find that the Sheriff’s Department has to pull over random vehicles on penny ante bullshit pretenses in order to catch them? I think not.

–Steve

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:57:41 +0000

M0b1u5, Thanks for pointing out my misspelling of the word ‘Potomac’. If you ever become a regular reader of this blog, you will quickly learn that I am a terrible speller.

By: M0b1u5

M0b1u5 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:55:35 +0000

Move to New Zealand.
Generally, we have very good cops indeed.
Plus, they don’t carry guns. And, I think that last time police were appraised internationally, NZ came out on top of the lack-of-corruption scale.

You really should learn to spell “Potomac” though. Hell, I live 22,000 klicks away and I know how to spell it!

Only thing to note: in NZ a cop doesn’t need any reason whatsoever to breath test you. He just tells you to count to ten while speaking into a breathalyzer.

By: Defending Our Freedom

Defending Our Freedom — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:37:37 +0000

You were the victim of a pretext stop.

As you say, the cop was fishing for evidence that you were intoxicated, or even better — that you were carrying drugs.

People should always remember never to give consent for a search — even if you are not carrying anything illegal. This is because a cop cannot plant something on you (and they do more often than people imagine) if you do not grant access to your trunk.

Not a sermon, just a word to the wise.