motorcycle patrolman

[larryd]

A motorcycle patrolman was rushed to the hospital with an inflamed appendix. The doctors operated and informed him all went well. After arriving home, he kept feeling pain . A pulling sensation in his groin. Fearing another operation pending he decided to have a look. Checking the area he found three strips of adhesive tape, the kind that really does not come off well, firmly placed across the area.Written on it in large black letters was the following. From the  nurse with the red corvette you pulled over last week...............Kinda puts a tear in your eye don't it ??

[motorjock]

That is why I never wrote nurses/doctors when I was a motor officer!!!

[DIGGER]

We had a bad cop in Tomball Tx a few yrs ago....he finally got fired.....but he was sitting around the corner of the hospital where my wife works writing tickets to the hospital staff leaving work and not coming to a complete stop at the hospital stop sign.  My wife saw him writing a ticket as she pulled up to the stop sign so she made sure she stopped.  This cop pointed for her to pull up too to write here a ticket...my wife was furious. She rolled her window down as the cop was handing the ticket to the nurse pulled over in front of her.   The conversation was as follows.

Nurse:  I did stop for that stop sign....besides you don't need to be writing tickets to the people that live here in Tomball for this.  I am going to hire a lawyer to fight this.

Cop:  See ya in court lady.

Nurse:   (as she hands him back the ticket book after signing the ticket)  YEAH.....AND SOME DAY I'LL SEE YOU'RE ASS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM.......(AS SHE DROVE OFF).

My wife said the cop stood there with a dumb look on his face for a minute.   Then proceeded to write her a ticket too.   The hospital staff that all got tickets that morning banded together and went to city hall and had a conference with the Chief of Police and the tickets got dropped.

[alph]

I don’t get it.  If you fail to stop for a sign, or you decide to speed, or you break any other law while driving, shouldn’t you expect a ticket?  They’re just doing their jobs aren’t they?  Remember, the next time you order a burger with no onions, and you receive it with onions, don’t get mad at the cook, if you expect to get away with it, shouldn’t they?

[R J]

I don’t get it.  If you fail to stop for a sign, or you decide to speed, or you break any other law while driving, shouldn’t you expect a ticket?  They’re just doing their jobs aren’t they?  Remember, the next time you order a burger with no onions, and you receive it with onions, don’t get mad at the cook, if you expect to get away with it, shouldn’t they?

alph, question for ya.......    You say it is ok to roll thru a stop sign without a citation.

Now, if someone was to drag ur butt out of the vehicle and start pounding on ya, would you want them to slow down or stop?

Some officers can be pr*cks, and some will write a citation to impress thier boss, or help someone make payroll.    Those in my book, I'm retired CHP, are not a true officer.     They are either a rookie or a 'want to be' as we called them.

[Joe Hummer]

After picking up my middle son from the skating rink Friday night, we rolled into a sobriety checkpoint.  He is 16 and has his permit (I was driving that night).  We discussed many things including that if I had been up at the bar instead of picking him up from skating, that I would have fessed up as much instead of risking them detecting it.  And if I was over the limit, then it would be their right to lock me up and I would go willingly (now I didn't say happily).  I also took the opportunity to tell him that you do NOT argue with the police officer.  You stay civil with them and if you feel you were wronged, take it up with the police chief or the judge.  

Joe

[ChromeDome]

I also took the opportunity to tell him that you do NOT argue with the police officer.  You stay civil with them and if you feel you were wronged, take it up with the police chief or the judge.  

Not only do you not argue ... I have found saying "Yes Sir" and "No Sir" to be very useful in the staying civil department.

[Ben]

gotta remember...patrolman are the same people that pull people or what's left of them out of wrecks... if they get a tude once in a while ...it's OK  BE CIVIL

[DIGGER]

I don’t get it.  If you fail to stop for a sign, or you decide to speed, or you break any other law while driving, shouldn’t you expect a ticket?  They’re just doing their jobs aren’t they?  Remember, the next time you order a burger with no onions, and you receive it with onions, don’t get mad at the cook, if you expect to get away with it, shouldn’t they?

Read a little closer, my wife saw him writing the ticket and she made sure she stopped.   he still motioned for her to pull over in line.  We don't mind getting a ticket when guilty....but get really irate when not guilty. 

[fudgie]

a sobriety checkpoint.  

That is a whole ball of wax that I don't agree with. 

Found this-
DWI roadblocks are usually set up at night and can be quite unnerving with the bright lights, orchestrated show of force, and flashlights thrust in drivers' faces. All the previous comments about searches are applicable to DWI roadblocks. Also, you should not allow any penetration of your vehicle's interior space, that includes sticking a flashlight (often contains an alcohol sensor) through your window. You can be required to show the usual documentation, such as your driver's license, but you do not have to open your window any further than the space to hand it out. You do not have to answer questions about where you have been or where you are going, whether or not you have been drinking or what items are contained in your car.

If you are ordered out of your car, lock the door behind you. You do not have to perform any feats of balance, answer quiz questions, or recite the alphabet. In fact we recommend that you respectfully decline to do any of these things. A so-called field sobriety test is conducted for one reason only---to develop probable cause to arrest you for drunk driving. You can not pass a field sobriety test, no matter how sober or gifted you are. If the police believe they have probable cause to charge you with drunk driving, they can coerce you to take some form of breath or chemical test to determine your blood alcohol content. You can refuse, but the penalties for refusal are often as severe as a DWI conviction.

When you are first approached at a DWI roadblock, open your window slightly and wait for the officer to make his statement or ask his questions. If he simply offers the canned explanation for the stop and asks to see your license, have it ready to hand to him. If he asks any further questions, you should politely decline to enter into a discussion. Something like; "officer, I really don't approve of roadblocks and I don't care to discuss my affairs" should suffice. If the officer persists, ask for the return of your license and ask if you may leave.

It's important not to answer any questions, no matter how harmless. Your willingness to answer some questions, but not others, will raise suspicion. Worse yet is to give incriminating answers to seemingly routine questions. If you set the stage in a manner that it is clear you are not going to answer questions, period, there can be no defensible reason for detaining you, based on what you said. Just answer every question with "I don't wish to discuss my affairs, may I leave now?" By law, you are not obligated to answer these kinds of questions and you cannot be detained because you refuse to chit-chat with the officers at a roadblock.

[fiddle mike]

... if you feel you were wronged, take it up with the police chief or the judge.  

Joe

Been there.
I prefer to just urinate into the wind and save the trip downtown.

[Brad]

... if you feel you were wronged, take it up with the police chief or the judge.  

Joe

Been there.
I prefer to just urinate into the wind and save the trip downtown.

Good idea to not do that in front of the officer.....might open up a whole other can of worms....so to speak

[fiddle mike]

... if you feel you were wronged, take it up with the police chief or the judge.  

Joe

Been there.
I prefer to just urinate into the wind and save the trip downtown.

Good idea to not do that in front of the officer.....might open up a whole other can of worms....so to speak

I watched a cop drive past a man who had parked his car on the shoulder of the road and was urinating off a freeway overpass at 2:00a.m on a New Year's morning, so, you never know, you know?

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[PAVALKER]

I don’t get it.  If you fail to stop for a sign, or you decide to speed, or you break any other law while driving, shouldn’t you expect a ticket?  They’re just doing their jobs aren’t they?  Remember, the next time you order a burger with no onions, and you receive it with onions, don’t get mad at the cook, if you expect to get away with it, shouldn’t they?

alph, question for ya.......    You say it is ok to roll thru a stop sign without a citation.

Now, if someone was to drag ur butt out of the vehicle and start pounding on ya, would you want them to slow down or stop?

Some officers can be pr*cks, and some will write a citation to impress thier boss, or help someone make payroll.    Those in my book, I'm retired CHP, are not a true officer.     They are either a rookie or a 'want to be' as we called them.

I'm confused.... I thought Alph was defending the position of getting a ticket if you do wrong (as in if you do wrong you should expect it).  I didn't  see where he said it was ok to roll thru a stop?????  Wake up RJ