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Posted on 09/25/2007 7:57:49 PM PDT by B-Chan
If you are a police officer, trooper, court officer, correction officer, telecommunicator, highway patrol, federal agent, or any other type of police (peace) officer either full-time, part-time or retired that has been disrespected or insulted by another police agency (officer) by not receiving some sort of professional courtesy, please email staff (at) copswritingcops.com with the information. If you have been arrested for a crime and want to use this as a podium to rant, go somewhere else.
This is a site for officers getting traffic tickets that ANY normal civilian could get a warning on, verbal or written. This is a site for cops, about cops, and designed by cops. Needless to say, we are fed up with hearing about this and think something should be done. There's always another ticket down the street. We are all family and maybe someday you may need one of us to get out of our car and save your sorry ass. But odds are you're the cop that doesn't do anything to begin with.
Our Mission
The new police generation is here and the "old timers" need to pass on the respect for the police. It goes without saying that the public needs to respect us, but we must also respect each other. We have the career that no one wants, unless it's on TV. We have to deal with...well...how do we say it politically...the shitheads! These are people that no one else wants to deal with, that's why they call us. We are 'suppose' to come and solve the problems. Of course most of the problems are social or political issues and no officer is going to be able solve them in one call, or even 60 minutes like on TV. So what does this have to do with this site. A LOT!! All we have sometimes is each other.
Our mission is to try and bond our community by bringing the stories of how our brothers and sisters are sometimes mistreated by other brothers and sisters.
Maybe after visiting this site and reading how much it really does affect other officers, you may think twice about giving that ticket.
It's ONLY A TICKET! We're positive that there is someone more deserving of your attention than your own brother or sister.
FAQ's
Are we above the law?
No.
If we commit a crime, should we be "let go"?
No. We need to go to jail. The public has faith in us (supposedly). If we break that faith we need to pay the price. One of our staffers is an IAD Sergeant. He has many stories of how cops try and "get by with one". He is a strong proponent of this site.
Should we be given breaks on tickets that normal people would be given a break?
Yes. Best Buy employees get an employee price (which is awesome), Subway employees get free subs, military people get free hops on planes, airline employees get the jet around the world for free ($50 is free). Every profession gets some kind of 'perk'.
Is it fair?
No, but when is life ever fair.
And believe it or not, media too as they often have close contacts with police. I was in broadcasting for years and was on the receiving end of the "courtesy" several times and was happy to accept it.
It’s called officer’s discretion.
And I can also say I’ve benefited from that discretion, and I am not related to any law enforcement. I would rather a Officer be free to move onto real CRIMINALS.(Mark Levin moment).
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“Cop courtesies” are also extended to civilians, as well as LE.
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HEY THERE ; Cops ARE Civilians ... and they should be reminded of it every time they pull this LE is above it all crap.
A C-17 configured for passengers ain’t all that bad.
This is a good point of view to see.
I believe in professional courtesy, but my first reaction to it was extremely negative. It conjured up notions of corruption and elitism until I thought about what cops do.
Like the site says, they deal with the worst of us, are lied to and fought with constantly. I admire any officer who can spend 5 years in the force and have the mental and moral strength not to come away completely racist and jaded against people.
I don’t have a problem with officers extending each other an occasional professional courtesy, I do think those who believe they can endanger other motorists constantly and are entitled to unlimited grace from traffic laws should not be extended this courtesy. I would assume other officers know who these jerks are too. I think the main deciding factors should be how much of an ass they are, how blatantly they badge the on duty officer and how dangerous they are driving.
With all that being said, this site is a major mistake and the jerks who put it up and contribute should be deemed persona non grata with regards to any future graces.
Depends on the Cop...about 15 years a go my wife was an RN in a premature baby unit at North Shore Hospital on Long Island. A premmie she had been trying to pull through for a couple of weeks died in her care....she was devastated and at 5:00AM, after her shift had ended, she was heading home on a Sunday morning on a near deserted highway. She was in her nurse garb and traveling 10 miles an hour over the speed limit. A cop pulled her over and in tears she told him what happened.
The F’n prick had the nerve to tell her that is why life is so important and she should slow down so she could make sure to safe guard her own...He returned to his squad car, made her sit there and cry for about 15 minutes, returned to her and gave her a ticket.
What a piece of Sh!t this cop was and if she ever recognizes him, ever, I have a score to settle with the piece of human garbage.
Denver cops are way up there on the corruption list. Or so I’ve been told by 2 retired Denver cops and anybody who’s lived there.
Yes they can be buttholes of the highest and most puckered order!
Agree with an earlier post about liking “police” but not liking “the police”. Too swaggering, a troubling tendency to fall back on combination persecution and hero complex. And damned little accountability.
Professional courtesy is pure sophistry but is pure corruption. Does not the law apply equally to all? Cops should have to follow the law — taken to its logical absurdity, at what point does professional courtesy end?
I remember one episode of “Wildest Police Videos” where one cop stops an off-duty cop for speeding. The off-duty cop refuses to provide a drivers license, gets out of the car, and starts fighting.
I usually feel sorry for the cops. School teachers make a lot more money, cops have to watch the courts screw up all their hard work, and people treat them like crap.
No wonder they’re looking for perks.
“Should we be given breaks on tickets that normal people would be given a break?
Yes.
Is it fair?
No, but when is life ever fair.”
Dumb. Just dumb.
“It’s ONLY A TICKET! “
Then pay the fine and the increased insurance costs like the rest of us “civilians”.
I call it corruption. Today a cop thinks he should get away with not paying traffic fines, tomorrow he thinks he can kill someone and get away with it because he’s a cop.
“So cops that let Mr. citizen off for speeding is corrupt? It’s called officer’s discretion. “
A citizen doesn’t EXPECT to get off as a cop does. So, yes, cops EXPECTING to get off is corruption.
“School teachers make a lot more money”
No, they don’t. Where I live a cop starts at $48,000. A school teacher starts at $36,000.
"Cops know you pay taxes and that your taxes pay cops’ salaries. Cops also pay taxes, which also pay cops’ salaries so, hey, this traffic stop is on me. Now sign here, press hard; there are five copies."
LOL!
Cops have a very tough job to do. One thing that will always help is if they will be humble enough to realize and admit that sometimes they're just wrong. It happens to everyone, so just accept it.
speeding and seatbelt laws are laws that are deemed criminal before a real crime happens... “for the safety of society”, to “prevent injurty to others”... instead of making the penalties for such accidents and accidental deaths what they should be, setting fines for behavior that may lead to such outcomes brings in more money...
don’t let anyone try to tell you that it ain’t all about the money...
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We got stopped once, pretty loaded, and the cop said, "I was going to write you up, but I see you're with us."
I just grinned and went on my way, realizing only later what had just happened.
I know of an instance where a state cop let an officer from a small town within the state go even though the town cop was DUI.
I was recently tailgated by a cop while driving right at the speed limit.
I appreciate your statement that everyone even cops can be wrong and just need to admit it. I don’t care about speeding tickets at all. I want police in Seward NE to enforce child rape protection laws better than they have in the past. Do you have any advice on getting cops to do something about pedos there? This is a cop site right? Why did the cop say, “oh no not him” in reference to John Walsh guy? Why don’t cops in NE support John Walsh and his code Adam at Walmart plan? I am free due to that discretion clause, so I support that.
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