Anyone who still refuses to believe that there are substantial numbers of corrupt policemen, sheriffs, deputies, and other "crimebusters" out there need only read the site to learn otherwise. The existence of copswritingcops.com is more evidence that, generally speaking, cops demand one standard of justice for themselves, and a second for everybody else. (Note the repeated use of the term "civilians" to refer to citizens who are not members of the law enforcement "family".) Even though the unequal treatment involves only violations of traffic laws, the existence of even the smallest double standard of justice is incompatible with the existence of a society where the law applies to all citizens equally. Copswritingcops.com shows that, to corrupt law enforcement officers, those citizens on the cop side of the Thin Blue Line are more equal than others.
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.
"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.
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.
roadtrooper [1/15/07 3:04 pm] It was just a couple weeks before Thanksgiving, near the first part of November, I'm working midnight shift, it's in the wee hours, traffic is light, road is still damp from an earlier shower, I spy a lone vehicle rapidly overtaking me (and the one big truck that has been behind me since I passed him a few miles back), I watch it for a few moments in my mirror, it's still 1/4 mile or more back, easily running 100+ I guess after a a few moments, it gets closer, it's lights are tall like a PU or SUV maybe, it passes that one lone tractor trailer only several hundred yards back, it's headlights look to be on bright, he's getting closer now, truck's driver calls out on 19 "smokey wake up, you got one that's going to blow your doors off", smokey doesn't answer, I release hold on Eagle (rear antenna-moving-same direction mode), target 107, patrol 63, do speed discrimination test, tone varies with speed, 107 so steady it's like he's on cruise, he comes up near rear of car, he in left lane still (I in the right lane) and then slams on brakes to try not overshoot me when he "finally" sees the decals (on the back of my car), I hit brakes to get him in front while his speed is still high, he shoots past me still slowing, I call in stop and tag # on large SUV from foreign state, luggage piled high on top, see what looks like Christmas gifts in back glass, he's at 50-55 mph now, I stop him, I approach, see he has family in vehicle, two teens, a child, and wife it appears, before I can open my mouth hardly here comes large gold shield out window, I have to ask for OL & Reg 3 times, comment on the pretty badge, he's not happy but civil, I go to my car & write & run check & request transcript for court, return to his left side door with only one summons, return OL & Reg., listen to some more heated words on his part, he even theatens my days off with the promise of many court appearences, he get's all red faced, I start to worry he's going to pop a vein, he then signs summons finally (I only wrote it at 99 mph) after I mention my only alternative, kids watching, wife watching (but her jaw has dropped open now), the child is crying, and his last words were a promise to nominate me for Dick of the Month as I leave the side of his vehicle and walk back to mine, this after I wished him and his family a safe holiday!...
Some replies from other CWC members:
dep214 [1/15/07 6:31 pm: sounds like some kid wrote the story. you are still a dickSo let me get this straight: A cop busts another cop for doing 107 on a rain-slick highway, and he's a "dick" for doing so? Unreal.chicagocop [1/15/07 6:53 pm]: sounds to me you are bragging about writting another copper,You The Man!!!
I thought laws such as speed limits, parking in front of fire hydrants, etc. existed for important public safety reasons. If that’s true, then it’s not “only a ticket” — it’s telling cops that they are not permitted to endanger their fellow citizens.
If it is “only a ticket” rather than a matter of public safety, then repeal those laws — they obviously aren’t that important.
Notice something conspicuously missing here?
"We must also respect the public which we 'serve and protect'"
Bump for later
Thank you for posting this.
i love this site. hands down, the WORST are VA State Troopers. they actually stopped caravans of NYPD cars and buses who were on their way to and from new orleans to help with the katrina disaster and gave them a ton of guff.
when i drive through VA, i do one mile per hour UNDER the speed limit. cause if i get stopped, i'm gettin' one.
florida cops are pretty bad as well.