Ya no kidding that'll make your day to be let off the hook and KNOW you were disobeying the laws of the land..

My personal experience has been that I've been nodded to or let go WAY more times than I've been pulled over and cited.

LEO's have one of the toughest job on the planet.

99%r

 

69shark
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That is a great story to read

 

I knew one of the troopers who regularly patrolled the interstate through town. One day I wasn't paying attention, came over a hill...and there was my buddy parked on the shoulder. I knew I was going way over the limit and that I was completely busted. Rather than make him run me down I turned the signals on, pulled over and waited for him. When he came to the door all he did was stare at me...and I withered right before his eyes. When I was able to speakI asked, "how fast"?....to which he replied, "92". We both looked at each other and then he told me to have a nice day. I think he knew how embarrassed Iwas and that there wasn't a ticket he could write that would make me feel any worse. To this day he's never brought it up and I keep it at the posted limit. That stare-down did more for me than he ever knew.

 

Yeah, I'm a lousy shot. I was aiming at you..

 

You oughta feel good about yourself for putting that dog out of it's misery.

 

So you can honestly say that you'd never be questioned by a superior about your performance if you came back with way fewer tickets than that guy(?)

Full advantage of the intimidating presence that the badge allows you, even to the point of controlling situations and people as if you are a drill seargent. Making people feel weak, powerless, insignificant, intimidated, AND VICTIMIZED! In a way, it is a terrorist mission!
Maybe you are that "nice guy" cop that I will likely never encounter.... and I'm sorry for establishing broad generalizations from my experience..... if these generalizations don't universally apply!

 

In my volunteer work with the police dept here, I overhear the officers making the traffic stops (10-60). I would estimate that 3 out of 4 times they report "5410" (warning issued). We have a growing traffic problem here due to a population explosion. Unfortunately, the nice folks are being overrun with imports from cities that practice unsafe driving behaviors. Just recently, the p.i.o, in his weekly newspaper column, informed us they (traffic officers) are cracking down on speeders and the red light runners. Accidents are way up. If the public won't take a warning and slow down, they will just have to pay the price with their wallets.

 

Some cops are dicks, some ain't. Some cops work for superiors or town managers that are dicks that want tickets forrevenue as opposed to education and safety, some don't. The town I used to work for prior tosettlingwhere I'm at nowpretty much had nothing to do but get into trouble. I used to stop teenagers all the timeand find no insurance, no reg,wrong plates, etc. I would tell them, "Here's the5 tickets that I can write you, pick 2." They wouldalways choose the ones with less points, no matter what the fine was. Bottom line is treat people fairly and you will get it in return. You never know when you might be on the side of the road getting you azz kicked and the guy you were just fair to stops to help you. I also remember once when my wife was running daycare out of our house and I was off duty. I happen to be rolling around on the floor with this one little tike when the mother showed up. She looked in amazement and said to my wife, "Wow, he's like an actual human being, I never thought of him like that." I'll never forget that. We are people too!

 

I can say from experience that AZ DPS has no quota, implied or otherwise. They do have to show productivity but it's not in the form of tickets. They are expected to document all traffic stops, though. So if you get pulled over, you're either getting a written warning or a ticket. Now, if you were blatant in your violation (say 15-20 over) then you'll probably get a ticket. I've gotten two written warnings without showing any credentials.

Also, just so you know, a ticket for doing 11+ over on the freeways were the speed limit is 75 is actually cutting you a break. 86 miles an hour anywhere on public roads is considered a misdemeanor so considera civil citation a break.