Got pulled over by state police

[Michael Delaney]

Actually, they (local police) have very little training that allows them to drive safely at high speeds. They are no safer than the regular schmoe when driving at the speeds PsyOps indicated.

Originally Posted by raven

The cop may of been going to a bank or store robbery they have special training that allows them to drive as fast as they want this comes with the benefit package when the join the force and it's not going to change so just accept it as it is and like the cops say deal with it.

[General Lee]

Originally Posted by PsyOps

I, as a taxpayer, write your paycheck and I deserve to understand why these things occur.

Wrong. You do not write the paychecks to the police. Because you claim to be a taxpayer does not grant you the right to feel to pay their salaries. Your taxes are distributed into the general fund and are distributed as needed just like everyone else's taxes.

[General Lee]

Originally Posted by Michael Delaney

Actually, they (local police) have very little training that allows them to drive safely at high speeds. They are no safer than the regular schmoe when driving at the speeds PsyOps indicated.

Just curious what makes you think this??

[Michael Delaney]

I talked to a local police officer and a Maryland State Police Officer. Their training does not teach high speed driving techniques.

[pcjohnnyb (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Michael Delaney

I talked to a local police officer and a Maryland State Police Officer. Their training does not teach high speed driving techniques.

What exactly does it teach? I mean, I know they need to learn how to perform a PIT, but what specific training do they recieve in other regards?

[Michael Delaney]

I was told that it was basically an auto x in a parking lot. Teaching basic "lower" speed driving maneuvering. My conversations took place a few years ago. Would one of the police officers on here elaborate or update what I was told?

Originally Posted by pcjohnnyb

What exactly does it teach? I mean, I know they need to learn how to perform a PIT, but what specific training do they recieve in other regards?

[pcjohnnyb (Premo)]

Originally Posted by Michael Delaney

I was told that it was basically an auto x in a parking lot. Teaching basic "lower" speed driving maneuvering. My conversations took place a few years ago. Would one of the police officers on here elaborate or update what I was told?

Yeah, I'd love to hear what they actually do. I just picture a bunch of cops standing around in a huge parking lot with orange cones everywhere and they take turns driving through the "track"

[PsyOps]

Originally Posted by General Lee

Wrong. You do not write the paychecks to the police. Because you claim to be a taxpayer does not grant you the right to feel to pay their salaries. Your taxes are distributed into the general fund and are distributed as needed just like everyone else's taxes.

Regardless of how the taxes are collected and divied up, the police force is funded from tax-payer dollars. And from another angle laws are written by our representatives. We, the tax-payers, elect and pay these representatives. Police enforce these laws. So, in every way, shape, and form the tax-payers are entitled to ask these questions and we are entitled to know the answers.