Cops fighting speed camera tickets

[LordStanley]

Cops fighting speed camera tickets hurts county's image, officials say | Washington Examiner

[Ben_Dover]

Do as I say, not as I do.

I wonder when dumb eddy will be in here to tell us it is standard operating procedure.

[General Lee]

Originally Posted by Ben_Dover

Do as I say, not as I do.

I wonder when dumb eddy will be in here to tell us it is standard operating procedure.

Well according to your screen name, its evident what your standard operating procedure is.

[CrashTest]

Originally Posted by Ben_Dover

Do as I say, not as I do.

I wonder when dumb eddy will be in here to tell us it is standard operating procedure.

The secret passphrase is "professional courtesy"

[Baja28 (Premo)]

The officers' attorney said speeding was frequently a part of the officers' jobs and it was unreasonable for them to be asked to remember why they were going over the speed limit weeks or months after they had been photographed by a speed camera.

This is one of the biggest crocks of crap I ever read. Time and dates are given on every ticket. It's very easy to go back through that days daily reports and dispatch tapes to determine why they were speeding (if it was a legit call).

[glhs837]

Originally Posted by Baja28

This is one of the biggest crocks of crap I ever read. Time and dates are given on every ticket. It's very easy to go back through that days daily reports and dispatch tapes to determine why they were speeding (if it was a legit call).

Sure is. And last year, when this first surfaced, there was no discussion about remembering squat, they just went back to the logs, and any officer that was logged as responding to a call was given a free pass, as they should. All this other talk of not remembering is a smokescreen. Check the comments from that article, pretty funny, the standard threatening of slow response times, disbelief that anyone would expect officers to obey the law, claims of special training. For some background, link to the original scuffle over this last year. Complete with officers flipping off the cams while speeding through them. Its okay to fleece the citizens, but not the officers

PhotoRadarScam

Jul 15, 2009

If it's dangerous for me to speed, it's dangerous for cops to speed. I don't see the difference. Why are they above the law? What other laws are we going to exempt them from?



Rick

Jul 16, 2009

Can ANY member of the county council can claim that they NEVER exceed the legally posted speed limit? If they cannot claim that, then they need to concede that speed limits are set too low.

The presence of speed cameras is going to cause 911 response times to increase. Hopefully anyone who thinks that police officers should be subjected to an inquisition every time they exceed the speed limit will never need a police officer or ambulance at your door _right now_.



Scarlet

Jul 16, 2009

Why should anyone be surprised, this is typical when the dems dominate, make rules for the masses, rules for which they are exempt.



JMC

Jul 16, 2009

Which of you wants the police drivng slowly (within the limit) when coming to your house responding to a 911 call?
Should we do the same with firetrucks and ambulances? As cops we don't always use lights for a myriad of reasons...desn't mean we aren't responding to an emergency. Plus, coppers get a lot of training that civilians don't get regarding driving.
And don't even try to make this a rep/dem thing..that's ignorant. Think of the facts, then let go of your youthful/childish dislike of police. Becuse you'll be the first to whine when you need 'em and they aren't there in a flash...
By the same token, there are logs kept of who's dooing what and whe, so they could compare the logs to the tickets and see what the police offices were doing...I'm just saying....



AJ

Jul 16, 2009

And when a police run over a child going 50mph in a residential area? Are they exempt from murder too?



Ray

Jul 16, 2009

Tell Patrick Lacefield that my perception of him is much lower than that of the police department due to his poor choice of double standards... speed limits are there for a reason.

Heres that link,,,

Montgomery's Finest Won't Pay Fines - washingtonpost.com

[LordStanley]

If an emergancy vehicle is responding to an emergancy, causing them to speed, then lights should be on.

A cop car is a emergancy vehicle. Which is why we pull over when we hear sirens and see lights flashing.

If a cop is responding to a situation and needs to speed, then at least have the lights on.

At any other time the cop should follow the posted speed limit, while in the cruiser or thier own personal vehicle.

[mAlice]

The only time I see cops doing the speed limit is when they're behind me, thinkin' they're all slick and gonna' catch me speedin'.

[Baja28 (Premo)]

Originally Posted by mAlice

The only time I see cops doing the speed limit is when they're behind me, thinkin' they're all slick and gonna' catch me speedin'.

[eddy1]

Originally Posted by Ben_Dover

Do as I say, not as I do.

I wonder when dumb eddy will be in here to tell us it is standard operating procedure.

Wow, you had to make up an mpd just to say that huh? If you bothered to read what I have already posted about the subject you would know that I think if police officers are found not to be responding to an emergency call they should have to pay the ticket.