CMC122 said:
I have quite a few cop friends who have gotten plenty of tickets from other officers in other jurisdictions so no it's not all true
I am married to a police officer and worked with a police department for years and I got bolted on Rt. 210 (right there by the library where the speed limit goes from 50 to 40, my speed 53/40). Of course, I didn't pull the "I'm married to a cop and work for the cops"
card But I did go to court, plead guilty and asked for community service. It was just my luck that the judge had a class room full of students from a local high school. He asked me what I did for a living.... so.... well.... I got the
and you of all people should know better
shame shame shame lecture from Judge Nalley.
I had to do 3 days of community service for a 2 day community service offense, just because. I thanked the judge and left the court room before he threw me in jail.
BUT, there was a wife of a deputy there that went just before me. The officer that wrote the ticket stood up and said "we have no evidence in this case." Her speeding violation was dismissed (77/50 MPH zone). I knew all of this before I turned and headed for the door but it didn't change the fact that
I was speeding. I know things have a way of coming back around and it just happened they did. That girl, that got off, went to her job and started
bragging about how she got off on yet another speeding violation and a complaint was filed by one of her co-workers to the head of that officer's department. He got suspended for 3 days from duty for it.
As for me, community service was fun!
I hung out at the senior center for a day, the animal shelter, the homeless shelter and worked the suicide hotline.