Citizen Issue Cop A Parking Ticket

[smcop]

Courtesy exteneded to the average citizen? What is an average citizen? Just stirrin the pot on that one. My understanding of your statement would be if a cop were to get pulled over, which will never happen, a ticket would depend on the other cop's attitude that day and whether or not he/she wants to be leniant.
In the mornings on 235 it's nice to trail a speeding cop swerving between cars. It saves times the vast majority of the time. However, he/she wouldn't be the one getting pulled over, it would be me.
So, whether or not I uderstand your comment, it wouldn't happen.

An average citizen is someone who made a mistake by speeding or running a stop sign or some other minor infraction. When the police officer pulls them over, they are polite, non-argumentative and the police officer writes or gives them a warning. I am talking about people in non-police vehicles. Often, when a police officer is in his police car, speeding, they may be enroute to a call for service, and often it is less obtrusive to run a call without your lights and siren than with them on. People often act in an unpredictable manner when they see the lights and siren so I try to avoid using them when I can.

 

[LateApex]

An average citizen is someone who made a mistake by speeding or running a stop sign or some other minor infraction. When the police officer pulls them over, they are polite, non-argumentative and the police officer writes or gives them a warning. I am talking about people in non-police vehicles. Often, when a police officer is in his police car, speeding, they may be enroute to a call for service, and often it is less obtrusive to run a call without your lights and siren than with them on. People often act in an unpredictable manner when they see the lights and siren so I try to avoid using them when I can.

Often times it's cops just speeding because they know they can get away with it.

I have many many friends that are law enforcement officers.

 

[Michael Delaney]

How is it considered any safer for a police officer to be speeding without the lights and siren on? In my opinion, it is just as dangerous as the "average" commuter speeding. What is the difference?
The speed limit was set for a few different reasons, but one of reasons is for safety.

An average citizen is someone who made a mistake by speeding or running a stop sign or some other minor infraction. When the police officer pulls them over, they are polite, non-argumentative and the police officer writes or gives them a warning. I am talking about people in non-police vehicles. Often, when a police officer is in his police car, speeding, they may be enroute to a call for service, and often it is less obtrusive to run a call without your lights and siren than with them on. People often act in an unpredictable manner when they see the lights and siren so I try to avoid using them when I can.

 

[White Buddah]

So the laws on the books is the law for all citizens not in a "first response" status...Yep, that makes a whole lot of sense.

 

[LateApex]

How is it considered any safer for a police officer to be speeding without the lights and siren on? In my opinion, it is just as dangerous as the "average" commuter speeding. What is the difference?
The speed limit was set for a few different reasons, but one of reasons is for safety.

Well...

Sometimes we wouldn't drive with the lights and siren on depending on the state of the patient.

Sometimes lights and sirens agitate an already unstable patient even more.

This is purely from a medic's viewpoint.

 

[AK-74me]

How is it considered any safer for a police officer to be speeding without the lights and siren on? In my opinion, it is just as dangerous as the "average" commuter speeding. What is the difference?
The speed limit was set for a few different reasons, but one of reasons is for safety.

Read that link I provided back in my last post.

"cops are trained is special driving techniques"

 

[Michael Delaney]

The link did not take me to any info concerning cops being trained in special driving techniques.
I am curious what amount/level of performance driver training local cops are given?

Read that link I provided back in my last post.

"cops are trained is special driving techniques"

 

[Mdcopswife]

The link did not take me to any info concerning cops being trained in special driving techniques.
I am curious what amount/level of performance driver training local cops are given?

Hubby takes in-service classes every year. They spend a day or two doing driver training stuff. A few weeks ago he went to pit class. I guess to learn how to properly pit a car. Training is constant and yearly from my understanding.

 

[AK-74me]

The link did not take me to any info concerning cops being trained in special driving techniques.
I am curious what amount/level of performance driver training local cops are given?

It was in one of the stories, a cop complaining and I was quoting basically what he said, "it is ok for cops to speed (even in a non-emergencey capcity) we are trained to drive faster than everyone else" I was just giving that statement the old rolled eyes icon.

 

[Michael Delaney]

Oh yeah, I figured that is what ya meant.

It was in one of the stories, a cop complaining and I was quoting basically what he said, "it is ok for cops to speed (even in a non-emergencey capcity) we are trained to drive faster than everyone else" I was just giving that statement the old rolled eyes icon.

 

[Michael Delaney]

So basically a police officers badge is what allows them to speed in non-emergency situations? My point is… I am certain that my performance driver training is well beyond a police officers driver training, yet I can't legally speed.

Hubby takes in-service classes every year. They spend a day or two doing driver training stuff. A few weeks ago he went to pit class. I guess to learn how to properly pit a car. Training is constant and yearly from my understanding.

 

[LateApex]

So basically a police officers badge is what allows them to speed in non-emergency situations? My point is… I am certain that my performance driver training is well beyond a police officers driver training, yet I can't legally speed.

Exactly.

I guarantee their driver training maybe consists of mild Auto'xing driving.

I guarantee you they haven't spent as much time in HPDE's as I have or others who have a passion for cars have.

A day spent driving on a closed course is not going to make any law enforcement officer 'qualified' to drive faster than others around them...

It's the badge and the entitlement that they feel they have with said badge.

Not all officers are this way - but there are more than you think...

 

[Mdcopswife]

So basically a police officers badge is what allows them to speed in non-emergency situations? My point is… I am certain that my performance driver training is well beyond a police officers driver training, yet I can't legally speed.

Don’t know what to tell ya. I guess if you want to speed and possibly not get a ticket……….become a cop they are always hiring and with your performance driver training they would love to have you This way you too can get shot at, risk your life, wear heavy equipment and deal with chronic back pain, be ridiculed, scrutinized, spend most holidays without your family, be everyone’s lawyer, doctor, therapist, judge, mom, and dad, get spit on, cussed at, hit, slapped, peed on, and told on a daily basis that you’re a piece of #### for doing your job.

 

[LateApex]

This way you too can get shot at, risk your life, wear heavy equipment and deal with chronic back pain, be ridiculed, scrutinized, spend most holidays without your family, be everyone’s lawyer, doctor, therapist, judge, mom, and dad, get spit on, cussed at, hit, slapped, peed on, and told on a daily basis that you’re a piece of #### for doing your job.

No thanks lady. Been there, done that...

I and probably a lot of people on this board have already done the above and then some...

Like maybe spend some time in military service.

But, I guarantee you that we didn't get paid as much as your hubby. Or get to park in no parking zones. Or speed because they have to get home and not have to suffer the consequences.

Don't preach to those who have served their country - and certainly don't preach that what they do is above anyone else's job...

 

[Mdcopswife]

No thanks lady. Been there, done that...

I and probably a lot of people on this board have already done the above and then some...

Like maybe spend some time in military service.

But, I guarantee you that we didn't get paid as much as your hubby. Or get to park in no parking zones. Or speed because they have to get home and not have to suffer the consequences.

Don't preach to those who have served their country - and certainly don't preach that what they do is above anyone else's job...

We have both spent time in the military thank you very much. We have served our country and now are serving our community. We have been in public safety since we were 16 year old young bucks riding fire trucks. OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN SPENT SERVING OTHERS.

 

[mainman]

We have both spent time in the military thank you very much. We have served our country and now are serving our community. We have been in public safety since we were 16 year old young bucks riding fire trucks. OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN SPENT SERVING OTHERS.

I sure could use a glass of ice water....

 

[Michael Delaney]

So I guess that my time spent in the military over in the Middle East combined with my extensive performance driver training qualifies me to speed legally too.

Don’t know what to tell ya. I guess if you want to speed and possibly not get a ticket……….become a cop they are always hiring and with your performance driver training they would love to have you This way you too can get shot at, risk your life, wear heavy equipment and deal with chronic back pain, be ridiculed, scrutinized, spend most holidays without your family, be everyone’s lawyer, doctor, therapist, judge, mom, and dad, get spit on, cussed at, hit, slapped, peed on, and told on a daily basis that you’re a piece of #### for doing your job.

 

[LateApex]

We have both spent time in the military thank you very much. We have served our country and now are serving our community. We have been in public safety since we were 16 year old young bucks riding fire trucks. OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN SPENT SERVING OTHERS.

Should we proclaim you and 'hubby' a saint now, or after you perform some other miracles?

Oh. And please tell me where you spent your time getting shot at, spit on, ridiculed etc...

Enlighten me...

 

[Mdcopswife]

Should we proclaim you and 'hubby' a saint now, or after you perform some other miracles?

Oh. And please tell me where you spent your time getting shot at, spit on, ridiculed etc...

Enlighten me...

We are far from being saints oh wise one. But you better believe I will defend him and his profession. After spending 4 years in Baltimore city as a cop and now PG for the past 10 I think it is a pure miracle he is still alive.

 

[LateApex]

We are far from being saints oh wise one. But you better believe I will defend him and his profession. After spending 4 years in Baltimore city as a cop and now PG for the past 10 I think it is a pure miracle he is still alive.

Nothing wrong with defending him and his profession.

However, to defend the position that I, and others have been trying to discuss, the position: the authority a badge and a gun gives doesn't entitle you to any special treatment, is indefensible...

And then to cry foul and say that law enforcement has it so hard is just laughable...