Do you think police in Southern Md. are respected?

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smcop

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BS Gal said:
So, because your husband is a cop, it's okay for you to break the law?
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I think there are two separate issues here. When one knowingly and intentionally breaks the law because they know they are a police officer, and feel they will get away with it that is obviously illegal, unethical, and immoral. I.e.; has illegal tint.
The other issue is should we give consideration to those who have minor traffic violations i.e. speeding. My motto is this. I will give any honest citizen a break. I believe the vast majority of people who drive commit traffic violations. I have given more breaks, verbal warnings and written warnings than I have tickets.
Our job is to protect people and ensure the streets are safe. The legislature gives us discretion as to how we handle misdemeanors. Traffic violations are misdemeanors.
If I pull you over, and ask you to slow down, and you are respectful and polite, I see no reason to give you a ticket. Now if you’re the wife, daughter, son, mother, father of a police officer, I am going to give you the same consideration I would any other honest citizen.
 
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wkndbeacher

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Nicole_in_somd said:
Cookies are cool with me....if you go over a dozen I will get a tummy ache...
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Ok Ill tone it down with just cookies and roses then we ll share the cookies by candlelight.
 
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wkndbeacher

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Nicole_in_somd said:
Anymore and I would have to change my avatar...my butt gets any bigger....... :whistle:
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It would look so good on u, of course anything does :love:
 
Nicole_in_somd

Nicole_in_somd

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smcop said:
I think there are two separate issues here. When one knowingly and intentionally breaks the law because they know they are a police officer, and feel they will get away with it that is obviously illegal, unethical, and immoral. I.e.; has illegal tint.
The other issue is should we give consideration to those who have minor traffic violations i.e. speeding. My motto is this. I will give any honest citizen a break. I believe the vast majority of people who drive commit traffic violations. I have given more breaks, verbal warnings and written warnings than I have tickets.
Our job is to protect people and ensure the streets are safe. The legislature gives us discretion as to how we handle misdemeanors. Traffic violations are misdemeanors.
If I pull you over, and ask you to slow down, and you are respectful and polite, I see no reason to give you a ticket. Now if you’re the wife, daughter, son, mother, father of a police officer, I am going to give you the same consideration I would any other honest citizen.
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Hi :howdy:

I got a question...off topic... a little...I just saw a thread with aggresive drivers...so many times I have almost been ran off the road, tail gated to the point I almost peed my pants and seen horrible and aggresive driving...

One poster even had the make, model color and tags of the truck.

What can we do to actually make a difference with the type of drivers?
Can you call it in after the fact?
 
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wkndbeacher

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Nicole_in_somd said:
Ok now I am blushing....
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You know if we keep talking like this we re going to be accussed of having something between us :popcorn:
 
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wkndbeacher

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Nicole_in_somd said:
Uhhh Helllo??? since when do I need a room for freaking cookies?
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since you know they make such a mess and you certainly dont want to mess your house up :lmao:
 
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smcop

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Nicole_in_somd said:
Hi :howdy:

I got a question...off topic... a little...I just saw a thread with aggresive drivers...so many times I have almost been ran off the road, tail gated to the point I almost peed my pants and seen horrible and aggresive driving...

One poster even had the make, model color and tags of the truck.

What can we do to actually make a difference with the type of drivers?
Can you call it in after the fact?
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You can call it in, but chances are not much is going to get done. There is a long and arduous manner in which you could bring charges against the person, but there would be so much you would have to prove, then it may just come down to a he said she said in court.
 
Nicole_in_somd

Nicole_in_somd

How you like me now?
smcop said:
You can call it in, but chances are not much is going to get done. There is a long and arduous manner in which you could bring charges against the person, but there would be so much you would have to prove, then it may just come down to a he said she said in court.
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I guess you can only hope an officer will catch them before they do hurt someone. That is my biggest fear. A car accident
 
BS Gal

BS Gal

Voted Nicest in 08
smcop said:
I think there are two separate issues here. When one knowingly and intentionally breaks the law because they know they are a police officer, and feel they will get away with it that is obviously illegal, unethical, and immoral. I.e.; has illegal tint.
The other issue is should we give consideration to those who have minor traffic violations i.e. speeding. My motto is this. I will give any honest citizen a break. I believe the vast majority of people who drive commit traffic violations. I have given more breaks, verbal warnings and written warnings than I have tickets.
Our job is to protect people and ensure the streets are safe. The legislature gives us discretion as to how we handle misdemeanors. Traffic violations are misdemeanors.
If I pull you over, and ask you to slow down, and you are respectful and polite, I see no reason to give you a ticket. Now if you’re the wife, daughter, son, mother, father of a police officer, I am going to give you the same consideration I would any other honest citizen.
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I have been pulled over a couple times for exceeding the speed limit. Both times the troopers ran my record and let me off with a warning. I think if you are a good driver, with say 30 years of good driving, and you're on the way to jury duty and you're late, they'll let you off. I have had no bad experiences with getting pulled over here. They have ALWAYS let me off with a warning (2 times here in 23 years). However, when we needed their protection in the neighborhood, it was a complete failure, I think.
 
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