I've had two interactions with police officers. One was a speeding ticket which was legally correct, since I was going 48 in a 35. That officer was professional and courteous. Even though I didn't feel the ticket was just, (they lowered the limit from 40 mph right before that, plus I was clocked at the bottom of one hill right before I coasted up the next hill) the officers professionalism was good. No verbal abuse, no negative condescending tone, he just explained what I did wrong, how much the ticket was going to cost and handed me the paperwork.
The other time I dealt with a police officer that was the very definition of a pig. Pulls me over because his buddy didn't know how to direct traffic, and directed me to go the wrong route. Then when he walks up to my car before he even tells me what I've done wrong (and believe me I had no clue at that point why I had been pulled over because I had done nothing wrong) he just started yelling at me about how I was blind and I wasnt paying attention. Then gives me a lecture about how I almost ran him over (he was standing 20 feet to the left of the lane of traffic I was in, yet another lie). Gave me a seven point ticket, then he lied under oath in court. The ticket was reduced to three pints but the ticket never should have been written. Pigs like that make it difficult for me to have respect for the good cops.
Last edited by laconic1; 09-25-2006 at 05:04 PM..
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