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lktknow · 06-28-2009, 07:15 AM

it was kind of a trip to read this because this happened to me about 15 years ago, only difference being, it was 3:30 in the morning, and I had just gotten off work at a bar where the majority of the clientele were policemen.
So, I was tired, after a long shift, stocking the beer coolers and making the bar ready for the morning shift, and I am driving home, and come to a red light, same as you, I can see in both directions for blocks, I mean its 3:30 in the morning, not many cars on the road. So, after backing up a few times to try to trigger the light, waiting for what I thought was a fairly long time, not seeing another car in sight, I ran the red light. As soon as I got onto the blvd, I saw the red lights behind me, pulled over, (I have no idea where he came from, it was eerie) He wrote me a ticket, and I went home.
That night when I went to work, I was explaining to the cops sitting at the bar that I had got a ticket the night before going home from work. They were mainly vice cops, not patrolmen. So, they all started laughing, and asked to see the ticket. I showed it to them, and they were getting a big kick out of saying, how they knew the guy that gave me the ticket, and they would take care of it. I asked what they meant, and they said for me not to worry about it, they would handle it. They took the ticket, and told me in the next few days, that it was all taken care of and not to worry about it any longer. So, I believed them.
Fast forward 4 or 5 months, I get pulled over for speeding, and got arrested for a warrant, for not appearing in court on a ticket for running a red light.
I got out the next morning, and was very ticked at the guys that told me they had taken care of the ticket.
I had a court date to appear for the warrant, but decided to go to the district attorney with my story.
I went to the courthouse and asked who I would speak to about this, they directed me to his office, i told him exactly what had happened and named names of all the vice cops involved, in telling me they would take care of the ticket, and that was why I did not appear for the red light ticket, and he threw the whole thing out, and that was the end of it.
Except for the way I told the vice cops off, the next time I had to work, they were terrible customers anyway. They all drank something on the rocks, scotch, or whisky, and they would lay their service revolvers on the bar the drunker they got. Always bugging me to tell them conversations I heard between people at the bar planning crimes. WHAT?? They never wanted to leave at 2, thinking they were above the law, They used to buy six packs of beer and go out back and drink the beer and throw the beer cans in the air and shoot them with their guns. Just a real joy. and it wasn't just a handful, it was up to 15 of them at any given time in the bar. I know they have rough jobs, but they made mine a nightmare at times.

06-28-2009, 07:15 AM	#15 (permalink)
lktknow Insane Location: here&there	it was kind of a trip to read this because this happened to me about 15 years ago, only difference being, it was 3:30 in the morning, and I had just gotten off work at a bar where the majority of the clientele were policemen. So, I was tired, after a long shift, stocking the beer coolers and making the bar ready for the morning shift, and I am driving home, and come to a red light, same as you, I can see in both directions for blocks, I mean its 3:30 in the morning, not many cars on the road. So, after backing up a few times to try to trigger the light, waiting for what I thought was a fairly long time, not seeing another car in sight, I ran the red light. As soon as I got onto the blvd, I saw the red lights behind me, pulled over, (I have no idea where he came from, it was eerie) He wrote me a ticket, and I went home. That night when I went to work, I was explaining to the cops sitting at the bar that I had got a ticket the night before going home from work. They were mainly vice cops, not patrolmen. So, they all started laughing, and asked to see the ticket. I showed it to them, and they were getting a big kick out of saying, how they knew the guy that gave me the ticket, and they would take care of it. I asked what they meant, and they said for me not to worry about it, they would handle it. They took the ticket, and told me in the next few days, that it was all taken care of and not to worry about it any longer. So, I believed them. Fast forward 4 or 5 months, I get pulled over for speeding, and got arrested for a warrant, for not appearing in court on a ticket for running a red light. I got out the next morning, and was very ticked at the guys that told me they had taken care of the ticket. I had a court date to appear for the warrant, but decided to go to the district attorney with my story. I went to the courthouse and asked who I would speak to about this, they directed me to his office, i told him exactly what had happened and named names of all the vice cops involved, in telling me they would take care of the ticket, and that was why I did not appear for the red light ticket, and he threw the whole thing out, and that was the end of it. Except for the way I told the vice cops off, the next time I had to work, they were terrible customers anyway. They all drank something on the rocks, scotch, or whisky, and they would lay their service revolvers on the bar the drunker they got. Always bugging me to tell them conversations I heard between people at the bar planning crimes. WHAT?? They never wanted to leave at 2, thinking they were above the law, They used to buy six packs of beer and go out back and drink the beer and throw the beer cans in the air and shoot them with their guns. Just a real joy. and it wasn't just a handful, it was up to 15 of them at any given time in the bar. I know they have rough jobs, but they made mine a nightmare at times. __________________ Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about. ~