Cops Are The Worst

[doug rr]

hey peet

[Norah]

hey dug

[Bi_3]

we really need to make pearl jam song puns a bannable offense

Gone


Ban of the Hour

[Citizen Dick]

Puntimes

[Citizen Dick]

Betterban

[Bammer]

Kick Out The Hams

[lennytheweedwhacker]

we really need to make pearl jam song puns a bannable offense

cosign

[Bi_3]

Kick Out The Hams

This is good work

[washing machine]

hey peet

I feel like this post was overlooked.

[simple schoolboy]

Are there new policies wherein cops are somehow penalized for doing traffic stops that don't result in citations?

I wouldn't be suprised if some localities did something like this to try to tamp down fishing expeditions based on sterotyping.

My dumbass didn't put on the updated registration sticker, so I got pulled over for going 79 in light traffic (this is often the speed of traffic in Rona times).

Cop couldn't find my driver's license in my trunk, so he let me go with a fixit ticket for my license.

Seems like the real reason for the stop was registration, and as soon as I handed over the registration with current sticker attached, he had to transition to something else.

I get passed on the right with great frequency by those traveling 100mph+ weaving through traffic. I'd get over for them if there weren't three cars in front of me and it would make a difference for them. The cops have a pretty fucked up incentive system where if they try to pull over truly reckless drivers, if they are too disruptive, they have to call off the pursuit. They can earn their jurisdiction an easy $300 for ticketing an (otherwise) law abiding citizen driving the speed of traffic with almost no risk of scandal or injury. Why wouldn't they take the easy route as often as possible?

[B]

You let a cop dig around in your drunk for your license?

[simple schoolboy]

You let a cop dig around in your drunk for your license?

Turns out I should have claimed to not have it for the same outcome!

Its not like he was going to allow me to get out of my vehicle and start poking around in the trunk.

[spike]

Are there new policies wherein cops are somehow penalized for doing traffic stops that don't result in citations?

I wouldn't be suprised if some localities did something like this to try to tamp down fishing expeditions based on sterotyping.

My dumbass didn't put on the updated registration sticker, so I got pulled over for going 79 in light traffic (this is often the speed of traffic in Rona times).

Cop couldn't find my driver's license in my trunk, so he let me go with a fixit ticket for my license.

Seems like the real reason for the stop was registration, and as soon as I handed over the registration with current sticker attached, he had to transition to something else.

I get passed on the right with great frequency by those traveling 100mph+ weaving through traffic. I'd get over for them if there weren't three cars in front of me and it would make a difference for them. The cops have a pretty fucked up incentive system where if they try to pull over truly reckless drivers, if they are too disruptive, they have to call off the pursuit. They can earn their jurisdiction an easy $300 for ticketing an (otherwise) law abiding citizen driving the speed of traffic with almost no risk of scandal or injury. Why wouldn't they take the easy route as often as possible?

but you hadn't displayed your updated sticker, so technically, you weren't a law abiding citizen. the cop was doing what he was supposed to do.

[simple schoolboy]

Are there new policies wherein cops are somehow penalized for doing traffic stops that don't result in citations?

I wouldn't be suprised if some localities did something like this to try to tamp down fishing expeditions based on sterotyping.

My dumbass didn't put on the updated registration sticker, so I got pulled over for going 79 in light traffic (this is often the speed of traffic in Rona times).

Cop couldn't find my driver's license in my trunk, so he let me go with a fixit ticket for my license.

Seems like the real reason for the stop was registration, and as soon as I handed over the registration with current sticker attached, he had to transition to something else.

I get passed on the right with great frequency by those traveling 100mph+ weaving through traffic. I'd get over for them if there weren't three cars in front of me and it would make a difference for them. The cops have a pretty fucked up incentive system where if they try to pull over truly reckless drivers, if they are too disruptive, they have to call off the pursuit. They can earn their jurisdiction an easy $300 for ticketing an (otherwise) law abiding citizen driving the speed of traffic with almost no risk of scandal or injury. Why wouldn't they take the easy route as often as possible?

but you hadn't displayed your updated sticker, so technically, you weren't a law abiding citizen. the cop was doing what he was supposed to do.

Well sure, except in other jurisdictions they can't pull you over for having an expired sticker.

The state relies significantly on vehicle registration fees for revenue, and then the feds come in and argue that certain agencies are enforcing this in a manner that unequally effects low income folks and minorities. Then end up preventing the enforcement of most code violations, with the effect that certain agencies don't really perform vehicle stops. Other agencies in the same jurisdiction can. You get a weird mix of under and over policing, depending on the emblem on the cop car.

So, is it important from a safety perspective to have an up to date registration? Not really, its about revenue generation. We end up with a system with confused incentives, and as long as the state mostly gets its money, there's no reason to change anything!

[spike]

I mean, it’s essentially a road tax. Which pays for road maintenance, highway patrol, etc. So indirectly, not paying it is a safety issue.

It’s great that the feds are auditing who is pulled over or whatever, but at the end of the day, it’s a pretty straightforward violation. Either you’ve paid for your stickers when due or you haven’t.

[simple schoolboy]

[Bi_3]

[simple schoolboy]

I hate it when they crop out the date on these screen shots.

[96583UP]

omg that sequence is fantastic

[BurtReynolds]

ATF social media guy: hmm... this is a great tweet. Now I'll just hit "send" and now to check the replies and OH MY GOD