With many western states now allowing up to 75-80 mph and most other states 70 mph and many jurisdiction giving at least 5 mph over the limit you don’t need a radar device. When I see a person getting a speeding ticket on a 80 mph speed limit highway, the individual must have really been moving and deserves it. High rate of speeding kills.

I think we all get that Grandpa.

But there is a stretch through the desert from Vegas to 29 Palms that I've driven a few times. 55 mph if I remember right. Not a house for 100 miles in places it seemed to me. Been told not to drive too fast there as patrolled. I sure don't get that one, but hey..it IS Calif...or the majority of it... so maybe we should feel lucky we don't have to ride our 10 speeds through there.

Danny, that will likely change from state to state. They're state laws here. Petty misd for speeding but can easily get bumped up into "careless" or "reckless" driving if driving like a nut...and those are Misdemeanors (Here anyhow). Next state over...who knows?

The rules of evidence aren't comparable between murder and a vehicle search? They cover all criminal violations, so yeah they are comparable.

You've radicalized the argument

So if I jaywalk they can confiscate my shoes?

Mike

Gotta star on MA car and one on my chest, gun on MA hip and the right to steal all your ship.

I have never taken a radar detector but I can promise you they didn't get a warning. funny to watch the speeding vehicle go from 85 to 55 with the front bumper darn near on the road surface. They aren't illegal here but it is prima fascia evidence of ones intent to travel above the posted speed limits. I just write the ticket and tell them to pull that screaming thing out from under their seat. The smart thing about operating a radar when conducting traffic enforcement is to leave the darn thing on hold. If you have gone through the radar training school you get real good at judging vehicle speeds both sitting stationary and running moving radar. Wait until they separate from traffic or if they are the only vehicle and hit the activate switch, that's when the bumper drags the pavement.

I don't get out on the street much anymore so there is no chance of me writing a citation. I do have to go out to all fatality scenes per policy. You may can control your vehicle at 100 mph but you cant control those external variables that will end your life real quick and fast when doing so.

I seem to get warnings or just flashing lights when I brake for cops when speeding. You know, stroking your ego.

[quote=FlyinFinn]Gotta star on MA car and one on my chest, gun on MA hip and the right to steal all your ship. [/quote

I see you failed poetry and hip hop at the same time. But on a positive note you have sheep dip down pat.

B

I have one and I don't speed. It keeps me from speeding, when I am not paying attention. I would like it better if you asked instead of told them to take it form under their seat. Of course they could just not answer you and leave it there.

I don't have a problem with traffic regulation enforcement. I make a living driving and the job is tough even with enforcement. Lots and lots of drivers out there with no judgement of what's safe at all. I wouldn't care but their inability to maintain a speed, maintain a lane, or even signal a turn or lane change, endangers every one on the road with them.

What chaps my but is the stolen car story. "It's a civil mater" translated to English means "I'm lazy and don't want to do my job".

Wife was in the local convenience store talking to the clerk who is a friend of hers. Scam artist handed her a fake credit card and got a pump turned on. Clerk noticed it was fake when he drove off. My wife followed him. Called in a tag and location, direction and description. She was told to quit following. She didn't. Kept telling dispatch where they were and asking where the deputies were. This went on for about 20 minutes before she quit following. Driver was never even questioned let alone arrested. So now you know why you stand in line twice to fill your vehicle if paying with cash.

Burglary is treated the same. No investigation. Just a police report so you can file an insurance claim.

Police priorities have changed over the years and not for the better IMO.

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I as well. Most time its not used locally. On a long trip it keeps me from speeding. Then there's the cruise control helps.

Made it. 6hrs 2 min

Last 70 miles was fuzzy with revenue generators

Glad ya got there ok Gov, best wishes for your Dad and all your family.

Thanx Catch

Danny, It's not always what the cop wants to do but CAN do. Cops have bosses that often time dictate how things are done. This includes political beings, city and county attorneys (that will dictate what gets charged...or Not,

Nobody getting into a chase over a gas drive off. About all gas stations have surveillance now anyhow so they already know who it is. Most bigger companies have a "team" designated to handle their loss and prosecution (and yes, many states attorneys consider this "civil"). Police are forbidden to get involved with "civil law".
Same things "should" occur over a "stolen car" most times (but don't). A lot of guys will chase a stolen to the ends of the earth. When you pull dead kids out of a Stolen (property crime...$50 fine in many cities) you get a different perspective of what you are doing (hopefully). Was it really worth this guy t boning a minivan over a "citation" (in many locations)????

Depending on the agency, most all burglaries are triaged to some point. Simply put, usually more burglaries than investigators to handle them (locations differs of course). So, it will depend on the Loss and any chance of catching them (evidence etc). Some, it's very easy to tell there is nothing to go on (or prosecutable (attorneys call)...so yeah, it becomes a report for your insurance. But of course, and with life, you will get people who are just lazy....And That happens too.

These little scenarios can go on and on and on...but always a "bigger picture" involved that what most see on the surface.

And NO...I sure don't like the direction its going either. But most times these calls aren't made by the patrolman....good or bad, I guess.

There is no bigger picture beyond the FACT that those things used to be a priority and now they are not. I don't really care what excuses are being bandied about. Want to know why so many have a low opinion of LE? That is a biggy. Add in stuff like the cop in Wichita not being prosecuted or identified for killing an unarmed man, in his own home, and YOU will start to see the "bigger picture".

See what I get for trying to explain 20 years of street experience (at night) to a guy holed up on a computer?

Get outside...You'll feel better.

Good day, Sir.

What could be more of a civil matter than a domestic dispute? But they'll roll 2 cruisers for one of those.

Mike

The local police here take the low hanging fruit, seat belts, speeding and DUIs. Get robbed, you better be able to solve it yourself. Drugs takes a task force of many Gov. agencies when every high school kid knows who sells drugs.