Cops & Ferraris

No doubt pulled over and pistol whipped!

(just kidding)

 

LOL!!!!!! now there you go talking siht again Boy oh boy you really do think were all stupid. Quit while you are ahead. So if by a bloody long shot, and i mean long shot. You have just given the address and post code of were in the UK they are illegally giving out information about who is in our law enforcement positions LOL!!
Bet you are one of the officers who helped the sidearm Glock 17 trigger mechanism, get the nickname "the new york trigger" because you shoot your self in the foot so often

 

Nope just with bent cops, like many others. Seems like the resedent cop is talkin BS. I notice how ou say nothing to him after all the crap that he as been spewing

 

Like someone mentioned before, I believe that a lot of Officers are "Car guys."

During a Ferrari drive, the tail end of our 16 car parade got a little lost on the route. The directions were in hand, but some of the turns were not as obvious as the map showed....so....how did the 5 lost cars get back on the main route??? A police officer escorted them back to the correct road!

They have a tough job, especially in the urban areas, and they don't always get treated with respect. Each stop they make can end up in tragedy. Yes, I have met some officers that were "rude" when they didn't have to be, but for the most part, they will show respect if given respect.

Of course there are bad apples, but what profession doesn't have them?

 

You're funny. Clearly my US humor doesn't translate well. At least I know you are in the UK...I see a pattern developing. No, I don't think you are ALL stupid (can you read the inference?).

For those on this side of the pond who may have missed it, the postal code I wrote is the address for Scotland Yard (you can Google it). Believe me, I don't need Scotland Yard to tell me you guys aren't cops.

 

From my POV I see no crap slinging on one side of this spat, but a lot of generalizations and little fact-based arguments on the other.

Give it a rest already and if it stinks in here from the 'crap' then don't come in where you're likely to smell it. Or ignore it
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one of my favorite pictures! LOL!

 

Ok i will leave it You can now take your tongue out of his backside and get of your knees

 

Good response.

I have no further use for this witness.

 

I was doing 75, and they (the cops) PASSED me - in a 65 zone. It doesn't take an idiot to figure out that the cops were going FASSSTER than I was, and I was already ten over. I have seen (and have been passed on the highway) by police officers travelling well-over the posted speed limits from PA, VA, MD, MA, SC, GA....you name it. I've personally seen cops here in Worcester barrel through town at high speeds, full lights and siren, going to.......the station for a shift change. If I'm on the highway, and I'm 5-7 MPH over the limit, and I'm passed on the left by a State Police Cruiser and I can feel my car shimmy from the air turbulence being left in the Crown Vic's WAKE, please....at least Ferraris were purpose-built to travel at such speeds safely. These were NOT design considerations when the Crown Vic was originally penned by Ford.

 

I always got the impression that unless you're driving like an idiot, the officers view exotic and sports cars as classy, respectable people who usually have too much at stake to break the law.


Only times I got pulled over in my Lotus was when I deserved it.

 

See, I used my skills as an interrogator and you didn't even know it. I got you to admit you were braking the law...so your argument is that they broke the law more...good one. Like I said, if it is not justified they shouldn't do it. I was merely commenting on you exageration. Crown Vics don't need to be purpose built for speed, their suped up V8s make them cut through the wind like butter Stopping and turning are different stories

There you go with you factless stories again...how do you know they were going lights and sirens for a shift change? Maybe they had to use the bathroom!!

 

He's not kissing, or doing other things, to my backside. I paid him to say that.

 

Nice come back You go steady out there

 

Even if he was going the speed limit, his argument would still stand if they had passed him at a hasty pace.



Since when does needing the bathroom warrant the use of your sirens and lights? I mean, I guess you can argue it's an emergency....



I'm neutral, I'm just pointing a couple of minor flaws in your argument. For what it's worth, my sister's boyfriend is a piggly wiggly (joke for you, South Carolina man) so I am not biased one way or another.

 

Because the Worcester City Police Department building is in the center of town, across the street from a major intersection - one I traverse on my way to/from work daily. You can tell its a shift change when several cars are arriving simultaneously just before the hour is 'up'....unless there is a gunman inside with hostages, or an multi-member, all-male lovefest in the bathroom us civilians aren't aware of, there's no 'emergency' that any rational person could see. What do you need from me, pictures?

 

not a flaw at all. he was obviously joking.

 

your comment was not even close to harmless. you flat out called him a liar, and could not believe he would not abuse his position.

and your reply says even more about yourself than the original post.

 

I've been an officer for over 13 years. I gotta tell you that I love sports cars of all types, especially Ferraris (thats why I'm here). I don't look at the car and then decide whether or not I'm going to stop it. I look at the driving behavior that I am seeing from the car. I look for agressive driving of vehicles through traffic and for vehicles obviously speeding way over the speed limit. I usually work in town where the speed limit ranges from 25-40mph. I classify agressive driving as going 15mph over the speed limit. I don't usually stop cars for committing minor infractions that I as a driver also sometimes commit. I believe in using discression when deciding whether or not to issue a citation and I normally do not issue more than one at a time. I don't stack citations. Not all officers think this way. Just like any other job you have people of all personality types and demeanors. Driving a Ferrari won't usually get you stopped but driving one waayyyy over the speed limit will. Just use reasonableness (is that a word?) as your guide.

As a supervisor I take complaints from citizens about officers driving all the time. I take these seriously. I think that the majority of the time that officers speed they are going to a call. Not all the time but most of the time. Anytime you feel that an officer has done something that is unreasonable call and talk to a supervisor. There may or may not be a good reason why the officer did what he did but you will never know if you don't call and inquire.

 

I gotta disagree with you. Crown Vics are sssslllloooowwww. My Honda minivan has more horsepower. Dodge Chargers are a different story.

 

I think police view us like the rest of the population, but state troopers are a different story.

 

When I lived in the Boston area of Massachusetts (late '90s), I remember police officers on foot pulling cars over with a whistle for not coming to a complete and 100% stop at a stop line in groups of 4 to 5 cars at a time. There are too many other asinine instances I can recall in Massachusetts specifically to name here on this thread, but the above example gives one the general idea.

I support law enforcement when law enforcement officers are acting reasonable and with appropriate discression. However, some law enforcement agencies are clearly withouth appropriate discression from time to time which IMHO is inexcusable.

We hire officers from the human race which by pure definition makes them imperfect, but let's hope these officers have the humility and respect for fellow citizens to know when an agency is making a mistake or is acting out of conduct.

 

Obviously you cannot read the subtext in an internet forum comment. In your haste to look for viscious attacks by one member on another (that doesn't even involve you), you spew erroneous condemnations, you misread, and you misintertpret....and flat out you add nothing. I very much doubt our law enforcement friend feels the need for you to step in on his behalf, he can handle himself I am sure.

 

True...but he who lives in a glass house...whatever. Believe me, if you were lactose intollerant like me, you would use lights and sirens.

Your sister's boyfriend is a good man (remember, I have a list). And I am actually a NJ man, living in SC via FL.

 

There are always armed gunmen in a police station...duh! Hostages, we can all say our employer keeps us hostage. Multi member male blah, blah, blah...we leave that to you civilians. That must be it...you civilians are not rational, that's why you can't see it.