Cops

See what happen when you drive a VDUB! LOL JKJK! They probably were suspicious of you driving back and forth. Alright! You're no longer a Virgin (at getting pulled over that is)

 

Cops can be a pain sometimes. Some are just plain stupid. This exact situation has happened to many COUNTLESS times from driving a regular carr to driving one of my sports cars. I just laugh it off and them being stupid.

 

The reason why they asked for your cell number was to check if you were using it while you were driving around. I suspect they have had break in's around the area and that's why you were pulled over. They ran your plate and it told them you were from out of the area. You most likely were doing a casual drive which didn't have an end point in mind giving them cause to see if you were the owner of the car. Your best bet was to tell them you were lost and then ask them where the house was that you were going to.

 

The police department in Greenwich is different than it is anywhere else in Ct. The entire department was actually started back in the day as a private security force for 1 wealthy gent in the area. When he was on vacation he would lend their services to others in the area and started adding to his group of guys.. Then it grew so large the town hired all his guys and added some more, put a few on greenwich avenue (originally to show that there were an abundence around) and it became the Greenwich PD. The cell phone question is one of many they ask for a few reasons.. The first reason is to watch your response.. If you give it up without hesitation they know there is no issue.. Also they will have a contact for you in case thye have any more questions.. Also they DO have the ability to check if thats actually your number.. If anything DID happen in the area they can trace who you called and for how long.. That increases their chances of carthing you and your cohorts if you were calling in descriptions of the houses or security systems etc.. Thise cops are actually strategically placed after midnighet all through the neigborhoods all the way to north of the merrit parkway..

I know it sucks but a lot of us on here live in neighborhoods that pay for a private police force.. And being that your paying for it im glad they do notice suspicios (even when unintentional) behavior.. I know I sleep a lot better than when I lived in Queens..

Hope this helps a little..

amante

 

Okay.. this just grinds my gears.

WTF happened to protection against unreasonable search and seizure?
I wouldn't have handed over my phone number - not criticizing you for giving them yours, that cops violate people's rights because they are not versed in every nuance is, in my opinion BULL****.

 

Jason we had this talk the other day, police in Greenwich have nothing to do because there's no crime, lol. But it is true that they get suspicious with people just driving around, some towns even have 'no cruising' laws.

 

That is lame....but its the same thing when you cruise Woodward avenue all day. One little spin of a tire and you get a careless driving ticket...some cops were even hiding in cherry pickers up above the trees looking down at people.

 

Good to know. Well worth it in my opinion.

I'm sure you were disgruntled with the hassle though Jason...and understandably so.
A few positive leads is worth a bunch of suspiscious false ones.
About the cell phone issue...i honestly (as do you) have nothing to hide in that matter..so why not give it haha... Funny thing would be if it was a hot lady cop...and you say..."ohhhh dammmnn this is turning good," then give the number... or the guy cop: "OK...but i'm not gay!"

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoBOZpB37I8

That's Jason from 4:15 to 5:15

 

LOL...yellow testarossa was hot.

 

If you think that's bad, try being a stranger at 3:00am driving through Asharoken...

 

You should have asked if he smelled bacon
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Is that a Wendy's Baconator? My friend gets one almost every night at midnight, just the smell of that thing makes me sick.

 

100% correct. This is just another example of the erosion of personal rights in this country. You are wrong that cops are not well versed in the law of search and seizure. They are trained in it, but they simply ignore it. It only becomes an issue with someone actually sues them, like the ACLU, for patterns of abuse of Constitutional rights, which happens very rarely these days. The cop had absolutely no basis whatsoever to stop you, as a matter of law. You did not engage in any conduct that would give him a basis to have a reasonable suspicion that you had violated any law. Merely driving on the street at night, with nothing else, is not a sufficient basis for a Constitutionally legal stop.

The problem, of course, is that if you start giving the guy guff, all of a sudden you failed to stop at a stop sign, you were speeding, you failed to signal, and you were not wearing your seat belt. You did the right thing in how you responded. Give your papers to him, answer his questions without getting snotty, don't act "suspicious", and hope that he won't give you a b.s. ticket just to feel macho or to fill his quota. Yes, the stop was total b.s. Yes, he violated your rights. But be happy you didn't get a ticket.

 

BTW, the reason the other two cops showed up was (1) to intimidate you, and (2) they were bored and had nothing else to do. I'm sure after they got done with you, they had a good laugh about it, and then went and stuffed their faces with donuts.

 

At the risk of sounding like the old man of the forum, I'd like to tender a different viewpoint. As a husband, father, and home owner, I welcome this proactive approach to enforcement. We're not talking about the big city here... its a quiet, upscale neighborhood. It wld bring me comfort to know my family was being watched over while we slept at 4:30 in the morning.

Maybe I missed it in your initial post, but I think the worst that happened was you were detained for a little bit. They probably observed you driving in an unusaul pattern long before they pulled you over, and they wanted to know who you were, and why you were there. You give the right answers, and you go on your way.

Im sorry you feel harrassed Jason. Im no cheerleader for law enforcement, but I dont see the harm in what they did.

 

there has been a huge number of break in in the last 2 months between white plains rye scaredale harrison and ct

somethink like close to 100 houses so

 

My neighbor (with the Porsche) got robbed blind a few months ago .. Seriously scary.


Jason, I love ya, but what do you think'll happen when you drive around aimlessly at 4am in a very wealthy section of Connecticut? Heck, I'd pull you over. This isn't an infringement on your personal rights- this is a cop doing his job. Young kid + late night + driving around = pull over. Get used to it Jason- my friends and I get pulled over all the time. Just make sure you're not doing anything wrong (no drinking, smoking, speeding, etc) and you'll be fine. Yeah, its an inconvenience- but as Greg said, once you have a family, you'll be grateful.

 

And then they ask you to open the trunk of your car and there's like $25,000 of lenses and equiptment and they throw your butt in jail..............................J/K
I'm with Kenny and Gregg on this, I've been stopped quite a few times for bullshirt reasons, but at 4am a young kid driving around in an expensive neighborhood, just police being cautious for those that pay their salaries. I don't have a real problem with it, they asked the questions, you gave the right answers, you went on your way, no harm done.

 

So then you are guilty of reckless Fchat posting... now that is punishable with a prison sentence!!!

 

From a home owner perspective, I love that they did that. From just about every other angle, I hate that the cops pull that illegal sh8t and get away with it.

Ok, I've resolved it. They should do that to everyone but me!

 

Yes, good sandwich recognition.