Cop Story

[porsche4life]

Did he write you a citation? You should have a name and badge number even if it was just a warning. Also idk about Georgia but in OK the tag number of the cruiser denotes the officers badge number.

[911Rob]

Originally Posted by TerryH

Have to be drunk or looking for trouble to honk at a cop. May as well gave him the finger too. Personally, I try to never drive within 100 yds of one.

I'm with Terry on this one.
I stay away............. as far as possible.
It's like taking a knife to a gun fight when you mess with zee boyz.

That said, they have my respect. It's a tough gig.

[slodave]

I had a white Scirocco, I happened to mixed in with to other white cars and we were all next to each other, but mine was more sporty looking... I was doing about 40 in a 35 as was one of the other cars. The third was was doing 45 an I think made it through the red light that the other ar and I stopped for.... A bike cop pulls up on my right and asks "How fast are you going?". Without hesitation, I replied "I'm going 0, I am at a stop light." His reply, "OK, how fast were you going?" - "about 35-40". He then asks me if I saw a white fast car. I kind of pointed to the car on my left and the cop then asks me to hold up when the light turned green and proceeded to pull the other car over.

San Luis Obsipo, same car... I make a left off a stop sign from a quiet street onto another. Another car starts to make a left from a parking lot on my left, but I had the right of way. I purposely swerve in a dramatic fashion and as I looked in my rear view, I noticed the blue lights of a cop car. Crap, he's going to pull me over, but instead, pulls the other car over. I drove by about 45 minutes later and noticed that the car was in the same parked spot - in a red zone with no driver.... The car was in the same spot for the next two days...

[Tobra]

Originally Posted by schamp

It would help all of us here in Georgia if you would write this up and send it to the Govenor and a copy to the attorney general. Hope you got his name. If not, it happened in Atlanta and they have cameras. It wouldn't be to hard for the state to figure out who it was.

I can pretty much guarantee if he did this he would suffer repercussions

Originally Posted by TerryH

Have to be drunk or looking for trouble to honk at a cop. May as well gave him the finger too. Personally, I try to never drive within 100 yds of one.

I did this in Nevada, North Lake Tahoe. Snowy roads, dirty SUV crosses the center line on a two lane on a corner and missed a head on collision by not very much. Threw him a bone, he whipped an unsafe U turn, cutting off the guy behind me. I pulled over quick enough that I had to wait a bit for him. He totally lost it. Made me get out of the car, said I looked like I did drugs, actually looked up my nose with a flashlight. He berated me for about 20 minutes, could not come up with anything to cite me.

If I did not have witnesses in the car, I am absolutely positive I would have gone to jail with a stay in the hospital along the way. I got notarized statements from my 4 passengers, all medical students and included it in the complaint I had my attorney send.

He got a month off work without pay.

[m21sniper]

Originally Posted by DavidI

My last encounter with a cop went something like this, "There is a guy in Philly named 'Sniper the Repo Guy' who I would like you to watch. He drives a 928 and......."

Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if it was true.

[K9Torro]

LOL good one there Jim,

Todd

[DavidI]

Originally Posted by m21sniper

Wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if it was true.

You are too easy Snipey! How goes Philly?

[m21sniper]

Originally Posted by DavidI

You are too easy Snipey!

Yep, ya got me.

Originally Posted by DavidI

How goes Philly?

I'm doing good man. Just loving the spring. Definitely my favorite time of year.

How's all with you out in LA? I hope you're being careful out there. It seems nuttier than ever right now for someone in your line of work. Seriously, be careful.

[MMARSH]

Originally Posted by LakeCleElum

Do research on when to use the mic's......Not legal in a 2-party consent state....

I record every traffic stop I do. I've always found it interesting that what people tell my supervisor (and probably friends) when wanting to file a complaint and what is actually said on audio are usually two very different things. Funny, for some reason, once they are told the entire thing was recorded they have no interest in going thru with the complaint.

[DavidI]

Being the supervisor reviewing many of these complaints, it is amazing how often the complainant changes his/her story - especially when they find out it was recorded. If there is a dispute in a "he said/she said," we ask the complainant and the officer to come in for "conflict resolution." Both sides are given the opportunity to explain his/her side. This is very successful in most cases.

[DavidI]

Originally Posted by m21sniper

Yep, ya got me.


I'm doing good man. Just loving the spring. Definitely my favorite time of year.

How's all with you out in LA? I hope you're being careful out there. It seems nuttier than ever right now for someone in your line of work. Seriously, be careful.

All is well in the "City of Angels." Just getting old........It is funny looking at all the new young cops and remembering when I was young like them. Some of the new cops coming on are nothing short of outstanding. We are recruiting from the military and colleges. Our department has a bright future.

Stay safe in your business as well. One of these days, I'll type you a crazy repo story in South Central where we nearly had a full blown riot!

David

[m21sniper]

Sounds like an interesting story.

I'm on "vacation" right now. Some muslim i was repoing decided he'd rather run over the repo man than give up his mini-van.

LOL.

2nd time in 12 years i've been ran over.

[fingpilot]

Man, I did repos in deepest darkest East Oakland during college, graveyard shifts. In those days you met an OPD officer a couple of blocks away and they stayed with you. Was part of the price to get the city, county and CHP tow contracts.

This was 1973-ish. Bet a lot has changed.

[m21sniper]

Our burban cops round here will almost always escort us, they seem to like the 'action' since they probably don't get much excitement.

Philly cops couldn't be bothered. They have plenty of excitement of their own...

I remember one time when they had operation "Sunrise" going on, where they had cordoned off entire sections of the city and put cops at barriers completely cutting off all traffic flow in or out of these areas we were stopped going into one of these checkpoints and grilled.

I asked the cop if she wanted to come in with us, her response was along the lines of "yeah right, we don't get paid enough for that."

LOL.

[Heel n Toe]

I guess it's always worth trying the "I was running late" excuse, huh?
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Trooper clocked at 131 MPH, ticketed
Horry officer back at work after 3-day suspension for going 131 mph in Kershaw County
Friday, Apr. 03, 2009

A state trooper who was clocked traveling 131 miles per hour in a 70 mile per hour zone Saturday has returned to work after a three-day unpaid suspension, Department of Public Safety director Mark Keel said.

Senior Trooper J.D. McGaha was ticketed for speeding and immediately suspended without pay about noon Saturday in Kershaw County after his unmarked Dodge Charger was stopped on I-20 by another trooper, Keel said.

McGaha, who is assigned to Horry County, was scheduled to direct traffic at the Carolina Cup in Camden and was running late, Keel said.

He faces a $355 fine and six points against his license if convicted, Keel said.

“There was no justification for it,” Keel said. “He had no excuse.”

Efforts to reach McGaha on Thursday were unsuccessful.

While McGaha was being stopped, he flashed the car’s police lights, presumably to let the trooper know he was a police officer, Keel said.

McGaha’s unmarked patrol car was taken away, Keel said. He’s now driving a marked patrol car.

Troopers consider it a privilege to drive unmarked cars, Keel said.

McGaha has been with the patrol since July 2005 and has no prior disciplinary violations, Keel said.

In August 2006, McGaha was recognized by the Department of Public Safety and Mothers Against Drunk Driving as “Statewide Rookie of the Year” for his work stopping drunk drivers.

“He’s been a great trooper from what I understand,” Keel said. “He was very apologetic, and he knew he made an error in judgment, and it’s those kinds of errors that can get people hurt.”

http://www.thestate.com/local-metro/story/736923.html

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Trooper removed from duty
Saturday, April 04, 2009 at 11:31 p.m.

The trooper ticketed for driving 130 in a 70 mph zone is now out of a job.

Senior Trooper J.D. McGaha, who was suspended yesterday, has been removed from duty for driving with a suspended license.

Public Safety Director Mark Keel says McGaha's license was suspended between last December and February for failing to pay vehicle taxes.

McGaha was driving a patrol car and had been issuing tickets during that time. Those cases could now be in jeopardy.

http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=282866



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