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Originally Posted by 3.2 CAB
A small trade secret: if the police officer gets out of his unit with his ticket book, it is more likely that there will be a citation written up. It is something along the order of pre-dispositioned to write a ticket. I never exited my car with my ticket book. I wanted to hear their story, and if they were honest, and there was anyway that I could give them break, I did. I never rode a desk.
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I never exit my car with a ticket book when first contacting a driver. I want to keep my hands free. I don't want to be fumbling with a ticket book should things go bad. In my mind, just having pre-disposition in the first place is a serious officer safety issue.