Law Enforcement Memorial plates: LEO brownie points?

[BENZ BOY15]

BingOh and Rohan, I have question.

I just realized that I drove up to SF without my driver's license. I took everything out of my wallet in SD searching for a card and forgot to put everything back in.

If you pull someone over and they don't have their driver's license on them...what do you do? My license is valid and believe it or not, I actually don't have any warrants out for me.

Still, I don't want to say to the policeman like the idiots on Cops do, "I actually don't have it with me."



I bet you've heard that one more than once!

Also, this type of 'preferential treatment' applies to most industries. When my brother had surgery a year ago to have his appendix removed, I noticed that there always seemed to be more nurses on hand/checking on him. Their response to anything was almost instant. His doctors seemed to drop by more frequently and stay longer (the pain doc happened to be his godfather, so maybe that's part of it   and others were family friends).  I spend a lot of time in hospitals and this wasn't normal procedure.

Is it right? No. But that's just the way things are. It wasn't way, way over the top treatment but it was clear he was being treated a little differently. I asked my dad if he told his colleagues to keep a special eye out for his second favorite son and he said no. Given the same last name and relatively small hospital, I'm sure it wasn't hard to figure out he was DocBenzs' son. While he said he was probably treated a little differently, he was also sure that it did not come at the expense of other patients.

For instance, I'm sure if Dazzle's mom was a client, she would get special attention or at least a second look over her financial statements. It's human nature.

[hounddog]

If you pull someone over and they don't have their driver's license on them...what do you do? My license is valid and believe it or not, I actually don't have any warrants out for me.

You get a ticket, depends on you which one you get.  You either get the waivable "No Ops on person" or you could get the non-waivable criminal citation "Fail to display a valid Ops."  

Still, I don't want to say to the policeman like the idiots on Cops do, "I actually don't have it with me."

I think it would be better if you gave him an ugly stare for about two minutes, and then loudly declared, "Just who the hell do you think you are to demand anything from me?  Do you have any idea who I am?"  

Then just drive away very fast.  

[bing_oh]

BingOh and Rohan, I have question.

I just realized that I drove up to SF without my driver's license. I took everything out of my wallet in SD searching for a card and forgot to put everything back in.

If you pull someone over and they don't have their driver's license on them...what do you do? My license is valid and believe it or not, I actually don't have any warrants out for me.

Still, I don't want to say to the policeman like the idiots on Cops do, "I actually don't have it with me."

Dunno about Cali law. If it was me, as long as you could provide me with some way to identify you, there probably wouldn't be a problem.

[Rupert]

I think it would be better if you gave him an ugly stare for about two minutes, and then loudly declared, "Just who the hell do you think you are to demand anything from me?  Do you have any idea who I am?" 

Then just drive away very fast. 

Yeah, Benz, this is good advice. Next time you get pulled over, follow it. You are pretty important, and all. There's pretty much no way the cop would chase you.

[Rupert]

God, I hope that works.

[hounddog]

Yeah, Benz, this is good advice. Next time you get pulled over, follow it. You are pretty important, and all. There's pretty much no way the cop would chase you.

[Cookie Monster]

I think it would be better if you gave him an ugly stare for about two minutes, and then loudly declared, "Just who the hell do you think you are to demand anything from me?  Do you have any idea who I am?" 

Then just drive away very fast. 

I really wish one of my best friends was a cop so if he ever pulled me over, I could do that in front of friends and family and emerge looking like a badass.

[hounddog]

When I supervised our Metro-narcotics team a couple of our guys were with a "perp" and did something similar.  They got chased, stopped in a lot and got out and ran with the badguy.

He trusted them completely after that, and they scored a major bust because of it. 

[Laconian]

When I supervised our Metro-narcotics team a couple of our guys were with a "perp" and did something similar.  They got chased, stopped in a lot and got out and ran with the badguy.

He trusted them completely after that, and they scored a major bust because of it. 

LOL, that's just like the movies!

[hounddog]

Sometimes the movies really do imitate real life. 

You would be totally shocked what UCOs do to gain a bad guys trust in these types of situations.

[James Young]

Why don?t we just give the stuff away for free with only the stipulation that the user undergo medical intervention because it is cheaper by a quantum and more effective than legal interdiction?  That would immediately eliminate the money from illegal sales and undermine the cartels.

[BENZ BOY15]

Cops scare the shit of me, actually.

[Cookie Monster]

When I supervised our Metro-narcotics team a couple of our guys were with a "perp" and did something similar.  They got chased, stopped in a lot and got out and ran with the badguy.

He trusted them completely after that, and they scored a major bust because of it. 

That's so awesome.

Did the cops know they were chasing undercover cops?

[mzziaz]

My stepmother lives with an American. He has this metal badge, a little bigger than a credit card what he always keeps in his pockets. Apparantly it is some honorary police veteran badge or something that he got from a relative very high placed in a police union.
The guy tells me he hs been able to avoid a number of fines just by showing this badge together with the licence when pulled over - even in Spain! (they probably figured he was a LEO) Once, he was apparantly pulled over very drunk in NJ (many years ago), and the cop wound up escorting him home with his cruiser!

[Raza]

Once, he was apparently pulled over very drunk in NJ (many years ago), and the cop wound up escorting him home with his cruiser!

That really disgusts me.  Not your fault, but that friend of yours and that copper should be shot.

[mzziaz]

Well, I'm not about to shoot my ...uhm..  quasi-father-in-law.
It happened 20, maybe 30 years ago.
Maybe things are better now.

[Raza]

Well, I'm not about to shoot my ...uhm..  quasi-father-in-law.
It happened 20, maybe 30 years ago.
Maybe things are better now.

I shot my father in law once.  He eventually got over it, but it took a long time.  Thanksgivings are still a little weird though. 

[mzziaz]

I shot my father in law once.  He eventually got over it, but it took a long time.  Thanksgivings are still a little weird though.  

Hm, maybe something to consider. Heaven knows I?m gonna feel the urge for something simular the next couple of weeks.

[Raza]

Hm, maybe something to consider. Heaven knows I?m gonna feel the urge for something simular the next couple of weeks.

Well, you guys don't celebrate Thanksgiving in Norway, so you should be fine.

[NomisR]

I shot my father in law once.  He eventually got over it, but it took a long time.  Thanksgivings are still a little weird though. 

Father in Law??  You're married? 

[TurboDan]

I just returned today from a week in Florida - drove down there and back from NJ. I was provided by a kind officer I know with one of the aforementioned "courtesy badges" which was displayed on my windshield for the entire drive. Unfortunately, its powers were not utilized as there were (count 'em) just TWO police vehicles spotted on the ENTIRE ride down I-95. And they already had their victims pulled over by the time I whizzed by.

Needless to say, my speed rarely fell below the 90MPH mark between North Carolina and Palm Beach Gardens, FL. I didn't mess with Virginia. 

It would have been a perfect trip if Officer Bob from C&D pulled me over Maryland. 

[dazzleman]

I'd pay money to get a ticket from Officer Bob.  I told him I'd give him advance notice if I were driving down there, plus a description and plate number for the car, and I'd coordinate when he'd be on duty with when I was driving through...  But I haven't driven through Maryland since 2002..

[NomisR]

I'd pay money to get a ticket from Officer Bob.  I told him I'd give him advance notice if I were driving down there, plus a description and plate number for the car, and I'd coordinate when he'd be on duty with when I was driving through...  But I haven't driven through Maryland since 2002..

Get a picture taken with him if you do! 

[Raza]

Father in Law??  You're married? 

Yeah, to a botanist.