This was started as a positive cop / cc civilian thread.
You've been on INGO long enough to know it never stays that way.
This was started as a positive cop / cc civilian thread.
I will activate my lights when I want you to stop. If we're in an area that isn't safe to stop in, I will wait. Remember, I don't want to be standing on the side of the road where I'm likely to get hit. I don't stop cars on turns or on hills. I wait until I'm somewhere level where I can be seen, and where you have room to safely move over.
If you fail to stop within a reasonable time, I call in the stop as a pursuit. When you finally stop, I'm more than likely going to order you out of the vehicle and handcuff you. Once I figure out that you you aren't a criminal, and you just thought you knew better than me about where the safest spot to stop was, I will release you, and send you on your way with a couple citations.
Another thing to consider, is that the officer may not be stopping you. Maybe he wants you to pull over to the right and stop so he can safely pass you and get to a call. When you see the lights, you pull over. Failure to do so is an infraction, and it carries a much steeper fine than speeding or other such traffic violations.
I never said, nor suggested, that I was above the law. You can hire the best lawyer you can afford, and I'll still be right, and you will still have to pay your tickets, and I will still have my badge. I don't do anything, on or off duty, that I cannot articulately justify.
I agree with the recklessness of the cyclist. It just seemed to me that It took a while for him to notice the lights, I did not heat an audible siren. I thought that when he did see the lights, he slowed down and turned onto a side street.
I have done the same thing on a busy road.
If he had ear plugs in (like I always do), he might not have heard the quick blips of the siren.I agree with the recklessness of the cyclist. It just seemed to me that It took a while for him to notice the lights, I did not heat an audible siren. I thought that when he did see the lights, he slowed down and turned onto a side street.
I have done the same thing on a busy road.
I get the feeling working close to ****cago makes LEO's a bit edgy....
I've heard inadequacy can do the same thing....just sayin'
Another thing to consider, is that the officer may not be stopping you. Maybe he wants you to pull over to the right and stop so he can safely pass you and get to a call. When you see the lights, you pull over. Failure to do so is an infraction, and it carries a much steeper fine than speeding or other such traffic violations.