[DMCForum] Re: Cop stories

["dmcgman" <DmcGman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxx> wrote:
>
> Is this really true?  I thought quotas were illegal.

Yes Marc they dont use quotas and no one said they did.  Sitting on a 
highway to be visible to keep speed down and keep the highway safe is 
not enfrocing a quota.  Why do you think there are unmanned cars at 
different places.  Kind of hard to write tickets from an unamanned 
car.  Obviously the point is to slow speed not hand out a certain 
amount of tickets.

> 
> What makes a cop decide to sit hiding by the side of a
> highway waiting for speeders, as opposed to driving
> the local streets and give out some littering tickets,
> or broken brake light tickets.  

Some officers are assisgned to areas such as Turnpikes, Interstates, 
and Parkways that are not residential, where obvously the main 
problem is speeding thats why they sit there.  Doesnt seem to hard to 
understand.

 
> I agree with the "revenue" argument for tickets, but
> just as much revenue can be generated for all of the
> cigarettes being tossed out the windows of cars.

Yes Marc and the ones who get littering tickets say just as you 
do "Why isnt the officer out enforcing something else" like 
speeding.  Kind or a rhetorical argument.

> 
> My assumption was, the officer chose to do the speed
> trap because it was less work for him/her to write
> their "quota" of tickets.

Well no surprise you are wrong but then again you dont work in that 
profession so I am not surprised that you are mistaken.  Running 
radar and keeping traffic safe leads to saving lives.  Speed related 
deaths are one of the highest on the roadways.  Maybe make less 
assumptions about another profession?  I wouldnt presume to know what 
you do all day, and I don't need to I am sure you do what your job 
description calls for like the rest of us.  In any event maybe I 
should install one of those turbos so I can keep up with you on the 
next caravan :-)

In any event I am sure you will want to continue this off topic 
thread.  I know of at least two toher law enforcement peopl on the 
list and a third from England in fact.  Maybe they will indulge you.  
I prefer to spend time reading Delroean realted topics.  Enjoy :-)


> 
> --- Ryan Wright <ryanpwright@xxxx> wrote:
> > I understand; in fact, I stated as much earlier in
> > this thread when I
> > said, "You do realize it's not the cop's call,
> > right? <snip> The guy
> > is sitting on the side of the highway because his
> > boss told him to." I
> > am neither blaming you nor your fellow officers for
> > speed limits. The
> > system is the problem, not the guys who are told to
> > enforce it.
> 
> 
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