Chevy_man
Leftjizz
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So, to preface this, my old man was a highway patrolman. I try and be respectful and not act like a jackass. However...
I get pulled over last night for 82 in a 70. I know damn well I was only doing 75, but told her I deserve the speeding ticket as I was speeding. Hand her the DL, registration, explain I need a second to pull a current insurance card on my phone as I haven't been pulled over in years (electronic insurance card is completely legal in MT). Granted, that 7 mph takes the ticket from $20 to $40, but it's $20 so fuck it, I'll take the speed I get as I was speeding. There are no court fees, appearance, nothing but pay the fine and you're done so it's a small thing.
I was then met with a barrage of stupidity.
"How long has it been since you've smoked meth!?, How about POT?!"
I had to play 20000 questions, all because she described me as "nervous". Any LE can tell you 99% of the normal people they pull over for speeding will be slightly nervous as they rarely have to interact with LE. If they don't give any other indicators, and there is nothing suspicious, there's no probable cause and nothing worth getting worked up over. I didn't feel nervous, but she was getting me paranoid with her attitude after a few minutes.
I ended up answering questions for 20 minutes on the side of the road. The same 5 questions over and over. Refusing a search (I don't need all my tools and junk strewn in the ditch), and telling her to find her probable cause, write the speeding ticket, and I'll be on my way.
I was threatened with a drug dog search (this county actually has a decent dog) and told her she was more than welcome to run the dog around. The fact that she was acting threatening about walking a dog around the truck amused me and she didn't appreciate my laughing at it. This was met with the response of "it'll be a few hours before it can get here..." We're in a county with 2 highways and maybe 1000 people in the entire county, 10 miles from the county seat and her office. The only reason it takes more than 15 minutes is the dog is on the other side of the county.
There are 6 people in this department, and I already knew 5 of them on a first name basis from the service calls I've done for their building. I have to get a current background check that has to come back squeaky clean to work in their office, so they end up pulling it every few months. She mentioned she'll be looking at my background check about 10 times in 10 minutes, and I kept telling her it was a quick read, with about 10 speeding tickets over 18 years.
She decided after 20 minutes I wasn't worth her time, and let me go with a warning on the speed and a warning that "if I ever pull you over again we're going to be searching everything, I don't care that you haven't ever been arrested for whatever you're doing". Which really made me wonder if she couldn't have made the speed stick and never even had her radar on in the first place.
I drive a beat to death chevy 3500. Just like 90% of the people on the road here that are mainly ranchers. Nothing about my truck screams any profile other than broke white guy. There was an AR in the gun rack, and a pistol I threw up on the dash (pulled mags as I stopped and tossed on the floor). She never mentioned them, or seemed to take notice. Just kept staring at my Milwaukee tool bags like they were her next new truck.
I ended up calling her boss today (sheriff, who's office I wired) and filing a complaint about her complete lack of professionalism and utter ineptitude. In a time when LE is already under scrutiny, the incompetent ones keep upping their stupidity level.
His response was a sigh and a "I'll have another talk with her" which tells me it's been a common thing.
In reality, I just needed to bitch because it's frustrating knowing how many good and professional LE's are out there doing a thankless job, and it just seems the idiots are trying their hardest to bring them all down. Every single other time I've been pulled over it's a simple "need to see the paperwork, ok... sit tight" and then they come back with the ticket and "don't be stupid" and I'm on my way.
I get pulled over last night for 82 in a 70. I know damn well I was only doing 75, but told her I deserve the speeding ticket as I was speeding. Hand her the DL, registration, explain I need a second to pull a current insurance card on my phone as I haven't been pulled over in years (electronic insurance card is completely legal in MT). Granted, that 7 mph takes the ticket from $20 to $40, but it's $20 so fuck it, I'll take the speed I get as I was speeding. There are no court fees, appearance, nothing but pay the fine and you're done so it's a small thing.
I was then met with a barrage of stupidity.
"How long has it been since you've smoked meth!?, How about POT?!"
I had to play 20000 questions, all because she described me as "nervous". Any LE can tell you 99% of the normal people they pull over for speeding will be slightly nervous as they rarely have to interact with LE. If they don't give any other indicators, and there is nothing suspicious, there's no probable cause and nothing worth getting worked up over. I didn't feel nervous, but she was getting me paranoid with her attitude after a few minutes.
I ended up answering questions for 20 minutes on the side of the road. The same 5 questions over and over. Refusing a search (I don't need all my tools and junk strewn in the ditch), and telling her to find her probable cause, write the speeding ticket, and I'll be on my way.
I was threatened with a drug dog search (this county actually has a decent dog) and told her she was more than welcome to run the dog around. The fact that she was acting threatening about walking a dog around the truck amused me and she didn't appreciate my laughing at it. This was met with the response of "it'll be a few hours before it can get here..." We're in a county with 2 highways and maybe 1000 people in the entire county, 10 miles from the county seat and her office. The only reason it takes more than 15 minutes is the dog is on the other side of the county.
There are 6 people in this department, and I already knew 5 of them on a first name basis from the service calls I've done for their building. I have to get a current background check that has to come back squeaky clean to work in their office, so they end up pulling it every few months. She mentioned she'll be looking at my background check about 10 times in 10 minutes, and I kept telling her it was a quick read, with about 10 speeding tickets over 18 years.
She decided after 20 minutes I wasn't worth her time, and let me go with a warning on the speed and a warning that "if I ever pull you over again we're going to be searching everything, I don't care that you haven't ever been arrested for whatever you're doing". Which really made me wonder if she couldn't have made the speed stick and never even had her radar on in the first place.
I drive a beat to death chevy 3500. Just like 90% of the people on the road here that are mainly ranchers. Nothing about my truck screams any profile other than broke white guy. There was an AR in the gun rack, and a pistol I threw up on the dash (pulled mags as I stopped and tossed on the floor). She never mentioned them, or seemed to take notice. Just kept staring at my Milwaukee tool bags like they were her next new truck.
I ended up calling her boss today (sheriff, who's office I wired) and filing a complaint about her complete lack of professionalism and utter ineptitude. In a time when LE is already under scrutiny, the incompetent ones keep upping their stupidity level.
His response was a sigh and a "I'll have another talk with her" which tells me it's been a common thing.
In reality, I just needed to bitch because it's frustrating knowing how many good and professional LE's are out there doing a thankless job, and it just seems the idiots are trying their hardest to bring them all down. Every single other time I've been pulled over it's a simple "need to see the paperwork, ok... sit tight" and then they come back with the ticket and "don't be stupid" and I'm on my way.