[brantley847]

Originally Posted by stevea

Are you an LEO? and is that standard procedure, i'm not trying to be a smart a** - i'm really curious? the speed limit is 55 on hwy 33, so yes I was exceeding the speed limit by 5 mph.

Yea...it is under certain situations. Your reasoning for being offended is strange. Had you been stopped and yanked out of your car for no reason, then I could say a little cop bashing is more than warranted..

However, this could absolutely be common practice for a different circumstance. Did you ever realize that maybe it wasn't speed related. People seem to only relate police to speeding enforcement or "someone that can help me when I need them, but any other time they need to disappear". Don't take it so personal, you were not even stopped. You could have matched a vehicle description.

Take the time to realize we get calls that say "2 door black coupe newer model sports vehicle involved in an armed robbery". Sometimes that is all the information we get which is understandable when a victim is under tremendous stress. We rarely get "Camaro, Mustang, Pontiac"...last week I got silver 4-door sedan with unknown occupants...right?

This is not a bash on you, man...just relax. Someone said they pull into a parking lot, that is not a bad idea either. However, why waste your time? I don't really get that part, if he has a reason to stop you and has established probable cause he will...just some friendly advice.

I will also say, I haven't been a cop very long, only 5 years. Before I was a cop, I felt they were always much closer than they really were. Don't get me wrong, I have seen cops do the bumper tag before. It seems to be the fresh cops straight out of the academy. They try so hard to find the "big bust", so they dig and fish and run tags to get that catch. Can you blame them? That is what we, as tax payers, pay them to do. Get the big bust. You weren't stopped, and if you live in that area then you know they are "hunting". If we don't find that catch during our shift, we don't lose any sleep over it. I train new officers and watch them do this and frequently have to yell at them to utilize the other wide f-ing open lane. Drives me crazy too...hell, maybe it was a guy who just loved camaros too. I don't know, none of us know. But like I said, before I was a cop...I always felt like they were much closer than they actually were because I was so nervous. Complained once to my family member who happened to be to my passenger side and he told me he was closer than safety should allow, but it wasn't uncommon of any daily driver...just food for thought

...and yes, the dash cams are always working.