Posted on 01/24/2010 4:44:20 PM PST by The Magical Mischief Tour
Why is someone a scumbag if they sue the police for missing valuables?
There is an easy solution to all of this. Don't impound the car.
Your daughter should file a complaint against the foul-mouthed cop who swore at her. She shouldn’t have to tolerate that nonsense.
On an episode of COPS that I watched recently, a police officer pulled over a nurse for a traffic violation. She was wearing her scrubs and was enroute to her job at a local hospital. The cop let her go, saying to the camera: “I never give tickets to nurses. Someday, I might find myself in the emergency room.” I guess he didn’t want someone who was mad at him trying to save his life! As an EMT, I’m surprised the cop who pulled over your daughter didn’t think of this possibility.
I hope your son challenged his ticket....if his light wasn’t burned out, the cop should not have pulled him over in the first place.
I always love the line in response to a refusal...
“If you have nothing to hide, then you don’t mind if we look then?”
My response: “I still have nothing to hide, but my privacy!”
“I do not concent to a search of my vehicle, amd I free to go?”
Just remember, if you get pulled over, and you are asked to exit your vehicle...Get out safely, close your door (windows up) and lock all the doors at that time...Pocket the keys and do not give them up...
If you do not have anything to hide, you certainly have everything to protect...No matter how nice everyone is in the encounter...
Remember, in most cases everything is recorded during a “stop”...So what you say is just as important as what they ask of you...
It takes practice, but as much as I am a fan of Law Enforcement, you need to be able to give them no reason at all to even broach the subject of un-warranted searches...
Yet.
Cops want you to believe their jobs are the most dangerous in the world, when infact the stats show that their job is infact one of the safest. Cab driver and liquor store clerk’s are many more times likely to be assaulted, shot and killed while at work than a police officer.
Plus, another side to that coin. Last year 120 cops died in the line of duty, the majority were killed in traffic related accidents where 20 to 25% the cops were the at fault driver. Usually failure to use “due regard” when responding to an emergency call. And only 42 were shot, but yet 258 people were killed by law enforcement in connection with alleged instances of misconduct or crimes. Incidents where disciplinary actions or charges were filed against the cops.
So one might argue that its more deadly to be a civilian in a civilian-law enforcement encounter than the other way around.
Every once in a while they slip in at number 10, but they are far more likely to be killed in an auto accident than they are at the hands of a criminal.
They don't park cars at the side of the road where you're from?
PS It's a lot not alot. OK boy?
Ok let me explain this to you like I would a 3 year old. When you take someone into custody you are responsible for the safety of their property. If someone steals it, yes things are stolen along side the road, you are responsible for it. Now, class dismissed.
Assuming the person with a minor traffic violation was not combative or threatening to the officer, how am I wrong?
No, the taxpayer is responsible for it, not the cops. If you are going to lie, officer, lie convincingly.
I suspect there will shortly be a massive up-tick in drug paraphernalia suddenly appearing on the dash or in the back seat of any stopped car.
In other words, easily manufactured probably cause.
That's an "inventory search," not a "search incident to arrest," and they're completely different things. They have the right to inventory the contents of the car when it's impounded (and to inventory the defendant's pockets, for that matter, after any arrest), and can use anything they find. The impounding and/or arrest must be legal, of course, and not a pretext to trigger a search...
er probable cause.
“Proof readers needed, apply within.”
Damn good turn of events!
Reign-in the cops before it gets downright ugly in this country.
Now, if we can somehow stop the tazing of old people, kids, and cripples, then we’d be heading in the right direction.
When it comes to oppressive, big government, these guys and gals are the tip-of-the-spear. I respect them, and I’m grateful for what they do, but I fear them just as much—because of who’s orders they must follow. We have to be very careful at this juncture, methinks.
If a revolution is to begin, it will likely be ignited by the acts of law enforcement against civilians.
The coming months and years are going to be intense. I hope this is a part of ‘big picture’ planning by law enforcement.
Wow, woulda thought you were from Texas.
What you describe isn’t what they’re talking about.
Asset forfeiture laws have given cops incentive to use any occasion for on the spot detention and a subsequent fishing expedition.
The tax payer will not be responsible if the officer does his job and releases the vehicle to the towing company. If he doesn’t yes the tax payer, YOU, have to pay for a lawsuit.
Seen a lot of this in Mass and States down South, in my wanderings. Pull a guy over for a speeding violation, looks “Hinky” search the vehicle. Piss the cop off he does a drop during a search, you go down. Good Ruling.
Get a warrant, an inventory is a search. How do you inventory without a search, logical impossibility.
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