Cop Issues Speeding Ticket, Asks Driver for a Date and She Sues Him

Yahoo! ^ | January 5, 2012 | Lauren Sher

[Altariel]

A Chicago police officer allegedly turned a $132 speeding ticket into a pick-up opportunity when he later tracked down the female driver and asked her out, saying the least he could do for the money he cost her was to treat her to dinner, according to a lawsuit the woman filed in federal court.

Evagelina Paredes filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Chicago, accusing police officer Chris Collins of violating her privacy, according to the Associated Press. She alleges that after she was ticketed on Oct. 22, Collins searched for her address in the motor-vehicle database and left a handwritten note on the windshield of her car, which was parked outside her apartment in the Chicago suburb of Stickney, asking her out on a date.

In the note, a copy of which appeared was included in the court documents and was obtained by the Associated Press, the 27-year-old police officer tried to woo the female driver with humor and a seemingly heartfelt plea.

[Nabber]

He could have used the free ZabaSearch.com to find her name, and then, knowing the area (within reason) that she lived in, and knowing her age (from the license), he could have found her phone number and called her.

[CodeToad]

His name fits. hehe

[CodeToad]

“How did he manipulate her as a police officer? “

He asked her out using information that he obtained through his offical duties. That is intimidation regardless of how innocent he might have thought of it.

Do you seriously need to be told this?

[jessduntno]

“But based on personal dealings, outside of my own family, I also know that the vast majority are really the good guys.”

Same here.

[CodeToad]

“He could have used the free ZabaSearch.com to find her name, and then, knowing the area (within reason) that she lived in, and knowing her age (from the license), he could have found her phone number and called her.”

Meaning he still used official information for his personal purposes.

[kara37]

This guy needs a lesson in cop dating. He should have given her a warning ticket and then asked her out. I had that happen once.
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Exactly, That's what I was thinking. Who would agree to go out with someone that just gave you a ticket? Plus, it's just creepy that he looked her up and put a note on her car.

[Nabber]

“He could have used the free ZabaSearch.com to find her name, and then, knowing the area (within reason) that she lived in, and knowing her age (from the license), he could have found her phone number and called her.”

“Meaning he still used official information for his personal purposes.”

I don’t think your name is official information; more properly you could say he used his official position to do wrong, not official information.

[Excellence]

My license has only my P.O. Box address on it.

[exit82]

I love stories like yours. Can you elaborate? The rest of us might learn from your experience.

[Jim from C-Town]

I agree, it just seems stupid that he would leave a paper trail. He could have just waited outside the building and ‘bumped into her’.

Come on,this guy used the data base, leaving a key stroke trail. He then left a note on her car. He is a cop he could have followed hr around and ran into her at the grocery store.

[redheadtoo]

this woman is obviously a real bitch to sue over it.

I disagree. If it had happened to me I probably wouldn't sue but you can bet I would go to the police and raise a real stink about the officer.

There would be a big red mark in his employment file that would follow him for the rest of his career. A cop who would do something like this is dangerous.

[redheadtoo]

this woman is obviously a real bitch to sue over it.

I disagree. If it had happened to me I probably wouldn't sue but you can bet I would go to the police and raise a real stink about the officer.

There would be a big red mark in his employment file that would follow him for the rest of his career. A cop who would do something like this is dangerous.

[redheadtoo]

this woman is obviously a real bitch to sue over it.

I disagree. If it had happened to me I probably wouldn't sue but you can bet I would go to the police and raise a real stink about the officer.

There would be a big red mark in his employment file that would follow him for the rest of his career. A cop who would do something like this is dangerous.

[redheadtoo]

this woman is obviously a real bitch to sue over it.

I disagree. If it had happened to me I probably wouldn't sue but you can bet I would go to the police and raise a real stink about the officer.

There would be a big red mark in his employment file that would follow him for the rest of his career. A cop who would do something like this is dangerous.

[redheadtoo]

Sorry everyone for the multiple postings. I’m not using my own computer and I didn’t think it posted.

[CodeToad]

You said he knew her age. That is an enumerated item of Personally Identifiable Information, so it is a protected piece of information. Also, any attempt to contact a person having resulted from an offical contact is also against ethics and can result in termination.

[varon]

Do you seriously need to be told this?

Do you need to learn the definition of intimidation?

[CodeToad]

“I don’t think your name is official information”

Actually, it is. It is also a PII since it resulted from an official contact. He wouldn’t have had it if it weren’t for the official contact.

[SoothingDave]

At least he didn’t get her number off an AIDS walk list.

[ArrogantBustard]

I find this thread appalling. Anyone who defends this miscreant’s behaviour has no understanding of professional ethics. I wonder if these folks’ employers know what sort of people they are. I wouldn’t hire them to dig ditches.