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To: Sarajevo
Apparently, some LEO's see themselves as being above the law.

Anybody who drives a good deal has seen it many times. A police car passes you at high speed with no lights nor siren on.

I have accelerated many times to keep pace with them, maintaining a safe distance the whole time. I have never been stopped.

If I do get stopped, I will allow the officer to write me a ticket and then I will make a citizen's arrest and write him a ticket.

8 posted on 04/13/2007 4:05:21 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party will not exist in a few years....we are watching history unfold before us.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

“Anybody who drives a good deal has seen it many times. A police car passes you at high speed with no lights nor siren on.”

With all due respect, you do not know what you are talking about. I take it you have never been on patrol, especially at night.

About half of what cops on patrol do is respond to calls, many of the calls are not emergency level, worth turning on the sirens and lights, but certainly worth speeding up if the road is safe at the time. For example, alarm calls drop all night long. Almost all are false alarms. If the cops had their sirens on for all the calls, the entire neighborhood would have trouble getting a good night’s sleep. So out of courtesy, especially at night when there are few cars on the road, cops will go easy on the sirens.

Also, turning on the lights sometimes causes the cars in front to act erratically, so can be easier and safer to pass without the lights on.

Of course, some cops may just be on the way to get a cup of coffee. You never know.

“If I do get stopped, I will allow the officer to write me a ticket and then I will make a citizen’s arrest and write him a ticket.”

That’s a great idea. Just go ahead and make that arrest. Heck, go down to the local police station and insist that they issue a ticket book just for you to keep handy.
But first, please consider reading the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, so you know how to effectuate an arrest. [Hint: Play careful attention to Chapter 14.] Also your may want to familiarize yourself with the Transportation Code. Please do spend time reading all of it, maybe you might catch the bit where it talks about police vehicles and speed limits.


26 posted on 04/13/2007 9:08:43 AM PDT by Stat-boy
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To: Erik Latranyi
If I do get stopped, I will allow the officer to write me a ticket and then I will make a citizen's arrest and write him a ticket.

Try it and they'll have your license.

33 posted on 04/13/2007 10:46:47 AM PDT by HIDEK6
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