Late soldier’s sister ticketed, misses event

The Lima News ^ | 5-02-09 | AP

[Pontiac]

I have a local cop who is a friend of mine with a bad habit of speeding in his personal vehicle.

Even his shield did not get him out of a ticket with the State Trooper.

It really ticked him off. He made the point that professional courtesy among LEOs is pretty universal.

He said that he told the trooper the difference between himself and the other people passing by on the road is that if he saw this trooper having difficulties by the side of the road (with a criminal beating him for instance) is that he would stop and help.

The point is that nobody but nobody gets a break for Ohio Highway Patrol.

[Nickname]

Not a lot of info in this article.

Why was she running late for such an important event?

With a relative in the police force, did she figure speeding didn’t matter since she could just have it cleared with a phone call?

Is her relative a superior to the office who ticketed her and to the one sent to the funeral home to apologize?

Does she have a history of getting away with things you and I couldn’t because of her connection?

Did she have a bad attitude and was it met in kind?

[Pontiac]

Pretty much true in the 80’s

My strategy on the turnpike is to either stay with the flow of prevailing traffic with the occasional car passing or avoid it entirely (most of the time).

In the summer I don’t even consider the turnpike because it is construction season and I don’t want to deal with the slow and stopped traffic.

[DeLaine]

1. I am not a cop hater

2. oh, Ohio?? I didn’t notice that. Nevermind. She’s going to get a ticket. Even down here in GA, I know that.

[mkjessup]

It ain’t about hating cops bub
That's exactly what it is.

Only in your cop-idolizing mind.

it’s just another example of Fascist Jackboot Training for Dummies.
Exhibit #1.

Mojave = Cover Photo for FBT for Dummies.

Stuff a few more donuts down your maw, that'll make you feel better.

[rsobin]

The police are trained to assume that you are lying. Especially when you are under suspicion. Often it is difficult to like people who assume you are a liar. The relationship between civilians and the police is more often than not adversarial for this reason.

[mkjessup]

The police are trained to assume that you are lying.

Then their training is wrong. That philosophy is more at home in a Communist state.

Especially when you are under suspicion.

Suspicion of what? In this case, the vehicle was exceeding the speed limit. If the cop actually determined the vehicle was in excess of the posted limit, it's open and shut. No 'suspicion' is called for.

Often it is difficult to like people who assume you are a liar.

Again, that goes to police state training. Police need to have it drilled into their heads that THEIR salaries are paid by those people they think are 'lying'. They work for US, not the other way around.

The relationship between civilians and the police is more often than not adversarial for this reason.

That relationship began becoming more adversarial with the creeping federalization of local law enforcement and the substitution of 'Suspect the Public' for 'Serve the Public' as an operating philosophy, and only a dummy would deny it.

[winner3000]

You can count me among the cop haters. I used to respect them when I used to liver in NYC as cops there truly had to deal with dangerous people to keep the rest of us safe. Ever since I have gone to the suburbs, the only time I see cops is when I spy them in ridiculously low speed limit zones, trying to raise money for the state and locales through speeding tickets. Of course now they have cameras doing a lot of the dirty work.

[Mojave]

Then their training is wrong.

Not in your case.

[packrat35]

I dislike cops and am proud of it. I would rather see gang-bangers in my neighborhood than cops.

At least, when the gang-bangers get out of line, I can shoot them. I have to suffer the cops heavy-handed tactics and grit my teeth.

Cops are just tools of the government now. Deal with it!

[mkjessup]

C’mon Packrat, you’re dealing with the local coffee/donut troll for the FR Police Benevolent Association.

Watch yourself, or Mojave will start to ‘suspect’ you’re up to no good.

It’s the only way those jackbooted thugs can think, so don’t be too hard on ‘em.

[packrat35]

Apparently his superiors thought otherwise since they sent a senior officer to apologize personally.

[Ditter]

You are right, she should have left earlier. I am sure she was upset but speeding is not lawful even speeding to a funeral. I have a daughter like this, she just can’t seem to arrive on time anywhere, there is always an excuse. If getting the ticket is what made her late she probably would have been late without getting a ticket. I haven’t had a speeding ticket in years, how long does it take if you say yes sir, I was speeding give me a ticket? 10 minutes at most?

[mkjessup]

See #53

[packrat35]

The last ticket I got (last year), the cop took 30 minutes to finish writing. Your example is stupid.

Oh yea, it was thrown out by the judge.

[savedbygrace]

We have a friend who used to be like that - always late to everything.

It took a lot of careful questioning, but we finally discovered that she had never understood that if you want to be someplace at 11:00am, you have to actually leave BEFORE 11:00am.

Seriously, that’s all it was. Once we convinced her of her error in thinking, she had a much better on-time track record.

[Chode]

no mention of why she was late and felt the need for speed...

[RGSpincich]

The ticket didn’t make her late. This is BS. They withdrew the valid speeding ticket after verifying her story. What’s the problem?
Maybe she will leave earlier the next time she must be somewhere. If it’s so important that she be at the ceremony why didn’t they wait? Or was she way late?

[PeteB570]

I think it was - One ticket vs Very bad PR.

Political move - damage control, call it what you will.

Be interesting to see her driving history.