And get criminals off the streets so the cops don’t have to be concerned over their safety!
Watch a few episodes of “LivePD”. Instruction video on how not to conduct one’s self when interacting with the popo.
Of course most such fishing expeditions come up empty handed. Once in a while they do get a winner.
But then again, there is always the benefit of imposing fines on the population which can help pay the salaries of the police and judges.
And there may also be the ego satisfaction that some officers receive from dominating the submissive and law-abiding population. Even more so from crushing the ineffective resistance of a few malcontents.
"Public Safety" (other than their own) is generally the least of concerns.
It is a system that needs to be keep on a short leash.
This thread needs some humor.
A couple of years ago I was pulled over for rolling through a stop sign.
I was on the way home from the vet, with my chow chow in the back seat.
I stopped and opened the window on the driver side—just a little bit.
(cute) female cop asks: “Is your dog dangerous?”
Me: “Yes.”
Chow Chow (on cue): Tail down, ferocious bark.
Cop: “OK. Well, this is just a warning.”
:-)
Unless they are receiving federal or state grant money for traffic enforcement. I can't state that as a given though I know grant money is often offered up to entice traffic enforcement.
That said, some speed traps are just there to generate revenue. LE and their supporters (of which I generally count myself as one) can try to deny it, but I see it with my own eyes. Between where I live and work there is a miles long stretch of nearly uninhabited, straight, county road. The speed limit is only 45. During morning and evening commutes people routinely go 55 or so - some a little more, some a little less. We've all been up and down that road every single work day for years - in some cases this amounts to 7 to 10 thousand trips. We know that road probably better than the back of our hands. Aside from a close encounter with the occasional skunk or prairie dog there's no danger to be found on that road. Yet at least once a month a Sheriff's deputy will be out there writing tickets on some poor guys and gals just trying to get to work, just rolling along with traffic. That's not safety, that's just filling quotas. And no, I've never been ticketed, this isn't sour grapes - just an observation.
I must be doing something wrong.
I haven’t been pulled over since I first got licensed to carry almost ten years ago.