Posted on 10/29/2004 6:56:10 AM PDT by Dubya
Looks to me like multiple grounds for a lawsuit here.
Respect my authoritah!
Sounds like a rent a cop, or a wannabe that finally got in.
EPAboy is lucky he didn't end up with lead poisoning.
This EPA guy should be arrested for impersonating a police officer.
If the speeder was a Hells Angel I bet the EPA guy would've looked the other way.
Your taxes don't pay for the USPS, postage does.
If you don't like the USPS don't buy stamps, and take down your mail box.
If you want to hate a government agency, why not select the IRS?
They can take your money at gunpoint. USPS can't.
You is? Did you axe your mother? ;-)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Employee Directory
Carlton S. Patton
6CI
USEPA REGION 6
1445 Ross Avenue
Suite 1200
Dallas, TX 75202-2733
214-665-3119
patton.carlton@epa.gov
I think the better question is how did she know this fellow was *really* from the EPA?
I don't know about you guys, but I'm not about to pull over because some clown in an SUV has lights and a badge. Sorry. No way, no how. I have better things to do than get killed by some nut.
I would not have stopped, I would have either kept going to the polling place, or driven to a police or fire station.
I would have stopped until I found it it was an EPA agent and then I would have told him where he could stick his badge and left.
She was talking to her husband so assume she had a cellphone.
She should have called 911 and not stopped her vehicle until a
real marked police car showed up.
USDA chicken inspectors are armed these days. This is rampant Federalism with no end in sight. From the Bureaucrats point of view regular ole' taxpayers are serfs.
Sumpin' stinks to high heaven about this. I hope they get to the bottom of it.
A good idea for anyone, especially for females, is if a person tries to instigate a traffic stop on you, and that person is not in a clearly marked police car or an undercover car that you know is a police vehicle because it’s lit up like a Christmas tree, call 911 immediately, advise them of the situation, and ask for them to send an officer to a public location, and stay on the phone until you see that officer. No one will fault you for this because criminals have been known to impersonate law enforcement, and many agencies have a policy that all traffic stops must be instigated by a clearly marked police vehicle exactly for this reason. The officers in the local police agencies have mothers, wives, sisters and so on—they understand.
As a parent with small children I don't like anyone speeding in a school zone. I also don't like that he used his EPA badge. He should have made a citizens arrest by showing his drivers license. He should have called the cops and let them do the heavy lifting.
Hope he enjoys the private sector.
The weirdness of this situation makes me think the EPA agent might have a child who attends the school and/or he's one of those jerks who likes to flash a badge and throw his weight around. As a kid, he was probably chosen last when teams were selected and got teased or beaten up alot. Now, this is how he gets even. I suppose it's better than his being a sniper.
Maybe he was just pissed this bimbo was blowing through a school zone. He could have handled it better by just calling the local P.D. As for how fast she was going, well can't you tell the difference between 25 or under and 35? Or do you go 55 in a 70mph zone on the highway? or 45-50 down a residential street?
I have no love for the EPA since they started buying flood zones like Times Beach, but I would cut the guy some slack here. The story isn't that clear.
You know the flashers we all have. No way does anyone in their right mind stop for this. Call a cop. And report some weirdo following you.
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