Law Enforcement & Police - November 2006

I recently received a ticket in the mail for running a red light in San Francisco, CA. I honestly think the light was yellow and I'll probably pay the fine, but here's the deal. The fine is $380!!!

Do I have any options here?

Please... I don't want to get into a discussion about the merits of red light tickets and how The Man is just trying to keep me down :)

I'm looking to hear from people that have experience with a similar situation.

What did you do?

TIA,
Aaron

2006-11-17 15:17:32 · 8 answers · asked by awcole72 2

There have been many times that I have needed a police officer, but they always give me some lame excuse on why they cant help me. For example, when I was 16, me and my sister were jumped and beaten up by a 30 yr old woman and man. We went to the police, but all they could say is it was our word against theirs. Here is a second example, my radio was stolen from my car, all they said was to file a police report, they didnt show any interest in trying to patrol my area due to other thefts. Yet another example, things were being stolen from my garage space at my apartment. My outdoor rug, the brakes taken off of my bike, my mail. Are these things not important enough for them? Why do they find it so important to stake out near the side of the road and wait to catch people going 2 miles over the spped limit, not using a turn signal, etc, but cant help a citizen who is being violated by thieves? Where are their priorities? Is meeting a quota more important than protecting citizens?

2006-11-17 14:36:05 · 9 answers · asked by SIo 1

Assume that each of the following authorities is relevant to the issue
of whether Bob Vinson can invalidate the adoption and that you want to
cite all of them in your memorandum of law. In what order would you
cite them if you wanted to cite the most controlling first? Place them
in ascending order of mportance, starting with the most important.



a) An administrative regulation of a Missouri agency

b) A statute of the Missouri legislature

c) A statute of Congress

d) A Harvard Law Review article on parental consent to adoption

e) An opinion of the highest state couret in Missouri interpreting a
statute of the Missouri legislature

f) A provision of teh Missouri Constitution

g) A legal treatise on adoption written by a Missoui judge

h) An opinion of the highest state court in New York

i) A provision of the United States Constitution

2006-11-17 14:32:20 · 3 answers · asked by Hello 1

it was non violent and probation straght and now I would like to go hunting with my son

2006-11-17 14:32:01 · 15 answers · asked by xmonkey75 1

The highest one sold so far was for $9,000.00 USD...Do you believe this hype?...people getting shot, held at gunpoint, rioting,all over the coveted PS3 gaming console...they're going on ebay average for $2700.00, but it now for $2100.00...its just a little 60 gb mini computer basically...clearly not worth all that cash...what's your take on this issue?...

2006-11-17 14:12:28 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

For instance, many times women who kill their husbands in self defense are tried for murder when there has been a history of domestic violence and even being beaten at the time of the killing. Do you think these women have a right to self defense like anyone else? Or do you think there should be other laws that govern killing in marriage?

2006-11-17 14:05:59 · 23 answers · asked by Marie 7

http://www.mkssupply.com/carbine.asp

2006-11-17 14:02:47 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-17 13:55:37 · 17 answers · asked by ? 3

Most kids that get ASBO's wear them like a badge of honor. They do very little good. Crime hasn't gone down since the inception of ASBO's. They are a joke. For the non-British out there, ASBO stands for Anti-Social Behavior Order. They were meant to deter crime. They haven't.

2006-11-17 13:36:18 · 12 answers · asked by Herman Munster 4

SOMEONE IS SENTENCED FOR 25 OR 30 AND YOU WILL HEAR THE NEWS SAYING THAT IT IS LIFE SENTENCE. I WANT LIFE SENTENCE NOT TO HAVE A NUMBER OF YEARS ATTACHED TO IT. IN AMERICA PEOPLE GET 90YRS OR 100YRS + IN PRISON, WHY NOT IN UK?

2006-11-17 12:45:56 · 11 answers · asked by JEAN-PIERRE T 1

Do you think maltreat animals is crime?Why or why not? As far as I know,If you maltreat animals or killed cats or dogs in China,nobody can put you into jail.How about U.S? If some body who killed his dogs in the U.S,What will happen next？

2006-11-17 12:38:32 · 4 answers · asked by Saimon 1

In Law. What are the two basic Presumptions and what’s the difference between the two?

2006-11-17 12:38:04 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

If no, what is a better method?

2006-11-17 12:15:24 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-17 11:37:04 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-17 11:19:43 · 22 answers · asked by Roberto F 1

2006-11-17 11:01:02 · 14 answers · asked by philip s 1

Could a citizen put an on duty police officer under citizens arrest if he believes the police officer is committing illegal actions/brutality (cruel and unusual punishment) towards another citizen?

2006-11-17 10:45:54 · 11 answers · asked by Danny 2

my dad is on trial for druck driving and it is his 4th strike so if he is guily he can get up to 21 years of jail what should i do i keep thinking that it is my fault

2006-11-17 10:27:01 · 17 answers · asked by Angela b 2

Earlier i was checking the price to go on teh train tomorrow..but he didnt believe i was only 14 and wanted to charge me adult price..i have no passport or birth certificate..mums got those but i had to leave her because i had problems at home and never had them back..the only thing is part of this GCSE thing i got sent through the post ..thats ALL i have..and i have to catch the train tomorrow..I NEED HELP ..
thanks in advance :)

2006-11-17 10:22:45 · 14 answers · asked by garethjones1992 3

Have you ever been arrested, or got a summons, for peeing in the street?

2006-11-17 10:15:00 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-17 10:03:27 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-17 09:46:12 · 11 answers · asked by ????? 2

2006-11-17 09:40:51 · 6 answers · asked by 1st time mom 1

my X boyfriend destroyed a video game and refuses to pay me back or buy a new one. he did it out of anger and addmitted it to the police officer. he thinks he'll get out of it because of his age and the price of the game.

2006-11-17 09:22:33 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a video of a sexual assault done IN an US Marine military base; one Marine assaulted other Marine.
If I want to report it using e-mail, how can I do it?
Someone knows the e-mail addresses/websites of Marine “police”, or maybe Navy “police”, or some other military police force or institution that is capable of investigating this issue?
Thank you.

2006-11-17 08:59:37 · 9 answers · asked by incognitoreporting 1

2006-11-17 08:34:18 · 29 answers · asked by hairyman 1

sombodi i know went to jail (they were already an intense probation, and a convicted felon) and the cops found a illegal firearm in her room with the ceral #'s scratched off, dose anybody know what kind of charge this is ........ Is it a federal charge?

2006-11-17 08:11:52 · 12 answers · asked by ~*Baby Girl*~ 1

I saw him punch his dog and i know the cops will only charge him or give him a warning ......So should I beat the **** out of him and teach him a lesson......but good

2006-11-17 08:08:00 · 35 answers · asked by Brown guy 2

from 1983 when i was convicted of breach of the peace

2006-11-17 08:07:00 · 33 answers · asked by laurence c 6

is the police officer's word the final word in what happened in a traffic accident? if the officer was responding to a call w/o using the siren or lights and the citizen had the green light? this incident happened two years ago.

2006-11-17 07:26:32 · 15 answers · asked by moiimwununiqwoman 1