ALSO HE WAS IN IS PERSONAL VEHICLE, NO BADGE, EVIDENTLY CALLED HIS BROTHER TO PULL MY SON OVER. THE PATROLMAN THAT STOPPED MY SON NEVER EVEN SPOKE TO HIM, BUT DID DRAG THE HIGHWAY PATROLMAN AWAY FROM MY SONS WINDOW WHERE HE WAS SCREAMING AT HIM AND HAD HIS FIST IN MY SONS FACE. HE DIDN'T ASK FOR HIS INSURANCE OF REGISTRATION ONLY HIS LICENSE. HE WAS MAILED HIS TICKETS. HE GOT HIM FOR SPEEDING AND GOING LEFT OF CENTER. WHEN MY SON PASSED HIM HE SPEEDED UP AND WOULDN'T LET HIM BY.
BY THE TIME HE GOT AROUND HE WAS ON THE DOUBLE YELLOW. CAN HE GET AWAY WITH IT.
2006-06-20 03:54:30 · 10 answers · asked by suseq 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
"WHEN MY SON PASSED HIM HE SPEEDED UP AND WOULDN'T LET HIM BY. BY THE TIME HE GOT AROUND HE WAS ON THE DOUBLE YELLOW"
One step at a time. You have just acknowledged that your son was speeding and going left of center. So your son violated the law.
Was the ticket issued in a valid manner? I do not know about the laws in your state but in many, the ticket can not be mailed unless there is a specific statute allowing that (such as a camera that takes photos of drivers running red lights).
If the ticket was issued illegally, your son may get acquitted, even though he violated the traffic laws.
The third issue is the unprofessional actions of the officer. That is a matter for Internal Affairs and you should call the Highway Patrol to find out how you can proceed with that matter. If he is found to have acted unprofessionally, he may get reprimanded, suspended, even fired - but it will NOT change the ticket.
2006-06-20 04:48:36 · answer #1 · answered by CAPTREE 4 · 4⤊ 4⤋
If there is a ticket issues ( and yes they can legally mail tickets to people)
it is a court summons to appear in court, if you do not appear a bench warrant will be issued and the drivers licence suspended.
In court you tell the judge your story. But a highway patrol is always in his jurisdiction within the state,, and if one ( even off duty) witnessed the event, and had another trooper pull you over, the off duty trooper can write a ticket ( very seldom done, I would say that that trooper must have thought it was a very seroius offence to go so far out of his way.
But you can explain the story to the judge and it will be up to the judge to decide the issue.
2006-06-20 04:47:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In all normal cases, a Officer is an Officer off duty as well as on.I would address the issue of his disposition of his conduct. He may call another officer to aid in the stop and issue the citations, we have never mailed a ticket to anyone. As for signing a ticket it's not law that you sign anything,you still get the ticket. I have off duty, done the same thing, but I still treated the offender just as if I were on duty,It really had to be some bad offense for me to do such a thing while on my time. He could have taken the tag number and dealt with it later.
2006-06-20 04:20:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I hope your son got the license plate of the out of uniform officer because he just broke the law by abuse of power. You'll have to get the name of both the officer and off duty officer and send a complaint to the captain of their precinct also file a not guilty with the court make sure your lawyer know all the details before going to court. Most important thing is if your son got the off duty officer’s license plate because that way you can prove he was present at the time and that he was abusing his power to force a ticket when your son wouldn’t let him cut in (illegally) make sure your son use the word illegally when speaking to the judge (check to see if he officer who gave him the ticket was suppose to be there at the time because most officers have a post (area they suppose patrol) if he’s out of his then your case is clear cut someone call him there when he is not suppose to be there).
2006-06-20 04:27:05 · answer #4 · answered by Jeff L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ROTFLMFAO Use to be if you did not sign the ticket you went to jail. Since that was deemed in some states as an admission of guilty to some parties, they stopped making people sign the tickets. (NO) Can you get out of the ticket. (NO) They have all the information on the ticket as to time, date, license number? Could you not show up for court and then say you never received a ticket. Many patrol cars have a camera on board, a back up tape events for possible court dates, a daily log of all arrests, stops etc, plus the dispatchers log of you, when stopped, where you were stopped at, time of incident, ticket written, so as to match the officers log and ticket. (NO)
2016-03-26 22:43:59 · answer #5 · answered by Beverly 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the cop got a bad donut that day, with his gun ho attitude he should be a cop in Baghdad where every household can legally own an AK 47. He picked on your son because he saw a scared youth and abused his authority The cop needs to be thrown off the force, but judging by his attitude he will be killed in the line of duty
2006-06-20 05:11:23 · answer #6 · answered by johnman142 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will still need to go to Court. If your son doesn't appear, they could issue a warrant for his arrest or suspend his driver's license. Every state is a little different so the best thing to do would be to talk to an attorney and see what they say. Bottom line is you still need to go to Court because it is a whole new can of worms if you don't.
2006-06-20 06:08:37 · answer #7 · answered by copchick2m7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would explain the circumstances in court and probably with a lawyer experianced in police misconduct.
Under those circumstances any court of law would dismiss the traffic citations.
2006-06-20 04:01:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check with your lawyer , sounds kinda illegal to me. I mean where do these cops think they are God off duty!! I think this copper needs a little tail docking .
2006-06-20 04:01:38 · answer #9 · answered by ₦âħí»€G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a lawyer and fight it.
2006-06-20 04:16:04 · answer #10 · answered by mike g 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋