police officers please answer this???

Question

went to pick my wife up at work. 1:00 am. while driving to get her i drove through a small town. the speed limit was going from 55 to 40. i crossed the line into the town doing just about 40. I was pulled over. the officer asked if i knew why he pulled me over. i replied no. (which was the truth) he replied i was speeding i was going 43 mph. he ran my info and said he was letting me go with a warning. I drive a brand new minivan not some hotrod. this really bumms me out. ive always had respect for the police and law. after talking to other people even in that town they say they have had similar things happen to them. so what my question is. why would the police do this. pretty mutch make up an excuse to stop someone not doing anything wrong good luck. god bless

Answer 1

no they shouldn't be able to do this sucks don't it ? i have lived with this kinda stuff my whole entire life it is called profiling, I'm a bald headed tattooed white guy does that make me a bad person ? no but according to liberal socialist America it does so they have the right to pull me over at any time any place and search me even on my own property don't you love government ?

Answer 2

You were speeding in the middle of the night in a small town and you didn't get a ticket, what is your problem? Why should you lose respect for a guy that is basically saying he doesn't want to have to shovel your guts off the road some day? Gee, poor guy had nothing better to do than to make sure you got where you were going safely, what an awful thing for a police officer to do! Sure, pulling you over for 43 in a 40 sounds a little anal, but it isn't up to you to decide that speeding "only a little" is okay. And who cares what you were driving? Most of the guys I know with actual hotrods don't speed, period. I worked in a town known for speeding tickets. I would not go 2 feet per year over the limit within the town limits, and I even knew all the police officers because of the nature of my job.

Answer 3

Ok but how about in a situation where the undercover officer approaches you to sell something, IE I have seen cops at concerts go undercover and asking if anyone wants to buy tickets or sell them tickets?? This would seem like entrapment.. Or if the officer says you wanna buy pot or whatever?? You mean to say if you ask him if he's a cop and he lies and gets the **** beat out of him, I guess that should get thrown out because you did not know he was a cop, so they can't use the "Assaulting a police officer line" Can they?? Also, spies are worlds apart. Your dealing with Military, Ambassadors, High level Polititians and such. Not some local detective trying to make a routine bust. So there are reasons a spy would need to lie. Plus Spies are not all bound to uphold the law and to serve and protect the public interest. They can be hired hands to do the dirty work. I can see DEA pulling this type of law bending for this reason. I just think that any Police officer at the local government level should have to identify himself.

Answer 4

During 30 yrs of cop work, I found many more DUI's around 1AM then around 2 AM. The stop was just as likely related to the time more than anything else. Since you were over the limit, he may have taken advantage of this to do a quick check. Sounds like he saw no signs of alcohol consumption & moved on.
Or the area may have been having an overnight theft/burglary problem you were unaware of. You gave him legal justification to stop you so he now has a record of someone who passed through the area. If the next morning or next week a witness describes a new minivan seen in the area of a theft, the department has info to followup. Many, many more cases are solved by sharp patrol officers than by detectives could in an entire career. [Detectives do a great job too.]
Interesting how many varying reasons pop up. The ones about revenue though do not make a lot of economic sense to me. An officer working that shift would be off duty for court. If he gets subpoenaed on a traffic cite, he costs the jurisdiction more in overtime than the city takes in for the fine. Sounds like a losing proposition.

Answer 5

They stopped you for doing 43 in a 40 it is a small town they need the money. He or She let you go with a warning because you were respectful with your tone of voice nothing more nothing less. The officer could have given you a ticket and it would have been around $155 or so. You should thank your lucky stars that he or she didn't write it up. It would have cost you more in the long run, with the insurance rate hike and all.

Answer 6

You got lucky. An officer in these times does not need a legal excuse to pull you over, or even take you to jail. Granted, doing 43 in a 40 zone is certainly splitting hairs, and the cop must have known that. But, in small towns, a large amount of civic revenue comes from traffic tickets. Look at it this way: He may also have been honestly looking out for the safety of the public, as is his job, and the fact that he gave you a warning was indicative of the fact that he was more interested in making you aware of a potential safety hazard (speeding) than he was in trying to violate your rights.
If he didn't make you consent to a search, then I'm inclined to think he was simply being a fair-minded cop, and we can always use more cops with a fair mind.

Answer 7

This one is easy, you were speeding ,if the limit is 40 and you were going 43 you were over the limit. You probably need to look at the history of the area to understand why the increased scrutiny .ie someone was hit by a speeder, a school zone, work zone, high number of accidents or drag racing. Normally and I stress Normally officers use a five to ten mph over as a guideline.

Answer 8

Why not stop you? The more people that know they will be stopped for speeding, the better. He is trying to send a message to the people around there.

I bet you that the people in the area are complaining that cars are speeding through around that time. So the cops sits out there and makes a few stops and lets the community there know that hes trying to do something. Its servicing the community.

By the way scumbags (parolees, dope dealers/users) all drive minivans too, so don't think that's an out ; )

Answer 9

You can not deny the facts that you have been running at the speed of 43 mph b ecause tht was recorded on the computer which they are using in identfying and knowing your speed, your actual speed when you pass that road. it is good, you were only warned by the police officer. He is a police officer with a kind heart.
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Answer 10

Well it is a small town, and they get alot of money from traffic tickets. They must have had a big slope in their money supply.

Some cops in certain cities have quotas as well, and they give out traffic tickets anytime they can. If they don't meet their quota, then they get put on desk work.

If that was me, I would wait until they were going at least 10 MPH over the speed limit, not just by 3! Thats insane! As for the guy above me, if you honestly would pull over someone for going slightly above the speed limit, then you need some help. You apparently don't know that sometimes people go just slightly over the speed limit sometimes, not everyone is perfect!

I gotta tell ya, you got lucky.

Answer 11

Okay, so the speed limit was 40, you were going 43 and you're wondering why he pulled you over?

Maybe because you were SPEEDING?

You mean why is he hassling you instead of pulling over a car full of teenagers blowing pot smoke out the window and blasting rap music? No idea. But you got pulled over for speeding.
It's real simple; don't blame the officers for doing their jobs. If you don't like being pulled over, then don't speed.