Just A Number
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- Dec 13, 2010
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What cops would like the public to know.....
When you see an emergency vehicle behind you with its lights and sirens on, pull to the RIGHT, and Stop. We are usually required to pass cars on the left.
Police are not required to use a lesser level of force on the perpetrator to get him to comply they get to use an equal or greater amount of force. Namely they don't have to follow Queensbury rules when fighting with someone and it's silly to expect them to do so.
When you're driving in the fast lane and you see a cop behind you, don't go 5 mph under the speed limit. We are not impressed by how safe of a driver you can be, we're trying to go help someone (or catch that guy in the SUV that just cut you off). Safely move over and let us pass please.
If you get a warning instead of a ticket from a motorcycle cop, go buy a lottery ticket, because you've already beaten the odds.
When you see an officer conducting a traffic stop, or with a suspect in handcuffs, it is generally not a good idea to approach him and ask for directions. If you do, don't expect the officer to be nice when he tells you to get lost, and don't expect the officer to take the time to explain.
If you think you can fan all the pot smoke out of the car before we smell it, good luck.
We know you've had more than 2 beers. When I've had two beers, I didn't hit six parked cars or drive my car through the front doors of a Toys-R-Us, pissed my pants, or passed out at a traffic light.
Here's how to get out of a ticket. don't break the law.
If you drive a piece of crap, that is why you're getting pulled over.
In one week I pulled over 40 cars for minor equipment violations.
12 out of 40 had no vehicle insurance.
7 out of 40 had suspended driver's licenses.
4 out of 40 had warrants.
1 out of 40 had felony warrants.
1 was a known sex offender with his 12 year old niece in the car
20 were let go with verbal warnings
If you've just been pulled over doing 70 in a 35, do not greet the officer with "what seems to be the problem, officer".
We get coffee breaks too.
When you're the victim of a burglary, take the time you spend waiting for the officer to find the model #˜s and the serial #˜s of the stuff that was taken.
Do not drag the body in your house after you shoot someone threatening you in your yard.
Some cops are just jerks, but take heart in the fact that other cops don't like them either.
If it's nighttime! and you re driving a vehicle with tinted windows and I pull you over, it's not because of your skin color. I usually can't tell if the vehicle even has a driver until the windows rolled down.
Every time you hear on the news about people running away from a crazed gunman, someone's son or daughter in a police uniform is running TOWARD that crazed gunman.
Yes it's true, cops usually don't give other cops tickets. Think of it as an employee discount, perk or benefit. Other Cops are family and you wouldn't give your brother a ticket if you were a cop either
If your local police agency has a helicopter everyone knows it's loud and annoying, but did you know it can cover the same area as 15-20 patrol officers, and safely chase criminals that are driving 90 MPH through city streets. Many times the guy has no idea it's there and slows down.
Your 5 year old kid getting pushed down by another 5 year old kid is NOT a police matter; talk to the other kid's parents, not the police.
If your kid won't do his homework or do his chores, 911 is not the answer for a uniformed parent.
Police work is...writing reports.
If you rob a gas station you're only going to get $20, but I get to see a K-9 dog use your arm as a chew toy. For all I care you can keep the $20.
In 1 year of patrol work in a large city only about 10 minutes would be cool enough to be on the television show! COPS. But if COPS was about report writing and accident reports each show would be a year long.
Every traffic stop could end in gunfire, but we have to be polite and professional until that time.
I've taken about the same amount of men and women to jail for domestic violence, so NO, it's not always the man.
If you find crack pipes in the lady's purse/man's pants, there is a good chance they belong to her/him.
If the light was yellow, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
When the officer is manually directing traffic at a busy intersection (due to accidents, downed lights, whatever) he or she cannot drop what they are doing to give you directions to Chuck E. Cheese. Don't be offended if you get a less-than-polite command to continue through the intersection. I'm sure the guy at the gas station a half a block away can help you without stopping traffic on an already backed-up highway.
When you see me; if you tell your kids that the police will take them away because they are whining in a store what message does that give your kids? Not just about the police but about you?
CSI is a TV show and everything to do with entertainment and not to much with the reality of Police work.
Yes the pistol in my holster is real, I don't find it funny when you ask me how many people I've killed and yes, I would go through hell and high water to save your ass although I may be muttering that you were a simpleton for getting yourself into this dangerous position in the first place.
When you walk into any business establishment, and someone has to say "I didn't do it!" It was only funny the first twenty-thousand times, now knock it off!
When I finally get a chance to eat don’t be the someone who says "Who's out there catching all the bad guys?" In all likelihood the officer will have to take his meal “to go” due to a call after which he will get to finally eat the food he ordered 5 hours later and cold. If he is lucky enough to be able to sit down and actually eat his meal hot the last thing he wants is for you to give him **** thinly disguised as humor.
Cops know you pay taxes and that your taxes pay cops' salaries. Cops also pay taxes, which also pay cops' salaries so, hey, this traffic stop is on me. Now sign here, press hard; there are five copies.
When you see an emergency vehicle behind you with its lights and sirens on, pull to the RIGHT, and Stop. We are usually required to pass cars on the left.
Police are not required to use a lesser level of force on the perpetrator to get him to comply they get to use an equal or greater amount of force. Namely they don't have to follow Queensbury rules when fighting with someone and it's silly to expect them to do so.
When you're driving in the fast lane and you see a cop behind you, don't go 5 mph under the speed limit. We are not impressed by how safe of a driver you can be, we're trying to go help someone (or catch that guy in the SUV that just cut you off). Safely move over and let us pass please.
If you get a warning instead of a ticket from a motorcycle cop, go buy a lottery ticket, because you've already beaten the odds.
When you see an officer conducting a traffic stop, or with a suspect in handcuffs, it is generally not a good idea to approach him and ask for directions. If you do, don't expect the officer to be nice when he tells you to get lost, and don't expect the officer to take the time to explain.
If you think you can fan all the pot smoke out of the car before we smell it, good luck.
We know you've had more than 2 beers. When I've had two beers, I didn't hit six parked cars or drive my car through the front doors of a Toys-R-Us, pissed my pants, or passed out at a traffic light.
Here's how to get out of a ticket. don't break the law.
If you drive a piece of crap, that is why you're getting pulled over.
In one week I pulled over 40 cars for minor equipment violations.
12 out of 40 had no vehicle insurance.
7 out of 40 had suspended driver's licenses.
4 out of 40 had warrants.
1 out of 40 had felony warrants.
1 was a known sex offender with his 12 year old niece in the car
20 were let go with verbal warnings
If you've just been pulled over doing 70 in a 35, do not greet the officer with "what seems to be the problem, officer".
We get coffee breaks too.
When you're the victim of a burglary, take the time you spend waiting for the officer to find the model #˜s and the serial #˜s of the stuff that was taken.
Do not drag the body in your house after you shoot someone threatening you in your yard.
Some cops are just jerks, but take heart in the fact that other cops don't like them either.
If it's nighttime! and you re driving a vehicle with tinted windows and I pull you over, it's not because of your skin color. I usually can't tell if the vehicle even has a driver until the windows rolled down.
Every time you hear on the news about people running away from a crazed gunman, someone's son or daughter in a police uniform is running TOWARD that crazed gunman.
Yes it's true, cops usually don't give other cops tickets. Think of it as an employee discount, perk or benefit. Other Cops are family and you wouldn't give your brother a ticket if you were a cop either
If your local police agency has a helicopter everyone knows it's loud and annoying, but did you know it can cover the same area as 15-20 patrol officers, and safely chase criminals that are driving 90 MPH through city streets. Many times the guy has no idea it's there and slows down.
Your 5 year old kid getting pushed down by another 5 year old kid is NOT a police matter; talk to the other kid's parents, not the police.
If your kid won't do his homework or do his chores, 911 is not the answer for a uniformed parent.
Police work is...writing reports.
If you rob a gas station you're only going to get $20, but I get to see a K-9 dog use your arm as a chew toy. For all I care you can keep the $20.
In 1 year of patrol work in a large city only about 10 minutes would be cool enough to be on the television show! COPS. But if COPS was about report writing and accident reports each show would be a year long.
Every traffic stop could end in gunfire, but we have to be polite and professional until that time.
I've taken about the same amount of men and women to jail for domestic violence, so NO, it's not always the man.
If you find crack pipes in the lady's purse/man's pants, there is a good chance they belong to her/him.
If the light was yellow, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
When the officer is manually directing traffic at a busy intersection (due to accidents, downed lights, whatever) he or she cannot drop what they are doing to give you directions to Chuck E. Cheese. Don't be offended if you get a less-than-polite command to continue through the intersection. I'm sure the guy at the gas station a half a block away can help you without stopping traffic on an already backed-up highway.
When you see me; if you tell your kids that the police will take them away because they are whining in a store what message does that give your kids? Not just about the police but about you?
CSI is a TV show and everything to do with entertainment and not to much with the reality of Police work.
Yes the pistol in my holster is real, I don't find it funny when you ask me how many people I've killed and yes, I would go through hell and high water to save your ass although I may be muttering that you were a simpleton for getting yourself into this dangerous position in the first place.
When you walk into any business establishment, and someone has to say "I didn't do it!" It was only funny the first twenty-thousand times, now knock it off!
When I finally get a chance to eat don’t be the someone who says "Who's out there catching all the bad guys?" In all likelihood the officer will have to take his meal “to go” due to a call after which he will get to finally eat the food he ordered 5 hours later and cold. If he is lucky enough to be able to sit down and actually eat his meal hot the last thing he wants is for you to give him **** thinly disguised as humor.
Cops know you pay taxes and that your taxes pay cops' salaries. Cops also pay taxes, which also pay cops' salaries so, hey, this traffic stop is on me. Now sign here, press hard; there are five copies.
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