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[disgruntledemployee]

16 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

New York proposal would ban police from making traffic stops for minor violations to pursue 'racial equity'

Last year while driving, a dude cuts 2 lanes over and no signal, in front of a Sheriff's car no less.  At the light, Deputy just gets on the the loudspeaker, calls him out, and tells him to use his blinker.  A few honks from surrounding cars and a waive out the window from dude.  Effective? 

[ClearedHot]

5 hours ago, disgruntledemployee said:

Last year while driving, a dude cuts 2 lanes over and no signal, in front of a Sheriff's car no less.  At the light, Deputy just gets on the the loudspeaker, calls him out, and tells him to use his blinker.  A few honks from surrounding cars and a waive out the window from dude.  Effective? 

On numerous occasions I've seen cops in my neighborhood turn their lights on when a car coming the other way was speeding, then turn their lights off and continue when the speeder slows down.  Officers always have discretion and examples like you have above can be effective.  However, to blatantly state as a policy that the police will not pull people over for minor violations is a license to commit minor violations.

[disgruntledemployee]

10 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

On numerous occasions I've seen cops in my neighborhood turn their lights on when a car coming the other way was speeding, then turn their lights off and continue when the speeder slows down.  Officers always have discretion and examples like you have above can be effective.  However, to blatantly state as a policy that the police will not pull people over for minor violations is a license to commit minor violations.

I agree that laws should be policed.  I disagree with a lot of laws tho.  For example, an expired tag, which is more a function of revenue/taxes than crime, should not be a police matter.  Parking tickets, JFC.  Purely money, and again should not be a police function whatsoever.  Now if the politicians want to delete laws, have at it. 

Sorta funny, in AR a rep floored a bill that allows one to run a red light after they stop and there's no traffic, like a stop sign.  The others didn't like it and it got the deep six.

[icohftb]

59 minutes ago, disgruntledemployee said:

I agree that laws should be policed.  I disagree with a lot of laws tho.  For example, an expired tag, which is more a function of revenue/taxes than crime, should not be a police matter.  Parking tickets, JFC.  Purely money, and again should not be a police function whatsoever.  Now if the politicians want to delete laws, have at it. 

Sorta funny, in AR a rep floored a bill that allows one to run a red light after they stop and there's no traffic, like a stop sign.  The others didn't like it and it got the deep six.

Who should enforce parking?

[ClearedHot]

13 hours ago, disgruntledemployee said:

I agree that laws should be policed.  I disagree with a lot of laws tho.  For example, an expired tag, which is more a function of revenue/taxes than crime, should not be a police matter.  Parking tickets, JFC.  Purely money, and again should not be a police function whatsoever.  Now if the politicians want to delete laws, have at it.

Not sure I agree...while expired tags and non-working tail lights are often used by bad cops to justify pretextual stops, if you didn't pay for your registration what are the odds you don't have insurance either.  I do not agree on parking with a caveat, at an expired meter...absolutely.  But in my hood I see soccer mom's park in the fire lane of the SmallMart and run inside to grab an item or two.  I also see the same thing with handicapped parking...didn't get to worked up about that until a few months ago when I saw a double amputee trying to get out of his van in a normal parking space when all the handicapped spots were full.  In one of the parking spots was my buds wife...he is a 100% SDV and can barely walk, but he wasn't in the car, she used his car to run errands and used his handicapped plate out of convenience to park in a spot.