ask a cop/jailer

[Dr Pussymagnet]

I like this thread, very interesting.

Anyways, have you ever had a relative that was arrested and they tried to talk their way out by saying something like "Hey, it's okay, I'm related to a cop, could you ask him to let me out?"

 

[ElephantGuts]

Have you ever let someone get away with something when they should have gotten a ticket or possibly even worse, and what sort of excuse could they give which would make you do that?

 

[Clairaudient]

What was the most ridiculous arrest you've ever made? (exg: Arresting a man wearing nothing but a paper pirate hat and a hook on his hand)

 

[ace_of_something]

I like this thread, very interesting.

Anyways, have you ever had a relative that was arrested and they tried to talk their way out by saying something like "Hey, it's okay, I'm related to a cop, could you ask him to let me out?"

My older brother is actually still an officer on the same department, and I have an uncle who is a 25 year veteran in a neighboring community.
That being said If anyone has ever used that excuse I?ve not heard about it. And if they did I?d be pissed? don?t go throwing my name around to save your dumb ass. I think if I had kids, I might sing a different tune? I?d like to think I wouldn?t, but I know I would.

Have you ever let someone get away with something when they should have gotten a ticket or possibly even worse, and what sort of excuse could they give which would make you do that?

Many Questions in this vein seem to be of great interest here at the escapist.
I have more than a few times just given a warning when I could?ve given a ticket. Usually if they were only going 5 over on the interstate or something like that (Not residential areas, there is no reason to speed in an area where children play). What caused me to do that? Usually they were very polite, admitted to fault, and I was hungry, tired or like 2 seconds before I got out of the car dispatch called me to do something important? so I get out and BS my way though the stop; because a burglary in progress is more important than some guy doing 71 in a 65 zone. As for an excuse the only one I can think of is ?She?s in labor? and you point to the woman in labor. In which case you?d be getting an escort to the hospital so don?t think driving around with a pregnant woman is gonna help you there either?. Unless you?re going to the hospital.

Oh and having one of those ?cop detector? radars (which are illegal and most of them don?t work it seems) is a good way to get a ticket that takes 20 minutes to write up.

 

[sneakypenguin]

Oh and having one of those ?cop detector? radars (which are illegal and most of them don?t work it seems) is a good way to get a ticket that takes 20 minutes to write up.

Yeah and useless where I live as all police/sheriffs have the instant on radar/lazer that can tag you even when driving the other way(which I never understood how that works)

Anyways another question. Can a cop write a ticket in another county? reason I ask was I was doing way over the limit, got pulled over but i pulled over right past the next county line, and didn't get a ticket or even a warning.

Random question, ever bust someone for making out/having sex in public/car? The police always spotlight people at our parks or in cars I was just curious if there was a law against it.

 

[Fruhstuck]

If you were in England and saw someone breaking one of your home laws would you intervene?
Also:
What do you, personally, class as excessive force?
With regards to self-defence
i.e. guy A gets attacked by guy B, how much harm does guy A have to cause before you think he's gone too far?

EDIT: will you bust anyone on this thread who admits to crimes? lol

 

[MorsePacific]

Is there a reward for turning in illegal immigrants in your state, like there is here in Arizona? I always figured it was just border states.

 

[superbleeder12]

I've heard that when a person is pulled over for minor traffic infractions, the officer is really only there to give a warning, but depending on how the person being pulled over acts, they will get a ticket.
Is that true?

Or when an officer pulls someone over, they are going to give a person a ticket. Also, I doubt it's true, but do officers have some sort of 'quota' that they have to meet?

 

[Graustein]

Right, that does make sense. But still, any comment on the "you must help" rumour?

Never heard of it, but you say "one of the french provinces"... There's only one. Quebec. Assuming you were speaking of Quebec, all I can say with regard to that place is it's a really fucked-up and ass-backwards one, and it has 90% of all the dumbest laws in the country... Most of said laws being openly pro-french racism which if someone legislated an english version of, they'd riot.

Shows how much I know about Canada. Thanks for that though.

 

[Labyrinth]

This is from the perspective of a political activist who's had some.. interesting times with police at protests, albeit in Australia.

What is the US police force's policy when it comes to non-violent anti-governmental protests?

I hear a lot in left-wing reports of trigger-happy cops with their wonderfully "Non-lethal" tazers giving protesters hell even if the protest itself is in no way condoning violent or becoming violent. In addition I'm far from a fan of US policy in general, and would probably wind up at a protest if I ever went to the country.

Oh, and another question. What sort of Sedition laws does the US have?

 

[fluffylandmine]

1&2. Has anyone ever been wise crackig when you pulled them over? If so what's the funniest thing they've said?(I like to do that kind off thing to anyone of higher authority who catches me doing something(only extremely minor things))

3. If I carry around a moderate to large blunt object that is somewhat threatening looking(a wooden dowel to a sledge hammer, ), but have no intents or purposes to use as a weapon only in the case of self defense. Is it illegal or just very suspicious and slightly unethical?

 

[fluffylandmine]

This is from the perspective of a political activist who's had some.. interesting times with police at protests, albeit in Australia.

What is the US police force's policy when it comes to non-violent anti-governmental protests?

I hear a lot in left-wing reports of trigger-happy cops with their wonderfully "Non-lethal" tazers giving protesters hell even if the protest itself is in no way condoning violent or becoming violent. In addition I'm far from a fan of US policy in general, and would probably wind up at a protest if I ever went to the country.

Oh, and another question. What sort of Sedition laws does the US have?

I think I may be able to take this one as it only requires an American who is relatively knowledgeable of our laws.

Police are only allowed to act if the protest is becoming an angry mob(aka violent). They may increase presence if the crowd is likely to grow violent. What happened in the 60s I have no experience of ,but that was a time of tension, confusion, suspicion, and a whole mess of things that made the government and law enforcement offices take everything with the slightest bit of caution.

I'm fairly certain we have no sedition laws as you can tell by the number of jokes, insults, and empty threats centered at our less-than perfect government(I don't like how it's acting and you may not either but you have to admit we have done better at one point in time or another).

 

[jasoncyrus]

Ahh an officer of correctional duty...I wanted to become one...but I doubt they'd employ me due to my "Fck with me and a'll cave your skull in and say your threw yourself off the gantry" tendancies...

But my question! Umm....Tbh I don't think I had one...

 

[Dommyboy]

You ever played a GTA game and slaughtered the police and other law enforcers for fun?

 

[Bootss1]

How often do would you do the good cop bad cop thing(i know it happens i was there for one), and would you use it on a specific group more then others(such as kids lighting fireworks, and there is a bylaw that restricts them)?

 

[orifice]

How many people have you fitted up for crimes they didn't commit! (no really!)

Zero, I swear on my family?s honor.

Then your a better cop than we have here in britain! British cops are utter bastards for fitting people up. I once witnessed 6 cops turn up at a house with a bag of heroin, which they inserted into the drain pipe of the house. The n they knocked the door, served a search warrant, then pulled the heroin back out of the pipe and said look what we've found, oh dear! (for the record the guy was a known heroin dealer, but the bust was still bad)

 

[ace_of_something]

Anyways another question. Can a cop write a ticket in another county? reason I ask was I was doing way over the limit, got pulled over but i pulled over right past the next county line, and didn't get a ticket or even a warning.

Random question, ever bust someone for making out/having sex in public/car? The police always spotlight people at our parks or in cars I was just curious if there was a law against it.

1. Depends on your state laws. Juristiction is a a sticky wicket. Here the county line is right at the edge of the city and the next county is another city. People would often speed up to get into the next county thinking once they're in that county you can't give them a ticket. But here we have a 5 mile buffer, so they have to get a pretty good distance into the next county to avoid said ticket. And if i turn on my lights and they do that, than I just write the plate number, and now they have a 'fleeing to avoid arrest' which is much much worse than a small speeding ticket.

2. I personally never found that as a cop, because this town has a very low prostitution rate. However teens do it. Actually truth be told, when I was in high school me and my friend would drive to the make out places, shine a giant light in cars to piss said people off and get them to chase us. Anyway, there is a law against it it's called Lewd conduct a similar law called indecent exposure carries a lesser charge. And the band 311 gets there name from this cities code for 'public' nudity.

 

[ace_of_something]

What was the most ridiculous arrest you've ever made? (exg: Arresting a man wearing nothing but a paper pirate hat and a hook on his hand)

You ever see reno 911? We got a call for a potential burglary in progress (this was about 7 in the afternoon in summer). The description was ?black male about 35? in a neighborhood of about 90% black population? yeah that helps. So I with a partner on foot patrol, show up a little later than a guy in a cruiser (Foot Pat for the win!) We find no trace of the house being broken into. The occupant of the house says ?I didn?t make any call like that. Why are you here bothering me? You are always here bothering me you fucking pigs!? We say alright, fine. Leave about 5 minutes later another call for the same thing about 2 blocks away, same description. Except this time we have ?he?s wearing a brown cowboy hat? That narrows it down. And since I was only two blocks away me and my partner bolt. When we show up There is the black male mid 30?s with a wearing brown cowboy hat? a black tshirt, black chuck tailors? and no pants of any sort.
guess what he was doing? He was looking into windows and jerking off into a potted plant he was carrying. So we chased him around the block about 3 times, cuz both me and my partner were running slow cuz we were hoping the other one would tackle him. Eventually I just decided I?ll have to do it. Turns out the guy was high out of his mind on meth.


That has to be in the top 3. We chased him around in a circle around the block for like 3 or 4 laps.

I will say this, compared to the shit i see in the jail, the shit on the street was nothing.

 

[ace_of_something]

If you were in England and saw someone breaking one of your home laws would you intervene?
Also:
What do you, personally, class as excessive force?
With regards to self-defence
i.e. guy A gets attacked by guy B, how much harm does guy A have to cause before you think he's gone too far?

EDIT: will you bust anyone on this thread who admits to crimes? lol

I believe in a being a good person and helping my fellow man. So if it was like assault, murder, a purse snatching, you bet your ass. But I think most people should act like that.
Excessive force is hitting someone who is already in restraints. Excessive force is using your weapons when someone is unarmed and screaming at you. There is actually a chart with different levels of force (passive resistance, active resistance, active aggression, etc.) you are allowed to go ?one level? above what the other person is using.

Edit: I don?t carry the shield anymore but if I did, unless someone admits to murder or something probably not.

Is there a reward for turning in illegal immigrants in your state, like there is here in Arizona? I always figured it was just border states.

My non border state has an ICE (immigrations customs enforcement, INS no longer exists) headquarters in this city, so we almost never have to deal with that. If you arrest someone who turns out to be an illegal we just call ice and let them know, and they sit in jail.
I have serious issues with immigration laws, especially since I started working at jail.

I've heard that when a person is pulled over for minor traffic infractions, the officer is really only there to give a warning, but depending on how the person being pulled over acts, they will get a ticket.
Is that true?

Or when an officer pulls someone over, they are going to give a person a ticket. Also, I doubt it's true, but do officers have some sort of 'quota' that they have to meet?

No and No. It?s an officer?s discretion but most of your traffic stops are documented and you have to say ? I gave a warning? if you did. If you?re doing that all the time expect internal affairs to ask why. That quota thing is an urban myth. People think when they see a lot of cops out that the ?quota? most be nearing it?s turn in date, the truth is speeding/drunkenness has become a problem in a certain area so they put more patrol cars in that area to curb the problem.

 

[ace_of_something]

This is from the perspective of a political activist who's had some.. interesting times with police at protests, albeit in Australia.

What is the US police force's policy when it comes to non-violent anti-governmental protests?

I hear a lot in left-wing reports of trigger-happy cops with their wonderfully "Non-lethal" tazers giving protesters hell even if the protest itself is in no way condoning violent or becoming violent. In addition I'm far from a fan of US policy in general, and would probably wind up at a protest if I ever went to the country.

Oh, and another question. What sort of Sedition laws does the US have?

The right to assemble is inalienable (we?ve come a long way from the 1960?s) but officer presence is required at most political rallies. Not because of the people holding said rally but usually everyone else The officers aren?t there to start shit, they?re there IN CASE something happens to be able to stop it before it starts. And usually in most states, you need a permit to protest. However, your protest cannot obstruct other people?s rights

Peaceful protest is not only allowed but encouraged. This country was founded on rebellion.

1&2. Has anyone ever been wise crackig when you pulled them over? If so what's the funniest thing they've said?(I like to do that kind off thing to anyone of higher authority who catches me doing something(only extremely minor things))

3. If I carry around a moderate to large blunt object that is somewhat threatening looking(a wooden dowel to a sledge hammer, ), but have no intents or purposes to use as a weapon only in the case of self defense. Is it illegal or just very suspicious and slightly unethical?

Only once to twice usually it was more disrespectful ?sup brah?? kind of stuff. You have to understand I?m a very wide-shouldered stocky person who is 6?6? And have kind of a serious looking face. Most people are scared of me.
Context is once again important here if you?re in a hardware store or at a construction site. Actually in my teen years me and my friends would dumpster dive and my friend who worked at a grocery store would use his discount to buy cheap generic soda. We would go to a park, and smash it all. Once or twice a cop pulled up and asked what we were doing or if there was booze in the cans. We showed them our broom and ensured we?d clean up when we were finished and they were on their way. After watching for a minute or two. But the ?appearance? of crime is a crime too. So think of that.

Here's one for ya...

If I were to buy the skimpiest thong I can find, one which fully hides my manbits and the crack of my ass (hence why not a g-string), but leaves little else to the imagination... Now If I were to buy such a thing, and dance in front of my window wearing nothing but this thong (curtains being open), can I get in trouble for it?

I know it sounds like a joke/BS question, but here's the thing... I have these neighbors, and they're really REALLY annoying, and nothing I've tried has convinced them to behave or move out. Now I'm no slim-skinny dude, in the +/-300lbs range with a spare tire and a hairy chest. If there's nothing illegal, nothing that I can get a fine over, about me dancing in a banana hammock in my own house, it might just be something to scare them off.

I know I sure as hell wouldn't want to live next door to an obese guy who dances near-nude in his living room with the windows unobscured.

They can't do much about it unless they have kids than you might get in trouble