Had a run in with a LEO tonight

[Supracentral]

Bad idea Shaeff. Never argue with the prick with a badge and a gun - especially if he's obviously nervous. You'll wind up shot and suddenly your car will miraculously have drugs in it...

I use calm, polite and cooperative within the bounds of the law -- works well for me.

 

[shaeff]

Bad idea Shaeff. Never argue with the prick with a badge and a gun - especially if he's obviously nervous. You'll wind up shot and suddenly your car will miraculously have drugs in it...

I use calm, polite and cooperative within the bounds of the law -- works well for me.

Yeah, I actually realized that after I read what I posted. You know what they say about hindsight! I was just so goddamn tired of being pulled over, was like the third time that week and the week was only half over!

Lesson learned, though. One more thing to add to my "growing up" story.

 

[iwannadie]

Bad idea Shaeff. Never argue with the prick with a badge and a gun - especially if he's obviously nervous. You'll wind up shot and suddenly your car will miraculously have drugs in it...

I use calm, polite and cooperative within the bounds of the law -- works well for me.

How do you feel I handled my situation? I stayed totally calm, polite, respectful and everything. Is there anything I should have said or done differently to ease the cops tension or justify my innocence? Just trying to arm myself with the best responses for future experiences .

I always try to answer directly to questions and never give more information than I was asked for. I always make eye contact and keep my hands on the wheel in plain sight. I turn the radio off and lights on before the cop gets out of his car.

 

[Supracentral]

How do you feel I handled my situation? I stayed totally calm, polite, respectful and everything. Is there anything I should have said or done differently to ease the cops tension or justify my innocence? Just trying to arm myself with the best responses for future experiences .

I always try to answer directly to questions and never give more information than I was asked for. I always make eye contact and keep my hands on the wheel in plain sight. I turn the radio off and lights on before the cop gets out of his car.

That kind of covers it. You don't need to "justify my innocence" - if the cop is convinced you're doing something wrong, he's going to act on that. I doubt anyone has ever really talked a cop out of arresting them if he had already decided to do so.

I'll answer direct questions within reason, provide my ID, my insurance card, registration, etc. Cooperative within the law is enough. I won't let a cop search my car under any circumstances, if he wants to do that, he can get a warrant.

 

[shaeff]

I won't let a cop search my car under any circumstances, if he wants to do that, he can get a warrant.

Same here.

 

[destrux]

I had a cop ask me once if I was drunk and stared at me exactly like that after I said no. I wasn't drunk, I was just in severe shock thinking about what punishment the state would have for me doing 120 in a 55 while racing someone. For me it was about $200 and 6 points (one point short of suspension). Not as bad as I expected. Turns out he only wrote the ticket out for 85mph, and said "you know you were going alot faster, but I don't think you'll do this again". I never did.

 

[iwannadie]

That kind of covers it. You don't need to "justify my innocence" - if the cop is convinced you're doing something wrong, he's going to act on that. I doubt anyone has ever really talked a cop out of arresting them if he had already decided to do so.

I'll answer direct questions within reason, provide my ID, my insurance card, registration, etc. Cooperative within the law is enough. I won't let a cop search my car under any circumstances, if he wants to do that, he can get a warrant.

The last few times I've been pulled over they haven't asked for registration or insurance. Is there something new(state-by-state) going on where they can check everything with just your drivers license? Or, maybe the cops are just not concerned with that stuff when dealing with me. I was surprised though when they didn't ask, I have everything current and didn't volunteer anything again without being asked directly for it.

 

[Dunckel]

How do you feel I handled my situation? I stayed totally calm, polite, respectful and everything. Is there anything I should have said or done differently to ease the cops tension or justify my innocence? Just trying to arm myself with the best responses for future experiences .

You did fine. If you have tinted windows, roll them down before he/she gets to the car. And always be honest. Attitude goes a long way. I've let people go that had marijuana, cocaine (a very small amt.) and even warrants. It's all about attitude. There are other factors as well, but mostly it's attitude.

The last few times I've been pulled over they haven't asked for registration or insurance. Is there something new(state-by-state) going on where they can check everything with just your drivers license? Or, maybe the cops are just not concerned with that stuff when dealing with me. I was surprised though when they didn't ask, I have everything current and didn't volunteer anything again without being asked directly for it.

Police don't need to look at your registration. They get the vehicle information from the DOL via your plate number. I've also heard in some states, police can now see if the vehicle is insured or not via the plate number as well. I don't know how it works cause our state doesn't have that yet.

 

[iwannadie]

You did fine. If you have tinted windows, roll them down before he/she gets to the car. And always be honest. Attitude goes a long way. I've let people go that had marijuana, cocaine (a very small amt.) and even warrants. It's all about attitude. There are other factors as well, but mostly it's attitude.



Police don't need to look at your registration. They get the vehicle information from the DOL via your plate number. I've also heard in some states, police can now see if the vehicle is insured or not via the plate number as well. I don't know how it works cause our state doesn't have that yet.

Speaking of windows, I had the supra power window switch die on me one time and it has pretty dark(legal) tint. I was on my way to work at 2 or 3 am and got pulled over. I was sitting at a really long light waiting for the turn arrow and switched my turn signal off. I was the only car on the road and figured I'm in a turn lane and no one is around who needs to signal. Well, I got pulled over for that and I knew that I couldn't roll my window down....!

The cop came up and tapped on the window and I slowly opened it and apologized explaining my window doesn't go down and pointed out the switch was missing. He was startled and step back pretty fast but then was cool about it ran my info and sent me on my way. I wasn't sure how else to handle it, I didn't want to open my door before he even got out of the car. He couldn't really see me I don't think to have signaled some how.

When I got to work one of the security guards told me there was just a shooting and apparently he herd on his scanner that I fit a description ha.

 

[Clint]

Must of been a Gilbert cop...