My husband and I have both been pulled over for bullshit reasons: "the route you were driving was suspicious," or "I didn't see your totally legit temporary license plate in the tinted windows of your new vehicle, but now that I do, I'm going to run all your information anyway to see if there is any way I can cite or arrest you," so I do sometimes see an officer and feel paranoid when I am doing nothing wrong. My cousin had a gun aimed at her head when she was pulled over for speeding in her very, very rural neighborhood. On the other hand, I've been let go or gotten a "fix-it ticket" when I deserved worse and had other encounters with officers where their presence helped my situation. I don't know, guys. The only conclusion I come to is that police officers are just people. Some are good, some are bad, they want to do the right thing, they sometimes make mistakes. I am cautious of them, but I also teach my kids to look for someone in uniform if they're ever in trouble.
Police officers always (usually) check ID when dealing with the general public. It is standard procedure throughout law enforcement for LEGITIMATE reasons that I'm sure you can imagine if you try. And yes sometimes the "route you were driving" may very well be suspicious. Police officers have a very difficult and dangerous job trying to protect you from the goblins and if they don't know you, yeah maybe you will get the once over but if you are not a goblin you should feel safer knowing that they are being thorough. It has been my experience that the people who complain most about dealing with the police all the time usually give the police reasons to stop them. My advice is to keep on the right sideof the law and if you do get stopped be respectful. We do not like to ruin your evening but keep in mindtthat our first priority will be to go home safely after our shift.
Police officers always (usually) check ID when dealing with the general public. It is standard procedure throughout law enforcement for LEGITIMATE reasons that I'm sure you can imagine if you try. And yes sometimes the "route you were driving" may very well be suspicious. Police officers have a very difficult and dangerous job trying to protect you from the goblins and if they don't know you, yeah maybe you will get the once over but if you are not a goblin you should feel safer knowing that they are being thorough. It has been my experience that the people who complain most about dealing with the police all the time usually give the police reasons to stop them. My advice is to keep on the right sideof the law and if you do get stopped be respectful. We do not like to ruin your evening but keep in mindtthat our first priority will be to go home safely after our shift.
My uncle is a retired LEO. In his words,"Doesn't matter if you know you are or aren't, think you are or aren't, there is a summons that can be written."
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· 9 years ago
I've felt that way even when I was being an actor to help them train. Even knowing it was all fake, it was still pretty intense. I really felt that fight or flight instinct kick in and it took all of my will power to pay attention and follow their instructions. I'm a little more understanding of why people flee from them now.
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· 9 years ago
I've been behind a car doing ~100 mph on the highway around 6 am and an SUV passed me, then proceeded to spotlight the car I was following. It was FPS (Federal Protective Services) but it made me nervous none the less. And I park my bike right behind their trucks during the day.
What do you do when you see a cop?
You stop speeding. That's the damn point.