Charged with bursting balloon

[isasir]

Yup, stupid NYC. Just like the article says, I know a lady that got ticketed for resting her purse on the subway seat next to her in a train car that had about 6 people...

What's even worse is that the same lady cop that ticketed her saw her another day and was trying to act all friendly towards her saying how she had to give the ticket since her supervisor was with her.

 

[TitanDiddly]

:thumbsdown:

I can see the "sitting on a milk crate on the pavement" one though, stupid drunk bums asking for monays.

 

[DaviDaVinci]

i hate cops that abuse their power. you can't even argue with them. gotta take it to court, waste your money and time.

 

[DrPizza]

Somehow... I don't believe the story. Also note: it's dated for some time in November.

 

[Vic]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Somehow... I don't believe the story. Also note: it's dated for some time in November.

I don't know whether it's true or not, but it is dated "September 16, 2004" for me.

 

[PatboyX]

Originally posted by: DaviDaVinci
i hate cops that abuse their power. you can't even argue with them. gotta take it to court, waste your money and time.

see sig.

 

[waggy]

NY is also the place where a guy got busted for not tipping!

so this should come as no suprise.

 

[ABitTooSpicy]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Somehow... I don't believe the story. Also note: it's dated for some time in November.

I don't know whether it's true or not, but it is dated "September 16, 2004" for me.

Looks to be legit, as posted earlier:

Originally posted by: Amused:

From the US press:

http://www.nydailynews.com/12-...y/142670p-126326c.html

This is hard to believe, but appears to be true.

 

[Hammer]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Somehow... I don't believe the story. Also note: it's dated for some time in November.

you obviously didn't hear about the tipping story.

 

[eakers]

you would think that in nyc the police would have much bigger crimes to deal with.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: Hammer

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Somehow... I don't believe the story. Also note: it's dated for some time in November.

you obviously didn't hear about the tipping story.

Yeah, I heard about the tipping story, and can believe that the owner of the restaurant called the police. In a situation like that, the police kinda have their hands tied and have no choice if the owner wants to press charges. I didn't chalk that one up to police idiocy, but rather to the owner being a jerk (and quite possibly the non-tippers as well)

But this one... popping a balloon.. something doesn't add up.

Also, YES, it did occur last November...

The most un-pop-ular bust of all?

By LEO STANDORA
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Just when you think you've seen the silliest of summonses, here comes another bang-up ticket.

Police wrote Queens hospital worker George Pulido a summons for making unreasonable noise because his son Christopher's Winnie the Pooh balloon popped on the street.

"I couldn't believe it," Pulido, 29, of Queens Village, said last night. "It was just a normal-size party balloon and it was an accident. You'd make more noise closing the door of a police car."

Pulido's trip into the ticket twilight zone began innocently the afternoon of Nov. 22 when he took his wife, Christina, 27, an accountant, and sons, Chris, 9, and Brandon, 19 months, to a kid's birthday party at a friend's home in the neighborhood...

and at the bottom:

Originally published on December 4, 2003

 

[DrPizza]

Although, it's from September in the UK paper.... So, they're reprinting a story from the NY Post that occurred 10 months ago...

Yeah... sounds like good journalism to me...

Are you sure these don't qualify as tabloids?

 

[yhelothar]

http://www.nydailynews.com/fro...ory/87757p-79862c.html

No quotas, just performance measurements
:roll:

 

[chilled]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Although, it's from September in the UK paper.... So, they're reprinting a story from the NY Post that occurred 10 months ago...

Yeah... sounds like good journalism to me...

Are you sure these don't qualify as tabloids?

Well, what can I say? It's the *FREE* daily newspaper!

 

[nycxandy]

Anything to make money for the city. :disgust:

 

[Goosemaster]

'do you think popping a balloon is funny?'

heh

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Murphyrulez
"Police brass have consistently denied there is a ticket quota."

Yeah right!

There are no ticket quotas. but an officer has to write enough tickets to justify their hours during the day. At least it is that way with the Tenenssee highway patrol. They have to have 1 ticket per two hours or something close. They get credited for 2 hours for an accident. So alhtough there is no "quota" they either write some tickets or they have some splainin to do.

Sounds like a quota to me...

 

[rudder]

Originally posted by: MDE

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Murphyrulez
"Police brass have consistently denied there is a ticket quota."

Yeah right!

There are no ticket quotas. but an officer has to write enough tickets to justify their hours during the day. At least it is that way with the Tenenssee highway patrol. They have to have 1 ticket per two hours or something close. They get credited for 2 hours for an accident. So alhtough there is no "quota" they either write some tickets or they have some splainin to do.

Sounds like a quota to me...

Its a quota. Its just not called a quota.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: MDE

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Murphyrulez
"Police brass have consistently denied there is a ticket quota."

Yeah right!

There are no ticket quotas. but an officer has to write enough tickets to justify their hours during the day. At least it is that way with the Tenenssee highway patrol. They have to have 1 ticket per two hours or something close. They get credited for 2 hours for an accident. So alhtough there is no "quota" they either write some tickets or they have some splainin to do.

Sounds like a quota to me...

Its a quota. Its just not called a quota.

[cough]The depends on what your definition of 'is' is....[/cough]....

 

[Wahsapa]

fcukin pigs :thumbsdown:

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: MDE

Originally posted by: rudder

Originally posted by: Murphyrulez
"Police brass have consistently denied there is a ticket quota."

Yeah right!

There are no ticket quotas. but an officer has to write enough tickets to justify their hours during the day. At least it is that way with the Tenenssee highway patrol. They have to have 1 ticket per two hours or something close. They get credited for 2 hours for an accident. So alhtough there is no "quota" they either write some tickets or they have some splainin to do.

Sounds like a quota to me...

Its a quota. Its just not called a quota.

[cough]The depends on what your definition of 'is' is....[/cough]....

Cool. So everybody just drive around slowly and law-abidingly with your seatbelts on and we'll get all the cops fired!