Couple faces charges for busting a speeding cop

[NFS4]

Let's set the scene here. You're a homeowner on a street with a chronic speeding problem. Short of "accidentally" dropping a box of roofing nails in the street, there's not much recourse. You could pester the local constabulary to park one of their radar trailers in your neighborhood to remind folks they're speeding; or better yet, station one of their servants there on a regular basis to write tickets. That won't be much help if one of the egregious speeders is part of the thin blue line that separates order from chaos.

A Georgia couple trying to keep speeds down for the safety of their son opted to set up their own speeding sting. Lee and Teresa Sipple mounted a radar unit and three video cameras outside their home in hopes of reminding neighbors to drive carefully. They managed to nab local officer Richard Perrone doing nearly 20 MPH over the limit. Possibly suffering from injured pride, a guilty conscience or a sense of self-righteous indignation, Perrone went whining to the local authorities when he was one-upped at his own game. The Sipples, in turn, received a visit from the police alerting them that Perrone intended to press charges for stalking and had filed a warrant application for their arrest. Whiner.

This is like a home invader suing you for shooting his larcenous ass. Where's the sense of accountability? Perrone got what he deserved for flouting the very statutes he's entrusted with enforcing. Before we get too indignant, Perrone has had a change of heart and withdrawn his complaint. We wonder if he's had a change of heart, or if more subtle harrassment tactics than arrest warrants will be more satisfying?

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/02/17/coup...es-charges-for-busting-a-speeding-cop/

 

[Alprazolam]

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[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Alprazolam
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[Alprazolam]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Alprazolam
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[2Xtreme21]

I'd take his ass to court. No way a jury's going to return a verdict in favor of the cop for what the parents did. :thumbsup:

 

[chusteczka]

Stalking implies movement with pursuit. Their speed trap was stationary.

 

[3NF]

No surprise here. I don't how a police officer like that can live with himself. He's probably handed out many tickets, but yet does the same thing himself. What a loser.

 

[waggy]

pity. he should have not dropped charges. i think that makeing the news would have been even better.

 

[Demo24]

heard this on the radio a couple weeks ago. Apparently they have caught a good number of people, and just happened to catch that cop.

 

[Bootprint]

Originally posted by: waggy
pity. he should have not dropped charges. i think that makeing the news would have been even better.

He might've been told to drop the charges by someone above him. If he were to continue, couldn't that mean every traffic officer in that county could also be charged by accused speeders?