Funny stories of your run in with the law/cops?

[TheNinja]

Do you have any funny stories about having a run in with a cop? I can remember 3 pretty damn funny ones when I was in high school.

1. When everyone used to have C.B.s I had a buddy squeal like a pig on the radio as he passed a cop. The cop pulled him over and finally gave him a $17 ticket for "rear license plate sticker in the wrong location and not fully visable". Man he looked that car over forever trying to find anything to give a ticket for....LOL.

2. My buddy got pulled over in town on a 35 MPH road for speeding. We asked to see the radar b/c we did not believe we were speeding. He said "I don't have it on radar, but I am certified in visual radar and you were speeding.......just slow it down....bye"

3. I was at a party and was under 21 where we were drinking. The cops show up and tell everyone "we aren't going to cause trouble, if you are under 21 and drinking go stand over in that line". So we all get in line, we're scared kids at that point. I give him my name thinking, no biggie. Then they go back to the front of line and start asking for ID saying they are going to give everyone tickets now so just stick around until you get yours. I sneak away from the line and no problem.
2 weeks later my buddy (who was at the party and got a ticket) gets pulled over and they run his license, which probably popped up for minor in possession ticket. THEN he asks "are you TheNinja?" - I say "uhhh, ya". He's like, you need to come down to the station in the next hour, we want to talk to you. Again, I'm a scared kid so I go there and they try to give me a "minor in possession" ticket 2 weeks after the fact....needless to say I did not pay that one. I mean prove that I was there other than having my name on some sheet. Anyone could have said that name. Are you going to get witnesses and take it to court for a $47 ticket at the time?
Also, everyone who got a ticket but refused to pay got their tickets thrown out of court b/c the dad of the person who's house we were at hired a lawyer to fight all the tickets since they went into his house without a proper warrant to find the keg. He was SUPER pissed that they came on his property and went through his house without him there and without a warrant. Probably b/c of the guns and $hit he had

 

[edro]

I outran cops on a snowmobile once.
When I was ~14, I was driving through our town after a huge snowstorm.
The cop turned on his lights and followed me for about 1/2 mi. before I noticed him.
I then turned off into the ditch and drove across 3 huge corn fields and went home.

 

[highland145]

Going to the beach, friend doing 70 in a 55. Me, the passenger, doing bourbon in my Mable's whorehouse mug, "Where the customer always comes first." He wasn't amused.

 

[BoomerD]

I can't tell you. Some things just aren't covered by the statute of limitations...:ninja:

 

[jupiter57]

The best I've got:
Coming home after working a buttload of hours (22+), doing a 2 hour drive home with only an 8 hour break.
Middle of the night, pedal to the metal, speedo hand buried (85+), topped a hill and saw in the distance the reflective stripe on a Kentucky State Police car. Immediately slowed down, pondering whether to just pull in beside him & take my ticket or make him pull me over.
When his car came into my headlights, I saw the Trooper standing behind the cruiser taking a leak!

Just one of the many close calls I've had, but the funniest.

 

[joesmoke]

only one that comes to mind:

a friend with a sub-woofer stuffed camaro gets pulled over for "noise pollution" with me and two others in the car. the cop asks the driver "what were you doing cruisin around with your music that loud?" he lies and responds that hes dropping a friend off, indicating that its one of our friends in the backseat (the only one that had no clue of the area were in). so the cop asks the friend "where do you live?"

after a dramatic pause he deadpans, "i dont... know"

 

[Leros]

I was leaving the downtown bar/club area one night (I didn't go to a bar, just happened to be driving through the area) and I got pulled over by a cop. He was basically pulling over random people looking for drunks.

Long story short, he ended up giving me a ticket for the license plate frame the dealer put on the car, saying that it obscured the license plate. Apparently it was a new law in Texas.

 

[rudeguy]

My favorite was back when I was a bad kid. We were having a Halloween party and had well over 50 people packed into this tiny apartment. Most of us were minors but we were still drinking and smoking. Apparently one of the neighbors didn't appreciate the loud music because we saw 3 cops coming up the walkway.

So inside the apartment people are tripping. Everyone is yelling "5-0" and telling everyone to STFU. Finally it gets dead quiet and then we hear the cop knock.

BANG BANG BANG
(my buddy does his best old lady voice) "Who is it??"
"Its the 5-0!"

They gave us the choice to have everyone ran and checked to make sure there weren't any minors or we could break it up as long as we took it out of their city. It was hilarious watching a stream of kids come out carrying fifths and the cops just directing them to their cars with flashlights.


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Another time I had a couple buddies in the car and got stopped for doing 52 in a 35. I started to deny it when the cop told me to STFU. Literally. He pulls us out of the car and seems to take interest in my one buddy. He was 6' something and well over 300. He had some stupid gold chain on and the cop seemed to be focused on that. The cops pat us all down and search the car even though we told them we were clean. Then the cop tugs on my buddy's chain and says "I wouldn't have given you a hard time if this guy didn't have his Mr. T starter kit going."

We all cracked up hard! The cops were on the drug unit and wouldn't have cared if we were doing 100 as long as we were clean.

 

[69Mach1]

Toward the end of my every weekend in the bar phase, I had a self imposed 2 beer limit per night. I would sit at the bar and drink coffee the rest of the night until closin' time after my limit was reached. The car I was driving at that time had a headlight out. I would park on main street directly in front of the bar. At closing time I would leave a few minutes before all the people I knew who'd had a couple too many, so I could decoy the state cop away and they had a decent chance of making it home. I got pulled over every Friday and Saturday night (by the same state cop) for six weeks. It was always because I "had a headlight out". He never ever told me to get it fixed though, so I didn't. Finally one night I just couldn't stand it anymore, and when he walked up to my door I was laughing. I was trying really hard to smother it, but it just wasn't happening. He asked me what was so funny, so I told him. Wow, was he pissed. He made me do a field sobriety test for about 20 minutes, then went over the whole car looking for something to write me up for. In the end all I got was a warning about the headlight, with a time limit to get it fixed, and I had to go to the cop shop and get someone to sign off that it was done. I guess everyone at the police station heard about it, because the county cop who signed the ticket was laughing the whole time.

 

[Leros]

Toward the end of my every weekend in the bar phase, I had a self imposed 2 beer limit per night. I would sit at the bar and drink coffee the rest of the night until closin' time after my limit was reached. The car I was driving at that time had a headlight out. I would park on main street directly in front of the bar. At closing time I would leave a few minutes before all the people I knew who'd had a couple too many, so I could decoy the state cop away and they had a decent chance of making it home. I got pulled over every Friday and Saturday night (by the same state cop) for six weeks. It was always because I "had a headlight out". He never ever told me to get it fixed though, so I didn't. Finally one night I just couldn't stand it anymore, and when he walked up to my door I was laughing. I was trying really hard to smother it, but it just wasn't happening. He asked me what was so funny, so I told him. Wow, was he pissed. He made me do a field sobriety test for about 20 minutes, then went over the whole car looking for something to write me up for. In the end all I got was a warning about the headlight, with a time limit to get it fixed, and I had to go to the cop shop and get someone to sign off that it was done. I guess everyone at the police station heard about it, because the county cop who signed the ticket was laughing the whole time.

So you were aiding people in drunk driving? Hilarious...

 

[Brigandier]

So you were aiding people in drunk driving? Hilarious...

I loled.

I was riding with a friend once, that had a bit of contraband in his car, he got pulled over and before the cop could get out of his car he jumped out, pulled his pants down, cupped his junk and yelled, "IS THIS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, OFFICER?!" He got a ticket for indecent exposure, and the car was never searched.

 

[cardiac]

Back in 1979, I just bought a new, 1978, Suzuki GS1000. We have a rural highway here that is pretty straight for 2-3 miles, comes into a tiny town, (4 streets) and then is straight again for about 4 miles. Sunday morning about 6am. Going to meet a bunch of folks for breakfast and a long ride. Went through that little town at about 125 mph or so. Another buddy was with me that had a CB-750 Honda with an 836cc Cobra kit in it. Figures, sitting on a side street is an Indiana State Trooper. He comes after us but we never slowed down. Went to the restaurant and had breakfast (About 7 miles away). When we came out, he was sitting there waiting. Gave us a warning! Still don't know how he found us.....

I was very irresponsible in the 70's.....

Bob

 

[69Mach1]

So you were aiding people in drunk driving? Hilarious...

This was nearly twenty years ago, most people didn't think it was that serious. Also the bar had a policy, people who were actually drunk would get their keys taken away, and ride home with someone. People who were borderline were the ones to benefit from my decoy maneuver. It started out as a joke, I thought he would figure it out quickly. That is partly why I was laughing, how much more obvious could I be?

 

[OCGuy]

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[SamurAchzar]

1. Riding my dirtbike, I went to a gas station to meet some friends. They were both on ATVs, without helments (went out for a short spin) and the rider had no license and was underage (yes, we need those to operate these here.. go figure). I was without a license plate (once again, no off-road only vehicles here, everything must be registered and legal).
We met and then drove off the road into some gravel road. I went first, slowly. Then I look behind and see some policeman in a pickup truck going after us. I signaled my friends to pass me and slowed down, letting him catch up. He crept behind me and signaled something. I let him get close, then nailed the throttle and dumped the clutch. My much missed KTM 250EXC two stroker (oh am I sorry for selling it) did what it did best and shot a spray of gravel right up the policeman's truck. He was pretty annoyed and tried to catch up. I did it one more time, annoying him more, then nailed that mofo two stroker and disappeared from view.

2. I was driving my friend's Miata at a winter night. Everything was soaked. I went into some vacant parking lot to fool around a bit with the RWD... At the exit there were some police officers stopping cars. I told my friend, "watch this". Went to the exit, booted that and came out of the junction oversteering. As expected, one of the officers picked that up and started chasing us. I didn't want to outrun him, too dangerous to do that on public roads and red lights aren't your friends. So instead I floored it and turned into some alley half a mile away, parked the car and stood out "talking on the phone". When the police car arrived I nonchalantly asked him where's the pool club nearby, I'm trying to find that... He asked for my license and left.

3. 10 years ago, when I was young(er) and stupid(er), once again at a rainy night, I was out with my friends at some remote, deserted parking lot practicing handbrake turns with my car. About three of my friends stood outside to witness my mad skills, when I see a pickup truck approaching with the lights out. I immediately parked and of course, it was the cops. They asked me what are we doing and whether we were fooling around with the car. I said we were doing nothing, just sitting around (in the middle of nowhere, at night...). They searched my car and after 30 minutes let us go.

Fun times

 

[alevasseur14]

Getting pulled over repeatedly in downtown Minneapolis and getting let go the second they realize who I worked for. That was one of the few things I liked about that job....

I still keep a work shirt from that job in the rear decklid of my car. Just in case...

 

[bobdole369]

Larceny from a building has a statute of limitations right? 1996 ought to be out of it right?

I was the only person in my gang of toughs to successfully steal beer from a dairy mart.

I sleuthfully walked in with my hoodie up, walked around the store casually looking at things, walked towards the clerk, and grabbed the 18 pack of busch and jetted out the door! I ran my ass off through a field (quite nearly clotheslining myself into a wire someone had strung out in the woods) into my friends waiting ride. It was an excellent night.

Next weekend my friend tries it, only this time we figure it would be a good idea to not use the woods and church but just go to the apt behind the dairy mart to wait. Friend comes out with same 18 pack of busch (why the hell did I pick busch?) Only he slips and falls into the ditch and beer goes - EVERYWHERE. Clerk is running after him yelling and shaking his fist - he only got 3 beers.

Next weekend my other friend tries it, this time we decided we'd all mob in and just grab one ourselves (like 5 people) and jet, so we got into his parents old costume (they were theater folk) chest and put on like funky big hats and russian wigs and boa's and trenchcoats and shit - Except before we got to dairy mart we go and pick up some chronic. I had like a quarter regs my buddy an oz - and we are all dressed up like whores from the 60's or something. Soon as we pull out - WHAM - 5-0. I put my quarter down my shoe and step on it. Cops have us all out of the car, can't search w/o warrant, but are looking all over the place. They cite my buddy for 5 tickets (exhaust, tail light out, tail light broken, windshield broken, not enough mirrors, shit like that. Meanwhile I know my buddy is trying like hell to keep his oz crotched or whereever the fuck he hid it. I sweat foot funk all over mine I know. I hear the cop on the radio "Yeah John we got these cross-dressing hookers or something pulled over but we can let em go pretty quick we can't see any reefer on em so I'll come by".

Next weekend my other friend tries to do my original plan, but as soon as he walked in - the clerk locked the door.

 

[Leros]

Getting pulled over repeatedly in downtown Minneapolis and getting let go the second they realize who I worked for. That was one of the few things I liked about that job....

I still keep a work shirt from that job in the rear decklid of my car. Just in case...

Who did you work for?

 

[alevasseur14]

Who did you work for?

A towing company in Minneapolis that happened to handle most of the police calls in the area. They also spend their breaks in the convenience stores so we had a pretty good working relationship with them.

 

[Leros]

A towing company in Minneapolis that happened to handle most of the police calls in the area. They also spend their breaks in the convenience stores so we had a pretty good working relationship with them.

Not nearly as exciting of an answer as I hoped for.

 

[alevasseur14]

Not nearly as exciting of an answer as I hoped for.

Yeah, I figured that might be a let down for you. MN nice is all it amounts to, I suppose.

They did give me a nice plaque for all the work we did when the 35W bridge went down though. That was neat.

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

Sounds similar to my friend being volunteer firefighter & being pulled over & let go several times because of that.

 

[alevasseur14]

Sounds similar to my friend being volunteer firefighter & being pulled over & let go several times because of that.

Similar... yes. But let's not kid ourselves. Firefighters are way more bad ass than towers!

 

[gsellis]

My dad was a headmaster at a school in the Orlando area. We used to have big parties at the house for various groups, etc. That left a supply of green, plastic, screw-top 1Gal wine bottles. Perfect for filling with water and rinsing off after surfing and getting rid of the sand off your feet. At New Smyrna Beach, you can drive on the beach. So in the middle of one of the N. Central Fl ESA surf contests, I am rinsing off after my heat. On a quad, NSB's finest rolls up all pissed off. "YOU WITH THE WINE". "Dude, it is water" as I pour more over my head. He figures he has got me for a glass container, you could see the PO'ed lightbulb. "I am going to write you up for the glass container". So, I bang in on my head with a big plasticy Blat and it bounces off. All of the other surfers are there and start laughing. PO'ed, he twists the grip and leaves in a hurry.

 

[TheNinja]

Why they were drinking green plastic screw tops of wine is probably a whole nother story