Park your cop car in a private lot?

[jlee]

Originally posted by: marincounty
I like the way this woman thinks. Sure it was probably illegal, but it surely made a point.
That cop is now probably the butt of jokes by other cops, and I sincerely believe he will never park there again.

Arresting the woman for this is a little over the top, I suspect more backlash on the police department for this.

In a town I used to live in, local cops would park in the passenger loading zone in front of a coffee shop. This pissed me off because by breaking the law they are sworn to uphold, it sets a bad example for everyone else. I was thinking about leaving the cops a note on their car, explaining my objections to their parking there, when someone told me that leaving anything on a police car is a crime. WTF?, I can't leave a note on a cop car?

Cops are above the law, and they know it. This lady knocking them down a peg is just fine in my book. And I don't believe she hindered anyone in their performance of their duties, the car was parked.

"Probably illegal"? She refused to remove the boot. How is that "probably illegal"?

Originally posted by: smitbret
And why is it that this stuff usually only happens with cops? You don't see ambulances and firetrucks parking illegally, running red lights and speeding to get home.

Maybe if you ever came out of the basement...it's practically impossible to park a fire truck legally. However, since they're not usually out unless it's an emergency, it doesn't matter.

Do you even know if your cops have take-home cruisers?

 

[smitbret]

Originally posted by: JLee


Do you even know if your cops have take-home cruisers?

Yep, county and state both do. Don't think city does.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: smitbret

Originally posted by: JLee


Do you even know if your cops have take-home cruisers?

Yep, county and state both do. Don't think city does.

So what, do you follow them home to make sure that's where they're going?

Originally posted by: smitbret
Due to their jobs, Police should be held to a higher standard than the general public. There is little wiggle room for this. No one goes to a personal trainer that weighs 420 lbs., neither should I have to put up with ANY policeman that thinks the law doesn't apply to him/her. Unfortunately, I am not able to fire a crooked policeman like I could an out of shape trainer.

Police are held to a higher standard. How many people will lose their job if they get convicted of domestic assault or DUI? How many people charged with a crime have their occupation listed in the newspaper headline? Hell, even the shooting in Alabama said the guy used to work for a police department - when he didn't even get through two weeks in the academy...six years ago...

 

[smitbret]

Originally posted by: JLee

Originally posted by: smitbret

Originally posted by: JLee


Do you even know if your cops have take-home cruisers?

Yep, county and state both do. Don't think city does.

So what, do you follow them home to make sure that's where they're going?

Originally posted by: smitbret
Due to their jobs, Police should be held to a higher standard than the general public. There is little wiggle room for this. No one goes to a personal trainer that weighs 420 lbs., neither should I have to put up with ANY policeman that thinks the law doesn't apply to him/her. Unfortunately, I am not able to fire a crooked policeman like I could an out of shape trainer.

Police are held to a higher standard. How many people will lose their job if they get convicted of domestic assault or DUI? How many people charged with a crime have their occupation listed in the newspaper headline? Hell, even the shooting in Alabama said the guy used to work for a police department - when he didn't even get through two weeks in the academy...six years ago...

No, I don't follow them. If you read the thread, I have several acquaintances that are policemen. That and it's not that hard to see a police car that is regularly parked in front of a policeman's house. And yes, if I'm convicted of Domestic Assault or DUI I will lose my job. Who cares if your occupation is listed in the newspaper? How is that a punishment?

I guess I wrote that wrong. What I should have said was:

"Due to their jobs, Police should be held to a higher standard and punished more severely than the general public."

 

[Red Squirrel]

Cops can pretty much do what they want. It's the sad reality. They *ARE* the law. For example one night I had 4 cop cars + other misc vehicles parked in front of my house raiding a house near by. One van was parked right in our drive way. If I needed to get out at that time to go grocery shopping at the 24/7 grocer, tough luck.

Though I suppose some cops would act nicely if asked to move, but some may be anal about it. Asking nicely is pretty much the only way, and you have to hope the cop will comply.

 

[smitbret]

Originally posted by: JLee

Maybe if you ever came out of the basement...it's practically impossible to park a fire truck legally. However, since they're not usually out unless it's an emergency, it doesn't matter.

Do you even know if your cops have take-home cruisers?

Maybe if you spent less time justifying bad cops and more time in the real world, you'd know that firetrucks come in more sizes than just industrial.

 

[QueBert]

Cops can be real asshats who abuse being a cop. Case in point years ago I was at Circuit City, the parking lot was full, a cop ZOOMS up to the very front of the store and jumps out of his car with it blocking part of road (and a red curb) and heads in the store. I'm thinking there's something serious going down in the store. A few minutes later he casually strolls out with a bag and pulls a cell phone headset out of it. If I had done the same thing my car would have been impounded, but being a cop I guess he doesn't have to follow any laws what-so-ever.

Maybe the Red Curbs are for situations like this and I just had always falsely assumed they were for emergencies.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: QueBert
Cops can be real asshats who abuse being a cop. Case in point years ago I was at Circuit City, the parking lot was full, a cop ZOOMS up to the very front of the store and jumps out of his car with it blocking part of road (and a red curb) and heads in the store. I'm thinking there's something serious going down in the store. A few minutes later he casually strolls out with a bag and pulls a cell phone headset out of it. If I had done the same thing my car would have been impounded, but being a cop I guess he doesn't have to follow any laws what-so-ever.

Maybe the Red Curbs are for situations like this and I just had always falsely assumed they were for emergencies.

Actually, if you would've done the same thing I doubt ANYTHING would have happened...I see people parking in fire lanes all the time. Maybe they actually enforce that in your town...who knows.

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
Cops can pretty much do what they want. It's the sad reality. They *ARE* the law. For example one night I had 4 cop cars + other misc vehicles parked in front of my house raiding a house near by. One van was parked right in our drive way. If I needed to get out at that time to go grocery shopping at the 24/7 grocer, tough luck.

Though I suppose some cops would act nicely if asked to move, but some may be anal about it. Asking nicely is pretty much the only way, and you have to hope the cop will comply.

...given that many vehicles and a "raid", I think whatever they were doing was probably important enough to risk inconveniencing someone's nighttime grocery visit.

Originally posted by: smitbret
No, I don't follow them. If you read the thread, I have several acquaintances that are policemen. That and it's not that hard to see a police car that is regularly parked in front of a policeman's house. And yes, if I'm convicted of Domestic Assault or DUI I will lose my job. Who cares if your occupation is listed in the newspaper? How is that a punishment?

I guess I wrote that wrong. What I should have said was:

"Due to their jobs, Police should be held to a higher standard and punished more severely than the general public."

I did read the thread, but thanks.

Most people will not lose their job over a criminal offense.

Am I wrong in saying that officers who commit crimes get bigger news stories than non-officers? If your average guy gets buried on page 12 for his arrest, but the police officer gets front page - how is that not unfair?

Originally posted by: smitbret
Maybe if you spent less time justifying bad cops and more time in the real world, you'd know that firetrucks come in more sizes than just industrial.

Maybe if you knew what I did for a living, you'd know that I'm familiar with fire trucks. I must've missed the part where I've been "justifying bad cops" - care to point it out, or do you prefer to keep trolling?

FWIW, our FD rolls the engines much more often than the F-series trucks. But hell, how would I know...

 

[Andrew111]

Originally posted by: smitbret
Furthermore, what makes an emergency response vehicle anymore important than my own personal vehicle.

LOL, and the sad part is that you're totally serious about that comment:disgust: The answer to your question was staring you in the face when you typed "emergency response vehicle" genius.

 

[smitbret]

Originally posted by: Andrew111

Originally posted by: smitbret
Furthermore, what makes an emergency response vehicle anymore important than my own personal vehicle.

LOL, and the sad part is that you're totally serious about that comment:disgust: The answer to your question was staring you in the face when you typed "emergency response vehicle" genius.

Gotcha. I think what I'll do then is purchase a second vehicle that I only drive when I think a personal emergency is imminent and then I'll park and drive it any way I please without fear of repercussion. It'll be completely justified since I named it "Brett's Emergency Response Vehicle". A title means nothing. Who defines an emergency? The sad part is that being a cop is lot more like the movie Super Troopers than the naive would like to think, except that the jokes aren't nearly as funny.

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: JLee

Originally posted by: QueBert
Cops can be real asshats who abuse being a cop. Case in point years ago I was at Circuit City, the parking lot was full, a cop ZOOMS up to the very front of the store and jumps out of his car with it blocking part of road (and a red curb) and heads in the store. I'm thinking there's something serious going down in the store. A few minutes later he casually strolls out with a bag and pulls a cell phone headset out of it. If I had done the same thing my car would have been impounded, but being a cop I guess he doesn't have to follow any laws what-so-ever.

Maybe the Red Curbs are for situations like this and I just had always falsely assumed they were for emergencies.

Actually, if you would've done the same thing I doubt ANYTHING would have happened...I see people parking in fire lanes all the time. Maybe they actually enforce that in your town...who knows.

this was right in front of the store, he was blocking one of the lanes for traffic, if I had done it I doubt I would have been able to get away with it, anything is possible. But he knew he had ZERO chance of anything happening to him, where I could have very well got a ticket, parking near a red zone + blocking traffic would be 2 different violations.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: smitbret

Originally posted by: Andrew111

Originally posted by: smitbret
Furthermore, what makes an emergency response vehicle anymore important than my own personal vehicle.

LOL, and the sad part is that you're totally serious about that comment:disgust: The answer to your question was staring you in the face when you typed "emergency response vehicle" genius.

Gotcha. I think what I'll do then is purchase a second vehicle that I only drive when I think a personal emergency is imminent and then I'll park and drive it any way I please without fear of repercussion. It'll be completely justified since I named it "Brett's Emergency Response Vehicle". A title means nothing. Who defines an emergency? The sad part is that being a cop is lot more like the movie Super Troopers than the naive would like to think, except that the jokes aren't nearly as funny.

259:28 Emergency Vehicles.? "Emergency vehicles'' shall mean all vehicles of fire departments and police departments, and such ambulances and emergency vehicles of municipal departments or public service corporations as authorized by the director.

The sad part is that you think you have a clue - and you really don't.

Originally posted by: QueBert
this was right in front of the store, he was blocking one of the lanes for traffic, if I had done it I doubt I would have been able to get away with it, anything is possible. But he knew he had ZERO chance of anything happening to him, where I could have very well got a ticket, parking near a red zone + blocking traffic would be 2 different violations.

And now we go from "If I'd have done it, my car would've been impounded! to 'I could have very well got a ticket".

 

[finite automaton]

Originally posted by: smitbret

Originally posted by: finite automaton

Originally posted by: smitbret

Originally posted by: finite automaton
If your house was being robbed and you called the police, you'd be fucking pissed if the robber shot your wife because the officer who got the call had his car booted.

I'd also be pissed if the cop was parked in a handicapped spot so my grandmother (with a bad hip) had to park all the way across the parking lot and then fell down and broke a hip while trying to get to the building because some jackass policeman thinks he's above the law. That's the far more likely scenario.

What would you do in this situation? Boot the cop car so it takes even longer to remove it from the spot?

No. Stay on the same page or GTFO.

No, I'd tow the piece of shit. You wanna make sure that the offending officer gets an appropriate punishment, take away his car and then watch him try to talk his way out of it to his CO. Actually, that's not true, the CO would probably just go down to the impound lot and bully someone into letting the car go.

You'd tow it, would you? You have your own tow truck? Oh no, you'd have to call a tow company who would properly advise you that they cannot help you.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: finite automaton
You'd tow it, would you? You have your own tow truck? Oh no, you'd have to call a tow company who would properly advise you that they cannot help you.

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[QueBert]

Originally posted by: JLee

Originally posted by: smitbret

Originally posted by: Andrew111

Originally posted by: smitbret
Furthermore, what makes an emergency response vehicle anymore important than my own personal vehicle.

LOL, and the sad part is that you're totally serious about that comment:disgust: The answer to your question was staring you in the face when you typed "emergency response vehicle" genius.

Gotcha. I think what I'll do then is purchase a second vehicle that I only drive when I think a personal emergency is imminent and then I'll park and drive it any way I please without fear of repercussion. It'll be completely justified since I named it "Brett's Emergency Response Vehicle". A title means nothing. Who defines an emergency? The sad part is that being a cop is lot more like the movie Super Troopers than the naive would like to think, except that the jokes aren't nearly as funny.

259:28 Emergency Vehicles.? "Emergency vehicles'' shall mean all vehicles of fire departments and police departments, and such ambulances and emergency vehicles of municipal departments or public service corporations as authorized by the director.

The sad part is that you think you have a clue - and you really don't.

Originally posted by: QueBert
this was right in front of the store, he was blocking one of the lanes for traffic, if I had done it I doubt I would have been able to get away with it, anything is possible. But he knew he had ZERO chance of anything happening to him, where I could have very well got a ticket, parking near a red zone + blocking traffic would be 2 different violations.

And now we go from "If I'd have done it, my car would've been impounded! to 'I could have very well got a ticket".

Getting a ticket would have been best case scenario, since he believes nothing would happen if I parked in a red zone that was also blocking traffic. Bottom line if I did it there's a good chance something would happen (ticket, impound) the cop KNEW nothing would happen to him.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Originally posted by: smitbret

Originally posted by: Andrew111

Originally posted by: smitbret
Furthermore, what makes an emergency response vehicle anymore important than my own personal vehicle.

LOL, and the sad part is that you're totally serious about that comment:disgust: The answer to your question was staring you in the face when you typed "emergency response vehicle" genius.

Gotcha. I think what I'll do then is purchase a second vehicle that I only drive when I think a personal emergency is imminent and then I'll park and drive it any way I please without fear of repercussion. It'll be completely justified since I named it "Brett's Emergency Response Vehicle". A title means nothing. Who defines an emergency? The sad part is that being a cop is lot more like the movie Super Troopers than the naive would like to think, except that the jokes aren't nearly as funny.

Are you psychotic?? You know 3 police officers and you claim that 2 are absolute jerks. So if I am doing the Math right - 2/3 = +/- infinity.

As for the second question, JLee already answered it. You should probably get off of your parents computer now though - there is no way you can possibly try to claim that you can label a car an emergency vehicle unless you are pre-teen or something.

-Kevin

 

[jlee]

Amazing how this has over 140 replies and the thread about a deputy's murder had six...

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Number1
Manypenny did not know why the cruiser was parked there. For all we know the officer might have been responding to a call. And what if the officer had to respond to an emergency and unable to do so because of the boot device?
I hope she gets convicted.

You should be a communist.

 

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: savoyboy

Originally posted by: daniel1113
If the cop wasn't responding to a call (i.e., his lights were not flashing), it's fair game and I commend the woman for holding that cop accountable for his actions. I wish more people would do the same.

cops don't turn on their emergency lights for every single call.

Then I suppose we should all just sit around like happy little citizens and assume that every time a cop breaks a law he is responding to an emergency.

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: daniel1113

Originally posted by: savoyboy

Originally posted by: daniel1113
If the cop wasn't responding to a call (i.e., his lights were not flashing), it's fair game and I commend the woman for holding that cop accountable for his actions. I wish more people would do the same.

cops don't turn on their emergency lights for every single call.

Then I suppose we should all just sit around like happy little citizens and assume that every time a cop breaks a law he is responding to an emergency.

troll v. troll

Round 1

FIGHT!

:evil:

 

[daniel1113]

Originally posted by: JLee

Originally posted by: daniel1113

Originally posted by: savoyboy

Originally posted by: daniel1113
If the cop wasn't responding to a call (i.e., his lights were not flashing), it's fair game and I commend the woman for holding that cop accountable for his actions. I wish more people would do the same.

cops don't turn on their emergency lights for every single call.

Then I suppose we should all just sit around like happy little citizens and assume that every time a cop breaks a law he is responding to an emergency.

troll v. troll

Round 1

FIGHT!

:evil:

:roll:

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: savoyboy

Originally posted by: daniel1113

Originally posted by: savoyboy

Originally posted by: daniel1113
If the cop wasn't responding to a call (i.e., his lights were not flashing), it's fair game and I commend the woman for holding that cop accountable for his actions. I wish more people would do the same.

cops don't turn on their emergency lights for every single call.

Then I suppose we should all just sit around like happy little citizens and assume that every time a cop breaks a law he is responding to an emergency.

yeah, let's go Code 3 on a burglary alarm or neighbor dispute or "my husband slapped me" calls

Do they let you do that in a UPS truck? No wonder so many packages get fucked up...

 

[jlee]

Originally posted by: BoomerD

Originally posted by: savoyboy

Originally posted by: daniel1113

Originally posted by: savoyboy

Originally posted by: daniel1113
If the cop wasn't responding to a call (i.e., his lights were not flashing), it's fair game and I commend the woman for holding that cop accountable for his actions. I wish more people would do the same.

cops don't turn on their emergency lights for every single call.

Then I suppose we should all just sit around like happy little citizens and assume that every time a cop breaks a law he is responding to an emergency.

yeah, let's go Code 3 on a burglary alarm or neighbor dispute or "my husband slapped me" calls

Do they let you do that in a UPS truck? No wonder so many packages get fucked up...

Maybe he's still in his Burger King uniform, so they never figure out who he is..