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| Thread ID: 40032 | 2003-11-25 23:23:00 | Off Topic - Ever been pulled over for no apparent reason? | Kame (312) | Press F1 |
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| 194698 | 2003-11-26 01:19:00 | > Bags can give false positives from substances > normally present on your breath so the Police may > have been responding to a positive indication. Billy, my one did'nt even change color. It was my first ever and was none the wiser. My guess is thats why he did'nt want my friends around. |
Archibald (180) | ||
| 194699 | 2003-11-26 01:58:00 | The thing I find is, police think you're guilty the minute they see you. Judges/Jury etc, can't do that until proven. So already I see that there's a difference in the law. The police ask you questions, yet I look at them and think they aren't even listening to me. The questions they ask too, they don't believe the answer anyway. Have you been drinking? No... but who's silly enough to answer yes? In fact if I answered yes, and then they find out I was lying, can they take action from that? I'm sure they would do anything just to make you feel silly about lying about the answer, especially when cops are so good at lying. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 194700 | 2003-11-26 02:00:00 | You want to be stopped. Get yourself a set of stick-on racing stripes and run them up over the bonnet and roof. Unbelievable. | Scouse (83) | ||
| 194701 | 2003-11-26 02:17:00 | >Since so many of you have had bad experience, write letters to the Police Complaints Authority and let them know. If possible, let them know of the police officer's name, car licence plate, time, date of the incident. Hopefully they'll do something about it. We should just email this thread to the plice commisioner or watever... and probably someone without music or copied games on their computer cos they'd probably want to search it just for emailing them! :D |
hamstar (4) | ||
| 194702 | 2003-11-26 02:44:00 | > > Speaking of Police abusing their power,Seems they > > have found Graham Walsh's body . . . . . . . > > Umm care to explain how you got "Graham Walsh shot a > cop then did himself in" to turn into "Police abusing > their power" > > ?:| > Ok,Take the few tales in this thread so far,Multiplie it by 200 and spread it over 10 years . Then apply the result to Graham . Graham was targeted by the police over the years almost to the point where it wasn't viable for him to be in bussiness . They went out of there way to make things difficlt for him every step of the way . Since the biggest incident was the prior gun related charges ill touch on that . At the time his place of work was getting broken into on a reguler basis,The police were notofied and apart from filing a report at the station offered no further help . The break-ins continued and the police continued to claim nothing could be done . So Graham went down there himself,Caught them in the act of theiving,detained them and rang the police . Who immediatly responded by arresting him on the spot and telling the theives to go home . After this incident Graham badmouthed the cops to there faces,in court,in the media and wherever else he could . The police it seems held a grudge,Even though the court threw all the charges out he was as i said above persecuted for his actions and words over a long period of time . Nothing major just numerous petty incidents meant to do nothing but remind the small fish that they are indeed small fish . |
metla (154) | ||
| 194703 | 2003-11-26 02:59:00 | Is it cos I is black? Anyway . Yes the police do seem to abuse their powers at times, though I can't actually say I've read all about their powers and our rights/reponsobliities . I heard that if you request that the police tell you what they've told you you're being pulled over for that is all they can do . If it's to check your licence they can't then check your registration while they're at it, unless they said they were going to in the first place . I must get around to reading all about it at some stage . Yes the police certainly do have quotas to meet . Get this, my mate was in Queenstown and got done for 130km/h on the way down . While he was in Queenstown this happened though: * Parks car * Hops out * Realises he has parked in a wheelchair zone * Hops in car and drives back a car park or two * Police person pulls him over and books him for driving without a seatbelt * Argues point "I was just getting away from the wheelchair park I accidentally parked in" * Yeah I know, I was going to do you for that as well . |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 194704 | 2003-11-26 03:30:00 | Oh boy, don't get me started on being pulled up by the cops . . . . . I've lost count of the number of times they've tried it on me now . Don't know why they pick on me either because unfortunately I look and generally act (when sober) as "sensible" as the reputation I've got . :-( This time last year I was pulled over by a couple of cop tarts after delivering a Xmas card to a friend's letterbox . They saw me coming towards them and the next time they looked I was driving away, to their mind suspiciously as if I was trying to avoid them . They gave chase and frightened the chickens out of me when they pulled up behind when I expected them to go flying past after somebody else . At least the chicks had the grace to confess that they were trying to find someone and thought I was their target . Ha . Even so, they still put me thru the works just for the sake of it . As for writing a "nice letter" to the boss by all means do so but don't expect to gain any satisfaction from it . A couple of years ago we were towing a horse float along a straight stretch of open road that had a no-overtaking section along one part . Travelling at around 70km/hr, still getting up to speed after having stopped at an intersection, I couldn't believe my eyes when a cop car full of people swung out and zoomed past us on the yellow no-passing line!! The view ahead was limited to less than 30 metres and they were extremely lucky that no other vehicle was coming the other way . I still cringe when I think what a mess it would have made had they had a collision, what with our horse float and its heavy contents being involved as well . Definitely curtains for us I know . Outraged, I wrote to the police department with the cop's registration number along with all the details and got a phone call a few days later . They offered an apology and explanation of what the cop was doing (transporting "clients" from Timaru to ChCh) and said that the driver had been spoken to but that was all that could be done . There was going to be no punishment, no formal reprimand, no nothing and then they had the cheek to ask if I was happy with that . Well, hardly!! The least they could do was sting him for a large fine to be paid to me as compensation for the huge fright I got!!! What with that and many other negative experiences with cops that I have had it is no wonder I've got little faith in the police these days . And just for the record the only fine I have ever had was a parking ticket when I was 16 -- thanks to my irresistible charm . ;-) :D |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 194705 | 2003-11-26 03:47:00 | Well, it sounds like I've got a long way to go in terms of run-ins with the police... | agent (30) | ||
| 194706 | 2003-11-26 04:15:00 | The only reasons I can think of for this kind of 'policing' (a synonym for harassment) are incompetence or that he was trying it on . Either alternative is bad when a good driving record, demerit points and a fine are at risk for an innocent person . And the police wonder why they are alienating the general public . Their image is more akin to the police force in Springfield than a modern, just and competent public service . If they have time to set up this kind of speed trap in fine weather, after kids have gone to school, and when law-abiding motorists are on the road and the hoons are asleep, then obviously they don't need the increased numbers they keep wanting us to pay the taxes for . When the police are given more powers, their supporters (decreasing in number) say "if you're obeying the law you have nothing to fear" . The messages in this thread demonstrate that isn't the case . |
Homer Simpson (4909) | ||
| 194707 | 2003-11-26 04:26:00 | Fair enough. But it's worth trying. Eventually someone will pick up on this fact, whether it be the opposition party in government, or Paul Holmes, either way if there are enough complaints, something will happen... eventually. | somebody (208) | ||
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