This Cop was pretty cool

[COndor06]

I was taking my two boys to two different places this morning. My 21 year old wrecked his car over the weekend so he needed a ride to a public bus stop to get to work in Charlotte and my 16 year old needed a ride to school. Both are on complete different schedules.

While racing back home after dropping off Kyle at the bus stop running a fairly empty stretch of road at around 6:45am I passed a NC State Trooper running radar. I was doing 65 in a 55.

He pulls me over and said you know you were speeding right? Since you are the only car out here I was just wondering what's your hurry.

He looked like he was expecting some idiot response with a bit of a grin so I stated (in my best military response,)

Sir, I had commander Heatherly in my sights
He saw me move in for the kill
He then proceeded below the hard deck
I wasn't above the speed limit for more than a few seconds
I had the shot
There was no danger
So I took it.

The Trooper (without missing a beat) shouts back
YOU TOOK IT, AND BROKE A MAJOR RULE OF ENGAGEMENT.
You got a license and registration in your TomCat there Maverick

He goes to his car and comes back in about 5 minutes and no S**t says

Lt Culbertson, The state of NC laws exist for your safety and that of my team. They are not flexible, nor am I.
Either obey them or your history, Is that clear.

I respond  YES SIR

He hands me a warning ticket and says  Dismissed.

Best Cop that ever pulled me over.

[GScholz]

 

[MrRiplEy[H]]

I was taking my two boys to two different places this morning. My 21 year old wrecked his car over the weekend so he needed a ride to a public bus stop to get to work in Charlotte and my 16 year old needed a ride to school. Both are on complete different schedules.

While racing back home after dropping off Kyle at the bus stop running a fairly empty stretch of road at around 6:45am I passed a NC State Trooper running radar. I was doing 65 in a 55.

He pulls me over and said you know you were speeding right? Since you are the only car out here I was just wondering what's your hurry.

He looked like he was expecting some idiot response with a bit of a grin so I stated (in my best military response,)

Sir, I had commander Heatherly in my sights
He saw me move in for the kill
He then proceeded below the hard deck
I wasn't above the speed limit for more than a few seconds
I had the shot
There was no danger
So I took it.

The Trooper (without missing a beat) shouts back
YOU TOOK IT, AND BROKE A MAJOR RULE OF ENGAGEMENT.
You got a license and registration in your TomCat there Maverick

He goes to his car and comes back in about 5 minutes and no S**t says

Lt Culbertson, The state of NC laws exist for your safety and that of my team. They are not flexible, nor am I.
Either obey them or your history, Is that clear.

I respond  YES SIR

He hands me a warning ticket and says  Dismissed.

Best Cop that ever pulled me over.

At least he didn't comment about your body making promises your ego can't cash 

[COndor06]

Seeing how the guy was about the same age as I am (54) I took a shot in the dark.
I'm luck he doesn't have me flying a cargo plane full of rubber dog S**t out of Hong Kong

[danny76]

I got pulled a couple of years ago, i had two jobs a couple of hundred yards apart, and being bone bloody idle, I didn't put my seatbelt on. As I drove past the copshop a response car was just pulling out and I knew right away he was going to stop me so I pulled into a lay by and waited for him to come and get me.

My van was due replacement, in fact it was its last day of use before being scrapped. It was taxed and insured but the MOT expired the 4 hours previously and I thought I'd risk it.

This bobby gets out with his mate and asked me if I know why he stopped me, I did and told him so.

Then he proceeded to go over the van with a fine tooth comb.

Upshot was : loose battery, 1 very borderline tyre, no seatbelt, MOT expired. I had had a good days work and was looking at the whole wad of cash in my wallet disappearing in fines.

The copper noticed my veterans pin and asked where I had served, he wore the same on his body armour.

Then he took my licence and PNC checked me, came back over and said "Police Class 1 Driver ?" "You should know better!"

"How do you think I should deal with you?"

I begged for leniency, he commented on me being out grafting, clean shaven and earning a living instead of dossing, said he would give me the benefit of the doubt and told me to "F" off and never drive this vehicle again.

When I was on the force, I always used discretion when dealing with people, the unspoken "attitude test" would mean the difference in a lot of case between a good rifting and a ticket or an arrest.

We also have the "Ways and Means Act", unnofficial legislation that is used in the circumstances where you consider some little trouble causing scrote needs to come in but he hasn't yet committed the crime that you are absolutely certain he is about to. Hence S5 Public Order Act, and Common Law Breach of Peace.

I am sure if the OP had torn into the LEO, telling him how he pays his wages, and why don"t you go and find a real criminal, then the situation would have turned out a lot more expensive for him and with no skin off the cops nose. Same as if I had said similar, or had quoted previous service in an attempt to curry favour. Your guy sounded like a good cop too

[BluBerry]

I just make sure to get my eye drops in and my cop stops go just fine.

[danny76]

I just make sure to get my eye drops in and my cop stops go just fine.

Yeah, when I was trying to get on the drug squad for a misguided few months I stopped everyone with conjuctivis, chefs who'd been chopping onions, mothers who'd seen sad films and kids who'd fallen over and hurt themselves


They all had drugs on them

[BluBerry]

they sound like good people.

[danny76]

they sound like good people.

Very much so, unlike the coked up nutball that stabbed me through the arm

[BluBerry]

damn crackheads

[Wiley]

Never understood people who get belligerent with cops on traffic stops.  If everything goes right, what do they think will happen?

That's definitely one of the better cop stop stories I've heard.

Wiley.

[danny76]

Indeed Blu

Makes them buggers strung as a ox


I'm not a small guy and he wasn't very big but I was giving serious thought to losing that ruckus because I simply could not hurt him.

[Slate]

   Good Cop stories.  

  I have on occasion exceeded the recommended speed and one day I too passed an officer while traveling from work. I see that he has pulled out after I passed and being the only car in sight I know he has his sights on me.
   I pull over and wait for him. It's dark out now and I stay relaxed with my hands on the wheel as he approached.
    
   "Do you know why I pulled you over?"

    "yup I was going a little too fast, sorry just tired from work and can't wait to get home"

     "License and Registration" He takes it and walks back to the car and I'm sure he's checking my Driving record.

     "Ok Mr ........  You weren't wearing your seatbelt were you"

      "Yes I had it on....."

      "Again You weren't wearing your seat belt"

        "Yes I .... Oh ok No I wasn't wearing it!" I laugh because it finally dawned on me he was cutting me a break.  

        "Here's a seat belt ticket have a nice night and slow down"

        "Thank you Officer"  

       A $40 ticket is much better than the $150 one for speeding and points on my license.    Cops are decent when you treat them with respect like anyone else. When they stop a Vehicle they don't know who is behind the wheel so being still and not fumbling for stuff in the car as they approach is important also.

[colmbo]

I was running radar one afternoon and a guy zips by about 15 over.  I get behind him and turn on all the lights, I am making contact with him in the mirror but he isn't pulling over.  I can see his wife barking at him, a college age daughter in the rear seat.  He keeps on going heading to the departure ramp of the terminal…I'm thinking very serious about writing a fail to yield to LE ticket (10 points -- not good).  He stops in front of the Alaska Airline door and the wife and daughter grab bags and sprint into the building.

I tell him I stopped him for speeding and asked him why he didn't stop since he knew I was behind him.  His reply was "Frankly officer, I'm more afraid of her than I am of you."

I didn't write the failure to yield citation. 

[homersipes]

I was in Colorado back in 2003, my mom wasnt doing well so moved in with my folks.  I had a 1972 Triumph that I had been working on and finally got it running, had to rebuild entire topend of engine, so I was excited to get it running, through the pipes on and said "ah I am just making a quick loop to make sure it runs" so ya it was open piped.  I took off down the street and liked the way it sounded, so I blurpped the throttle just as I passed a cop, looked in my mirror and I see him flip around.  So I go ahead and pull over, and he comes up behind me.  The ignition switch was on the side with the kick start and it was a touch out of time the first time I tried to start it and it kicked back and I broke the key off, but I could use a screwdriver to turn it of which I didnt have as I wasnt planning on turning the bike off.  So he comes up and asked me to turn the bike off, so without thinking I whipped out my big buck knife and used the blade to turn the bike off, and broke the dang tip.  I already knew the cop from when I was a teen, so he asked for license, registration and insurance.  I pulled out my wallet and said well here is my license and its not motorcycle endorsed, here is the bill of sale, as close as it gets to a reg, and I have absolutely no insurance on it.  He was like and your riding it????I was like yeah just got running, and dangit I broke my knife    He was quite decent about it and just got me for no registration and made me push it home