Author Topic: Just got a ticket with stock exhaust- any MNer's? or advice (Read 4745 times)

cafehonda · « **Reply #25 on:** October 11, 2007, 10:52:26 AM »

Are you going to follow up with Internal Affairs. I always do with these dumb ass Minneapolis cops. It won't amount to much other than an inquiry from I.A. on his permenant record. Just ask to investigate the officer for harassment or dereliction of duty.

Keep the shiny side up.

mikedialect · « **Reply #26 on:** October 11, 2007, 11:06:37 AM »

Quote from: cafehonda on October 11, 2007, 10:52:26 AM

Are you going to follow up with Internal Affairs. I always do with these dumb ass Minneapolis cops. It won't amount to much other than an inquiry from I.A. on his permenant record. Just ask to investigate the officer for harassment or dereliction of duty.

Keep the shiny side up.

I've never done such a thing! How would I go about doing that?

Sounds like a great idea!

BobbyR · « **Reply #27 on:** October 11, 2007, 12:20:04 PM »

Quote from: mikedialect on October 11, 2007, 11:06:37 AM

Quote from: cafehonda on October 11, 2007, 10:52:26 AM
Are you going to follow up with Internal Affairs. I always do with these dumb ass Minneapolis cops. It won't amount to much other than an inquiry from I.A. on his permenant record. Just ask to investigate the officer for harassment or dereliction of duty.

Keep the shiny side up.

I've never done such a thing! How would I go about doing that? Sounds like a great idea!

Mike, that is the last thing you want to do. With local cops bad news travels fast and having spent some time on the job I know what can happen. You won and let it go. Remember I mentioned giving the cop some wiggle room. None of us are perfect drivers and the other cops will keep an eye on you. Yeah you can beef on the cop and it goes on his record, your name comes up fior something and they put you thru the hoops all nice and legal like. Let it go and enjoy your bike.

mikedialect · « **Reply #28 on:** October 11, 2007, 12:24:07 PM »

Quote from: BobbyR on October 11, 2007, 12:20:04 PM

Quote from: mikedialect on October 11, 2007, 11:06:37 AM
Quote from: cafehonda on October 11, 2007, 10:52:26 AM
Are you going to follow up with Internal Affairs. I always do with these dumb ass Minneapolis cops. It won't amount to much other than an inquiry from I.A. on his permenant record. Just ask to investigate the officer for harassment or dereliction of duty.

Keep the shiny side up.

I've never done such a thing! How would I go about doing that? Sounds like a great idea!
Mike, that is the last thing you want to do. With local cops bad news travels fast and having spent some time on the job I know what can happen. You won and let it go. Remember I mentioned giving the cop some wiggle room. None of us are perfect drivers and the other cops will keep an eye on you. Yeah you can beef on the cop and it goes on his record, your name comes up fior something and they put you thru the hoops all nice and legal like. Let it go and enjoy your bike.

Also, a very valid point! It's in my neighborhood, so I suppose it wouldn't be a good idea to be on the bad side. They come into my coffee shop and generally I know most of them, but this guy was new, so for now it's probably best to keep them on my side for the biz.

cleveland · « **Reply #29 on:** October 12, 2007, 03:30:43 PM »

Bobby's right. If you beat a ticket, good for you now walk away. If you go out of your way to "teach the cop a lesson" you better believe he will do the same to you. I'm not a fan of most cops, but it sounds like he wasn't going out of his way to be a pick.

78 k550 · « **Reply #30 on:** October 12, 2007, 08:50:12 PM »

Quote from: mikedialect on October 11, 2007, 08:34:46 AM

case was dismissed this morning I think sohc4.net might even be in the official deposition.

thanks guys!

Or the Judge is a fan of the old CB's

Paul

boatsdickson · « **Reply #31 on:** October 13, 2007, 01:15:05 AM »

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Also, a very valid point! It's in my neighborhood, so I suppose it wouldn't be a good idea to be on the bad side. They come into my coffee shop and generally I know most of them, but this guy was new, so for now it's probably best to keep them on my side for the biz.

Be interested in seeing this new cops face the first time he enters your coffee shop one mornin without knowing its your place...

mikedialect · « **Reply #32 on:** October 13, 2007, 11:43:52 AM »

Quote from: boatsdickson on October 13, 2007, 01:15:05 AM

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Also, a very valid point! It's in my neighborhood, so I suppose it wouldn't be a good idea to be on the bad side. They come into my coffee shop and generally I know most of them, but this guy was new, so for now it's probably best to keep them on my side for the biz.

Be interested in seeing this new cops face the first time he enters your coffee shop one mornin without knowing its your place...

Yeah, maybe instead of making a complaint I will just give him a hard time and give his buddies free coffee and not him. Tell him I'm just doing my job

I think that might go over a bit better.

dustyc · « **Reply #33 on:** October 13, 2007, 11:56:28 AM »

Quote from: mikedialect on October 13, 2007, 11:43:52 AM

Yeah, maybe instead of making a complaint I will just give him a hard time and give his buddies free coffee and not him. Tell him I'm just doing my job I think that might go over a bit better.

I doubt it would go over any better. I'd just let it go and never mention it again. Otherwise if he gets offended by your joking, you might just go on his list. An old roommate pissed off a cop and had cops pulling u turns to follow him. Use it as an in to be friendly. Not chummy, but friendly. If he knows you and knows you're an okay guy, chances are better that he won't give you a ticket or even pull you over next time.

mikedialect · « **Reply #34 on:** October 13, 2007, 12:06:13 PM »

Quote from: dustyc on October 13, 2007, 11:56:28 AM

Quote from: mikedialect on October 13, 2007, 11:43:52 AM
Yeah, maybe instead of making a complaint I will just give him a hard time and give his buddies free coffee and not him. Tell him I'm just doing my job I think that might go over a bit better.

I doubt it would go over any better. I'd just let it go and never mention it again. Otherwise if he gets offended by your joking, you might just go on his list. An old roommate pissed off a cop and had cops pulling u turns to follow him. Use it as an in to be friendly. Not chummy, but friendly. If he knows you and knows you're an okay guy, chances are better that he won't give you a ticket or even pull you over next time.

I'm a pretty straight laced fella- not a drinker, boring, early to bed, - early to rise, amicable, yadda (not sure if that qualifies me as a 'good guy' there are quite a few ladies who would disagree) I guess the whole 'making a complaint' thing is a little excessive and I probably wouldn't have gone through with it. I'll do the democracy thing by going to court if I think I'm in the right, but I do understand where he is coming from. I'm just not sure I can resist giving the guy a little #$%*. I give his buddies #$%*, so I will probably give him a little, too

There is a weird balance of power thing with police, but I won't be going out of my way to humiliate a guy in uniform who would show up to the store if someone was robbing the place (quickly in the past as well).

BobbyR · « **Reply #35 on:** October 13, 2007, 01:34:17 PM »

Quote from: mikedialect on October 13, 2007, 11:43:52 AM

Quote from: boatsdickson on October 13, 2007, 01:15:05 AM
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Also, a very valid point! It's in my neighborhood, so I suppose it wouldn't be a good idea to be on the bad side. They come into my coffee shop and generally I know most of them, but this guy was new, so for now it's probably best to keep them on my side for the biz.

Be interested in seeing this new cops face the first time he enters your coffee shop one mornin without knowing its your place...

Yeah, maybe instead of making a complaint I will just give him a hard time and give his buddies free coffee and not him. Tell him I'm just doing my job I think that might go over a bit better.

When he comes in shake his hand give him a cup on the house if that is what you do with the other cops. Tell him no hard feelings, shake his hand and you will make a friend and you probably just bought a pass when you need it.

mikedialect · « **Reply #36 on:** October 13, 2007, 07:42:37 PM »

Sounds like you speak from an experienced point of view BobbyR! Advice noted

BobbyR · « **Reply #37 on:** October 13, 2007, 08:26:19 PM »

Quote from: mikedialect on October 13, 2007, 07:42:37 PM

Sounds like you speak from an experienced point of view BobbyR! Advice noted

I spent a few years as a PO and a lot of years as a part time PO. Got my kid down from a $500 20 over down to a $25 seatbelt, no points, not Insurance surcharge. He learned his lesson. Cops feel outside the rest of society on a lot of levels and they do favors for each other and their friends.

74cb750 · « **Reply #38 on:** October 14, 2007, 07:48:48 AM »

Yeah, sure...like because of my brother I always would be pulled over to 'check' the tires etc etc. because we rode bikes, and we looked alike.

Sometimes a reputation follows a family because of one bad apple (or high testosterone levels), even if the other family members are innocent.

Good advice to not hassle the ticketing cop, especially in a small town.
peace,
michel

nickjtc · « **Reply #39 on:** October 14, 2007, 08:24:00 AM »

Quote from: 74cb750 on October 14, 2007, 07:48:48 AM

Good advice to not hassle the ticketing cop, especially in a small town.
peace,
michel

Amen to that!

miles nowhere · « **Reply #40 on:** October 14, 2007, 04:45:48 PM »

which is your coffee shop Mike?

Raul CB750K1 · « **Reply #41 on:** October 14, 2007, 05:41:53 PM »

I have a friend who had a second job as a barman. He told me that sometimes customer would be annoying and stupid, treating the barmen as stupid or with disdain "Are you kidding me? This can't be JB whiskey" "Your boss is refilling the bottles with cheap whiskey". Or sometimes, just to be annoying, they would tell "change the glass, this is dirty".

My friend told me that one day, one of those customers was complaining about the dirty glass. Another barman got inside the bar, got another empty glass, got his dick out of the pants, put inside the glass, and then served another whiskey in that glass. "That's what I always do tho those #$%*s". As my friend told me, from that day he has always been VERY friendly to bartenders. This is the way my friend told me the story, and I don't have reasons to believe it is false.

So you can be friendly with that cop and still get even.....

Roach Carver · « **Reply #42 on:** October 14, 2007, 08:03:21 PM »

dont put the coffee in first!

BobbyR · « **Reply #43 on:** October 14, 2007, 08:13:57 PM »

Never mess with the people preparing your food.

cafehonda · « **Reply #44 on:** October 16, 2007, 12:56:56 PM »

I wish I was as level headed as some of you gents. I guess I have an overinflated sense of justice coupled with an inability to let some folks slide, especially when my taxes pay their wages. Since I am not a good guy, for all of the aforementioned reasons, I will exercise restraint when dealing with the MPD from now on. Better to suffer injustice and be free than shackled by ones own rightousness. Still don't like cops.

cleveland · « **Reply #45 on:** October 16, 2007, 01:24:33 PM »

You mean like this?

or this?

I like the idea he is trying to illustrate, but them cops are going to bury him if he's not careful.

BobbyR · « **Reply #46 on:** October 16, 2007, 02:00:11 PM »

Quote from: cleveland on October 16, 2007, 01:24:33 PM

You mean like this?

or this?

I like the idea he is trying to illustrate, but them cops are going to bury him if he's not careful.

Those are not City cops they are Traffic Enforcement Agents. They can direct traffic and give out parking tickets. They cannot write moving violations. It was a way to take people off welfare and get them generating revenue. They have a quota and some, not all, are dumbed than sh1it. In some places they are called Meter Maids. They make like $20 something a year which is not much to live on in NY. The smart ones will do that and take the NYPD exam.

cleveland · « **Reply #47 on:** October 16, 2007, 02:13:00 PM »

They seemed rather ghetto.

BobbyR · « **Reply #48 on:** October 16, 2007, 04:46:05 PM »

Quote from: cleveland on October 16, 2007, 02:13:00 PM

They seemed rather ghetto.

They are, but at least I am getting something for my tax money. For one thing they now pay taxes themselves.

cleveland · « **Reply #49 on:** October 16, 2007, 05:00:06 PM »

Don't get me started on the tax sucking parasites that are too lazy to get a job.

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Author Topic: Just got a ticket with stock exhaust- any MNer's? or advice (Read 4745 times)