SwampYankee
New member
Conn Trooper,
As a cop, you well know that not every cop is the same. And neither is every person that gets stopped. Cops make discretionary decisions all the time based on their mood, their prejudices, the condition of the car that gets stopped, the way people talk, the way they are dressed, their age and their bra size. I have two in the family and know a slew of others and it turns out that cops are people too.
So while you may appreciate the honesty, the guy that was 2 minutes from coming off his shift 1 mile away from the barracks and bothering to pull me over in the pouring rain seemed like he had some frustrations that he needed to work out. Anyone that assumes that any cop pulling them over is going to do them a favor is a fool. And what I meant about revenue generation is completely true. Numerous municipalities in Rhode Island have gotten in trouble by instituting quotas that are illegal by state law- illegal so that police enforcement is not used as a tool for revenue generation.
I have nothing against cops. But I treat them like every other person I bump into, I assume the worst about them and hope for the best.
I am certainly not going to lie to a cop about having a legal weapon, but if he's going to tell me to get a new muffler and get back into his car without even asking for my license, I'm not going to prolong my interaction with him. As soon as I need to go fishing around in the car for paperwork, then I tell him about the firearm.
As a cop, you well know that not every cop is the same. And neither is every person that gets stopped. Cops make discretionary decisions all the time based on their mood, their prejudices, the condition of the car that gets stopped, the way people talk, the way they are dressed, their age and their bra size. I have two in the family and know a slew of others and it turns out that cops are people too.
So while you may appreciate the honesty, the guy that was 2 minutes from coming off his shift 1 mile away from the barracks and bothering to pull me over in the pouring rain seemed like he had some frustrations that he needed to work out. Anyone that assumes that any cop pulling them over is going to do them a favor is a fool. And what I meant about revenue generation is completely true. Numerous municipalities in Rhode Island have gotten in trouble by instituting quotas that are illegal by state law- illegal so that police enforcement is not used as a tool for revenue generation.
I have nothing against cops. But I treat them like every other person I bump into, I assume the worst about them and hope for the best.
I am certainly not going to lie to a cop about having a legal weapon, but if he's going to tell me to get a new muffler and get back into his car without even asking for my license, I'm not going to prolong my interaction with him. As soon as I need to go fishing around in the car for paperwork, then I tell him about the firearm.