So.. tonight, im chillin with my bud and we watchin Tv in my apartment when there is a knock at the door. Its a cop who tells me that someone broke into my car. Im about ready to scream bloody murder when he tells me that they caught them already. Evidently some fvcks from the boonies targeted my car previously. So, they broke my window, yanked out my stereo.. and tools in the car... well their is a field of weeds next to my apartment complex that leads out into a field. I had a neighbor who saw the whole thing happen that called the police. An officer was driving down the street, saw the guys running across the field into a car with its lights off, when he got the call. He put 2 and 2 together, and pulled them over at gun point in the middle of a major intersection. So, they got caught. The damage is not bad however I don't have insurance on her as she is a project car... I will post pics of the damage later. Point is.. support your local police. This is the 2nd time in my life that the police have caught someone robbing me or my place. I know that my taxes are being put to use. Thing that sux though, its a class C misdemeanor evidently. Not a felony.

 

wait for em to get out and really give them a texas death penalty!!!!!!


i'd killem dude.. no joke... there ain't nothingmore chicken **** wrong that to mess with a mans vehicle.... give em a knock out for me while ya at it!!!!

 

I supported them once with my speeding ticket hehe. They come around from time to time at my dad's shop having stuff machined and what not. Also gave them money that went for buying a new K9 since the drug dog was being retired.

 

I dont know about Texas, but in Michigan we have what is called storage insurance. Anything that happens to the car when its not being driven is covered. Look into it. As for the cops, I havent meet one decent one out there.

 

hmmm, the cops help me out just about every time i get pulled over and get a ticket.

my car(s) have been broken into twice, reported it never got so much as a call back from the police...they told me they couldnt do anything about it.

car got keyed one time, and it was parked in front of a security camera at school...campus police claim that the camera was pointed someplace else (lying lazy f*cks)

 

Yup, storage insurance or "sunny day" policies here in Iowa too. Makes sense to protect your tools and stereo, even if the car isn't being driven.

Glad they caught the SOB's.

 

Glad to hear they were caught!

See if you can find out their names. A little slap on the hand will not teach people like that. I'm friends with a couple repeat offenders (mostly B&E's), and the few months they've done in jail has taught them nothing.
I'd seriously suggest finding out names, addresses, and pulling up to their house in a vehicle with no plates, running out with a friend and an aluminum bat, and giving them a few whacks on the knees. Trust me, it works.

 

I believe N.W.A. already has mentioned my comment.....so no sense in repeating it.......

 

i think it's funny that the same people that bash the cops rely on them and are the first ones to call them when they need help .


glad to hear they got caught. some people don't realize that the cops can't catch every criminal, so consider yourself lucky.

 

not me, i dont even bother reporting anything anymore....unless its worth over 500 bucks and its required by law to do so.

i just report it to the insurance company and get it fixed.

cops = useless

 

Well id say : Support your local electric chair because these ****ers belong there. I hope everything works out fine for you.

 

Well texas might be cool.. but NJ cops get a degree in A$$hole before they can get a badge. Its been proven... all NJ cops from staties to the local's... its great when 4 patrol cars roll up to your house for something you didnt even do, and they have no evidence of... just that a white truck or car hit a post....

 

Well its good to hear that the cops helped you out man, I just had a freakin odd dream were I was driving the freeway in the rain went on an off ramp and flew by a cop with my brakes on sliding lol then got pulled over and some how got to where I was then they graped another guy in my place, * odd dream lol*

 

I say **** cops I hate the majority of them out there. Some of them are cool but most are ****ing bastards. Just recently a cop left me 5 tickets on my car...parked in the road infront of my house! Now I dont park my car in the street anymore...not because I'm afraid of someone stealing it or stealing something inside...but because I'm afraid of cops! I dono...cops make me feel uneasy when I see them. Alot of cops here are *******s about modified cars.

 

aint that the truth....i dont think ive ever driven through NJ and NOT been pulled over before....that place sucks.

 

thats whats wrong with the traffic enforcement policy in this country.... cops should be concerned with people who are dangerous....i mean some dude going 85 keeping up with traffic? no i dont think so, someone going 150 down a highway in the middle of the day? ya get that guy. get the dangerous old people that cause accidents. leave me the f alone.

because its not a deterrent, it doesnt stop people from speeding or anything...all it does is make people hate cops, and be apprehensive when they see cops......thats not how it should be. it gives all cops a bad name, and works against their best interests.

the reason for this? it generates revenue.....thats it

 

true that al.......man even before and after i got my license they have always been busting my *****.....yeah definatley dont come through wall.....they r the worst here and are all over.....one actually cut me off today....almost hit him....he was zoomin out to pull over another car....didnt even have his lights on when he came out......

 

sorry about your car, but at least they got the people who did it!

 

yea bubba... being that i live 10 mins away... i get to see Wall cops with there stupid mountie hats on... What are they cowboys? but you cant beat Ocean Twp. Cops Bubba, if you think gettin pulled over cause of only one sticker on your licence is bad... in ocean, thats a felony and 25-life if the judge is nice.... unless you play a sport (yea me!) and you can get off doing stuff like "evading a police baracade" hehehe oh yea...

 

haha, ur crazy man

 

i think we should help the cops out, and take care of these problems that come up every now and then. thats why i keep my windows open all the time and have the colt .45 loaded and ready, anyone that rubs my car the wrong way ain't gunna beable to run after that..
seems like most people just don't know how dedicated and loving of their cars 3rd gen owners are...

 

hehe true man......and i dont think some of these people realize just how fast i can run. you aint getting away. hehe it was my sole passion to catch people and inflict pain and misery on them for about 8 years.

 

Sprry about your car and hope you get it fixed soon...

As far as you guys that hate cops....either you have a hard time living by the rules or you just plain have had bad luck with them. But its my guess that its the cops fault that you're driving 10MPH or more over the speed limit with no seatbelt on while talking on a cell phone. You get a ticket and the cop's a d!ck Or has it ever occurred to some of you that your attitude to the cop when your pulled over may have something to do with the outcome of the situation?

Sorry, I'm not a cop, but my best friend is a sheriffs deputy and I see things from their perspective too. Put yourself in their shoes one time and see how you handle things.

 

That's what i pay their salary for......

 

I would have to agree with him, its always harder having to maintain a sense of order, similar to being head of household. Some decisions that are made are for the greater good yet as they do not follow a few peoples agenda's.. they will feel rebelious.

 

IROC57TPI, probably the reason you dont have trouble with the cops is that your best friend is one. Be honest, how many times have you gotten out of something because you know one. The only people who like cops are the ones that can use them. Come on, you think pulling someone over for window tint is just cause for a ticket. You live right by me, you must have been pulled over for stupid reasons. Cops sucks!!!

 

i have friends that are cops, and several that are in the academy right now. they are not the problem....cops are regular people just like everyone else.

there are ALOT of them that are assh*les.

those are the people that are giving you a ticket for going 10mph over the speed limit. Do you think for one second that every cop is some righteous person that doesnt speed, blow through yellow lights etc? BS.

state troopers on the mass pike routinely do 75-85 keeping up with the regular traffic...until they feel the need to stop someone.

how much you get pulled over doesn't depend on how you drive....unless its extraordinarilly bad.....it depends solely on 2 things.....what your car looks like (flashy, expensive etc) and how much you drive. the more miles you drive the more likely you are to be stopped.

these things have all been proven in scientific studies. why do you think it costs more to insure a red corvette than a black one? because you are far more likely to be pulled over in a red car than anyother color.

 

Well, lets see the last incident where I was pulled over was in late June last summer. I had the cutout open on my car, it was 1:30am and I was just going down 16 mile and doing a full out 1/4 mile pass (and then some...) and I turned onto Schoenherr and got up to like 75. As I was coming up to the next light a Sterling Heights cop was in the turnaround and almost pulled out in front of me until he realized I was haulin ***. He pulled out behind me and I pulled over before he hit the lights cause I knew I was busted. So he asked me what my hurry was, and I was honest with him... told him I was over on 16 milebeating the hell outta my car cause I missed it since it was in the paint shop for the past 4 months, and that I was trying to time the light when I turned onto Schoenherr and I got on it so I wouldn't catch the next light.

He told me to shut up before i get into more trouble and go home, have a nice night, and slow down. I thanked him and drove the rest of the way home. I didn't even have to throw any names around. Not like I would anyways, if I'm guilty of something I own up to it, not try to fanagle my way out of it by telling lies.

Sorry so long, but I just wanted to make a point that its all in the way you present yourself.

 

No it isnt.....that only matters if you get the right cop.

most of the time when a cop pulls you over, they have already decided whether or not they are going to give you a citation

last time, i got stopped on I-90 east bound, cop comes to window says license and reg, i say, yes sir and hand them to him....he didnt say another word he was already on his way back to his cruiser.....muttered something about doing 85 under his breath as he was walking away.

about 2 minutes later he comes back with a 175 dollar speeding ticket, and says here, you have 20 days and starts walking away....didnt ask me what i was doing, where i was going, if i was in a hurry, nothing.

this was about 1/4 mile from the state police barracks in charlton....and guess what? i was the last catch of his shift he was going home....he pulled in front of me and went right back to the station. he just wanted one more for the road

 

well, it's that or raise our taxes. personally, i'd rather not pay higher taxes, i'd rather let the people who break the law pay more.

and iroc57tpi is right, it's usually how you present yourself. i'll admit there's some cases when some cops are just outright jerks, but for the most part they're good people who do an impossible job that will make nobody happy.

and in my experience (this is just MY experience), if you don't do anything wrong then you won't get in trouble. i get thumbs up from cops in my car all the time (ok only once, but they usually look long and hard at my car ).

can you tell i'm gonna be a cop ...............

 

see your not paying attention to me. thats great that your gonna be a cop, and the cops that love cars (i know plenty of them too) are NOT the cops that are pulling you over 90% of the time....so they dont help.

The philosophy for traffic enforcement should be to stop people who are a danger to the public. by focusing on generating revenue (which is illegal, and most speed traps and traffic stops are done incorrectly as well, which makes them inadmissible in court) you are sending the wrong message. they arent stopping any traffic problems, they arent reducing speeding, they arent stopping people from blowing red lights.

they need to focus on doing that. Dangerous traffic offenders need to be dealt with. like the retards and morons who pull out 3" in front of your car on a 50mph rd, when there are no cars behind you. stuff like that. people weaving in and out of traffic, driving erraticly etc.

the police modus operendi that is currently in use causes what i said before.....MOST people, when they see a cop car they get nervous, apprehensive....because they are afraid they are gonna get stopped. it doesnt matter if your doing anything wrong or not....you still feel that way.....i know i do because ive been stopped for nothing plenty of times. this creates fear, dislike, and distrust of cops, which isnt good.

ive dont some stupid things in my time, but most of the times ive been pulled over i have been minding my own business not doing anything illegal.

dont get me wrong, i have no problem with cops most of the time....as a matter of fact one helped me out of some potential trouble in a little bar fight that happened about 2 weeks ago

i only have a problem with how they handle traffic enforcement.

 

crap man, freakin sucks! so they broke your window??? A$$holes!!!
Are you gonna take the car back to Jason's? You're not gonna leave in the apartments no more are you?

 

Here's some objective information I found about speed limits/speed enforcement. Makes for good reading.

http://www.motorists.org/issues/speed/index.html

 

I dunno what it is but, alot of my friends own ricers and what not and the get pulled over for loud exhausts, but i would have to say that mine is louder, but i don't get pulled over. Maybe it is b/c i like to drive my car at low rpms b/c teh TPI 305 can take 1500 rpm crusing as apposed to the little 4 bangers with no torque that need like 2500 rpm....i dunno, but even so, they stilld on't pull me over when i accelerate and ****, and you can tell how loud my exhaust is then....i mean i have had other ppl drive my car and i just sit there and listen to it as the drive away....lol....it is loud

 

very true, good points. i completely agree with everything you said here except the speed traps being inadmissible in court. never heard of that. do you have any info or cases about that (i'm honestly not trying to be a smart @$$ here, i'm just curious to know about this).

 

ya man i can try and find a link for you, but at least in massachusetts they can be deemed inadmissible in alot of cases.

in order for them to run a speed trap, there has to be a traffic survey done by reputable company and statistics compiled showing that there is a considerable problem with speeding on that immediate section of road.

the speed limit is supposed to be determined by average speed of 85 percentile of the cars that travel the road. within reason of course.

unfortunatley i dont think this applies to state cops which sucks, but you can get the local guys with it alot of times.

 

I live near Philadelphia and NJ both.
They cant find stolen children, let alone most stolen possessions.
Unless they trip over it, they aren't going to "find" it usually.
Not knocking them, just stating the obvious.

In Philly, if you get in an accident, as long as there is no blood loss, usually no one gets a ticket. (it's happened to me twice)

Your Lucky!!!!!

Getting pulled over is a revenue generating machine.

EXAMPLE:
In my state, an average of 900 to 1000 people a month go through DUI hearings at DMV.
You can win the court case, have the DUI thrown out in the regular courts here, but lose your DMV hearing, and lose your liscense anyway. Average liscense loss generates them at least 1000.00 per person, if not more.

$1,000,000 a month in guaranteed revenue.

BUT Wait IT GETS BETTER!

You get a DUI arrest.

you go to a non-profit organization (owned by the state) for "rehabilitation" classes for, I think 16, weeks.
You take random pee tests.
You are monitored and have all kinds of "life" decisions suggested to you. (ok, I dont like my boss. so get me a new job!)(or, my kid is a brat, takes after her mother, what do you want me to "fix" here?)

You meet with some MORON counselor at the end who decides that you were late twice, or aren't rehabbed, or smell like alcohol, or are too violent....(you get the picture, the list goes on.)

And that MORON decides you aren't sufficiently rehabbed, and
you have to go through the course all over again.

The course is like 800 bucks, in addition to all of the fines, court costs, etc. each time you take it.

800 bucks X 500 people = $400,000 a month.
200 people have to repeat.... = $160,000 a month additional revenue.

we are up to 1,560,000 dollars a month in guaranteed income!

Or, you do what I did. get an expensive attorney, they fleece you for 2500 bucks, you get to keep your liscense (because the charges were BS, and the cop may POSSIBLY have been lying at the DMV hearing, hence you don't lose your liscence.)

And you don't pay any fines.
You get an occasional Christmas card from the Lawyer.
You have to go through a 16 hour DUI education course, instead of sixteen weeks.

Did I mention this all happened on Valentines Day, and my Ex Wife was handed the keys to the car to drive home?
(she weighs exactly HALF of what I do, and drank just as much that night.)

NOT meant to be a tangent, but unfortunately Cops and Revenue go hand in hand. Not their fault, comes from higher up the food chain!

The state, etc. makes no money from finding your stuff.

Only from pulling you over for illegal window tint. Or a headlight out, when you have the driving lights ON with the other working headlight.

DUI commercials? don't see them often. why? because if they have already filled their public education time with enough billboards to get that GRANT for something else, why bother?

my rant.
about the revenue part.
Chris400


The state, etc. makes no money from finding your stuff. YOUR LUCKY!

 

That was a good novel

Seriously though you are right... I am one of those anti-government types... just think of the US government as the biggest "gang" there is. They get everything their way. Why? So we can continue to be a free country and support those that milk the system for all they can get.

 

ALAS.......someone else who realizes that there motive is profit........

:hail: :hail:

I want to be a police officer to protect people..........

 

when my car got broken into i had the cops take prints. i didnt ever think that they would catch the guy but they did. hes still sitting in jail. i cant wait to bust his a$$. you have to let people like this know that their pain will never end when they mess with you. imoa

 

The city I live in was named "safest place to live" about 4 years ago. We have a very big police department with cops that are waaay overpaid and have no serious crimes to solve. When my neighbors house got broken into (later found out it was an insurance job ) they wouldn't dust for prints. And when my IROC was broken into 2 years ago and and old POS Kenwood CD player was stolen I asked them to dust they said that it wouldn't be cost effective for them to do so. My insurance paid me and i put the stock cassette player back in so it wouldn't happen again.

So I can agree with those of you that say ***** the police cause they're lazy and overpaid in my community, but not all cops are bad.

 

sorry to hear about your car being broken into - but i'm glad they caught the punks.

about cops - i agree with ya'll about cops sitting around running radar just trying to make money. i got busted in a little speed trap town too. i've always wanted to get a big sign made that says "your tax dollars at work" with an arrow on it (i'm thinkin' neon and flashing, something you can't miss) and whenever i see a cop sitting on the side of the road ar hiding behind some building... pulling the sign out and making sure that everyone understands we are paying tax dollars to pay cops to sit there, read magazines, and listen for their radar gun to beep. cops are supposed to protect the public not harass the public. i think running radar to make money is harassment (i get the uneasy feeling every time i see a cop when i'm driving, no matter what i'm doing). but i do appreciate them and respect them when they are only trying to protect the public. i have a few friends that are cops and they're good guys, so i get to see things from their point of view too. and no, i don't use them to get out of tickets. but to use a blanket statement saying that all cops suck is unfair to the majority of them out there doing their jobs to "protect and serve."

as for drunk driving - just be glad the cops got you and not me. the state is held back by laws, but if i ever caught someone driving drunk, there would be nothing to stop me from making them feel what i've felt b/c of drunk drivers. i've had several friends killed by drunk drivers, and i'm dead serious about hating it when people drive drunk. its stupid. its dangerous. and i think ppl that drive drunk should be jailed, no parole. that, or given to me. i'm not trying to make enemies; don't take it personally, but next time, call a taxi.

sorry for ranting - just my thoughts!

doc

 

Robberies that happen when a car is parked at home is usually covered under your home insurance.

I don't know how old you are, but if you are renting, your parents insurance may extend to cover your property in an apartment or rental house depending on your situation. I would check with them and the person you rent from. There may be property insurance that the car, as a project car, not registered and not driven, may fall under.

Glad the cops caught the jerks! Score for the men and women in Blue!

 

I have had two cars stolen and one title, and the cops didn't do anything...Atlanta cops (to include Fulton County) are worthless. Its all about revenue; if it doesn't involve revenue, they don't bother.
I used to have repect for the Georgia State Patrol, but no more. They're as bad as the locals, if not worse. Not too bright, either...I nearly hit one who was sitting in the lefthand emergency lane on 285 a few days ago, standing between his car and the retaining wall shooting radar, with the side of his car an inch or two from traffic! This was during rush hour. Public safety my a$$...the stupid SOB was endangering lives (his own included) just being there.

I for one would rather pay my share of taxes than be subject to the "highway robbery" that goes on here all the time; its guilty until proven innocent, and the courts are too corupt to bother trying to fight an undeserved ticket.

 

I apologize if I were intending to glorify or defend DUI's, because i'm not at all. I'm the first one to hand over the keys normally.

My complaint was that once you are out of your car at a traffic stop such as mine, you are already guilty.

In my case, the breathalyzer was botched, the cop was so uncomfortable in my traffic hearing, he had his facts wrong, was literally shaking, and kept asking for a postponement of my hearing.
Motor Vehicle here usually will pull your liscence regardless. I won my hearing, which is actually abnormal. However, once you are in the "process" you are stuck, regardless.

Am I anti-cop? no. most of my friends are cops.
Am I anti-bullsh1t politics for revenue? YES!

Once those politics are in place, normal smaller crimes are swept under the rug.
Also, enforcement for those smaller crimes is also bullsh1t.

I am owed 800 dollars from a court judgement 14 years ago, for when a guy stole my motorcycle out of my house and totalled it.

Since the courts aren't going to make any money on it, are they chasing him down? no.
If I owed the court 800 bucks, I'd be in jail till it materialized.

my .02
chris400

Also, my DUI stop was fate telling me to nip a problem in the bud...

 

i just got got out of the police station for and i quote "Threatnig and disruptive behavior". me several friends were wandering around amlessly for lack of something to do and next thing i know a cop asks us to line u gensted the wall. surches us loads us up in the van, takes us to the station, calls parents and sends us home. no reason. and they say ill get my social securety when i turn 65

 

I couldn't agree more. I know people who think it's funny that they go out and drink and drive. I'd really like to punch their face in, but can't. I just hope the cops get a hold of them before they kill somebody. When I was a kid, I can remember being at my grandparents house one day with a bunch of cousins and other family. It was a hot day and my grandpa was mowing the lawn. He got done and decided to go get a haircut with one of my uncles. No big deal. They left. On the way there, they were hit head on by a drunk driver going almost 100 mph. They were going about 65. My uncle was the only one who survived the accident. Barely though. He has steel ptales and rods all through his body and lots of scars. FIVE people in the other car were killed. My grandpa was killed instantly. He was a WWII vet, and also was involved heavily with the development of radar in WWII. Totally devoted to his family and he and my grandma were more in love than any other couple I've known. Then he was gone. Just like that. Just because some idiot decided to drive drunk. I can remember finding out and finding his shirt that he was just wearing, sitting on the washing machine. I can't think of anything more selfish than drinking and driving. If somebody hurt or killed my wife or son because they were drunk driving, I would KILL them. Sorry, just had to vent about this. Matt

 

the easiest way to keep them from stealing your head unit is to sodor razorblades to the back of it. My friend did this with his blazer after his first head unit was stolen he chased down the kid that stole the first one beat the kid with the head unit and took his shoes also he broke the head unit he beat the kid so bad with it.When someone tried to steal the new one they lost the end of one of their fingers and didnt get the stereo also they left the end of their finger and his truck hasnt been messed with since

 

2 problems there though.

1.) when the thief heals up he's gonna be real pissed at you, then he might come back and destroy the car.
2.) technically he can sue you. a guy my old man worked with did this, and got taken to court. i don't remember how it turned out, but it must've sucked nonetheless.

 

hell yea... ive been pulled over 9 times in 2 months and every single time there was at least 3 cops in my face about stupid sh*t . i actually proved a cop wrong once and he "let" me go.he had no other choice. nj cops are probably the worst.