Police prosecutor caught for speeding.

[Kickaha]

Absolutely agree should be no leniency re cops breaking speed limits whilst off duty

Then there should be no leniency for anybody

[Smifffy]

Then there should be no leniency for anybody

There's no leniency for me, but then I'm nobody.

[Pixie]

If the cop who stopped him had not taken the action he did in issuing the notice, he would now be facing a code of conduct inquiry and probably be in deeper crap as not issuing the notice could be viewed as a corrupt action.

If I understand you correctly,when one cop stops another,the enforcer thinks to himself: "I'd like to let him off but it might be a trap.If I let him off I could get done for "corruption".I better book him.I'll wait a few minutes to see if he can secretly let me know he isn't a management stooge."
The speeding cop thinks "I hope he doesn't book me.He probably thinks I'm a management stooge.How can I secretly let him know I"m not?"
Enforcer: "He's going to force me to book him.The Cunt!"
Speeder: "He's going to book me .The Cunt!"

[marty]

Yup.

After the big corruption blowout from the aussie police there were significant changed to the requirement to report when dealing with other staff. I got growled somewhat for letting a fellow officer (who subsequently bragged about it) off a 111km/h ticket and headlight out (the primary reason I stopped him actually - 111kmh on SH1 in my patch wasn't usually worth the hassle) so i never warned again - if i identified an offence and stopped someone, they were getting a ticket for it. i didn't give a fuck if they were current member of parliament, commisioner of police, little old grannies, whoever. why should i put MY career at risk because of someone elses stupidity

and when I get a ticket, i just STFU and deal with it.




(and when i say growled i mean fucked in the arse)

[nosebleed]

Best riding buddy ever was a Police Prosecutor in Tasmania in 1980. Almost immunity unless it was completely off the charts.
Game has changed. I have a pal who is an Inspector of Police now - he's a bit of a nanna on his GSX1400 because it's not worth the career pain otherwise.

...and not because of the fire and brimstone, the limpet mines on corners, or because "it's where all the accidents are happening sir"?

Interesting.

[scumdog]

...and not because of the fire and brimstone, the limpet mines on corners, or because "it's where all the accidents are happening sir"?

Interesting.

Boring more like it.

Only a newspaper would find that 'interesting'

[scumdog]

Dead right, you take the ticket, say thank you, pay it, and never say anything to anyone about it.

Hence why I never ask for or write down the offending drivers occupation. (of course in THIS case it was a 'gimme'.)

[nosebleed]

Boring more like it.

Only a newspaper would find that 'interesting'

Meh. Wet weekend, stuck inside, reports to write. Watching paint dry would be "interesting".

[peasea]

Yup.

(and when i say growled i mean fucked in the arse)

Common in the force is it?

[scumdog]

Common in the force is it?

C'mon, ya mean to say ya don't know???

(man, this Talisker is GOOD!)

[peasea]

C'mon, ya mean to say ya don't know???

(man, this Talisker is GOOD!)

I've been fucked over by a couple of cops, but not actually fucked, so no.

[Smifffy]

I've been fucked over by a couple of cops, but not actually fucked, so no.

So it was a threesome then?

[peasea]

So it was a threesome then?

If you include the PCA it was orgy.

[Dave Lobster]

Common in the force is it?

That's the navy, isn't it??

[rastuscat]

It's an awful situation, stopping another cop. It puts the stopping cop in a hideous position.

The cop who breaks the law deserves the ticket, as much as anyone else.

The cop who writes the ticket oftens feels guilty for doing so, despite it being the absolutely correct thing to do. The offending cop then has the choice to shut up, but quite often the mouth opens and the cop who did the right thing is suddenly the bad guy.

It creates a rift between the branches, a rift that has existed for decades. Animosity abounds.

And all because the cop who wrote the ticket did the right thing, but the offending cop did the wrong thing.

So there