Where do I post about A$$HOLE cops?? I hope here...

So first I wanna start with saying two things, 1) I feel having a father and a brother in who are officers, and 2) I am a firm believer in the Law, Like it or not, it's the law.

HOWEVER!!! [Mad]

I believe an officer should also exercise his/her best judgment before issuing a citation, otherwise be labeled as an a$$hole!

Here is what happened...

Last night, it was about 8pm, dark, etc...
I was driving SB on I-25 from 120th planning to exit on 84th
Being new to the area and having never exited on this off ramp it was a lil confusing, let me explain...

When you are approaching the 84th exit there is a sign for the exit which says "2nd right"...
I merged over into the exit lane expecting a off ramp with two separate turn offs, as if for a north and south bound type entry onto 84th, being the sign says 2nd right...
As I followed what I believed to be the exit ramp I then see a smallish sign which says "Do not enter" and right under that a sign that says "buses only"...
It was apparent to me then visually that I was entering a bus stop type exit only...
However at the same time I noticed 3 things...
1) no people in sight (at the bus stop), 2) no buses, and 3) just on the other side is a on ramp back onto the freeway...

So being I had not really performed a safety check of traffic coming from behind me in traffic lanes on the freeway as I was expecting to exit, I decided rather then unsafely veering back onto the freeway possibly causing an accident the safer option was to slowdown to about 20mph, driving with caution and pass through the bus stop loading zone area.

Well here was the problem... There was a Thorton Police officer sitting in his unit at the top of the on ramp with his radar gun timing traffic on the freeway which I could not see from the exit ramp. So I causally passed by as I had no other option really.

Well he lights me up and pulls me over... [Bang] ironically I stop on the top of the 84th exit ramp I was looking to exit in the first place!

Now then, I am expecting he would see I have a 12 year old and a 4 yr old and I am in a mini van and with a visual inspection would see I was not drunk, or on drugs and that I was simply confused by the signage, and was not someone who pulled into the area for trouble (aka drug deal, etc)

He asks for my DL, ins, reg, as expected, As I handed it to him I explained what had happened, and that I was sorry. He took said info back to his unit, I assumed he would do the warrant search and so on then ask me to please more careful...

BUT NO!!

This is where he turns A$$HOLE!

He actually gives me a citation... something to the effect of failing to obey a traffic sign!

Now before anyone goes off... I get that I in fact disobeyed the sign, but given the situation which I re-explained to the officer as I was signing the line he could have simply said, yes it is a lil confusing if you have never been by here... please be more careful and Have a safe night!

I will be fighting it in court. [Weight]

haha, good luck fighting that one. Why even bother?

I don't like cops they don't do anything for me ecepcet write me tickets. Every cop i have had to deal with was on a power trip. Then they get rude and I tell the get the fuck off my lawn. Sorry to many dick cops not enough cops to use common sence

This will be a short lived thread.

I give this rant a -3 by the way. Want to talk about asshole cops? Talk about no-knock raids where innocent people get killed and no one is held accountable, or no-knock raids where cops get killed and home owners are charged with murder. Whining about petty traffic tickets will just get you a rain of scorn from all the wrong people.

I was not trying to open a Bash on cops thread. Like I said I have family who are officers. But if any officers in this forum read this maybe they can think about it before the next guy has to deal with it...

I will fight it out of principle, I am sure the Thorton PD would like me to just pay it, that's probably why he wrote it.

But I feel what I did was safe and the safe option...

Should I get cited for crossing the double yellow line if I did it to avoid hitting a small child running out from the curb?

There is the law, and there is what is safe and reasonable...

Someone like me should not have to explain it to the judge when the officer had the option in the first place.

Thats all I am saying.


I am not this guy --> [Driver][PoPo]

Ahh, so your an officer too, that's cool... but you know I am right!!
Next time you feel all tough in your squad car, just remember sometimes common sense requires a law to be broke, and that law being broke does not require a citation every time!

I like police officers, I appreciate your work, and putting your lives in harms war when you must all while risking the father and husband of your family risking losing you cause some punk gets cranky about you being on his lawn... I am not that guy. I am a guy who did the safe thing and was cited for it cause someone in a uniform forgot that at the end of the day, he just like me would have made the same decision.

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Originally Posted by Stuart

This will be a short lived thread.

I give this rant a -3 by the way. Want to talk about asshole cops? Talk about no-knock raids where innocent people get killed and no one is held accountable, or no-knock raids where cops get killed and home owners are charged with murder. Whining about petty traffic tickets will just get you a rain of scorn from all the wrong people.

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Originally Posted by AboveNBeyond

I was not trying to open a Bash on cops thread. Like I said I have family who are officers. But if any officers in this forum read this maybe they can think about it before the next guy has to deal with it...

I will fight it out of principle, I am sure the Thorton PD would like me to just pay it, that's probably why he wrote it.

But I feel what I did was safe and the safe option...

Should I get cited for crossing the double yellow line if I did it to avoid hitting a small child running out from the curb?

There is the law, and there is what is safe and reasonable...

Someone like me should not have to explain it to the judge when the officer had the option in the first place.

Thats all I am saying.


I am not this guy --> [Driver][PoPo]

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I have some pretty strong opinions on the subject of police,

but I'm just gonna stay out of this one.

Sorry about your ticket.

if the citation give you points, go to court and plea it down. pay extra and get the points removed. otherwise, man up.

you did what he ticketed you for.

don't expect it to be thrown out just because he was mean to you.

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Originally Posted by Elhuero

if the citation give you points, go to court and plea it down. pay extra and get the points removed. otherwise, man up.

you did what he ticketed you for.

don't expect it to be thrown out just because he was mean to you.

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Agreed if you try to fight the citation you'll just get laughed at.

He cited your failing to obey a sign.

You failed to obey a sign.

Seems like a closed case to me. The law doesn't have exemptions for people who are "new" or "confused"

These guys aren't trying to beat up on you either, just telling you how it is and giving you solid advice.