"Your Car Is An Extension of Your Home": What does this mean?

[merl]

Observing these simple rules and always being polite and respectful (Yes Sir, No Sir) has never at any time turned into a situation or a request to search my vehicle. Most of the time (four out of five of them) I was let off with a warning and a "thank you for your concern for officer safety".

Whereas I have had very different results. Did you know that WY plates in southern CA is gonna get you pulled over and they are gonna ask you about guns? Your guidelines cannot hurt and in many cases will help but are not a blanket protection.

[Artema]

Whereas I have had very different results. Did you know that WY plates in southern CA is gonna get you pulled over and they are gonna ask you about guns? Your guidelines cannot hurt and in many cases will help but are not a blanket protection.

I drive a modified and lowered coupe with TX plates in southern CA. Would be highly illegal if I were registered in Cali because of exhaust modifications. Never had an issue or asked about guns for the past 3.5+ years. Doesn't mean someone has wont, but it has just been my experience.

[wctriumph]

Whereas I have had very different results. Did you know that WY plates in southern CA is gonna get you pulled over and they are gonna ask you about guns? Your guidelines cannot hurt and in many cases will help but are not a blanket protection.

Yes, in CA you will ALWAYS be asked, "do you have any weapons or drugs in the vehicle or on your person". That is the first thing that they ask after you give them your documentation.

Only time I was searched was when I was 20 and a passenger in another friends car. They (LACS) pulled us over for a tail light out (it wasn't) and when my friend protested they got us out of the car and patted us down, found nothing and asked to search the car. My friend said no and the deputy punched him in the gut and then out of nowhere the second deputy pinned me to the car trunk and both of us were handcuffed and made to lay on our stomachs on Lincoln Blvd while they tore the car apart. They did not find anything because we did not have anything to find. We did not break any laws and no citations were given. I still have the remnants of a scar on my left wrist where the cuffs cut me. When my friend's father went to the sheriff's office to make a complaint, they told him that there was no record of the stop on file and therefore it never happened. They told him that his son should not such a smart ass next time he was pulled over for a traffic violation.

I never trusted a so cal police officer again and discontinued my attempt to become a LEO, it would have severely corrupted my morals to join the LAPD or LACS back in 1975. Just my story from way back then. Today I just don't have any issues and I a few friends that are LEO. Things have changed for the better in my opinion regarding the street officer. I don't trust the command though, too many political loyalties to be overcome it seems in many locations across this great country.


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