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

[Irving]

I stopped reading at the beginning of page 2, but feel that it should also be pointed out that the discussion of what it means to be a public servant, and what kind of traffic tickets do and do not serve to better society is certainly a conversation worth having, but a court room is not the appropriate venue to do so. No one in the court system cares about the conduct of the completely separate police department, unless the behavior/conduct of the officers is illegal.

[brian1277]

So just my 2 cents. first off, you did break the law and it is up to the cop to give the ticket. you need to respect that!!

second, i think this should be more along the lines of a DOT issue or who ever is in charge of the sign and road. the placement sounds very bad. i would go more that way in court.

you should be more upset at who did the road and sign placement.

just my opinion.
an opinion is two things
freely given and worth what you pay for it

[Jer]

My buddy is Broomfield PD and one day on his way up to have lunch with me he was pulled over about the same location as you by Thornton PD and had his wife with him... oh, she's PD BTW too so between the two of them they have an idea how a traffic stop should go. This guy was a royal douche back to both of them not knowing the were LEO's because they didn't badge him. Once he found out he changed his attitude and was trying to back pedal. Out of curiosity, what was the name of the officer that contacted you?

[litewavve]

Yes, show up in court. Prosecutors are human. Some of them may have better understanding of innocent mistakes. If the prosecutor does not give you a break, judges are human too. You have two more changes to reduce points.

Here is the bad news. You still have to pay. Thornton is a poor city. I bet you that one of the reasons the cop insisted ticketing you was that he was on a fund raising mission. So you may be given reduced points, your fines will be at least the same.

Last time, I went to COS count, my speeding ticket was reduce to zero point because my record was clean for more than 5 years and I agreed to take an online safety class. But COS was $200 richer after all was said and done.

[Elhuero]

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[Irving]

That's kind of how I thought of CSP for a while, but don't they do a lot of stuff with drug runners? Kind of like Coast Guard for the land locked?

[Elhuero]

That's kind of how I thought of CSP for a while, but don't they do a lot of stuff with drug runners? Kind of like Coast Guard for the land locked?

I doubt it.