Another weird traffic stop story

[Doc45]

Ah! "The Christmas Party". You had the blow well concealed under the seat. Let it snow. Let it snow. Let it snow.

Hookers & blow @ Doc's place!

Send me the addresses for the invites!!

Seriously I appreciate the insights provided. I do feel that incorrect info can change things very quickly, don't think anything evil was going on just that it was weird and that dmv contradicted what the deputy said- not unheard of but not common either.

Hey, PSA time-during the silly season please all, be careful out there.

[boomerhc9]

Maybe we should start issuing kits like this to all officers/deputies on patrol?

Wow, that retiree starter kit is so complete, it even comes with stories to tell the grandkids!

[cstone]

Since when are registration years entered in the search? At any given time there is 1 registration for 1 vehicle and registration strings are only used once.

So I was checking today and what I saw is what I seemed to remember. CCIC is running an RQ (registration query) via NLETS when you are checking tags. The popup I get when I start auto-populates my ORI and the first destination is always Colorado. These auto-populated fields can be changed in several different ways. The tabs below allow me to run by LIC, VIN, Ttile, or TAB. I almost always run by LIC and that only requires entry of the License # (tag) but it also allows you to fill in the License Year and License Type (which by default is PC for passenger automobile). There are times when the type needs to be changed to motor cycle or truck, etc...

I have not tried it, as I have no need, but I am guessing that if I change the License Year from blank to 2013 or 2010, and if the license has been used on multiple vehicles over the past few years, the system will return the vehicle that was tagged for that year. Obviously this is just a guess on my part, but it would seem to explain why a tag query would return in the manner described by the OP. Again, I would assume that what is displayed on an MDT looks differently than what I am seeing when I log into CCIC.

Be safe.

[tim-adams]

one database is correct one is not... hmmm sounds like the cops database is screwed up..

[cstone]

one database is correct one is not... hmmm sounds like the cops database is screwed up..

I am not aware of any police department anywhere that maintains a separate database for vehicle registration information. State systems interface with the DMV for that type of information. In fact most state systems, Colorado is known as CCIC, are a gateway or access point to numerous other state and federal databases.