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Posted: 4/21/2020 4:28:58 AM EST
[#1]
PCs? Big contributors?
Every cop on our department got them to give out to anyone they wanted. Or you could just get a vanity plate for your car.  
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Posted: 4/21/2020 4:40:45 AM EST
[#2]
I have a courtesy card in my wallet from the NYPD Lieutenant's Benevolent Association. I will never use it but doubt it would do any good anyway, unless I was in NYC.
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Posted: 4/21/2020 4:42:46 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have a courtesy card in my wallet from the NYPD Lieutenant's Benevolent Association. I will never use it but doubt it would do any good anyway, unless I was in NYC. If it's just a generic LBA card it probably won't do much good even in NYC. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 4:44:22 AM EST
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Around here QT employees have a QT sticker near their tag or on their back window. I assume its in case they get pulled over.
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Posted: 4/21/2020 4:47:28 AM EST
[#5]
Of course.
I've got a number of them, which they are immoral and the more I know the more I hate it. 
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Posted: 4/21/2020 4:55:46 AM EST
[#6]
You mean like a race card, cause they try to play that one all the time man....
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Posted: 4/21/2020 4:56:54 AM EST
[#7]
ARFCOM GD: where traffic tickets are the end all, be all of law enforcement.
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Posted: 4/21/2020 5:03:12 AM EST
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If you have ever been pulled over for a traffic violation but were sent on your way without a pinch, was the cop corrupt or derelict in his duties? Cops enjoy some discretion in how they perform their duties. I like that. I think it's a good idea to let them think for themselves. Otherwise, they would be required to shove the big blue weenie up everyone's ass. I dunno, it might be better if everyone found out exactly how many laws there are against us all. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 5:04:52 AM EST
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted: ARFCOM GD: where traffic tickets are the end all, be all of law enforcement. 
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Posted: 4/21/2020 5:14:05 AM EST
[#10]
Tons of different "Get out of ticket" things around here...
PBA cards FOP cards Elected official cards Chief's association cards Exclusive "gold" cards that are metal instead of paper or plastic Window shields of various types and even different vanity license plates like "LEO supporter" or the pba/fop plates Won't help you if you're a dick. Also no requirement of the officer to honor them but good luck to one who doesn't. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 5:14:46 AM EST
[#11]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Tons of different "Get out of ticket" things around here... PBA cards FOP cards Elected official cards Chief's association cards Exclusive "gold" cards that are metal instead of paper or plastic Window shields of various types and even different vanity license plates like "LEO supporter" or the pba/fop plates Won't help you if you're a dick. 
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Posted: 4/21/2020 5:49:22 AM EST
[#12]
Anyone distributing or attempting to use one should be arrested for obstruction of justice.
The same goes for the PBA windshield badges and other assorted talismans. They're institutionalized corruption. Obey the law, stop driving like an NY/NJ asshole and you won't need to tell everyone your ex-BIL is a bailiff in Tom's River through shit plastered all over your car. Kharn |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:04:50 AM EST
[#13]
23 years in a large Department in the South. Never heard of any card to get you out of a ticket. I've seen people with FOP or PBA or even our local Police Association sticker, tags, etc. on their cars. It doesn't mean anything. Those stickers and tags don't get anyone out of a ticket. I feel sorry for the ones who think that putting something like that on their car would work.
Maybe up North its different. With that said, people who really know someone will call that person after the stop and get it fixed in private without us lowly Officers knowing it. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:09:30 AM EST
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Funny story - Back when I was a local LEO, I saw a car blow thru a stop sign near a school, which was dismissing. Initiated traffic stop. Out of state tags......New York tags, to be exact. Info comes back negative stolen, blah blah blah. I get out of my car to see wtf this dude is thinking, and I'm met with the occupant holding a badge and just looking ahead. An NYPD badge. I tell him - "ok, cool. I need your license and registration please". NYPD cops jaw drops and he gets dickish with me. He tells me that "up north, cops don't pull over other cops".  I told him we do things differently here down south, and he just starts grumbling to himself. I gave him a ticket. Not because he was a dickhead trying to use his badge to get out of a ticket, but because he could have actually fucking killed a kid. Moral of the story? Fuck your "courtesy". If you endanger others, you deserve what you get. You deserve it even more if you have a badge, because you enforce the very laws you just fucking broke. ETA: I was not well-liked by my peers due to this mentality.  I had the last laugh though- I moved on to nuke land and my starting pay was more than the brass at my old agency.  Weird. Around my parts, you'd be the norm and "meeting expectations". |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:10:19 AM EST
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In my former department, ALL arrest bookings had three face sheets made, which were booking photo, arrest information, etc.
#1 went in arrestee file #2 went to warrant clerk #3 went to Sheriff's personal mailbox I am assuming that if the person were a personal friend of the sheriff, then the #3 box would get closer scrutiny. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:11:04 AM EST
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I let an Army captain go a few years ago on a borderline charge. Could have completely fucked him up, I think. The guys protecting our country don't need any more shit. I'm willing to overlook as much as I'm allowed. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I pulled over a car once, ran a stop sign. Walked up to the car, the driver was a Marine, in uniform. He already had his license out, and I was like, "Yeah, I don't need that. Watch those signs. Have a nice day." Uniform worked better than any card. Some people you just don't write. Never wrote cops, firemen, or military people. I let an Army captain go a few years ago on a borderline charge. Could have completely fucked him up, I think. The guys protecting our country don't need any more shit. I'm willing to overlook as much as I'm allowed. I can cut them a little slack based on their behavior, but being in the military isn't a free pass, just like being a cop isn't a free pass. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:13:08 AM EST
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Seems like more of a NE thing. I see lots of NYers down here driving around with those silly oversized PBA shields suctioned to their back windows. A talisman against tickets I guess they figure...maybe where they’re from. Some of the most blatantly corrupt police agencies are rural, and southern. But let's not talk about that, m'kay? |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:14:27 AM EST
[#18]
Back in the 1970's my father used to get one for quite a few years from a NYPD detective that he knew from childhood. Iirc it was something like a PBA card but had the guys name and badge number written on the back. He used to keep in the ash tray and never really used them as he not a law breaker. I believe that they were only good for normal speeding and things like that.
Anyways I used it once when I was a kid going about 10 over. The cop checked my stuff, lectured me but let me go. He also kept the card. By the time I got home a few hours later the detective buddy of my dad had called him to let him know. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:15:12 AM EST
[#19]
That is what the star on the back window is for. The one that actually looks like the real badge of the agency that handed it out, and not just another TBL sticker. In Hillsborough county that was one way it worked up until the mid-00's.
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:17:10 AM EST
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Real. I had a couple. In Ohio, I used to get one every year it came from a Shaker Heights cop we knew and it had his name and badge # on it, had to pull them out a few times to get out of traffic citations, they are a one time use thing and the cop takes it and sends it back to the issuing department to let them know that they pulled one. But one cop was not too pleased to take it and was pissed. told me to stay out of his city. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:19:52 AM EST
[#21]
Here employees and family I suppose have small sheriff's office gold star stickers with the county on them. Firemen all have firemen union stickers on their vehicles. I would think they both work.
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:21:17 AM EST
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
ARFCOM GD: where traffic tickets are the end all, be all of law enforcement. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:21:47 AM EST
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I pulled over a car once, ran a stop sign. Walked up to the car, the driver was a Marine, in uniform. He already had his license out, and I was like, "Yeah, I don't need that. Watch those signs. Have a nice day." Uniform worked better than any card. Some people you just don't write. Never wrote cops, firemen, or military people. This is one of the most disgusting things I've ever read. Some animals are more equal than others I guess. People like you might or might not be the cause of the downfall of the Republic, but you certainly are a sign of its degradation. I'm sure you've thoroughly rationalized this internally and you're obviously older and set in your ways so I don't expect you to see why such things are odious to liberty. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:24:12 AM EST
[#24]
This thread is disturbing. Another example though....
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:31:45 AM EST
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I pulled over a car once, ran a stop sign. Walked up to the car, the driver was a Marine, in uniform. He already had his license out, and I was like, "Yeah, I don't need that. Watch those signs. Have a nice day." Uniform worked better than any card. Some people you just don't write. Never wrote cops, firemen, or military people. You forgot paramedics and dispatchers |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:32:33 AM EST
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Absolutely, here in CA they're a very real thing. Trick is to have one from each department. Handing a CHP officer a courtesy card from LAPD probably won't get you any favors. So you need one from your county Sheriff, local PD, and state highway patrol. As others pointed out, they're really only good for minor traffic violations where the officer can exercise discretion in letting you off with a warning. All I got from this is there are too many law enforcement officers. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:37:45 AM EST
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My uncle was a high level mason and active in veteran's organizations. He had a deck of courtesy cards thicker than his wallet. He was pulled over a few times while I was with him. He always had a card from the Sheriff or the Chief. He passed this Saturday morning at 95. I miss him terribly and I'm not the only one. Masons only have 3 degrees... Everyone is a 3rd after being raised. This had nothing to do because of his Masonic ties. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:42:47 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is one of the most disgusting things I've ever read. Some animals are more equal than others I guess. People like you might or might not be the cause of the downfall of the Republic, but you certainly are a sign of its degradation. I'm sure you've thoroughly rationalized this internally and you're obviously older and set in your ways so I don't expect you to see why such things are odious to liberty. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I pulled over a car once, ran a stop sign. Walked up to the car, the driver was a Marine, in uniform. He already had his license out, and I was like, "Yeah, I don't need that. Watch those signs. Have a nice day." Uniform worked better than any card. Some people you just don't write. Never wrote cops, firemen, or military people. This is one of the most disgusting things I've ever read. Some animals are more equal than others I guess. People like you might or might not be the cause of the downfall of the Republic, but you certainly are a sign of its degradation. I'm sure you've thoroughly rationalized this internally and you're obviously older and set in your ways so I don't expect you to see why such things are odious to liberty. Here's a little piece of life advice. Don't get shitty with other people when the world doesn't conform to the perfect version that exists in your head. It's your problem, not theirs. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:44:06 AM EST
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Some of the most blatantly corrupt police agencies are rural, and southern. But let's not talk about that, m'kay? I can’t argue with that. Also, it’s easier to keep the information under control with less eyes around. Here is one example of many that have happened with Sheriffs pocketing money from the jail food funds. From 2019  Attached FileLink ETA. There are “bad” people everywhere, regardless of geographic location, race or sex. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:44:28 AM EST
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I dunno, it might be better if everyone found out exactly how many laws there are against us all. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: If you have ever been pulled over for a traffic violation but were sent on your way without a pinch, was the cop corrupt or derelict in his duties? Cops enjoy some discretion in how they perform their duties. I like that. I think it's a good idea to let them think for themselves. Otherwise, they would be required to shove the big blue weenie up everyone's ass. I dunno, it might be better if everyone found out exactly how many laws there are against us all. Perhaps whenever you have contact with the police, you should insist on the full measure. Then you can show the world how oppressed we all are. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:52:13 AM EST
[#31]
I’m sure they are out there but never seen one.
When it comes to who gets tickets; occupation doesn’t get you an exemption. I generally don’t write people tickets but someone’s attitude can quickly swing me the other direction aka “rarely can you talk your way out of a ticket, but you can certainly talk your way into one” |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 6:54:25 AM EST
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They have to raise that revenue Gotta fill those coffers!! |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 7:14:29 AM EST
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Here's a little piece of life advice. Don't get shitty with other people when the world doesn't conform to the perfect version that exists in your head. It's your problem, not theirs. Your "advice" is bad and you should feel bad. I don't lick boots, and I don't accept your Statist viewpoints. When people shit up liberty, it's EVERYONE's problem. Thanks for outing yourself, Red Coat. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 7:15:29 AM EST
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: With that said, people who really know someone will call that person after the stop and get it fixed in private without us lowly Officers knowing it. We had that too, until a bunch of guys got arrested for it. They even had a Lt. at headquarters whose job it was to squash tickets for connected people. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 7:18:04 AM EST
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Masons only have 3 degrees... Everyone is a 3rd after being raised. This had nothing to do because of his Masonic ties. I had a Prince Hall guy on a stop one time who kept repeating over and over that he was a mason, he was in disbelief that it carried zero weight. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 7:20:06 AM EST
[#36]
Prettymuch this.
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Posted: 4/21/2020 7:20:36 AM EST
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I’m sure they are out there but never seen one. When it comes to who gets tickets; occupation doesn’t get you an exemption. I generally don’t write people tickets but someone’s attitude can quickly swing me the other direction aka “rarely can you talk your way out of a ticket, but you can certainly talk your way into one” And I am glad there are still some people in uniform with integrity, Officer discretion is needed, but too often it gets abused. Giving an entire swath of people a free pass as policy just because of what they do for a living is the embodiment of corruption and that there are sworn officers of the law doing that just blows me away. Letting someone off the hook because they're being cool and you don't feel the need to fuck with them is not a problem, it is when you let someone off regardless of circumstance just because they're some profession. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 7:20:38 AM EST
[#38]
I’ve only seen them in NJ and NY. But yeah it’s a real thing, they exist and I’ve seen/touched them.
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Posted: 4/21/2020 7:22:24 AM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I’ve only seen them in NJ and NY. But yeah it’s a real thing, they exist and I’ve seen/touched them. It's not like they're mythical objects, you can buy them on eBay.
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Posted: 4/21/2020 7:34:29 AM EST
[#40]
The guy that did my Form 1 engraving in PA also made brass engraved "Get out of jail free" cards for the local PD and county sheriff's department.
The basically silk screened their card on brass plates then had him engrave the name of the person they were going to on the plate. Guess they wanted to make sure that not just anybody could get one. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 7:37:33 AM EST
[#41]
Not a thing in OK.
Or TX that I know of. Must be a yankee thing But then, if you really deserved the ticket, I didnt give a fuck. I wrote the mayor's daughter a ticket once. Raised a stink. Chief backed me up. After the mayor heard the recording of the stop he got up and just left. His daughter was a bitch. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 8:01:49 AM EST
[#42]
Back in the 80s, I pulled over an older guy who handed me a card from, IIRC, Baltimore that said holder was entitled to courtesy if stopped. So, I said "please sign here" when I gave him the ticket and "thank you" when he did.
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Posted: 4/21/2020 8:08:43 AM EST
[#43]
True, I have a few from close friends and family.
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Posted: 4/21/2020 8:09:45 AM EST
[#44]
in ohio, it is a star medallion that goes on your license plate screw
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Posted: 4/21/2020 8:11:21 AM EST
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Funny story - Back when I was a local LEO, I saw a car blow thru a stop sign near a school, which was dismissing. Initiated traffic stop. Out of state tags......New York tags, to be exact. Info comes back negative stolen, blah blah blah. I get out of my car to see wtf this dude is thinking, and I'm met with the occupant holding a badge and just looking ahead. An NYPD badge. I tell him - "ok, cool. I need your license and registration please". NYPD cops jaw drops and he gets dickish with me. He tells me that "up north, cops don't pull over other cops". I told him we do things differently here down south, and he just starts grumbling to himself. I gave him a ticket. Not because he was a dickhead trying to use his badge to get out of a ticket, but because he could have actually fucking killed a kid. Moral of the story? Fuck your "courtesy". If you endanger others, you deserve what you get. You deserve it even more if you have a badge, because you enforce the very laws you just fucking broke. ETA: I was not well-liked by my peers due to this mentality. I had the last laugh though- I moved on to nuke land and my starting pay was more than the brass at my old agency.  |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 8:12:49 AM EST
[#46]
The one sure fire way to get a ticket from me would be to pull out some bullshit card and demand to be cut lose. Oh man....looks like you’re going to get a chance to talk to your friend.
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Posted: 4/21/2020 8:14:42 AM EST
[#47]
Wow just fucking wow I can't fucking believe anyone thinks this is ok.
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Posted: 4/21/2020 8:16:18 AM EST
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Your "advice" is bad and you should feel bad. I don't lick boots, and I don't accept your Statist viewpoints. When people shit up liberty, it's EVERYONE's problem. Thanks for outing yourself, Red Coat. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Here's a little piece of life advice. Don't get shitty with other people when the world doesn't conform to the perfect version that exists in your head. It's your problem, not theirs. Your "advice" is bad and you should feel bad. I don't lick boots, and I don't accept your Statist viewpoints. When people shit up liberty, it's EVERYONE's problem. Thanks for outing yourself, Red Coat. Relax man you’ll be able to go to Chipotle soon. |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 8:21:01 AM EST
[#49]
Mostly an informal, minor traffic thing around here.
No cards or anything. The old timers were big into it (giving rides home if DUI and the like) but that's all but gone. Now if that happens and is found out it gets blasted all over the local papers and news. I always liked the people who pulled the "I know the Sheriff!" card while getting booked. "Okay, you can come file a complaint in the morning when you get out then" Lol |
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Posted: 4/21/2020 8:32:39 AM EST
[#50]
I have one.
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