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Hey, I have something like that in my car! in-laws can come in handy.
Get out of Jail Free Cards For Friends and Family of Cops?
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Hey, I have something like that in my car! in-laws can come in handy.
ShaneEnochs
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I got out of a speeding ticket because my uncle is a cop. It is what it is.
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In California they actually have a star badge printed on the DL so when you hand it over they see it and extend the "courtesy" this is a fact and I have seen it with my own eyes.
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I passed a black SUV a little over 110 in a 45 when I was 18. Straight line country road with dashed yellow through endless corn fields, country kids having fun... anyway, it lit up; undercover. I was shitting my pants until my back seat passenger turned out to be the officer's cousin. Everything was cool: Roll on, slow it down.
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Or just put this sticker on your car and don't get pulled over in the first place:
I had a female friend who was the wife of a cop. She would go out drinking and if she was too drunk she would sometimes just call whichever cop that was on patrol or if they pulled her over they'd give her a ride home.
I used to own a popular bar in Augusta, GA and saw that such prominence came with police privilege. One night we had a huge concert which required a police officer to be present because of the crowd. After a few hours the cop told one of the other owners that he would rather be at home with his family that night. The guy mentioned that he had received a ticket the week before and the cop basically said he would "take care of it".
I was pulled over once after driving home from my bar. I mentioned the bar and that I was the owner. After two breathalyzers they (two police cars) told me I needed to call someone to come pick me up because I was not driving home. Being 2 in the morning I could not reach anyone. So they took me back to the bar where I told them I sometimes sleep in the back room (it also likely helped that I mentioned that I was shipping off to Iraq the next day).
And here in Florida...if you are a tourist you are enemy #1 to the police.
I had a female friend who was the wife of a cop. She would go out drinking and if she was too drunk she would sometimes just call whichever cop that was on patrol or if they pulled her over they'd give her a ride home.
I used to own a popular bar in Augusta, GA and saw that such prominence came with police privilege. One night we had a huge concert which required a police officer to be present because of the crowd. After a few hours the cop told one of the other owners that he would rather be at home with his family that night. The guy mentioned that he had received a ticket the week before and the cop basically said he would "take care of it".
I was pulled over once after driving home from my bar. I mentioned the bar and that I was the owner. After two breathalyzers they (two police cars) told me I needed to call someone to come pick me up because I was not driving home. Being 2 in the morning I could not reach anyone. So they took me back to the bar where I told them I sometimes sleep in the back room (it also likely helped that I mentioned that I was shipping off to Iraq the next day).
And here in Florida...if you are a tourist you are enemy #1 to the police.
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I used to work with an ex-city cop (who was catching up on training to become a sheriff). He told me wild stories about these "get out of jail free" cards. They were good from everything as minor as speeding to possession of drugs. In fact, that's why he left the force. Apparently a small minority of the force thought it went overboard when the majority was in on the drug trade, so they left. He did mention that before he left, they staged a rebellion and stopped honoring these "cards". His friend pulled over the wife of a county judge for going 40 MPH over the speed limit and he wrote her a ticket. The county judge called the police chief and they had their guys find out the routes that the wives of the good cops took to take their kids to school, run errands, what have you. The chief put them on these routes for the sole purpose of waiting for their family members to trip up. They began pulling them over and writing tickets for the most minor of infractions (like 1 MPH over the speed limit). It only took about a week before the good cops were put back in check and the "honor" system was restored.
When I asked why he didn't go public with it, he said, "because it's part of the code. They'd make sure you'd never work again because everyone talks to everyone on every level."
When I asked why he didn't go public with it, he said, "because it's part of the code. They'd make sure you'd never work again because everyone talks to everyone on every level."
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^^^ Really? I was wondering about that but I thought drugs were too "serious" to get away with using the card. That makes the whole thing far, far more disgusting. I know of several people in my town who were ruined by drug possession charges. One of them committed suicide after losing his job and his wife.
To think that it could have all been brushed over by the police if he just had one of these cards is sickening to say the least.
To think that it could have all been brushed over by the police if he just had one of these cards is sickening to say the least.
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Some Highway Patrol Officers don't go along with this entirely.
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I was going 70 in a 65.
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I wonder if some kind of popular media source would do a piece on this? Can you imagine the outrage if even a moderate percentage of Americans found out? The ratings would be off the charts for any news channel brave enough to do it.
I'm sure some good investigative reporting would uncover far more than just the evidence sitting around on the internet.
Email bomb maybe? Who would be most likely to cover this? Stossel?
I'm sure some good investigative reporting would uncover far more than just the evidence sitting around on the internet.
Email bomb maybe? Who would be most likely to cover this? Stossel?
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I was just thinking, if they're so highly sought after, and there's obviously very little control over who they hand them out to... couldn't some cops be making a very lucrative income on the side by selling them? After I told my friends about this one of them said he was going to go find a cop and try to buy one, since it wouldn't technically be a bribe as the cards are unofficial and the police simply "choose" to honor them.
I can imagine drug dealers and the like being willing to pay thousands, since it could very well make the difference between getting busted or not in a traffic stop.
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Hmm, that seems to be for signing up for their newsletter, they have good contact page though: http://cironline.org/contact-us
I'll send a few emails to their reporters.
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I literally heard about this a week ago for the first time from a friend. He told me his baseball coach (Former Detective) gave him a PBA card (NY)
I said I didnt know what that was. he told me. I didnt believe him thought he was fucking around. Now I see this. Im disgusted. Fucking pigs.
I said I didnt know what that was. he told me. I didnt believe him thought he was fucking around. Now I see this. Im disgusted. Fucking pigs.
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Are there any media reports about this in existence? Even online-only? I can't find any except this one and it is about special license plates, not cards.
http://blog.motorists.org/the-privileged-many-professional-courtesy-exposed/
From what I can tell there are two classes of cards: the PBA/FOP (Police Benevolent Association/Fraternal Order of Police) cards, and the signed and numbered cards that police hand out to their close friends and family. Of these two classes the second is by far more valuable as it requires a police officer to actually extend his blessing to the bearer. The PBA/FOP cards can apparently be had for a sizable donation to the respective police associations.
I found tons of these as well as "family member" cards selling on Ebay, I'm sure many are fake: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=pba+cards
According to some of the posts I saw on the police forums, many officers will now quiz anyone who presents a card, asking them things like the name and department of the officer who gave them the card. I assume they can cross-reference this info with the card on their in-car computers if they are suspicious of the card being fake.
It amazes and disgusts me that this corruption is so widespread, and so many people in certain groups know of it yet it is never mentioned in mainstream news. This REALLY needs to be addressed in the public arena.
http://blog.motorists.org/the-privileged-many-professional-courtesy-exposed/
From what I can tell there are two classes of cards: the PBA/FOP (Police Benevolent Association/Fraternal Order of Police) cards, and the signed and numbered cards that police hand out to their close friends and family. Of these two classes the second is by far more valuable as it requires a police officer to actually extend his blessing to the bearer. The PBA/FOP cards can apparently be had for a sizable donation to the respective police associations.
I found tons of these as well as "family member" cards selling on Ebay, I'm sure many are fake: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=pba+cards
According to some of the posts I saw on the police forums, many officers will now quiz anyone who presents a card, asking them things like the name and department of the officer who gave them the card. I assume they can cross-reference this info with the card on their in-car computers if they are suspicious of the card being fake.
It amazes and disgusts me that this corruption is so widespread, and so many people in certain groups know of it yet it is never mentioned in mainstream news. This REALLY needs to be addressed in the public arena.
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