need your opinion?

[Irontoto]

if a police officer was to pull over another driver for dwi, and he finds out that the driver is also a police officer, what should he do?

a)treat him just like everyone else and follow through with the charges
b)just let him drive off and forget about it
c)take him home and don't let anyone know

this would really help me in settling a score with other other family members so please answer and please be honest.

 

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[MADDOG]

I choose secret option D. - Insist on a bribe of some kind.

MADDOG

 

[Expertise]

It has to be A. Officers will let fellow officers away with some shit. I wouldn't on that ....though there are some who would unfortunately.

 

[CreamyLady]

A is the correct answer, though I am sure that C happens.

 

[April]

Nobody, even or most especially a police officer, should be allowed to drive drunk! He would be just as likely as anybody else to get into an accident or kill someone. What would you do then, knowing you let a drunk driver go?

 

[MADDOG]

OK, I'm sure that it's clear that the answer SHOULD be A. But if I had to take a stab at what really happens I think it would have to be C on most occasions - even by honest cops.

The ribbing you'd get at work for bringing in a fellow officer would probably cause most police officers to hide it and give the guy shit in private. Besides which, if the police won't follow the laws they are supposed to enforce, how can they expect us to? It's in their interests to cover it up unless there is an accident of some kind.

I'm speaking out of my ass obviously, but that's my conspiracy theory and I'd be surprised if I was too far off.

MADDOG

 

[Expertise]

MadDog it has been my experience that police offers have an extreme intolerance (rightly so and for obvious reasons) of anyone driving drunk including their own.

We actually an incident where one of our Inspectors (Number 4 position on our force) was charged with and convicted of it.

I would like to think that very few of my fellow officers do it. Surely most of them have seen the horrific results of it often enough not to. But if they did and were stopped the lions share would be charged. I'm sure of it.

 

[Honeywetlick]

I'm gonna agree with most of the other people and say that A is what should be done but that C is probably more likely. But there are dire consequences if you get caught. In NZ there was a cop who let a police commissioner go from a compulsory breath testing stop, both got in DEEP DEEP trouble!

 

[Guest]

You know, that very situation is going on here in Nebraska as we speak. There was a state trooper who was pulled over for DUI. He was ticketed, etc., just like anyone else would be. After catching the 10 o'clock news at 1am (don't ask! lol), I heard that the state trooper is going to resign. Yikes!

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[Edited by Tiggs on 09-07-2000 at 05:19 PM]

 

[julia1226]

Police officers always think they can get away with everything, but arent they suppose to be enforcing the law. And in doing that, they also should follow it themselves. they are the example

 

[Wizard]

Boy this one is right up my alley........Bust him call 12 cops to help check him all over for drugs and search the shit out of his car............Just like anyone else....

 

[Samuari]

We need more information: Is his wife pretty? Hiow about his gril-friend? Do they "Entertain"? What is their usall cost? Does He "entertain"? Is there an auction? Do they accept credit cards?

 

[Samuari]

You know, that very situation is going on here in Nebraska as we speak. There was a state trooper who was pulled over for DUI. He was ticketed, etc., just like anyone else would be. After catching the 10 o'clock news at 1am (don't ask! lol), I heard that the state trooper is going to design. Yikes!

~Tiggs~
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WHAT is he designing? A new beer bottle? Perhaps a cornhusker that dosen't fumble, EVER.

 

[Guest]

Well, thank you so very kindly for pointing out my typo. If you think talking shit about the CornFuckers, I mean Huskers, will upset me then you're wrong. I don't really like them much. And I'm sure that every college team out there has some kids that fumble!

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[Skitten]

the answer is definetely "A" why should he be treated any differently than anyone else in the same situation. We all would be prosecuted, why should an officer get different treatment than anyone of us would in the same circumstance.

I really think that most officers do let their buddies go something about their code of ethics which is totally wrong they aren't special. They did the deed now they should be held responsible for their actions. Whether a cop or not noone is above the law including the law.

 

[Patryn]

Call 15 other cops and then beat the shit out of him while some bystander videotapes the whole thing was the correct response to this question.

 

[Wizard]

15....not bad...give them a taste of there own..."street Justice"............

 

[Blues]

Of course the correct answer is A. But in reality, the police are above the law, and I'm certain the answer really is C much more than A. Kind of a sad commentary on society when those sworn to uphold the laws are above them.

Just my opinion, but an educated one.

 

[Fallen Angel]

Well of course the answer is A. Someone who enforces the law should by all counts obey it just like a clergy should follow the rules they lay out for the flock.

We also know that in reality C is what does or will happen. The officer knows the person and knows that it may ruin his career, they will have to work with this person or his friends. Often the people we work with every day are closer to us than family and other friends that we only see once in a while. We end up sharing most of our life with people we are with only because of a paycheck or our choice of careers.

Those who we have opted to have enforce the morality of our society we expect to be above the normal. This is the reason many are mad at the lawofficer, the elected official, the church, the school, or anyone else who assumes the job of making us do right. We expect them to be perfect but in reality they are just people.

In conclusion, the officer in this scenerio must decide to treat the driver just like anyone else or else he is risking being asked to bend the law anytime a fellow officer is involved.

 

[Rosebud]

I agree with the majority. The answer would be A but most of the times it is C. I was folling a cop in a 35 mph zone, i speed up afer he did and I was going 45 and he was still leaving me behind. Was he going to a call? no, he was going back to the station for a shift change. Just because someone wears a badge does not mean that they can break the law, unless of course it involves indecent frisking with me.

 

[hambone]

What he should do is A

What will happen is C

They are a fraternity that protect their own. Seen it happen too many times to count.