BATF should be a convenience store, not a federal agency.

Humean_Nature: I don't think a $10 gift card is worth the heart attack and sinking feeling I have any time a cop car gets behind me with its lights on.

I get that they're trying to be nice, but damn.

AGREED!!!!

And how convienent would it be that while that nice copper pulls over that good driving black man to give him a $10 GC but happens to "sense" that someone nevarious was going on and bam...car searched/harassed.

And I bet you still have to give license/reg/insurance.

Wanna do me a favor popo? Leave me the hell alone.

SurfaceTension

Aarontology: That's really f*cking stupid.

Yeah, nothing is more idiotic than positive reinforcement.

FTA:

Even during the economic recession where local municipalities are cash-strapped, the Prosper PD saw value in this new program.

So cash strapped and handing out cash.

It would take a government worker to come up with this brilliant plan.

This was tried somewhere else a few years ago in the midwest I believe. The ACLU filed suit and got it shut down because basically the cops are pulling you over for no cause. Not doing something is no reason to stop and detain a citizen was the basic judgement.

Aarontology: That's really f*cking stupid.

Angry liberal is angry...

Go take a nap you seem a bit cranky.

Humean_Nature: I don't think a $10 gift card is worth the heart attack and sinking feeling I have any time a cop car gets behind me with its lights on.

Know how I know you didn't read the article?

It's not there job to congratulate and reward people for being normal. What a dumb waste of resources.

What if some guy is driving very slowly and carefully because he's high? Does he still get the gift certificate? Do pot dealers take gift certificates these days?

Just a reason to stop your car and smell your breath. No thanks. Can I just wave and drive off?

How about doing cop type things. Like finding car thieves and burglars.

The police officers on foot have infiltrated school parking lots or other pick-up/drop-off zones where they can safely communicate with cars that are moving at slow speeds.

They need to spike strip these m'fers, then PIT maneuver them and then pepper spray, then present them with their starbucks gift card

This has been tried before. The problem is the cop seeing something illegal after the stop. He had no legal reason to make the initial stop.

TIKIMAN87: Aarontology: That's really f*cking stupid.

Angry liberal is angry...

Go take a nap you seem a bit cranky.

They're using public funds to give away gifts for good behavior. That truly is tax-and-spend, a phrase that has often been assigned to liberals. You're a funny guy.

Hey, I know that joke!

Cop pulls over a car, walks up to the driver's window and says, "congratulations! Today you'll receive a $1,000 gift card for your great skill in driving! What do you think you're gonna do with that money?"

"I'll guess I can finally get a driver's license!"
"Oh, don't listen to him, Officer, he always babbles nonsense when he's drunk", the wife on the passenger seat pitches in.
"OMG OMG", wails the grandma from the backseat. "I knew we'd get into trouble with that stolen car!"
And a voice from the trunk: "¿Es esta America?"

Sounds like soshulizm to me.

And yes I realize the article said they are doing it "on foot". But I've been stopped by a cop on foot and even heard of speed traps with cops "on foot" just putting their hand up to make you stop. This is no different.

What do you think would happen if the cop put his hand up for you to stop to give you a $10GC and you just slowly rolled by and ignored him? CarChase.com would have new footage is what.

Aarontology: That's really f*cking stupid.

Reflexive Texas-hate or do you actually have a theory as to why the tried and proven tactic of "carrot and stick" doesn't work anymore?

watson.t.hamster: Aarontology: That's really f*cking stupid.

Reflexive Texas-hate or do you actually have a theory as to why the tried and proven tactic of "carrot and stick" doesn't work anymore?

How about - - -

"Haven't had a ticket in 5 years? You get a free warning!!!"

Cops don't give out warnings anymore...they need the cash.

Humean_Nature: I don't think a $10 gift card is worth the heart attack and sinking feeling I have any time a cop car gets behind me with its lights on.

I get that they're trying to be nice, but damn.

They're doing it on foot. So if you see a cop car behind you it's because you are actually getting pulled over.

Why can't cops just accept that nobody likes them?

Please leave me alone officer, kthxbai.

ultraholland: It's not there job to congratulate and reward people for being normal. What a dumb waste of resources.

Heh. Where's my reward for not robbing banks or randomly punching strangers in the face?

or---
"You get 10% off your fine for every year you haven't had an infraction/ticket. No single ticket in 10 years? Then this speeding ticket won't cost you anything (within reason of course)"

This is frikking stupid and a waste of resources and cops time. I'd actually prefer the cops keep it for a raise or put it back in the coffers so they arent so gung-ho on making cash.

They TRIPLED the speeding ticket fines in my area over the past 12 months. 20mph over? $1500!

Nuno311: Cops don't give out warnings anymore...they need the cash.

I've got one written warning for doing a 100 in a 65, an oral warning for 55 in a 45 and a tail light out, and an oral warning for 42 in a 30 in the last few years. And one ticket for 89 in a 65. Granted I'm white and clean and that's just my own anecdotal evidence.

Police in Florida reward teenager "good driving" by pulling them over and handing out free movie tickets. What could go wrong with their civil liberties? (new window)

OnlyM3: How about doing cop type things. Like finding car thieves and burglars.

This.

Cops are more about getting money threw traffic citations and busting pot heads then they are about catching real criminals. Then they do stupid P.R. shiat like this to act like they care.

Think about it, why do cops hide to catch people speeding when the mere visual presents of a cop is a deterrent to speed? There's only money is catching you.

$10 is mighty cheap to pay for a good look inside your car without having probably cause to pull you over.

watson.t.hamster: They're doing it on foot. So if you see a cop car behind you it's because you are actually getting pulled over.

They pull you over on foot? Does it look like this?

Do You Know What I Am Saying: Humean_Nature: I don't think a $10 gift card is worth the heart attack and sinking feeling I have any time a cop car gets behind me with its lights on.

Know how I know you didn't read the article?


Do you know I didn't read it very well or proofread my post?

Still stand by what I said, Now they are able to sneak up on you. How do they know you were driving the speed limit if they are on foot?

"Well she obeyed the laws of physics coming in to the parking lot so she wouldn't farking flip over and explode."

ultraholland: It's not there job to congratulate and reward people for being normal. What a dumb waste of resources.

So, to reward me for allowing myself to be delayed for letting someone else into traffic and following the speed limit, I will be further delayed by a cop pulling me over?

New excuse for not pulling over for the cops: "I was driving legally, so a reasonable person would conclude this was one of those 'thank you' stops, but I was in a hurry and had no time for this that day, so I kept on driving".

This will be hilarious if the cop sees a bong on the front seat or something. I know, you should find a beer, drink it in front of him, and finish it and dispose of the container before you continue driving.

"The only way I like to see cops given flowers is in a flower pot from a high window." - William S. Burroughs

tjsands1118: OnlyM3: How about doing cop type things. Like finding car thieves and burglars.

This.

Cops are more about getting money threw traffic citations and busting pot heads then they are about catching real criminals. Then they do stupid P.R. shiat like this to act like they care.

Think about it, why do cops hide to catch people speeding when the mere visual presents of a cop is a deterrent to speed? There's only money is catching you.

For the record I run a store that buys gold Jewelry. We see officers all the time trying to catch thieves. So simply because you are not in a position to see their work, doesn't mean they are doing nothing.

C1: "Quick, we need an excuse to search more cars for drugs!"
C2: "Uh, let's pull over good drivers to 'award' them with a gift certificate"
C1: "Brilliant!"

Nuno311: watson.t.hamster: Aarontology: That's really f*cking stupid.

Reflexive Texas-hate or do you actually have a theory as to why the tried and proven tactic of "carrot and stick" doesn't work anymore?

How about - - -

"Haven't had a ticket in 5 years? You get a free warning!!!"

Cops don't give out warnings anymore...they need the cash.


5 seconds after they implement such a policy: Nuno311 "that is f*cking stupid, why would you give people a license to break they law to reward them for not breaking the law?"

I'm pretty sure giving the cops permission to ignore crimes for certain people will be received splendidly by all the Texasphobes on here.

/and god help them if most of the people who haven't had a ticket in 5 years happen to be white.

Grab the speeders, take their money, give me some of the money. Who loses here? Answer: zero

some.old.lady.: ultraholland: TIKIMAN87: Aarontology: That's really f*cking stupid.

Angry liberal is angry...

Go take a nap you seem a bit cranky.

They're using public funds to give away gifts for good behavior. That truly is tax-and-spend, a phrase that has often been assigned to liberals. You're a funny guy.

.....
The funds used for these cards was obtained through fund-raising events in the community.

The money was LITERALLY GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

Don't let facts stand in the way of Fark cop hate

"It's also good PR and outreach for the police department, which can get a bad rap as a punishment-only organization waiting for us in speed-traps."

Ummm, that's what they are. "Protect and serve" and "for the people" are not only hokey bullshiat, but not even remotely true. The police work for the state and are designed to be enemies of the people. I am not knocking cops by saying that ... that's their job.

some.old.lady.: The funds used for these cards was obtained through fund-raising events in the community.

ah-ha, I see that now. Still doesn't take away from the fact that it's utterly stupid.

Humean_Nature: watson.t.hamster: They're doing it on foot. So if you see a cop car behind you it's because you are actually getting pulled over.

Ah, I missed that tidbit. Well then I'm all for it.

They want credit for giving back a miniscule percentage of the money they take from people, and you're all for it because they do it on foot?

Nuno311: watson.t.hamster: Aarontology: That's really f*cking stupid.

Reflexive Texas-hate or do you actually have a theory as to why the tried and proven tactic of "carrot and stick" doesn't work anymore?

How about - - -

"Haven't had a ticket in 5 years? You get a free warning!!!"

Cops don't give out warnings anymore...they need the cash.

I like the style of President Saakashvili of Georgia (the country). Faced with rampant corruption of the traffic cops, he fired basically the entire 30,000 man traffic force. Oddly enough, the country did not collapse into lawless highway free-for-all.