The Mayor of Norway. Is he like their version of Rudy Guiliani or something?

"Citizen's array-est!"

I've kind of always wanted to see a cop pulled over for speeding

How DARE that officer not give the Mayor a free pass professional courtesy?! The NERVE! Doesn't he know how important he is?!

Too many dickheads for such a small article.

blondski: I've kind of always wanted to see a cop pulled over for speeding

When I was a cop in the '70s our boss got a radar gun and first thing he did was get to work early, and pop every single last one of us as we drove in to the Posted lot. Every single one of us got a ticket. He told us if we saw a cop speeding, write him up. No matter who we caught speeding, write them up. No exceptions. He said, if you think I'm a hard ass, wait until you scrap a kid off a bumper. We'll see who the hard ass is then. And then we all had a good time on the group W bench, sitting and smokin' cigarettes and writing tickets.

Ah, ya gotta love South Carolina. If nothing else, they are colorful.

blondski: I've kind of always wanted to see a cop pulled over for speeding

I was in traffic court in SC once and a guy who had been pulled over for speeding accused the officer for reckless driving for the high-speed, middle of the road (a la Smokey and the Bandit style) turn around the cop did to pull him over. The guy had four witnesses in the car, who testified to the cop's dangerous maneuver. The judge found the driver guilty of speeding, but also ordered the cop cited for reckless driving and fined him $350.

blondski: I've kind of always wanted to see a cop pulled over for speeding

Miami PD getting pulled over (new window)

Good thing it wasn't this Mayor!

vudukungfu: blondski: I've kind of always wanted to see a cop pulled over for speeding

When I was a cop in the '70s our boss got a radar gun and first thing he did was get to work early, and pop every single last one of us as we drove in to the Posted lot. Every single one of us got a ticket. He told us if we saw a cop speeding, write him up. No matter who we caught speeding, write them up. No exceptions. He said, if you think I'm a hard ass, wait until you scrap a kid off a bumper. We'll see who the hard ass is then. And then we all had a good time on the group W bench, sitting and smokin' cigarettes and writing tickets.

So that's where all my little pencils went.

Good thing that we can trust our elected officials to be responsible and mature.

notmtwain: Too bad the mayor didn't act first. Then he might have something.

I don't want to jump to any conclusions but something's going on in that there town. The newly elected Mayor took office by climbing in through the town hall windows several weeks ago.

//Stay tuned. This could be a hoot.

Why does this all sound like an ever escalating cartoon scenario that ends with the trooper and the mayor facing each other with nuclear weapons pointed at each other after rapidly switching up froms clubs to brass knuckles to knife to gun,etc?

HZS9PK: Good thing it wasn't this Mayor!

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Riomp300: blondski: I've kind of always wanted to see a cop pulled over for speeding

Miami PD getting pulled over (new window)

Damn, that gal can drive! I'd like her to drop trow for me so I can heft her brass balls.

Revenge is a dish best served by a childish and obvious need to get even.

Riomp300: Miami PD getting pulled over (new window)

That guy is a complete buffoon.

What's good for the goose...

Riomp300: blondski: I've kind of always wanted to see a cop pulled over for speeding

Miami PD getting pulled over (new window)

This is the same story except you can hear the arrested cop lie to her about why he was going over 120 mph

Guessing that the mayor didn't have a radar gun to help really determine the speed of the cop. At best he could have tried to match speeds, but his own speedometer and estimation of matching speeds could have been off, on top of him obviously having a bias against the cop. I'm guessing this won't end well for the mayor.

badhatharry: The mayor is the boss of the police. He gives them their police powers. Can you give something that you do not possess?

A noogie.

JackieRabbit: Ah, ya gotta love South Carolina. If nothing else, they are colorful.

notmtwain: Too bad the mayor didn't act first. Then he might have something.

I don't want to jump to any conclusions but something's going on in that there town. The newly elected Mayor took office by climbing in through the town hall windows several weeks ago.

//Stay tuned. This could be a hoot.

I dunno, the old mayor stealing shiat out of town hall is pretty ballsy. I'd go over the books with a fine-toothed comb if I were the new guy.

All I see in my neighborhood here in NYC is cops throwing their lights on to skip red lights, idling at hydrants while they get coffee, and raping drunk girls who throw up in cabs.

javery: Guessing that the mayor didn't have a radar gun to help really determine the speed of the cop. At best he could have tried to match speeds, but his own speedometer and estimation of matching speeds could have been off, on top of him obviously having a bias against the cop. I'm guessing this won't end well for the mayor.

FTFA: The mayor acknowledges he was speeding, but said he was acting in his capacity as the town's chief constable.

Since the mayor had sirens and lights in his car, I'm guessing he also had a radar gun. Probably a podunk town where the mayor is one of two cops in the entire town.

URAPNIS: Riomp300: Miami PD getting pulled over (new window)

That guy is a complete buffoon.

Probably an illegal alien too.

Talk about butthurt.

badhatharry: The mayor is the boss of the police. He gives them their police powers. Can you give something that you do not possess?

Yes. But let's address you assertion that the mayor "gives" police powers. Police powers are granted by state and local law. The mayor is a manager and policy maker for city police, but he does not bestow police powers by any sort of magic power invested in him. The mayor cannot himself pull over speeders or execute search warrants... unless he is himself working as a police officer (you could see this in a small village out west, maybe).

indylaw: badhatharry: The mayor is the boss of the police. He gives them their police powers. Can you give something that you do not possess?

Yes. But let's address you assertion that the mayor "gives" police powers. Police powers are granted by state and local law. The mayor is a manager and policy maker for city police, but he does not bestow police powers by any sort of magic power invested in him. The mayor cannot himself pull over speeders or execute search warrants... unless he is himself working as a police officer (you could see this in a small village out west, maybe).

Norway, South Carolina had a population of 389 according to the 2000 census.

I wish I were the Mayor of Norway.

Wi not trei a holiday in Norway this yer ?

See the loveli lakes

The wonderful telephone system

And mani interesting furry animals

Including the majestic moose

A moose once bit my sister...

No realli! She was Karving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end
of an interspace toothbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an
Oslo
dentist and star of many Norwegian movies: "The Hot Hands of an Oslo
Dentist",
"Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Molars of Horst Nordfink"...

Mynd you, moose bites Kan be pretti nasti...

badhatharry: The mayor is the boss of the police. He gives them their police powers. Can you give something that you do not possess?

Celibate priests can authenticate marriage licenses.

nopokerface: Too many dickheads for such a small article.

Jack-booted thugs in a pissing contest.

That rick perry police intimidation video intrigues me....

We need more hypocrite cops being pulled over for speeding.

csb 1: years ago my sister used to date a provincial cop who was posted in a remote region. When on leave he would drive the 800kms home and brag about how he beat his own speed record from the previous time, secure in the knowledge that if he ever got pulled over he would benefit from a colleague's prefessional courtesy, which he did on more than one occasion.

csb 2: A couple of summers ago I was driving to Trois-Rivières when I got passed by a provincial police car doing 150-160km/h. No lights, no siren, just cruising at a high speed. I discretly followed him at a safe distance to see what his hurry was and also because at that speed the 300km drive would be much faster.... Anyway, turns out he was on his way to take up his post at an overpass radar emplacement in order to pull over civilians (ie non-cops) who, like him, were exceeding the 100km/h speed limit...

rebelyell2006: Norway, South Carolina had a population of 389 according to the 2000 census.

Cool. My point stands. The police department doesn't get its authority through the person of the mayor. The police department gets its authority from state and local law (made by legislators or town council). The mayor can authorize the hiring and firing of police officers, and make internal policy, but unless the mayor is made a cop specifically, he is not a cop.

It sounds like the mayor in this case is also the town constable - so maybe he has some police authority by state or local law. But, for instance, Mayor Bloomberg is not a member of the NYPD. He doesn't get a badge and a gun, and can't go kicking down doors or arresting drug dealers even if he wanted to.

Folks, in every state but North Carolina, a citizen has the right to make an arrest and detain a person until such time as a law officer can respond. However, but doing so, one puts oneself on the hook for going to court and, if you get it wrong, subject to civil action. See this: Link (new window)

baronbloodbath: Wi not trei a holiday in Norway this yer ?

I'm listening to my copy of "Norwegian Carpenters' Songs" (compiled by Oscar Tritt) as I type, so I'm getting a kick.

A bit of history: The "Trondheim Hammer Dance" is held every twenty-five minutes in that city.

/And then the old ladies are thrown into the field with their boots tied around their necks...

State trooper pulls over town mayor for speeding. Town mayor pulls over state trooper for speeding. Can't explain that

badhatharry: Theaetetus: badhatharry: The mayor is the boss of the police. He gives them their police powers. Can you give something that you do not possess?

Celibate priests can authenticate marriage licenses.

I guess the logic doesn't follow. I was thinking it similar to presiding over a marraige. "By the powers vested in me by the State, I now pronounce you a deputy."

Essentially, yes. For the same reason that the President of the United States is not a physician even though he has the power to appoint a Surgeon General.

Thudfark: Stupid Norwegians

Uff-da!

rudemix: notmtwain: Too bad the mayor didn't act first. Then he might have something.

I don't want to jump to any conclusions but something's going on in that there town. The newly elected Mayor took office by climbing in through the town hall windows several weeks ago.

//Stay tuned. This could be a hoot.

Why does this all sound like an ever escalating cartoon scenario that ends with the trooper and the mayor facing each other with nuclear weapons pointed at each other after rapidly switching up froms clubs to brass knuckles to knife to gun,etc?


Welcome to my favorites for that one

capt.hollister: We need more hypocrite cops being pulled over for speeding.

csb 1: years ago my sister used to date a provincial cop who was posted in a remote region. When on leave he would drive the 800kms home and brag about how he beat his own speed record from the previous time, secure in the knowledge that if he ever got pulled over he would benefit from a colleague's prefessional courtesy, which he did on more than one occasion.

csb 2: A couple of summers ago I was driving to Trois-Rivières when I got passed by a provincial police car doing 150-160km/h. No lights, no siren, just cruising at a high speed. I discretly followed him at a safe distance to see what his hurry was and also because at that speed the 300km drive would be much faster.... Anyway, turns out he was on his way to take up his post at an overpass radar emplacement in order to pull over civilians (ie non-cops) who, like him, were exceeding the 100km/h speed limit...

Whats that in American?

Rufus Lee King: "Citizen's array-est!"

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I was very glad to see this posted so early.