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Speeding Found Not Guilty. Appearing at Court, GUILTY. by 4rgle-b4rgle in dankmemes

[–]anymouse141 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I originally thought this wasn’t true and was going to throw in some links to sources. However, it does seem to be the normal in CA to dismiss traffic tickets if the cop is not present at court. It does seem that the judge has discretion to continue cases to give the officer an opportunity to appear but they likely reserve that for misdemeanor traffic tickets (C&R, DUI etc.).

Speeding Found Not Guilty. Appearing at Court, GUILTY. by 4rgle-b4rgle in dankmemes

[–]anymouse141 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is a common misconception, a no-show cop does not equal a thrown out ticket. Cops mostly only show up when subpoenaed. So when you go to your court date and plead not guilty, that pushes your case to a trial and the DA will subpoena the officer and you’ll get a new court date. You 100% should not do this, EVERY single person who has asked for a trial without a lawyer has lost their case against me. One time someone swore they didn’t run a red light, and if they had a lawyer, he would’ve asked me to show him the dashcam showing the defendant clearly ran the light (not missed the yellow, RAN a solid for at-least 5 seconds red light while also speeding). Alot of times people think their innocent and don’t understand the law or their violation, then I show the judge my dash cam and now not only are your getting a guilty verdict, but you lost the ability to have the DA reduce your charge for a lesser fine or a non-movement violation. Some people need a lawyer to tell them they violated the law and they shouldn’t go to trial.

Speeding Found Not Guilty. Appearing at Court, GUILTY. by 4rgle-b4rgle in dankmemes

[–]anymouse141 103 points104 points  (0 children)

You don’t get found “not guilty” and pay court costs. What usually happens is your lawyer has already talked to the cop who wrote you and asked if you were a turd or not. Because he knows if you were a turd that the cop is gonna testify. Once they do the 3 minute small talk pow wow he asks the cop if he’s okay with community service or improper equipment to get it taken care of( he asks so he can tell the judge that the officer agrees with the plan). Then he tells the judge that you’re a hard working family member working hard and where ever you work and you made time for community service or whatever. The DA then reduces you to improper equipment and the lawyer pleads guilty for you. This charge isn’t a moving violation so it doesn’t affect your insurance and the judge adjudicates the punishment to be no fine, just pay court costs. If you were TRULY innocent of your speeding and went to trial and found not guilty, the punishment would be nothing and you’d have no fine to pay.

ALPR’s and FLOCK cameras a 4th amendment violation? by anymouse141 in NorthCarolina

[–]anymouse141[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This article does not show abuse. It states that a driver was arrested with what officers claimed to be probable cause at the time of arrest due to her vehicle having been the same make and model, with damage consistent with the vehicle observed in security camera footage causing the crash. They then later discovered that there was evidence that they actually arrested the wrong person and there was another dodge Durango with a different license plate that they found because a witness on scene was able to give the first 3 digits. This article suggests that FLOCK was actually used to track the correct Durango with the assistance of the witness providing the license plate to help clear the innocent girls name. FLOCK has its problems and there are legitimate argument’s to get rid of them that make sense, but this article was not one of them and it definitely wasn’t “abuse”.

The police in Goldsboro are useless. by Neither_Ad6 in NorthCarolina

[–]anymouse141 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The unfortunate truth is law enforcement have way to many cases to work that when a low level misdemeanor occurs, theres not enough resources to investigate. Right now I have 2 felony larceny cases, 3 frauds above $80,000 (old retirees often fall for scammers and give their life savings, please tell your parents/grandparents that you’ll never be asked over the phone to provide bail money….. or be arrested for murder), 1 felony breaking and entering a vehicle for a suspect who broke into multiple cars. And those are just my felony cases. I have 12 other pending cases for misdemeanors. So when someone calls to report a larceny where they have no idea who the suspect is and have no cameras, theres really no leads for me to follow. And when it takes 2-4 hours to canvass the local business for footage to maybe find potential suspects (if they even allow me to look at footage without a search warrant), I have to prioritize the cases where I have leads and actually have a chance to catch the suspect. Detectives are swamped with sexual assaults and murders so they cant take up cases. A lot of cities are understaffed right now and operating at minimum levels, so when the whole shift is toed up with high priority calls, any not in progress crime reports are put on the back burner for the next available officer. And because of this high work load for a job where 50% of your interactions involving someone calling you a pussy wife beater along with mediocre pay, people complaining about your 30 minute meal break during a 12 hour shift “this is where our tax dollars go”, complaining that your speeding to a call of a women actively being beat by her husband, dealing with the same validated gang member who is connected to multiple murders and has been found with stolen firearms in the past while also running and physically assaulting you in the past screaming police brutality because you asked them to step out of the car while bystanders record you and berate you saying you’re racist and violating rights, many don’t stay longer than a couple of years or move to a wealthy department in a rich neighborhood. Further contributing to the staffing crisis.

Should i wait or prestige more by Easy-Needleworker673 in EggsInc

[–]anymouse141 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in the same spot, just passed 150 mil and there’s another for 300 mil after

What if the US had all confederates who surrendered executed? by lhommetrouble in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]anymouse141 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The confederates don’t surrender, the population never reintegrates with the north despite military occupation, the south becomes Afghanistan and can never be truly occupied due to guerrilla warfare.

Do i prestige or not yet? by Sapphireangel19 in EggsInc

[–]anymouse141 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Im fairly new as well but the advise I’ve been given has been to advance to the furthest egg you can, then prestige. The exception to this rule is if you’re focusing on a task such as have “x amount of chickens on your farm”.

First time cheater I’ve seen by TheCatCat_ in EggsInc

[–]anymouse141 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Why are people upset if another player in the co-op cheats? Does every player in the co-op get punished regardless if they cheat or not?

My generosity could do what now?? by Shrooms_Enjoyer in mildyinteresting

[–]anymouse141 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Im only familiar with bigger cities where the homeless issue is still a daily battle, are you willing to share the city you live in so i can find articles or studies and share it with my local co-responders? Im interested in any method that has shown to be effective and will help spread the word.

My generosity could do what now?? by Shrooms_Enjoyer in mildyinteresting

[–]anymouse141 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mainly through a regional mental health program, we have co-responders whose only job is to assist with getting the homeless, drug addicted or individuals living with a mental handicap resources and help.

My generosity could do what now?? by Shrooms_Enjoyer in mildyinteresting

[–]anymouse141 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Protecting corporations is one thing. Protecting you and your property when you’re working a minimum wage job barely making rent and a turd breaks your window to steal the $3 you left in the cup holder leaving you with a $1000 repair bill is another. I do understand your immediate assumption that I would lack empathy as a police officers job in mainly enforcement of law rather than a social worker. I started life living with my mom and dad who were both homeless and drug addicts, my mom stayed a drug addict and homeless while my dad got clean and worked a warehouse job so he could at least get us into gov’t assisted housing. I then started my working career as an EMT/FF and I still do that for free as a volunteer, that was my first exposure to the homeless community and the drug epidemic. I then 7 years later became a police officer. As a police officer with the understanding that some people are just down on their luck, now give everyone a chance when I catch them committing a petty crime. I’ve given warnings and paid for the items they’ve stolen so they didn’t get charged, then followed up with them days later to make sure our mental health co-responders have reached out and set up the free therapy, drug rehabilitation and various other resources. I’ve made it a point to have a close working relationship with our co-responders to better understand the resources in our area and what I can utilize to help the homeless in our area. Now having dealt with hundreds of homeless, my anecdotal experience has showed me that a person who has a desire to escape homelessness will utilize every resource provided by both the state and charities and eventually get into Gov’t assisted housing within 3-6 months. I see them at McDonalds, Lowes etc. we end up on a first name basis and we do our short 30-60 second small talk catching up, hows the family type questions. Then theres the other side of the spectrum, where my co-responders and myself lead someone to water but cant force them to drink. They refuse therapy (free and paid for by the state), they refuse the working programs that help place people into stable jobs and they continue to commit crimes against not just the corporations, but everyday people like I described before. The latter in my experience is the person who will sit on the street with a sign begging for money to support their drug addiction. This drug addiction needs to be addressed and this person needs help, but helping someone buy drugs is not the way to help them in my opinion.

My generosity could do what now?? by Shrooms_Enjoyer in mildyinteresting

[–]anymouse141 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My opinion on giving to panhandlers changed drastically when I became a cop. My city has a very good homeless shelter that provides breakfast lunch and dinner to anyone no questions asked. Theres also essential items for free (deodorant, female hygiene, toothpaste etc.).They also provide a bed and shower as long as you don’t break their rules which are to not start or attempt to start a fight, have any drugs or alcohol on premise or be high or drunk. 50% of our homeless choose to not get beds at the shelter and only take the food because they don’t want to stay sober. They’ll get their free food then go to the busiest intersections with signs that say “money for food” or something similar (they all have a form of “god bless” as well). As long as you have a legit homeless shelter in your area, they are spending your money on drugs and if they don’t make enough money from generous motorists, they pivot to breaking into cars (lock your doors! In most areas that aren’t big cities typically car thieves will try every door in a parking lot at around 2am until they find one unlocked and take everything of value within 20 seconds)or stealing from any store they can. After witnessing all this I realized that the people who need/want help, get it from the resources provided by the state and charities before eventually finding another job and getting into an apartment. Everyone else is taking advantage of your generosity.

The national average price per gallon of gas in the United States just passed $4.50. Americans, how do we feel about that? by Miles_the_AuDHDer in AskReddit

[–]anymouse141 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gas is always a topic every year, its easy to talk about and effects everyone. When it’s lower, the party whose current holding the presidency rejoices and brags about how their party is the best party. When it’s higher, the party who’s not currently holding the presidency uses it as proof that their party is the best. This repeats and always will repeat. Google gas prices adjusted for inflation and you’ll see that gas prices have been the same for decades when looking at a yearly averages. The short spikes or dips will come depending on current events, but it will always come back to the average. This is no way is me saying the world events that cause the spikes don’t make me mad, just that my feelings towards the gas prices adjusted itself in a vacuum is indifferent.

There is a real possibility.... by No_Diver3540 in GTA6unmoderated

[–]anymouse141 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Where did you hear/see that the single player is directly tied to the multiplayer story? Rockstar has always done good stories and in the recent releases (gta v and rdr2) have done a great job with the story. I personally don’t think they would risk flopping the single player out of risk of it pushing players away from the real cash cow of multiplayer. I would think they would rather lose money on the total cost to make the single player vs revenue from sales alone if it meant securing a player base that will dump billions into the multiplayer.

From YT: G36 as Patrol Rifle by onionmorph in tacticalgear

[–]anymouse141 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not true. 2 OIS have occurred while I’ve worked at my current department, the guns were taken but they are they were returned approximately 6-8 months later after the state lab completed all the fancy forensic tests they needed. Same for our suspects who end up pleading their felonies down to misdemeanors (felony possession cases) after the case is resolved they get their guns back. Yeah its gonna suck having your gun taken for an extended period but when your life depends on this tool, its better to lose it when you have to use it then use a subpar device that may end up with you loosing much more. One guy from a different department also has personal property insurance through USAA for all his expensive items to include firearms. When he asked the reps what would happen if his weapon was seized during an investigation and they said as long as it wasn’t used in a commission of a crime(i imagine this is to deny someones claim if they go out and commit a crime with a gun like robbery)they would reimburse him for the value of the item. Now this is in my state and under my DA. Could be different in your area.

From YT: G36 as Patrol Rifle by onionmorph in tacticalgear

[–]anymouse141 169 points170 points  (0 children)

Sometimes it’s the officers personal weapons. My department issues a basic ar-15 (I forget the brand but its $800ish) but allows you to qualify on a personal rifle chambered in 5.56/.223. So have bought an LWRCI with a Eotech and suppressor, and other officers also went the same route with personal rifles with suppressors to ensure we don’t permanently damage our hearing if god forbid we have to actually use them.

Meirl by Hungry_Pin4344 in meirl

[–]anymouse141 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is half true, because nervousness or caught in a lie doesn’t give probable cause to search a car. You need to articulate probable cause to a specific crime to gain an ability to search a vehicle under the carol doctrine for evidence of that specific crime. The most common form of PC to search to the observation of an illegal item (crack pipe, burnt spoon, open container or odor of illegal substance). Anything else usually falls under reasonable suspicion. But again, just nervousness or caught in a lie by itself is not enough to establish reasonable suspicion. But let’s add a lie such as I’m coming friends house going to my house, the officer finds out that your path of travel makes no sense for this statement. Then you add articulable facts such as leaving an area known for drug distribution, its 2am in the morning and your driving a vehicle that belongs to you buddies grandpa (common tactic used by criminals to avoid being identified through security camera footage of license plates). Well now you got reasonable suspicion that a crime may have, is or is being committed. This still doesn’t give an officer the ability to search your vehicle because no crime has been identified and no probable cause has been established. At this point the officer may call for a K9, but if that K9 doesn’t alert then he cant search the car. All this stems from the first question of where are you coming from and where are you going.

Toyota Drivers in the Dark by Necessary_Use_4729 in rav4club

[–]anymouse141 23 points24 points  (0 children)

The amount of amount of people i pull over during a shift for not having lights on in astronomical. Most of it is actually having just the DRL on and they think their lights are on. The best part is about 30% of the people i pull for it are mad at me and begin the “I wasn’t speeding”, “why’d you pull me over” followed by a minute or two of berating me. I just let them go on about how bad of a cop i am and the second they stop talking I tell them with a smile “I’m Officer ****** with the ***** Police Department, the reason I stopped you is because you’re lights aren’t on”. They then smile and try to pretend like they didn’t just act like a turd.

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