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[–] macleod2486 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

Not entirely bullshit. In my experience small town cops tend to be the biggest exercisers of making up bullshit to pull you over. Whereas big city cops tend to be way more professional and don't try to pull you over for made up reasons.

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[–] LagunaBeachCA 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Can confirm on my end, local cops tended to pull me over over because I figure my car didn't match the wealth profile of the area, (it was an old beater and it's an upper middle class town).

They always gave a bullshit reason, "taillight was out" (when I know it wasn't) blah blah etc etc. But they let me go after asking a question or two, once they realized I was just a local they never even asked to actually see my license just whether or not I had one and then they told me to drive home safely. Questions they asked usually started with "where are you from" followed by something a local would definitely know like the name of our creek, high school, popular areas.

Happened over a dozen times in the one year I had the car, figure it only stopped because I ended up getting pulled over by everyone on the force in my town so they started to recognize my car.

Feel sorry for any guy with an old car like mine that just happened to be passing through our town. Probably quite a bit actually since we're right along a major thoroughfare for travelers and tourists.

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[–] macleod2486 ago  (edited ago)

Yup the classic excuse the ones I had to deal with growing up was "Your license plate light was a bit dim".

Those cops are the reason why I'm always wary whenever I have to drive through a small town.

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[–] Mister_b 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

My personal experiences have been the same with the exception of Chicago (I hear Maryland is pretty bad for personal rights too). Barney Fife with his six shooter made me infinitely more nervous than the state trooper pulling me over for speeding. I knew I'd get a ticket from the trooper but I'd be going home when it was over.

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[–] Broc_Lia ago 

I've heard extremely dodgy things about NYPD and LAPD. Depends on the small town I guess. If they elect their police then I'd be less worried.

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[–] macleod2486 ago 

Yup state troopers can be sticklers and don't really ever cut you breaks but you'll definitely be headed home in one piece after the encounter.

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[–] 4907508? ago 

I think it has something to do with there being more real crimes to catch in big cities versus small towns. I grew up in a town that had maybe one murder every couple years and moved to the city (literally 10 miles away) where there's murders daily. Yea, the cops bullshit way less in the city. They've seen some shit.

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[–] macleod2486 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Yeah the big city cops have real problems to deal with. Not making up crimes to justify getting military surplus gear.