Sunday, July 19, 2009

Dear Law enforcing officers...this is a rant

Tonight I was pulled over whilst driving in the Dells after watching a movie at the theatre. I knew I was being followed by a cop so I took extra care to make sure I wasn't doing anything illegal as in speeding or illegal lane switching but it was only a matter of moments til I saw the flashing lights in my mirrors.

I must say that it was slightly humourous getting pulled over, the officer asked me for my license which i didn't have at the time so I gave him my passport and once I did that he asked me where I was from ohio, michigan things like that although my plates said wisconsin. He also asked all three of my passengers for their ids which everyone gave him and whilst he was back in his car 2 more squad cars showed up; one being the k9 unit.

The k9 unit officer approached my car and started questioning whether I had any drugs on me or if there were any in the car; as most of you probably know me there weren't any but I gave him permission to take the dog around and sniff and what not; i feel having the drug dog there was an act of profiling me since I do have longish hair and a beard so I must fit some type of stereotypical drug using profile.

After the dog went around my car 3 times and found nothing the original officer that pulled me over came back and said he was letting me go with a verbal warning about the little light that lights up the license plate being burnt out; and this is what made me mad.

If i am going to go pulled over have 3 squad cars, and the k9 unit all used and be given a verbal warning, are the officers really doing their job. One of my passengers weren't wearing his seat belt, but no ticket, I have no rear view mirror, no ticket, my dashboard lights don't work, no ticket, was it really worth my time and the tax payers of Wisconsin Dells to pull me over? I think not.

Further more, I think law enforcement would be incredibly more useful if:

1. They didn't waste time pulling people over for minor infractions

2. and two that all cop cars be undercover so that the paranoid drivers won't feel more pressured and screw up by accident and that the people that don't care about the laws would be pulled over and get what they deserve.

Until next time I leave you with this thought, Don't tase me bro!

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