If you chose to volunteer in Girl Guides for your daughter, would you require a background check?
Assuming the Girl Scouts would allow a male volunteer, then yes, I'd have to pass the same background check I had to pass when I became a Scoutmaster.
Have you ever jammed out to "fuck the police" while sitting in your squad car?
Actually, yes. Not my favorite song, but sometimes it's amusing to see folk's reactions.
In your opinion why the difference? If they can look it up and see everything is current is this just a "each cop will deal with it individually" kind of thing?
Aren't you required to have proof of current insurance? I think the first cop in that just decided not to enforce it since it was something minor. An accident was involved with the second, requiring a bit more by the book.
Poe's pretty much got it. In Georgia, the reporting database for insurance is woefully out of whack - to the extent that one of the administrators for it got pulled over and her vehicle towed by a friend of mine for no current insurance.
It basically boils down to whether or not someone can prove they have current insurance with documentation onhand. If you're a dick, it's just something else I can use to jam you up - I can be a bigger dick, and I have the law on my side.
How much racial profiling actually occurs?
Even though quotas is something everyone thinks exists but probably doesn't, is there some pressure to write a certain amount of tickets per month regardless?
With me... it's not really so much racial profiling as profiling based on stops that I've had in the past that have resulted in something. Chances are better, if I stop a rusted out beater for example, that the driver is either going to be in possession or have a warrant of some flavor. It's not really profiling - it's a tested and proven hypothesis. Lower-income folks are, unfortunately, more likely to have something in the way of a probation violation warrant, a contempt of court warrant, or a child support violation warrant/license suspension, simply due to the fact that they often cannot pay the associated fines. It's part of that unfortunate cycle that some folks just can't seem to break free from.
That being said, there's a fair number of higher-end cars that have resulted in prescription drug arrests, simply because folks have been so arrogant as to believe that there would be no way that the cops would stop them... I suppose it works both ways.
As for quotas, or even a certain amount of pressure, I've never felt it. We recently started having to turn in our stats bi-weekly, but I've never been told that I have to meet a minimum. My captain's just very big on seeing the numbers. If there was a "quota," I would refuse to meet it, just on principle: stat-based policing is unfair to the general public, and gives officers a bad rep.
Has cleavage ever actually affected your decision on not giving a ticket?
Yes, but probably not in the way you're thinking. If I pull over someone who makes a point of trying to "bribe" me with eye-candy, that's a guarantee that they're going to get something. Their rage when I tell them to "Press hard, five copies," is delicious.
I will NOT be bought, and the fact that they think they can get away with it is straight-up insulting to my integrity.
have you ever fired your gun while jumping through the air?
I get the quote *grins*, but Lord knows, my accuracy is shaky enough without pulling John Woo into the equation! *laughs*
Let's say 2 cars are speeding (maybe they're racing each other). If one pulls over but the other doesn't, what do you do? Do you choose one of them to go after?
I'd give the lookout prior to making the stop, try and get another unit in the area. If one flees, I'll pass it over the air. If we get him, we get him. If not... he'll probably be stupid again sometime, and we'll get him next time. It's not that serious, really - not so much so that I'm going to risk public safety for the sake of my ego.
If Train A leaves Baltimore at 77 MPH, and Train B leaves Cleveland at 64 MPH, each maintaining a constant speed, what drink will the lady in seat 3C on Train A order?
A Singapore Sling, because she's feeling gigi.
May I beat you with a doomweasel?
I would rather that you didn't.
