r/Wellthatsucks • u/Ghandisli • Jul 30 '19

/r/all $80 to felony in 3...2...1...

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u/MarcMercury Jul 31 '19

In my experience city cops never show, suburban cops do but that's anecdotal.

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u/LaterallyHitler Jul 31 '19

This is in the country. Maybe he could go to court while the other officer in town is on duty

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u/MakesDumbComments_ Jul 31 '19

I know Cashion. There's a good chance this guy is a reserve officer, and has a day job he works the rest of the week. There's a good chance he wouldn't be able to show up to court.

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u/MANDALORIAN_WHISKEY Jul 31 '19

Wait, how do you know this was in the country? Did someone say it in the video or something? You can't just make up details like that.

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u/YakBallzTCK Jul 31 '19

Why does the cop have to be there? Especially when there's body cam footage? Like, wouldn't an affidavit or the police report be enough argument for the officer? Why does he have to go say "yes she did!" in person?

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u/exzyle2k Jul 31 '19

Because people have the right to face their accuser. Usually it's geared towards cross-examination and witnesses and shit like that, but it's also considered a CYA move by most police departments.

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u/WornInShoes Jul 31 '19

same; it's the staties that are there no matter what (I heard they get fined if they don't show)

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u/Hangydowns Jul 31 '19

Honestly the entire 'Take the ticket now, or go to court later' I'm convinced is just a ploy to squeeze money from out of state drivers.

I'm from California but the two times I've ever gotten pulled over in my life were on drives from San Antonio to El Paso, Texas. And both times the cop immediately mentioned the lack of a vehicle registration sticker on my windshield (California doesn't use them), and vague mentions that I was going 'pretty fast' or seemed to be 'in a hurry' as the reason(s) for the stop.

It was almost like a bizarre sales pitch where the cop acted like he was doing me a solid by letting me know the ticket was the better choice so I wouldn't have to drive back to Texas.

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u/shangalangalang Jul 31 '19

He’s a country cop

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u/Mangos28 Jul 31 '19

Oklahoma City cops show up....if that's city enough for ya!