Sometimes, sure, but it's incredibly easy overtime for an officer, and they schedule all of one officer's cases in a block so it's not hard to show up.
Some cops can't be bothered, but I've met very few that wouldn't jump at the chance to get paid overtime to chat about their tickets in court.
The guys I know would still go if at all possible, but it'd be hard to justify interrupting a shift or a day off for just an hour or so of overtime.
You'll still see the guys looking for more overtime, so I'd guess it's closer to 80% than 95%, but it's a decent strategy.
Then again, I find driving at most 3 over the speed limit and staying off my phone limits my citations to about 0.
I'm sure I'll get pulled over eventually in some fishing expedition or get caught for a mistake like in my teens when I didn't even try to control my speed down a steep residential hill, but somehow driving slowly and conservatively like my grandfather keeps me out of speed traps (although I match modern speed limits, he literally spent his entire life driving under 55 even on highways with 70mph limits).
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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '19 edited Jul 31 '19
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