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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980
Well, we have the first amendment and unless behavior is coming to the point of violating statutes concerning disorderly conduct, not much they can do legally.Still not smart to just randomly heckle a cop, they can arrest you for whatever, probably beat the rap but can't beat the ride as they say.
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Well that is what I said if you read my post is you should not hackle a cop because you have no idea if they are going to follow the law or push the limits.With one cop you could be fairly vocally hostile(meaning unfriendly rude but not making a specific threat) and they only should let you go say of they pulled you over or give a you a violation if you committed one.But another cop if you act that way might push the situation and at best kind of hackle you back which just makes the encounter longer or at worst go to the extreme.
Honestly I disagree that the "culture" is out of control.When you take into account how many LE officers there are in the incidents of abuse that prove to be true are not that common.
Generally speaking the typical person does not ever even encounter an FBI agent so I cant really see the evidence that they as a whole are out of control.
One thing people forget is that we have a free press here is the US so any incident gets tons of attention yet when cops do good deeds or just the everyday good that they do that hardly ever gets attention.It is just like everything else the bad gets noticed and the good does not.
Your advice kind of fails in Florida though where if you refuse you loose your license for 6 months of course that is better than one year if you get a conviction.Of course to be honest I really have no pity for a person who in truth was drunk getting off.They did risk their and everyone else lives by driving.
My brother in law is your worst enemy by the way he is one of the guys that works for the state crime lab in Louisiana he calibrates and maintains every single breath machine in LA as well as trains the all cops (not just the State Police) for their initial and renewal training they even calibrate the machines on Fort Brag and Barkesdale AFB as well as a few USCG stations.
They keep very detailed records for the machines and training records I saw the lab once pretty neat to see how they do it all.Of course my brother in law or one of the other techs has to show up for any DUI trial should they be called.Seems that the defense usually knows that trying to argue the accuracy is a moot point at of the machine itself.