re: What are your experiences with getting pulled over by law enforcement?

I have only received two tickets in my life.


Rest of the times I was let go with a warning.

Being a chick AND a nurse has perks. Couple times I was let go I know it was cause I was a chick. Other times I had my scrubs on and was leaving or going to work....once I told them where I worked at (and they saw my work id)they let me go and told me to either go home and get some rest or to have a good shift.

I've been stopped in excess of 20 times and never been shot. I've been let go with only a warning at least six times. Never really had a bad experience.

Got pulled over once in a school zone. I had been pulled over 3 times before and never cried.... I'm not one of those "oh I'm going to cry and maybe he'll let me off" types. But this time I immediately started bawling. I didn't mean to, just couldn't help it. He felt bad, but still have me the ticket. Worst part is he tried to talk to me and joke with me to cheer me up.... It just made me more angry. Found out the next week I was pregnant. Totally explained things!

I was pulled over once for going 30 in a 20. He got me just as I turned off of a highway onto a residential street. He tried to tack on being in a school zone although it was during the summer, and I wasn't actually in a school zone. That would have doubled the fine. He also gave me a ticket for a busted tail light even though I had it covered with the tape. I thought you couldn't get a ticket if you had it covered but whatever. When I went to pay it the clerk said that she didn't know what the cop was on about with the school zone stuff since I wasn't in one, and she took it off the ticket. It was about a $300 ticket. It would have been about $600. For going 10 over.

The other time I got pulled over was by unmarked drug police in Kenner. We pulled up to a 4 way stop. I was on the left. The SUV was on the right. I pulled in front of him. We went about a block or two, and saw flashing light so I pulled over. They never gave us cause for being pulled over. They pulled us out of the car, patted us down, searched our pockets, and without permission searched my truck. Of course they found nothing. Then they gave us a lecture about drinking and driving (we had a case of beer in the car but had not been drinking) and let us go with a warning. A warning for what? I have no idea.

I was pulled over when I was in school at LSU for having expired brake tags. He ran the registration and commented how the car was registered in my own name unlike a lot of other students then let me go with a warning. He was pretty nice and reasonable.

Those are all 3 times that I have been pulled over. Mixed bag. I tried to be polite each time. I get nervous whenever I deal with them, even if I am doing nothing wrong.

Stopped at a roadblock and ordered to get out with hands up at the muzzle end of several shotguns and handguns. My car and I vaguely fit the description of a murder suspect. After a search and a few questions I was told I can roll on.

I was pulled over this morning for only the 2nd time in my 15 years of driving - I don't usually drive fast, but a construction zone got me. Officer was very polite and let me go with a warning - it probably helped I had my ACUs on for drill today

Well. Since I'm white it usually goes like this

Well good evening officer
Good evening fellow citizen. Just wanted to warn you of the expired license plate.
Thank you my friend
Have a nice night

That's about it

3 times in 20 years or so.
1- Warning ticket.(State)
2- Ticket, had that dealt with.(Local)
3- Let me go after checking everything and running the numbers on a pistol.
(State and local)

have received less than i should have more often than not ... most cops aren't unethical ... but the bad ones who overstep their boundaries rarely get punished, it seems ...

My experience is that cops are dicks.