Possibly, but more likely is that cops don't like dealing with boring traffic offenses, and doing a bunch of paper work for them. And the money booked from the ticket, if it is even paid, goes to the general fund and not to the cops to buy fancy toys, so they have even less incentive to waste their time with it.
“That was probably the tightest spot I could've been in,” Mike said. “Because [the offense] could've been ‘driving without a plate,’ ‘driving with no registration…’" By driving on the shoulder, too, Mike was driving illegally in at least three different ways.
Despite that, he felt confident as the cop approached his car and told him to roll down his window. Instead of pulling out his driver’s license, Mike simply introduced himself and produced something better. “I just basically happened to have one of their PBA cards on me,” he said, referring to the small, plastic "courtesy" cards issued by the Police Benevolent Association, which usually have an officer’s name, phone number, and signature on the back.
This is a problem in major metro areas, and it's probably tied directly to being a wildly unpopular form of policing: a form that actually affects rich people.
I vaguely remember some YouTube vlogger that would walk around and spot the fake/modified/obstructed plate. One obstruction was a leaf. That doesn’t even begin to include the probably illegal tinted covers.
It’s a misdemeanor. Distributing them is a serious felony. They can get the buyers to flip. Don’t see why it isn’t worth their time.
Anyway, what isn’t they are so busy doing? It’s definitely not arresting shoplifters, fare evaders, public deficaters, or those that engage in aggressive solicitation.
Don’t see why it isn’t worth their time.
Anyway, what isn’t they are so busy doing? It’s definitely not arresting shoplifters, fare evaders, public deficaters, or those that engage in aggressive solicitation.
The DA won’t prosecute any of those crimes unless it is large enough to be I the news and then it’ll be thought about.
No need to lay off, they’re quitting in droves and there are no new recruits to fill the void. Which is why some large cities have made it so non-citizens can join Law Enforcement.
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I would bet that is because a significant portion of the tax evaders are the cops or their families.
Possibly, but more likely is that cops don't like dealing with boring traffic offenses, and doing a bunch of paper work for them. And the money booked from the ticket, if it is even paid, goes to the general fund and not to the cops to buy fancy toys, so they have even less incentive to waste their time with it.
NYC has a particular problem in this regard. They issue get-out-of jail cards...
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7gxa4/pba-card-police-court...
and openly flaunt parking laws: https://twitter.com/NYPD_Parking
And those are given out like candy on Halloween by cops to anyone they vaguely know.
Some of it is just boring tickets, but the NYPD has a division just for that. They don’t ticket for this (or placard abuse) for some strange reason.
Other evasions are actual crimes. Like all those fake paper plates—-criminal possession of a forged instrument.
This is a problem in major metro areas, and it's probably tied directly to being a wildly unpopular form of policing: a form that actually affects rich people.
That have fake/modified plates? I’ve seen fake/expired temp tags being sold in $bigcity Facebook groups.
It’s probably because as another commenter said not worth their time.
Seems like NYC has been battling this for years.
https://m.youtube.com/results?search_query=Fake+plates+new+y...
I vaguely remember some YouTube vlogger that would walk around and spot the fake/modified/obstructed plate. One obstruction was a leaf. That doesn’t even begin to include the probably illegal tinted covers.
It’s a misdemeanor. Distributing them is a serious felony. They can get the buyers to flip. Don’t see why it isn’t worth their time.
Anyway, what isn’t they are so busy doing? It’s definitely not arresting shoplifters, fare evaders, public deficaters, or those that engage in aggressive solicitation.
The DA won’t prosecute any of those crimes unless it is large enough to be I the news and then it’ll be thought about.
So they have plenty of time on their hands, right?
Seems like the definition of insanity to me. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Why spend time on crimes that are not going to prosecuted? Even with violent crime we see the offender walk right back out to the streets.
The bigger question is why isn’t the DA prosecuting these crimes?
If the cops aren’t going to be doing anything why not lay them off? At least we’d save money.
No need to lay off, they’re quitting in droves and there are no new recruits to fill the void. Which is why some large cities have made it so non-citizens can join Law Enforcement.
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-immigration-illinois-d...
Your neighborhood first?
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