Bogus traffic ticket

**wedgehead** · 03-22-2011

I just wanted you guys opinions on this matter. My 16 year old son got pulled over (lowered red truck) and got a ticket for a failure to stop ticket. He said he stopped. Honest Dad I really did. Yeah right you wouldn't get a ticket for that if you didn't son. Well we went and got the dash cam footage of the stop and it doesn't show him running the stop sign. The footage doesn't even show the stop sign or the stop.
The cop couldn't have seen him stop or not stop due to the angle of the street. We go to court set the ticket up for a hearing. We see the prosecutor at the date and show her the footage. She agrees with me that the cop could not have seen him stop or not. She throws the ticket out.
Now my wife wants to file a complaint against the cop that wrote the ticket as he had to have just been harassing her son.
What would you guys do leave well enough alone or go and talk to his captain or what?
I would upload the video but can't figure out how.

The dash cam footage is from the police car. I just had to go down to city hall and fill out a request form. Always ask for the footage front and back of citation as cops write notes on back of their copy.

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**65convertSSl79** · 03-22-2011

you won let it go

**jy211** · 03-22-2011

let it go..trust me.

**fbody_mike** · 03-22-2011

Yup, you won. It is a great lesson for your son, assuming he really did stop. Pushing it further seems fruitless, let it go.

**shmoov69** · 03-22-2011

Run....run Forest run!!! LOL

**parsonsj** · 03-22-2011

Yep, that dash cam footage is useful. I used it to get out of a similar situation where the cop made up a whole chase scene that never happened. The cop testified in court that he chased me at speeds approaching 100 mph up I270 during rush hour.

Original verdict: guilty of aggressive driving.

I hired a lawyer and appealed. Got the dash cam footage that showed him pulling me over before we ever got on I270. Verdict: not guilty.

I wanted to sue the cop, city, county, and state (I was pulled over during one of those "we will prosecute Aggressive driving campaigns). My wife prevailed and I let the matter go.

Cops lie, and dash cams don't.

jp

**johnny68** · 03-22-2011

ya i agree with everyone else its better off to just let it go
john

**Kybosh** · 03-22-2011

I would talk to the captain. Meet him in person and show him the footage and get his thoughts. I wouldn't file a formal complaint. The best thing you can do is tell your son to keep that dash cam always running.

**The WidowMaker** · 03-22-2011

lowered red truck? how many of them are there in your town. he may have missed an opportunity to ticket at an earlier date and decided to teach him a lesson this time. maybe not, and not right if he did.

i would let it go.

**DarkBuddha** · 03-22-2011

Probably best to let it go... not worth the time or effort, and it could turn out to be a bad idea. Law enforcement tends to look after its own and they have plenty of ways to make things unpleasant for you and the family. I'm not saying that is what is going to happen, but you've got to be aware.

The alternative is to forget getting all legal about it and put it on youtube and inform the local media and use social media to get it around a bit. See if it has legs and let it take care of itself.

**WildBillyT** · 03-22-2011

Let it go. The last thing you want to do is make him a marked man with the local PD.

**406 Q-ship** · 03-22-2011

Originally Posted by wedgehead

I just wanted you guys opinions on this matter. My 16 year old son got pulled over (lowered red truck) and got a ticket for a failure to stop ticket. He said he stopped. Honest Dad I really did. Yeah right you wouldn't get a ticket for that if you didn't son. Well we went and got the dash cam footage of the stop and it doesn't show him running the stop sign. The footage doesn't even show the stop sign or the stop.
The cop couldn't have seen him stop or not stop due to the angle of the street. We go to court set the ticket up for a hearing. We see the prosecutor at the date and show her the footage. She agrees with me that the cop could not have seen him stop or not. She throws the ticket out.
Now my wife wants to file a complaint against the cop that wrote the ticket as he had to have just been harassing her son.
What would you guys do leave well enough alone or go and talk to his captain or what?
I would upload the video but can't figure out how.

Tell your wife to let it go or yourson, yourself, and your wife will be the focus of the local PD. It is done and the ticket is gone.

**mc84_zz4** · 03-22-2011

Be wise grasshopper, let the wind carry your troubles....

**6'9"Witha69** · 03-22-2011

Let it go. You showed your son how the legal process works. It's not what you know but what you can prove.

**Tony_SS** · 03-22-2011

I agree w/everyone here - you won, let it go.

About the dash cam, was this the cops dash cam? Or is it something in your sons truck that he has running all the time? More info please...

**dadto2jays** · 03-22-2011

let it go........

**kochevy67** · 03-22-2011

Originally Posted by parsonsj

Yep, that dash cam footage is useful. I used it to get out of a similar situation where the cop made up a whole chase scene that never happened. The cop testified in court that he chased me at speeds approaching 100 mph up I270 during rush hour.

Original verdict: guilty of aggressive driving.

I hired a lawyer and appealed. Got the dash cam footage that showed him pulling me over before we ever got on I270. Verdict: not guilty.

I wanted to sue the cop, city, county, and state (I was pulled over during one of those "we will prosecute Aggressive driving campaigns). My wife prevailed and I let the matter go.

Cops lie, and dash cams don't.

jp

Your last sentence the "Cops Lie" is a really ignorant statement to make. That is way to general, that would be like me saying everybody with the name John is a goof. Although I may be right to say it about one person it wouldn't be fair to blanket everyone. I am not saying that every single person in Law Enforcement is 100% honest and never lies but you make it appear that they all lie. I imagine you can kind of tell what I do for a living.

Total stroke statement that you made.

**parsonsj** · 03-22-2011

Originally Posted by ko

Your last sentence the "Cops Lie" is a really ignorant statement to make. That is way to general, that would be like me saying everybody with the name John is a goof

Find the word "everybody" or "all" in my comment, and you'll have a point. I'm simply reporting a fact.

jp

**Steve68** · 03-22-2011

I'm with JP, Cops lie, Judges lie, chalk it up as experience, and experiance beating them at their own game! because usually you DON'T win and your state make money, even if your wrong or right,

I beat one of these, had pictures of the stop sign, judge asked where's the stop sign in this pic, neverless, I got out of their town quickly, but law abiding!!!!

**Blown73** · 03-22-2011

I have seen it many times where a cop will make the story sound to his advantage. Otherwise, he would look bad, you know that, we know that, he knows that.

I have been in a similar situation, you will only make yourself a target to the cops if you push the issue further. I live in a relatively small town and know this all too well. I was pulled over 5 times in a month all for minute things to get my attention. Not a fun situation at all.

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