War stories time.......you guys started it. Saturdays used to be ride along time for anyone wanting to hang out with a cop. Sometimes kids, sometimes a pubic figure, or a reserve officer. I would go to my favorite "fishin'" hole and set up. Wait patiently for my first target. Bang, got it. Boom come on the brakes and all that clutter in the car starts flying everywhere as they come down to the correct speed. My ride alongs always got a kick out of that. Me, well, I would shake my finger at them as they went by running now well under the speed limit...... It wasn't always about writing citations...cops have fun too, at your expense of course.
One more for the road. Many of you, as well as others before you have stated, It saved me many times. Did it? I have done this a long time. Many times I had in my mind for the area I was patrolling at what speed I would make a stop. On an open road, you would have to be 15 over, and many officers have this mind set, not just me. So, if you were 10 or 12 over, so what. Now in a school zone, or 20-25 mph zone, congested areas, that would drop to 5 over. So, many times, you weren't saved, you just weren't interesting enough. Hate to tell ya that. It wasn't to hurt your feelings. Cops are human too. We would only stop those that needed stopped. High speed, in and out of traffic, tail gating, aggressive driving.....that sort of thing. Just stay alert. Don't text and drive, don't read the newspaper, don't do your homework, put on your make up, or shave. I have had them all. And last but not least, K, Ka, the old stuff, usually had you tracked if we were interested long before that alert sounded. We never tell all our secrets. I will add a few more for you later to give you something else to think about when wanting to beat radar. Although radar is becoming extinct