So, I've been thinking that there has got to be a way to track cop cars in real time....they all have special radio systems, etc. Could these not by somehow used to triangulate the positions of the cars in a given geographical region? This would be really useful info for regular citizens to have, especially since they can track our locations through our cell phones...anyone have any thoughts on how to implement a system such as this? I have only recently had the idea, and not had a chance to do any research yet.

We have got to find a way to stay away from the blue-ies, apparently for our own good!

1.) I dunno about other states, but in TX, U-turns are legal as long as there is no signs saying otherwise.

2.) If you are going to follow cops to monitor, etc, be sure to have a police scanner that can also cover their TAC channels. Sometimes they are dispatched or told to respond or assist by dispatch or a superior, then called off. Sometimes after they are called off, they are told to respond again.

For example. Officer Ramirez is dispatched to a house where there is a fight. He responds, and upon arrival, everything is settled down. He lets dispatch no, and his back up the slows it down. All of a sudden, tempers flare, and sh** goes down the tubes. The officer needs back up ASAP. His back up then hauls it to the house.

It has happened to me.

3.) Officers are not required to have lights and/or sirens going. It makes them and other drivers safer, but it is not required by law. So that officer going 100 mph past you could be responding to a call.

4.) Sometimes it is better to go fast, but with no lights and/or sirens.

For example, an officer is responding to a situation where the criminal will escalate the situation if he knows that cops are on the way.

Another time I drove fast without lights and/or siren is when making a traffic stop. You can catch the speeder going the same speed he was clocked at or even faster of you pull up behind him announced. If you come up blazing, the driver will already have seen you, slowed down, and then argued the fact that he was going the speed limit when you pulled him over. Coming in stealth makes for an easier safer stop. Also, if drugs are involved, the driver may throw the stuff out the window when he sees the lights coming up. Once again . . . better to come in stealth.

5.) Officers are allowed to break certain laws if life or limb are in danger. This includes speeding, driving the wrong way on one way, running stop signs, yield signs, red lights, crossing medians, making u turns in areas marked no u turns, parking in a no parking, etc.

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I can agree with you there.

Like I say. There are two reasons people get into Law Enforcement. Either wanting to help, or the power trip.

[edit on 24/3/2008 by xxpigxx]

Originally posted by keeb333
Seriously though, i think there need to be much more stringent psychological evaluations for police candidates...too many power hungry a-holes are slipping through the cracks and into the job! It gives the good ones a bad name.

Here's a scary thought, maybe the thugs are what they're screening for!

We don't hear enough about the "good ones" anymore to know if they still exist.

Maybe that's part of the problem; we're only told about the things the MSM are directed to tell us.

Perhaps we're being led to believe that the police are nothing but thugs, to further keep us in line...