Irrespective of whether or not a vehicle is taxed it is the law to display a valid tax disk. This liability is 'strict', so no excuse is is going to be valid. The officer who issued the fine isn't going to know your daughter is a goody two shoes. It's not his responsibility to delve in to her history but it is your daughter's responsibility to ensure she is displaying a valid tax disk.
I used to be of the mind that police officers had chips on their shoulders. As I got older and wiser I found that it was the general public with chips on their shoulders. For the record I am not a police officer but am considering it.

 

Although its probably not the best way to word it this guy has got a point, i know first hand thqt the coppers have a quota to meet, this is why the motorist gets fooked over so much, were easy prey tbh and its a lot easier to catch us doing 35 mph in a 30 mph zone than it is to go out and catch the real scum of the earth.

I once went the petrol station to put some fuel in my car, i had my missus and 2 kids in the car with me and was fully legal to drive my car etc.

There was a meat wagon on the forecourt with about 4 coppers in it, as soon as i pulled up to the pump and got out the car i knew they were going to come over to me, i seem to have one of them faces apparently. The copper called me over to the van and started to question me, once he realised i was not breaking the law in any way he then started to drag up my past offences and started speaking to me like a **** and trying to antagonise me into arguing back with him so he could nick me for breach of the peace or something, normally i probably would of called him a bacon w4nker due to his attitude and spent the few hours in the cell but as i had my missus and kids with me i chose to laugh at him and keep my cool, i then went about putting my fuel in and done one.
Its obvious he hadnt met his quota and was trying desperately to get an arrest, its coppers attitude like this that gives the rest of you a bad name, none of you do yourselves any favours tbh, that said i have been nicked in the past by some very descent coppers and its with these coppers i tow the line with while im in custody, the rest of the arrogant w4nkers can suck my hairy sweaty ball sack.

 

^^Great story bro.

MAZ, your too old and too smart to be a police officer.

 

Glad it added some value to your life bruv

 

Cheers for the responses, not really interested in armed police and would imagine there's not much call for it down here.

As for respect not everyone likes the military, plenty of women have been cheated on by military lads and plenty of blokes have been knocked out by one in the pub we get tarred with the same brush. I've been called a baby murderer in a packed petrol station by strangers (my own fault i shouldn't of gone out in my uniform).

I've got thick skin so not interested in insults or what people think of me, I agree that motorists can be an easy target, but then the police only inforce the laws which are made by people much higher than them, if you don't want a bad experience with the law then obey it? I'm no angel nor is anyone else if you ignore the law it's a risk you take in getting caught.

 

I`m not their biggest fan but I should imagine they know how to use proper punctuation, spell correctly and put capital letters where they should

 

Your attitude just sums you up.

 

Individual attitudes like this officer unfortunately have a negative effect on the rest of us hard workin, polite and courteous people. I don't like stories like this, but they do happen and it's a shame. But please don't tar us all with the same brush. I will always treat others how I would like to be treated.

 

Individual attitudes like this officer unfortunately have a negative effect on the rest of us hard workin, polite and courteous people. I don't like stories like this, but they do happen and it's a shame. But please don't tar us all with the same brush. I will always treat others how I would like to be treated.

 

thank you for a fair comment back. it was only a observation, not a insult at plod, i myself have never seen the need for them to drive so fast, i mean in the event of a accident the most important people to get there are.paramedics and fire to get people out if needed, surely all plod do is make the scene safe for other traffic, if of course it was a robbery then fair play, but if it was a knife or assult taking place then thats a desperate situation, but driving like complete tools forsaking the safety of other road users is a big no no , and just to point out all 3 drivers have been taken off driving duties, that to me says guilty,

 

Yeah checking spelling and grammar is typical of the coppers attitude , not concerning them selfs with the main point of the topic

 

Agree with the above about how some officers drive, as someone who was almost taken out by a **** in a panda attending a fire in a wheely bin, while i was on my motorbike, he speed around a corner on the wrong side of the road going like a bat out of hell, needless to say i was slightly peeved when i discovered he nearly killed me responding to a fire in a dustbin, i think he learned his lesson when a helmet clad lunatic (me ) banged on his window and gave him a round of ***** in front of his mates, who strangely did and said nothing, obviously had form.

Yes i know, cool story.

 

Again, you make a fair comment and I will admit that i have been crewed with people who I would deem unsafe. Despite the training, there will always be people who drive too fast and cause accidents. Thats the same for any emergency responders though. Any crash involving a Police vehicle is investigated and if they are found to be at fault, they risk being stuck on and losing the ability to respond.
Also, remember that Police Officers are also first aid trained and very often, due to the vehicles used, will nearly always arrive first at Road Traffic Collisions. Arriving a minute or two earlier can save a life (Im not excusing bad driving). We are always told that its better to arrive safe than not at all.

 

Don't worry mate i'm not a cop basher, i think they do a difficult job with one hand tied behind their back, and generally deal with scum, so i understand how that can for some translate into the general population, there are d1ckheads in every walk of life so no surprise some make it into the police force.

I find if your well spoken, polite and straight most cops are reasonable and refreshed by that attitude, if you give them stick then it should come as no surprise when they give it back.

I have a pal in the force and was interested myself in joining but life got in the way, so i can see it from the other side, people should see what they get up to out here in Croatia, then they might appreciate they UK police a little more, although i'm lucky i know quite a few of the local ones now and they are a decent bunch of lads that like a tear up.

 

Everyone in my family has been in the army at one point or another and iv the most respect for the military and iv lived the army life from very young and lived all over so I know how to respect others but iv got no respect for the English police as there attitude isn't about keeping people safe its about paperwork and statistics and keeping there bosses happy

 

If you break the law you get sheeted - if you don't break the law you don't.

It's not a police officers fault that he has to do paperwork when he arrests someone - it's the job. Unfortunately to prosecute someone you need evidence which normally involves taking written statements, putting a file together and obtaining advice on the case. There is no way around this - its the way the system works.

 

Thanks for that I will update him to this info as he was dead set on it, sounds like he got the info elsewhere.

 

 

Less of the old!

 

Lol now whos got the cool story bro

 

If it wasn't for the attitude of the likes of some people commenting on here, we wouldn't need a police force. It's very evident we DO need one.

I almost joined but couldn't afford to on the starting wage once I bought my 1st house and had a decent job. I would have had to take a pay cut so that knocked it on the head. I'd still like to do the job though.

While some officers have a bad attitude, there are plenty that have the right attitude of 'if you are breaking the law, u need to be dealt with'.

If the scum of the world stopped being scum, we would live in a better place. Kids have no respect for Police these days because its the cool thing to do. Morons

 

Surely this is in the wrong section.......

But anyway.....

Last year I was arrested and charged over an alleged assault

Luckily the jury could see how the Police carried out a blatant biased investigation against me. One example of this was where they failed to purposely take a statement or speak to MY witness (despite the injured party in his statement clearly stating that my witness was present and saw the whole incident!)

A complaint was made to the IPCC (about the above and 12 other issues involving a total of 8 officers) and to my suprise all the officers lied and stuck together. No officers were found guilty or disciplined.

I thinks its fair to say that I have zero respect for the Police in general

 

And this happens a lot and once the people around you and care about you hear how you have been treated it makes them lose trust in the police aswell as most normal people who havnt had police involvement think they are always fair and you only get arrested of you have done wrong and that's clearly not true as not everyone is guilty but your still treated that way regardless or guilt, this is why so many none criminals don't like the police either as how they act affects everyone not just criminals