Md. Police Officers Ignore Speed Cameras - Truckers' Trucking Forum

Cybergal · **^ Top** #1 03.09.2008

Md. Police Officers Ignore Speed Cameras
3/8/08

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ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) -- No matter what the cameras say, some drivers are refusing to pay dozens of $40 speeding fines. Who? Police officers.
In the last eight months of 2007, Montgomery County's new speed cameras recorded 224 cases in which police vehicles were recorded traveling more than 10 mph over the speed limit, according to department records.

Supervisors dismissed 76 of those citations after determining the officers were responding to calls or had valid reasons to break the speed limit.
But that left 148 who didn't have that excuse, and about two-thirds of those citations haven't been paid, said police Lt. Paul Starks.
The police union says officers shouldn't pay because the citations are issued to the owner of a vehicle, in this case the county, and not to the driver.

Police Chief Thomas Manger doesn't buy that argument.
"We are not above the law," Manger said. "It is imperative that the police department hold itself to the same standards that we're holding the public to."
Manger said officers who continue to ignore citations might be disciplined.TBO

Baack · **^ Top** #2 03.09.2008

I have more than once see cops put their lights on to get through a traffic jam, only to turn them off once on the other side
Yes it could have been "official business" but I dont think so

Jarlaxle · **^ Top** #3 03.09.2008

Cops are exempt from most laws anyway...what's one more?

Hitman · **^ Top** #4 03.11.2008

The police union says they shouldn't have to pay because the citations are issued to the owner of the vehicle, in this case the county, and not to the driver?????????? This is one of THE most rediculous statements I have ever heard.

Baack · **^ Top** #5 03.11.2008

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Originally Posted by Jarlaxle

Cops are exempt from most laws anyway...what's one more?

I talked to a cop and they are not exempt unless on a emergency call

Roadmedic · **^ Top** #6 03.11.2008

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Originally Posted by Baack

I talked to a cop and they are not exempt unless on a emergency call

That is true in Illinois as well. But in MD, I guess they must be special.

Chillwag · **^ Top** #7 03.12.2008

The thing is like us they are suposed to be setting an example. So only when their lites are going should they be permitted to do this. If not they are setting a bad example and should have to pay a higher fine and risk loosing their job, just like us!

Lurchgs · **^ Top** #8 03.12.2008

Ok - let the union win. Let the PD pay the fines. Then the PD is fully justified in doing what every other fleet owner would do- run around and *hammer* the offender.

Sorry, Mr. Union Rep - you can NOT have it both ways.

myminpins · **^ Top** #9 03.12.2008

Pfft... must be nice to be able to ignore laws when it suits your purpose.

Jarlaxle · **^ Top** #10 03.15.2008

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Originally Posted by Baack

I talked to a cop and they are not exempt unless on a emergency call

That's the official line. Like many things in life, the official line and the reality are 180 degrees apart.

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