Riding with cops...... (Page 2)

Because thanks isn't enough for this post.

I'm sure this cop wouldn't want anyone rummaging through his past.

I just posted this story because I thought it was worth a giggle or two.

As I said before, I am very easy going, and did not  at all feel offended or violated. I have the utmost respect for cops and what they do...........

I certainly did not mean to set off a firestorm.

So do you. Your safety is just as important as his.

I think this is cop-social skills for "I want your body"

DING DING DING

We have our winner!

I run people all the time to check to see if there are outstanding warrants for them on a public site. It's not a big deal that he looked to see if she was "convicted drug dealer" to me.

IMO he was flirting with you

People. 

Lighten up.

Peace out........

and I thought her location was a line from the Immigrant Song by Zepplin

Seriously, plus anyone can do a simple DL search these days. 

In the course of your duties, and I'm sure your running name/permit checks based on other things... a complaint, loitering, littering, whatever.  Not just hey I met someone new let me run them and see what I get on the return.

No kidding.  I think this is one of those rare scenarios that unite both the Ayn Rand right-wing libertarians and the aging-hippie-question-authority leftist libertarians (like me) by its creepy government overreach quotient.

And here come the government haters/conspiracy theorists

Hey Helen, good to see you are out having fun.  Everyone can tell from your pictures you 25

Ok time to climb into my black helicopter and go sneaking around

Ayn Rand...makes me want to listen to 2112 on todays run, great suggestion, thanks

Thanks that's scary they have my picture and everything.

That's weird...It's my name, but my girlfriend's picture is posted??? Crazy DMV...

Good lord people, anyone can run a criminal history check based on a name. 

Check out www.idcourts.us

Put in any name and find their record in the state of Idaho.

You don't know what this cop did or didn't look up. 

"It's called jump to conclusions. It's a mat with different conclusions on it, that you jump to!"

Somehow, they had my ex - wife's picture on my license.  I will be contacting the DMV tomorrow!

No, that was my first thought as well.  I regularly ride with 2-3 sheriff's deputies and yes, they do roll stop signs and lights when we are the only ones there and do not trigger a light change.

As for the background check, I have no problem with it.  Don't break the law and you have nothing to hide.  And if you have broken the law and been caught and convicted, then you obviously have a problem with laws and authority so I would expect you to have an issue with someone checking your background.

I'm sure cops do do this. After all lots of people break the rules at their jobs. But I'm curious if anyone would feel any different if someone you rode with looked up your medical records. Maybe just to see if you had any communicable diseases they should watch out for. My guess is most people would be appalled by someone doing that. But doctors and nurses save more lives than cops do.

Law enforcement officers do deserve our respect, but they are not above the law. Even though I have nothing to hide I would never consent to a search of my person without a warrant. I think this cop violated the law in a pretty basic way and not for any very good reason. He violated common courtesy by discussing your age without you bringing it up. 

I think we should demand even more integrity from law enforcement. They should act in a way that is worthy of the respect we give them.