Got stopped by a Cop today on the way home

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This is one interesting story, it may be long so i will understand if you dont want to read it, but its interesting, thats for sure. Anyways im walking to the bus stop from the warehouse i work at, it about a 5-10 min walk. As im exiting the industrial park where my warehouse is I see a cop car coming in, im like there is no way in hell he is going to notice my CS SRK on my belt, its in plain view but i've got black jeans on so it blends in. Then the cop passed me i hear the tires screech as he pulls a U turn and pulls up beside me, there are 2 cops in the car, the driver i havent seen before, makes sense seeing as i dont know many cops, the other cop i cant see well, he is looking at the computer in the senter consol and can only see the back of his head and he has a hat on. The guy i can see gets out and askes me where im going And if i have any weapons, Im like oh crap, So I tell him im just walking home and i dont have any "weapons" but i do have a knife i use for work(it still has wood chips stuck to the powder coat from prying open crates) He askes to see it, I draw it SLOWLY and hand it to him handle first holding it from the blade. He looks at it and askes if its for self defense, i say NO just for work, and i mention the wood chips stuck to it. He then tells me to get into the car he wants to bring me in and finger print me to see if there are any warrents out on me. Im like thinking go screw yourself but say ok, I live like 2 blocks from the cop shop so im like cool a free ride home. As we drive im trying to get a look at the second cop but i can not see his face, but he looks like i have seen him before. Anyways after driving for about 20 min i notice that hey, they arnt going to the police station, they are going more towards my house, which is really wierd seeing as they never asked my name, so how would they know where i live, then they stop Right infront of my apartments, im like WTF, whats going on here. Then the cop i havent seen yet turns around and says Get out, you're home arnt you. And its my best friends Brother! He is a Cop with the local RCMP, im like you nutcase i was crapping my self back here the whole time! So im talking to him and he tells me my friend asked him to scare me a little as a joke so this is what he did, anyways it was kinda cool cause he is on the ERT(emergency Response Team) team and asked if i wanted to go to the range with him and one of his buddies this weekend and fire some MP5's and Car-15's. But holy crap was i crapping myself in the car on the way home. Just goes to show you, knowing a cop can sometimes not be a good thing lol.
 
Dude, there is no way I'd agree to fingerprinting without being arrested first.
 
seeing as i know very little law, and i would be going towards my house, and i have nothing on my record, and i was scared shitless at the time, i guess i caved in.
 
O that gave me a good laugh.. just for future reference.. all they have to do is type away at that neat computer in the car.. and it tells them if you have a warrant.. no finger prints needed..lol.. Just your name.. and the new IDs even have a strip like a credit card.. just one swipe and it yeah or neah.. :D
 
thats the thing, i realized after they never asked my name, they were just playing with me lol.
 
I hope no one in the area really needed police assistance while these two so-called professionals were jerking your chain.As a Canadian taxpayer I just love to here these stories of our national police force playing effin games with the citizens their supposed to be protecting all the while they're on the clock and I'm paying the bill.:mad:
 
If it makes you feel any better neither one of them was actually on duty at the time.
 
Rifter: sounds like you handled that pretty well! Under pressure, you said you didn't have a weapon and you slowly handed them you knife. COOL!
 
These TTO stories have got to stop! Sure this happened, if you were walking past a doughnut shop I might beleive you :p ! I checked the local newspapers and it never happened :D Nice try but I'm not buying it ;) ! Sorry couldn't resist!
 
I certainly would never condone this type of behavior. First and foremost, the taking of your Liberty, even as a joke could have turned into a serious sh*t-fest had you not taken this as well as you did. This would have been an abuse of power and authority under the Law and if you were not a stand-up guy just might have launcehd a major league civil suit and a Blank check would have been written to make you happy.

But the most serious issue is "officer safety". They might have only thought they knew you and then placed you into the back seat of a police vehicle unsearched and without handcuffs. You just might have responded violently to the lose of your freedom or fear of an ACTUAL Warrant and blew both of their heads off.

I am glad you have a sense of humor. If they belonged to me, both would now be on an unpaid vacation..........wolf
 
Assuming you're an American citizen, police have no right to fingerprint you or "take you down to the station" without making an arrest.
 
Hell ive been pulled over by a couple of my friends as a joke,sure I and every other tax payer pays there salary.But I personaly think everyone goofs around every once in a while on company time.I see our fire department turn on there sirens just to get to the grocery store quicker,I get a kick out of it.I would rather be joked with then have been arrested,so they joked with rifter it was a friend of his it was all in good fun.Im sure if they got a call that something was going down the joke would have been over and he would have been let out of the patrol car.Hell I live in Los Angeles county where crime is 100 times worse then in Vancouver,There are fast days and there are slow days,everyone thinks diffrently and thats great,some disagree with and some dont.
P.S RIFTER me and my father who is retired Los Angeles police dept. thought it was pretty damn funny,just glad it was a joke:D
 
Originally posted by mrd74
I hope no one in the area really needed police assistance while these two so-called professionals were jerking your chain.As a Canadian taxpayer I just love to here these stories of our national police force playing effin games with the citizens their supposed to be protecting all the while they're on the clock and I'm paying the bill.:mad:
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Oh GIVE ME A BREAK!!!! What the hell else do you think they had to do. Like they took valuable time out of their patrol to do this. Oh WAIT! They were in their car, around their radios, ANYWAY! Relax a little, you'll live longer.
 
Can't ya'll see the humor in this for what it is? FUN! I too have been blessed with the opportunities to participate in "...abuse of power and authority under the law..." to play some practical jokes. Part of playing jokes like this is knowing your target. If it is someone who will prove dangerous, either physically or professionally, then don't play the joke on him. This is a pretty good guide to follow, whether you are an LEO, or a CEO, or just a regular person. Practical jokes, in their best form, should not be designed to harm, but to make everyone, including the target, laugh.

Just my 2% of a dollar...
 
Relax folks, it was a joke !! These guys were just yanking his chain. They wouldn't have conducted themselves the same way if it had actually been a real stop. Furthermore, they WERE providing a service to the Canadian taxpayers, a free ride home and a a little good humored public relations. OK. technically, in the states LEOs can stop and detain to investigate the lawfulness of ones actions (Terry Stop) if they have "reasonable suspicion". (The knife) The "fingerprint" thing just wouldn't happen. One has to be detained for a felony or placed under arrest to be escorted to the Police station against their will. Also, as a LEO, I would prefer that someone NOT remove their knife from it's sheathe. I would have them raise their hands, turn away and let me get it.
 
All in good fun me thinks...I used to do ride alongs with LEO friends alot,one night driving home after work I get pulled over...Officer puts his spot light in my mirror and exits the car...As he approaches me he has his handheld light in my eyes also...I cant see ****..No idea who it is...This voice says to me " I need you to do something for me Sir" ..I say " Yes Sir what ya need"..His reply was to throw his crotch on my armrest and say " Deez Nuts"...Needless to say I realized who it was and nearly ran his ass over as I left :D ...Caught all kinds of grief the next few days about that..
 
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