I don't want to get into an argument with you. You were there, I wasn't , I'll have to take your word for it. (I will however ask you if you were respectful or a wise ass to the cop when he entered your parking lot.... how was he to know if you were the owner or not? what if he found 2 people ripping up your parking lot and got them off your property? you'ld be pretty happy huh? )

HOWEVER, I do take exception to the negative generalizations and assumptions about LEO's that occur on a daily basis by the general public. (it burns me up even more when they then hypocritically scream for help from their local LEO's when something happens to them.)

Many times people complain about being treated badly by a cop, it later comes out that the person was disrespectful to the cop and they swear that they were doing NOTHING wrong... I'll tell you a few things about the cops that I know....

1) They couldn't care less about harrassing anyone with numerous tickets, it just creates paperwork and court time for them and could put their job in jeaporday. Sure there are bad apples out there, but they are FAR outnumbered by the good guys.

2) More than not, whenever someone has a problem with a cop for whatever reason, the complaints get generalized into statements that ALL cops are dbags, well, they're not, a vast majority of cops are good, hard working people and don't deserve the negative generalizations. If someone made negative generalizations about a race of people or members of a religion, everyone would be screaming "racism" or something similar.... think seinfeld and the "anti-dentite" episode :) :)

3) I've gotten my fair share of tix, and you know what, i was just as mad as the next guy, but you know what? once the anger wears off I realized I deserved every ticket I've ever received, in fact I probably should have gotten a lot more than I ever received, so i'm ahead of the game. Unfortunatley, people need to shelve the misplaced anger bullshit immature mind games that they play with themselves and realize that it's more probable than not, and yes ther are exceptions, that they deserved whatever tix they've received in their lives.

I've pontificated enough... have a good rest of the weekend.

Whether a car comes with a bracket or not has ABSOLUTELY no bearing on whether or not it's required by law in a certain state. No C6 vette has a front bracket as standard equipment, yet a lot of states require a front plate, so you have to buy the bracket and display the plate.

So no, the cop was NOT obviously wasting tax payers dollars.

LOL... it's cuz you got East Los Altos... If any town has a ghetto like that, you would have a ton of cops too.. :rofl: Seriously though, the road to downtown is residential (kinda) and hence the crack down.

Too bad you don't live in California, if you pulled that crap like where ever it is you live here in CA, your shit would be towed!!!!! Under 23103(b) CVC it's a Misd. even if you own the parking lot!!! And that means if you don't kiss his A$$, your shit is towed and the County Jail with the booty bandit is close by!!!! Anyways don't blame the cop because for doing his job plus it sounds like you were tryin to provoke him from the get go...I own this lot. SOUNDS LIKE YOU DONE! Oh by the way that letter to the Police Chief from the attorney, it will probably end up in the trash can. A cop can follow you any where he wants and when he wants, when he catches you breakin the law, your toast. If I were you I would find him off duty, buy him a beer and kiss his a$$. You'll lose this battle and remember he has friends that wears the badge too!!

haha Tyson.. you and Kev = enforcers.. :)

What exactly does "SOUNDS LIKE YOU DONE" mean? And luckily i dont live in California because it sounds like you guys think you are above the law from the way you are talking. what do you think this is the wild west? I am always respectful to everyone including police officers. But i dont kiss anyones ass ever, period. And yes a cop can follow you but he cant pull you over for something you didnt do and fabricate a charge. You actually have to break the law in order to get pulled over in CT. and no i wont buy him shit if i see him off duty and i want be an asshole to him either. He deserves nothing from me. We will see about my attorneys letter which will be followed up with a phone call the same day. For some reason i dought it will be thrown away. Especially if i demand action. its not as easy as you say for the police chief to brush this off. He will have to respond in some way especially if im willing to file a lawsuit which i am. And as far as me being disrespectful by saying that i own this lot. What was i supposed to say when i do actually own it. Should i have told him im tresspassing and to arrest me. By the way have you ever heard of harrassment in CA. Or is that law not on the books there.
Im not trying to say anything bad about law enforcement offivers in general. this is my personal experience with one cop that i think happens to have a problem and is most likely a shitty cop. Thats it nothing less nothing more. I will be sure to keep everyone posted on what happens tuesday. Who knows where its gonna go. but i just want some answers. By the way i also found out that by law a town officer can pull someone over on a state highway in CT. But can only hold the person there and call in statetroopers and hand it over to them. So the ticket he got on the highway will definately be thrown out. Now i just got to deal with the fact that he got a ticket for no turnsignal when he wasnt turning anywhere. this cop is nuts.

:thumbup: Good luck! I believe that you are being screwed.

It has been my experience when dealing with members of the public, that you deal with what you are confronted by. We call it, 'THE ATTITUDE TEST' When I was in a situation where I had discretion (ie minor matter) then the attitude of the offender would in all likelihood dictate the outcome. I have found over the years that officers do not like to talk to members of the public off duty about their job as they only ever get told about the facts supporting the complainant. In this instance, an officer has seen someone performing burnouts on private property. He has a duty to intervene on behalf of the owner and community. Instead of identifying that it was your own property and thanking the officer for doing his job, accepting the fact that you were disturbing the peace and having a general chat about it, you appear to have been extremely arrogant by ordering the officer off your property. Whilst you are quite within your rights to do so, I have to ask if it was really necessary, or even reasonable for you to take that attitude? You have made a situation where an officer was doing his job into a pi:?%ing contest and neither of you are going to win. I am sure you will deny/justify your position (we as humans ALWAYS justify our actions) but I cannot believe that any reasonable person just starts a war for no reason........

Here's what you wrote and you tell us that you are always respectful to law enforcement? "The cop says you own this lot. I said yes and as you know its private property so ill be going know and you could move your cruiser. He was F###king pissed off bad." Yep that sounds like you showed him respect. Well I see it this way, if you live in some town that has maybe 10 cops well then maybe you'll deal with a Police Chief that is afraid of his own shadow and that big bad letter and a phone call from that attorney will do you right. I doubt it, but they do things back east a little different than out here in CA. If that incident occurred in CA. Your letter would be rolled up into a ball and would become the office's trash basket ball and your attorney's phone call would be played back over and over again. The reason, the Police Chief would probably think that someone is playing a practical joke and he would want to find out who it is to get even. Hey at least someone is going to get paid in the end and he's the smartest guy in your whole story. THE ATTORNEY. ONE LETTER $100.00 A PHONE CALL $200.00. He'll probably thank that cop for this whole thing.

East los Altos? There is no such thing... haha Your thinking of East Palo Alto my friend... Los Altos has no ghetto I assure you...

Oh wait I'm sorry you live, on the OTHER SIDE of the bay. Maybe you should visit our side next time before you make generalizations...

All of which is besides the point.

Just an observation, but it sounds like to me like you have simply displaced your anger from cops to fellow X5world members. Hahahaha :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: