Is it ethical for cops to lie, coerce?

[BenRaines]

Signs officers are taught to look for regarding an impaired driver are: Driving at night without headlights, weaving between the lines on the road, driving slower than traffic or posted speed limit, braking when there is no reason to, speeding and then driving slow.

I have made stops where the driver quickly puts gum in their mouth, lights a cigarette or even swallows mouthwash to try to hide the odor of alcohol.

It doesn't take much to trip up a true lawbreaker.

Sounds like your sister by her own inexperience or lack of understanding the danger didn't take appropriate actions.

Also sounds like officers could have been more understanding. Having been the officer and the driver in this situation I have always been treated with respect as a driver and most often as an officer.

Ben Raines

[Hala401]

And you have my respect.

[Backroads]

I really don't know what the big deal is in this case.

It seems to me this is an over reaction of a parent. In some aspects it seems understandable but it's not, IMO. Our children should be allowed and need to take responsiblity for their own actions. People need to get the heck off the ball field and let the players and refs do the best they can. Things like this weakens the fabric of our otherwise free and safe society when elevated to the courts. I don't think thats the case here though.

And anyone who thinks it's ok to kill someone (let alone a police officer) for searching their vehicle (with or without permission) is a danger to every society except maybe Darfur... no,... even there.

I guess I have trouble understand how our father's reaction was an overreaction. I'm all for kids receiving due punishment, but if the cops couldn't ticket her for being drunk/high and didn't bother to ticket her for other reasons, how is having someone else come get her safely home an overreaction on the part of that someone?

[Hala401]

I think it would be perhaps one of the most comforting thing a young woman could have happen to her to have her dad come get her. Of course that is not saying that he did not give her a stern talkin' to, and help her to make sure that the wipers got taken care of.

When my youngest Daughter got her driver's license, before her Dad would give her the keys to the cars, he took her out and helped her to change the oil and filter, check the belts, check the air in the tyres, and then made sure that she knew how to jack the car up.

She still remembers that as one of the fondest memories she has of her Father.

Sometimes it is just not about discipline but about caring and love.

[bcguy]

IF it was me, I would be a little shocked at such a statement. Some times a officer may make a miscalculated assumption and accuse some one of impairment when they are not indeed impaired. I would have brushed it off. Sounds like a rookie cop who has not learned the all the protocols when making accusations.

Edited April 6, 2012 by bcguy