So true Gordon. We have a customers car in here...theft recovery. PD says no leads on who did it (stole it from St Pete/Clearwater Int. airport long-term parking and trashed every inch of the car) and they say "no leads or clues". I open the car door and right there I see a bottle of wild turkey (with water in), several empty bindles with white residue & weed residue, philly blunts, trading cards for a hip-hop DJ signed to I assume the perp, weed seads everywhere, hip-hop CD's & cases, (all good for prints), an invitation to a hip-hop party addressed to the same, and a pack of baseball like cards w/St Pete PD officers.....They NEVER even looked in the car to even TRY to solve this crime????? I assume they just called the tow co. to get it when found.
No revenue & added hours would be my guess......tickets are easy & steady.
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Originally Posted by Shadow
That sucks Rich 
Today, they can rant and rave all they want about saving lives and traffic safety, but it's really all about the $$$$.
I can recall the day (not that long ago) that unless you were doing something else that got our attention or we needed a reason to stop you for "other purposes", 13 over on a main road, wouldn't have even gotten our attention
I'm so fed up with our state pissing and whining about "lost revenues" from the tax roll back I could puke. Especially when traffic fines and the lot are so rediculously high! 
If you go to court, based upon your records (as stated to us), the hearing officer may give you an withold and -0- points, and reduce the fine to court cost.
Then again...they may not?
Might be simpler (and safer nowdays) to do the on line driving school thing, and be done with it.
Sorry brother. |