I was coming home to NJ with my family from Myrtle Beach Driving up Interstate 95 when I was pulled over for Speeding by a Va State Trooper (Tpr Shehan # 5667)
I identified Myself as a Law Enforcement Officer with The Port Authority and The trooper asked me again for my license, reg and insurance card. I handed over my license etc and the trooper stated he pulled me over for doing 82MPH in a 65MPH.
When the trooper came back to my car he stated he wrote me a summons for RECKLESS Driving because I was driving over 80MPH.
When I asked about the trooper extending Professional Courtesy the trooper stated he gives Courtesy "BUT NOT AT THAT SPEED"
The thing that burns me up is that not only did he not extend courtesy to me after My dept extended courtesy to his agency at the World Trade Center after 9/11, He wrote me a summons for RECKLESS driving which is $ 176.00 instead of speeding (17 MPH over speed limit would have cost me $85.00).
I was traveling my regular route home. The drive is about 45 minutes so after two shifts I was in a hurry to get home. Yes I was going over to limit by 15 miles an hour. I was traveling on a two lane highway out in the boondocks.
Low and behold a state trooper traveling in the opposite direction had clocked me on his radar. He spun off the road and quickly hiy his lights to come after me.
I immediatly pulled off the road and waited for him to arrive.
I exited the vehicle in full Florida State Prison uniform. The first words from his mouth were "That uniform doesnt mean **** to me". After that there was no conversation and I recieved my ticket for 15 over.
I advised him that if in the future ,per chance, I was traveling by and observered him rolling around in a ditch with someone that his uniform wouldnt mean **** to me.
PLEASE post this as these towns need to be shamed for what they are doing.
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