ALEA Troopers stopping marked patrol cars?

[AlabamaWeather]

I have heard discussion on social media about Alabama State Troopers pulling over marked patrol cars in Central Alabama possibly Jefferson County. I know there are a few troopers/former troopers on here. Any insight or has anyone seen this? Apparently there is a huge debate over this.

 

[rwier]

I have heard discussion on social media about Alabama State Troopers pulling over marked patrol cars in Central Alabama possibly Jefferson County. I know there are a few troopers/former troopers on here. Any insight or has anyone seen this? Apparently there is a huge debate over this.

A GOOGLE search for "Alabama State Troopers pulling over marked patrol cars" returns ONLY one related result, this RR Thread.

A GOOGLE search for "Alabama State Troopers pulling over" returns ZERO results related to this thread.

Conclusion: BS!

 

[AZScanner]

Might be BS, but I do know that several years ago there have been instances in California where the CHP actually cited Kern County Sheriff's deputies for not wearing seatbelts and speeding. I doubt any reports of it made it to the media but I was doing regular ride alongs with Kern County at the time and heard all about it from the deputies I rode with.

-AZ

 

[AlabamaWeather]

A GOOGLE search for "Alabama State Troopers pulling over marked patrol cars" returns ONLY one related result, this RR Thread.

A GOOGLE search for "Alabama State Troopers pulling over" returns ZERO results related to this thread.

Conclusion: BS!

I am not talking about news reports that you may find on google. This information came directly from my facebook friends. Apparently this has happened a lot recently and in the past.

I am curious to know, does anyone think an officer in a marked or unmarked unit should be stopped by another agency if the offending officer is actually speeding for no reason? Most on social media seem to be expecting troopers to just "ignore" other law enforcement agencies.

Personally, I dont see an issue with a trooper pulling over a marked or unmarked unit if they have a legit reason for doing so. If the officers think they need to speed to get to a scene/call they better push that button that says LIGHTS. I would hate to think there are officers out there that are wanting troopers to look the other way when an officer is abusing his authority.

As a FF/Medic I work with several law enforcement agencies, I have the greatest respect for them and I understand the whole "professional courtesy" but if this thread gets into a debate lets remember im talking about everything outside of "professional courtesy".

 

[Irishfireguy3622]

Could they have been on the roadside completing paperwork after an MVC/ drug bust etc. involving multiple jurisdictions after the vehicles had been removed from the scene?

 

[W8RMH]

It could be a case of someone driving by and seeing the two cruisers there, but they were backing each other up or working together, unbeknownst to the common passerby.

In my experience if we saw another officer in violation we would make a note of it and contact the on duty supervisor for that agency. Pulling over another officer does not look professional either way.

Maybe the officer's radio was not working, or maybe a cruiser from that agency had been recently stolen.

It could be for many reasons other than the officer speeding.

Don't believe everything you read on social media.

 

[SARCommCoord]

In a similar issue, we have had the local Highway Patrol where I work pull over our marked on duty EMS units for various issues. Our units are 911 units, so pulling them over takes that unit out of service and creates a gap in coverage. While I do not condone speeding or traffic violations, I do feel their are other ways of handling issues in regards to on duty emergency vehicles. In the past, agencies have just called the on duty supervisor. The punishment from that is usually worse then a speeding ticket

 

[AlabamaWeather]

It could be for many reasons but apparently Troopers have indeed stopped other agencies. The source, tho is social media is coming from the officers them selves who claimed to have been pulled over. I was just curious to see if anyone had some insight

 

[KC8ESL]

That officer is unprofessional in that he leaks information such as that to the public. Credibility shot in an instant.

 

[Spec]

And.... what does this have to do with radio ????

 

[DJ11DLN]

I would think the call to the supervisor would be initiated if there was just a minor but too-serious-to-ignore violation. But if an officer were driving in a way to place others on the road at risk, another officer would be fully justified in pulling him over to minimize that risk. There was some media coverage over something like this back before the first of the year, I don't recall the jurisdiction, but several officers were traveling to a training seminar of some kind, and several civilians video'd them really flying low, 100+ MPH, w/o emergency lights or sirens. Somebody called the appropriate authorities, and a few of them did indeed get pulled over. No idea if they were cited or just given a word to the wise. I wish I could recall more details, caught part of the story on GMA, didn't have time to look into it.

Just my $0.02, I'll crawl back into my mudhole now...

 

[wb4wdu]

I travel I65 between Montgomery and Huntsville sometimes several times a week. Almost every day v a patrol car from out of the county will pass me going what seems in excess of 100mph. Most of these are just transporting prisoners. None are running any warning lights or sirens. I have called the State Troopers and had the dispatcher laugh at me and one time I was told that driving fast was one of the perks of there job. I have gone to one of the police departments in a town close by and reported ,with a witness, one of there cars driving very fast in a construction zone. I could identify the car. They threatened to arrest me.
I have also made a few calls to a friend in the governors office. I may have had something to do with these cars getting pulled over.
We all at sometime get over the speed limit, and I don't say a word if they are driving with the rest of the traffic, But if anybody is running 90 to 100 mph or more they deserve a ticket.
Let the officers obey the traffic laws they expect us to obey.

 

[hsvrandolph]

I had a direct family member that was a director of the ABC board (State Police Alcohol Control) and we live in Huntsville and there were times he had to fly to Montgomery for serious events and although he was issued a unmarked vehicle it did not have the blue muni / county tags or state government tag so there were numerous times he was pulled over by ASTs for a decent amount over and all he had to do was flash his badge / credential and they would usually ask him if he wanted a escort or to have a nice day and sorry he pulled over, that it was due to a non typical vehicle w/o markings flying with blue/white combo led strobes and a regular "stars fell on plate." One told him after offering an escort that they had been reports of non emergency personnel / volunteer fire etc illegally using police lights on I-65, and even out of jurisdiction off duty officers using there lights / siren illegally. So that might explain.

 

[haleve]

Ok Maam

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFwhw6BRHDo

 

[AlabamaWeather]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFwhw6BRHDo

yeah i have seen that several times lol

 

[fredva]

I can tell you based on a story I heard many years ago that if you are a trooper in a state where it is customary for the state police to drive 20 miles or so above the speed limit, and you go on official business in a state where the troopers tend to drive about the same speed as most civilians, it's a good idea to ditch the usual habit at the state line.