Do state police ever pull over local police for traffic violations?

7 Comments

1. Bob J says:

   October 15, 2011 at 7:03 pm

   You have to love professional courtesy that allows the people who are supposed to enforce the law to get away with breaking it.
2. D G says:

   October 15, 2011 at 7:03 pm

   of course while else would one spend six months being tortured and insulted, when one could spend much less time to be a local cop.
3. Wylie Dun says:

   October 15, 2011 at 7:03 pm

   What are you talking about? Police NEVER speed…
4. Stuart says:

   October 15, 2011 at 7:03 pm

   They do, but unless the traffic violation was really over the top, there is typically a professional courtesy that would have the trooper letting the cop go.

   - Stuart
5. Bob B says:

   October 15, 2011 at 7:03 pm

   Yes they do, and in fact local police will pull other local police over.

   Several Australian police officers in recent years have lost their licenses for speeding. A particularly comical example involved two highway patrol officers pulling over a high-ranking superintendent for speeding. He somehow convinced them that he was involved in a pursuit- and they joined in! This went on for about half an hour before the patrolmen realised something wasn’t quite right. That superintendent lost his license for 6 months. As for the patrolmen, they might have been professional and honest, but perhaps that pair were a little dim…
6. ahsoasho2u2 says:

   October 15, 2011 at 7:03 pm

   Yes and we get ticketed if a speeding, DUI, etc..
   Crime is Crime nobody is above the law(s).
7. Les S says:

   October 15, 2011 at 7:03 pm

   Yes they do and locals pull over the state guys.
   Very rare and almost always when in unmarked cars, but it happens.