Police here have no lives..

[FIREball]

I have done some more quick research on the quotas. It appears some departments may have had and currently do have a quota system but it looks like most of them are worded to reflect productivity.

Just do a google search and you will find the same mixed answers as you do on this forum.

[Peter Williams]

Well, they call it the G2 driver's curfew. I assume it's the same or similar thing wherever this incident happened.

Can you point me in the direction where it says that is it officially called the "G2 Driver's Curfew"?

[Pandora]

Can you point me in the direction where it says that is it officially called the "G2 Driver's Curfew"?

Never said anything about officially.
I have heard people call it that before though.

[littleindiangirl]

mOOkfu- You know darn well that you will be sleeping on the couch if you knock the Po Po.

Haha, don't you know it! But really, What Chris said is true, all of this coming on the tail end of Chris being told by a police officer late last night that since he let the girl from next door use his phone to call the police, he was "aiding and abetting", because now the Boyfriend is charging the girl with domestic abuse.

[littleindiangirl]

That restriction is only for the first six months of having your G2. But that doesn't really have anything to do with curfew, that is about keeping inexperienced drivers off the road at night (which doesn't really make sense to begin with, the roads are empty ) not keeping trouble making kids off the street.

Some cities have curfews for children under 18 that has nothing to do with driving. Whats the big deal? The kid should have been home studying for school, not out riding around with his friend.

Why does race at all come into any of this? The kid was under the age for curfew. He got busted. He got hauled off in the back of the police car and probably was taken home to his parents and not booked and thrown in jail for the night! (like many here assume I'm sure)


Jeez, people. The majority of Cops aren't the bigoted racist ass wipes people all think they are! Give the cops a break and worry what it will be like in your future and your children's future when the public funds are and manpower is cut and the cops have to work 12 hours a day, with a 1/3 of the force they had!

[Snakeman]

the same happens here with me. seeing that 90-95%(MAYBE 100%) of the people in my neighborhood are latino/hispanic, it happens quite ofte to be pulled over by a white cop. especially if you're a "cool kid" with a "cool car", you're pulled over cuz you like to "rev up" your car and make all kinds of ANNOYING noise with the engine or going over the speed limit. or you dress/look like a gang member or look drunk, you'll definitely get pulled over.

one time my friends(all mexican) and i got to my house at like around almost midnight and parked near my house and a white cop stopped us and asked what we were doing and we told him we just got something to eat and now we're home. then my 18 yr old friend got into his truck ready to go home and the cop stopped him and asked for his license, which he DID have. he checked it, then let him go. then he told us to go home cuz he wouldnt want us to get caught in a drive-by shooting or something.

[AjBalls]

The DRIVER who was 16 was breaking the law, thats why he was put in cuffs, exc. The PASSENGER was not breaking the law which is why he got to go home.

Read. I did not say the driver was 16. The driver is the one they let go.

RKO,
As posted earlier you don't know the complete circumstances of the situation. So to say that the police were acting in a unfair or biased way is in fact a biased statement.
As for the curfew issue, And I know I'm going to get attacked here, but what does a sixteen year old KID need to be out at 2am for? Maybe they were coming back to do harm to you or your dog. Maybe you should be thanking the cops for patrolling your streets instead of complaining.

I was 20'-25' away. I could hear just about everything they were saying.

Maybe he was visiting his grandmother and helping her out with stuff.

I'm gonna let that dog comment slide because as I said earlier it's just stupid.

How do you know their ages?

Curfew for anyone under 17 is 11:30 P.M. Driver was let go, so he is obviously over 17. Passenger was under 17, so obviously he was violating curfew.

[AjBalls]

I'd say that it would be tough to know all of the details just from watching. If the driver has previous offenses or something then the passenger would be released and the driver would not.

THE DRIVER WAS LET GO! THE PASSENGER WAS NOT!

And even IF the driver had any warrants or anything, they would have taken the passenger in too because he was violating curfew.

[lillyorchid]

It is the end of the month, and cops need to fill their quota. They are supposed to do a certain number of pull overs and arrests per month, so sometimes they make a big scene out of nothing, just so they don't get in trouble from their higher ups.
I know a guy who got a $115 ticket for going 2 over the speed limit. Its just ridiculous.

LMAO this is a load of BS. I've grown yup with cops in the family, family friends, co-workers, etc. I can tell that "quota" is just a rumor and is not true at all.

Like said above, don't break the law and the law won't be after you or whoever else.

[AjBalls]

Okay everybody, let's get back to the original post. This involved two juveniles out at 2am. I would suspect that they were probably the only car on the road in that area at the time. Let's do a hypothetical. The police officer while patrolling sees the car with two people in it at 2am and starts to follow them. As stated there are several reasons someone could be pulled over. After following them for a short while he notices that they have a tag light out or maybe they swerve just a little. He pulls them over and finds that two young kids are driving the car. HUMMM. Why are they out so late. I'm sure he asked, don't know what they said, but that's not important. What is important is that one of those kids is in violation of curfew. After making an arrest, in this case the curfew violation, they then have the right to search the car. When they do maybe they find drugs or stuff they suspect to be stolen from cars in the area or tools that could be used to break into cars or vandalize property. In this case it appears they did not find anything other then a curfew violation. Where they doing there job? I say yes.

One kid! Read.

No they were not the only car on the road. About 20-30 cars passed by during the entire 40 minute pull over. I live right off a big street. Most of them slamming their breaks because they saw red and blue lights and knew it was the police.

While searching the car, how come they NEVER asked the driver to step out? What do you suggest this 'probable cause' was then?