Submitted by Bud (not verified) on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 8:58am.
Well you may thing the boys in grey are above reproach, but I can assure you that is not the case. I was stopped in jones county one Thurs afternoon at 4 pm I was driving 62 in a 55 saw the trooper coming and was amazed to see his grill dip as he applied the brakes and had his lights on before I even passed him. He came to the car, I handed him my license, no registration and he started the conversation like this What year model is this vehicle Sir? I responded, (note: he did NOT have my registration, so how would he know if my response was correct or not?) Then he ask me "How old are you Sir?" I responded. As I went to hand him my concealed carry permit, he responded "I don't need that" and walked to his car. I waited and he came back with a warning ticket. When I asked him how fast I was going he refused to tell me.
After talking with locals they said he has a high rate of dui stops, so when he saw the dog in the back seat, four offshore rod reel combos in the front seat and a Dr pepper in the console, he was done with me.
They are taught "verbal judo" at the academy and use it to establish probable cause for a DUI charge! Be warned that it's not like the old days and be ready to answer questions you are not prepared for, no matter how simple.
I called around and was assured by a LT Col from Raleigh that this stop should have gone a little differently. they are suppose to Identify themselves and then tell you why you were stopped. Then they can proceed to the Verbal Judo if the choose.
Troopers agitation
Well you may thing the boys in grey are above reproach, but I can assure you that is not the case. I was stopped in jones county one Thurs afternoon at 4 pm I was driving 62 in a 55 saw the trooper coming and was amazed to see his grill dip as he applied the brakes and had his lights on before I even passed him. He came to the car, I handed him my license, no registration and he started the conversation like this What year model is this vehicle Sir? I responded, (note: he did NOT have my registration, so how would he know if my response was correct or not?) Then he ask me "How old are you Sir?" I responded. As I went to hand him my concealed carry permit, he responded "I don't need that" and walked to his car. I waited and he came back with a warning ticket. When I asked him how fast I was going he refused to tell me.
After talking with locals they said he has a high rate of dui stops, so when he saw the dog in the back seat, four offshore rod reel combos in the front seat and a Dr pepper in the console, he was done with me.
They are taught "verbal judo" at the academy and use it to establish probable cause for a DUI charge! Be warned that it's not like the old days and be ready to answer questions you are not prepared for, no matter how simple.
I called around and was assured by a LT Col from Raleigh that this stop should have gone a little differently. they are suppose to Identify themselves and then tell you why you were stopped. Then they can proceed to the Verbal Judo if the choose.
Verbal Judo, WTF