I was pulled over twice in one day for the same "crime" (77 in a 55).  The first guy gave me a warning, but I got a ticket for the second one.  Would the warning appear on any record and therefore influence the second police officer?  Or is it not recorded anywhere?
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No it is not recorded anywhere, you just got lucky the first time! If it happens again I recommend pretending like you have to go to the bathroom REALLY bad and you were almost home (to a friend's, etc..). You could elaborate and say that you ate something bad and you are about to have diarrhea. Or if you are a girl you could say that you just started you period and it's really heavy and you need to get to a bathroom before you ruin your car seat.
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The wrong address or other minor error does not invalidate the ticket. Most police agencies have an employee who enters tickets into an automated system and, in the process of doing so, finds those errors. The agency will then send you a "cite correction letter" that explains and corrects the error.\n\nEven if the agency does not do so, the generally accepted rules of the courts say that a minor error such as a date or time error, spelling error, error in vehicle color, etc., will not invalidate a citation.\n\nHere is my personal experience with these kinds of situations. I once dated a ticket a year back from the actual date of the offense. I wrote that the incident occurred on in January of 2005 when the incident actually occurred in January of 2006. When the ticket went to court the person who received the citation tried to make a big deal of this error. My response - Sorry, I made a mistake on the date. That was as far as it went and they were convicted.
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I AM from Ohio and have never heard of such a thing. I know if you live out of state, sometimes they will keep your license until you pay the ticket, and then mail it back but if I were you...I'd call the number on your citation to find out exactly what you're supposed to pay. The tickets I've gotten in Ohio generally have the fine listed on the back.
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A police caution is just a written warning for the offense you committed.  It's telling you that you better be more careful or you may end up with real charges.  When my department issues written warnings for violations, the warnings are entered into the computer system.  There is a record of it, but not the type of record that will follow you around....unless, by chance you actually get in more trouble for the same type of offense in the same jurisdiction, and then the office may research the electronic files and bring up in court that you had been issued a caution/warning for the same thing.  Then your chances of an attorney getting you off the charges in court are slim to none.  As far as your job, I doubt it would hurt anything, unless you're a cop.  Most "civilian" jobs don't really care about minor traffic offenses, only really bad things like theft, robbery, and worse.
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report him???  i see it all the time.  i've seen cops put their lights on and go through a red light then turn it off after they go through...i have seen them speed and go under the speed limit.  this can cause accidents too.  \n\nyou may want to write in the complaint without your return address and make sure to put down the cars #, exact location, crime, etc.
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It is when you are not arrested for your alleged crime.  An officer writes you a ticket and allows you to return to court on your court date.  It all depends on your condition and your attitude if they will cite and release.
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I have to say I'm not completely clear on what your question is.  \n\nSo you were drinking with some cops.  How does that change any of the facts of this situation?  A) you are underage and drinking and, B) you were driving, right?  Whether you were drinking with cops, doctors, lawyers, or your mother, you were still drinking and driving.  Just don't understand why the cop thing comes into this, so if I'm missing something, please explain it so I can understand it better.  \n\nThen it gets even more confusing for me.  You got two tickets; one for DUI and one for underage drinking.  But you blew under the limit on the portable machine, and invalid at the station.  So what you've said is that there is no chemical test that shows you were over the legal limit, right?  If that's the case, I'm not sure how or why you were cited for DUI, since there doesn't seem to be any proof that you were..and there seems to be proof that you weren't (your first test was under the limit).  There are ways a person can still be DUI even though they are under the limit, but you didn't talk about any of those things so I'm assuming they don't apply in your case.  \n\nDavega7 has some valid points, but I can assure you the DUI charge is harsher in California.\n\nlll_oo_legend_oo_lll would have you think that you might "have a case" because you were drinking with cops, but I still don't see what kind of case you'd have or how your choice of drinking partners has anything to do with your possibly illegal behavior.\n\nsdatary has some VERY valid points about relying on advice from Yahoo! users.  This forum really does not lend itself to the kind of interaction you need for legal counsel.  And I would agree with his/her comment about your possible concerns with the ethics of the officers you were drinking with, assuming they knew you were twenty and assuming they had some duty to find that out.  When I go to a bar off duty, it's certainly not my job to make sure everyone I might drink with is of legal age...it's the bartender's.\n\njkheavy2000 is offering some fairly poor advice (that you didn't ask for anyway) but he/she says it's from their attorney and it certainly sounds like something an attorney would say.  Most states have laws that require you to submit to a chemical test if you're arrested for DUI so you can choose to follow the law or not, it's pretty much up to you.  Some states allow for a blood test against your will, so it's possible you might even end up taking a test anyway and if so, your refusal will likely be used against you in court and result in more fines and/or jail time.  \n\nBut you want to know about your recourse in court.  Well, it would probably be helpful to know what state you're in.  Even then, without knowing more of the details of this situation, it's likely going to be difficult for anyone to give you a good answer to this question.  Ultimately, your decision regarding what you want to do in court should be based on what you are charged with.  Just because you received two tickets does not necessarily mean that the prosecutor will decide to charge you with both crimes...and there's too much missing information to be able to guess what you might be charged with.  Once you know what you're going to be charged with, you should decide (perhaps after talking with an attorney) if you did the thing you're being accused of, and if you did, if you want to just accept responsiblity for it and plead guilty or try to change the outcome by contesting the matter.  I don't know if that's what you're looking for when you talk about recourse, but that's what I got from the question.\n\nIf you're asking about recourse because you were drinking with cops and you don't feel it's right that you got busted at some point later in the evening, I'd go back to what I said before; I just don't get t
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Former police officer/current attorney...\n\n1-DO NOT just ignore the ticket. The majority of states have an agreement with each other to enforce traffic tickets. More than likely your state has such an agreement with the state where your ticket was written. If you fail to take care of it you may have your license suspended/revoked.\n\n2-If you wish to fight it then go to court. I realize this may be a long drive, but there are chances the officer may not show up. If the officer doesn't, then ask the court to dismiss it. Explain that you drove X amount of miles, and how much time it took. Alot of officers write tickets because they are required to generate so much activity. However, alot of officers hate going to court on their day off...which, brings me to another point. Call the police department and find out if the officer will be working the day of court (just ask if officer so-so is there, and what hours he works). If yes, he'll be in court-it will get him off the street. If no, chances are he won't show up for court-its his day off.\n\n3-If you go to court, and the officer shows up, you'll be found guilty; attorney or no attorney. The court ALWAYS gives the officer the benefit of the doubt. I know it sucks, but look at it like this...most drivers have no proof they weren't speeding. So, it comes down to the officers word against the driver. The court will side with the officer. Why? Because if they sided with the drivers the court would be packed because every driver would go to court and say, "I wasn't speeding".\n\nGood luck...
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It could very well be that the officer knew the guy. Contact your neighbors and any other witnesses to the man's demeanor (possible intoxication). Then contact the police station and see if you couls speak to this officers superior. Dont make a big thing about the cop not being concerned with your safety. Mention it, but its not what may get him in trouble. It will be the fact that he apprently left out some crucial details in a police report.
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First of all, the police most certainly can pull you over in your driveway if they choose to.  It's not like making it to your driveway suddenly invokes some kind of "King's X" on breaking the law.  Pulling him over in the driveway has absolutely no bearing on his guilt or innocence.\n\nSounds like the officer wrote the wrong posted speed limit  on the ticket, and later sent you an amendment to the ticket, indicating what he'd amended (the posted speed).  Don't see any kind of issue with that.\n\nIf the police were following him (which is what you said), they very likely didn't have a radar reading to show him...why use radar when you're following someone?  It's certainly possible, but I suspect radar wasn't the issue here.\n\nThe "they" charging him $800 isn't the police, it's the court.  Law enforcement does not set the fines for traffic offenses, the courts do.  This has nothing to do with whether or not he should have received the ticket, so I don't know why you're mentioning it. \n\nIf your brother does not agree with the officer's assessment that he was driving 60 miles an hour in a 40 mile an hour zone, then he should contest the ticket in court.  It will be the officer's job to prove your brother violated the speed limit and your brother can offer whatever defense he might be able to offer.  The judge makes up his mind based on what he/she hears.
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Hey - Yes, that is true, you can only plead to 'unsafe driving' (a no point ticket with higher fines) twice in a limited time period.  And, if you get a third ticket after that, you can end up w/ the points from the ones you plead back - drive carefully!
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Of course a police officer can pull someone over if they look underage.  The duty of a police officer is to prevent crimes and enforce the law, one of which happens to be no one under a certain age is allowed to operate a motor vehicle.  The fact that your friend looked like they were under the minimum driving age for your state constitutes probable cause for the officer to investigate.\n\nWhat you don't say in your story is whether or not your friend actually WAS under the age of 16, or whether or not he was committing another driving offense which the officer naturally discovered in the course of his investigation (including if your friend began to exceed the speed limit).\n\nI'm afraid if your friend was driving while underage or breaking another traffic law, the police officer in question probably acted entirely appropriately and you just got caught doing something wrong.\n\nIf your friend wasn't breaking any traffic laws, though, it should not have been an issue.  The police officer should have checked his identification to confirm he was old enough to operate a motor vehicle, made sure the license was genuine, and then allowed the two of you to go on your way (unless you live in one of several states that has laws against minor drivers transporting others in their vehicles, but that goes back to your friend breaking traffic laws).  Officers cannot arbitrarily issue tickets without cause, though, and they are most certainly not allowed to ticket someone for "looking too young" because looking the way you do is not a crime in America.
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"WHEN MY SON PASSED HIM HE SPEEDED UP AND WOULDN'T LET HIM BY. BY THE TIME HE GOT AROUND HE WAS ON THE DOUBLE YELLOW"\nOne step at a time. You have just acknowledged that your son was speeding and going left of center. So your son violated the law.\nWas the ticket issued in a valid manner? I do not know about the laws in your state but in many, the ticket can not be mailed unless there is a specific statute allowing that (such as a camera that takes photos of drivers running red lights). \nIf the ticket was issued illegally, your son may get acquitted, even though he violated the traffic laws.\nThe third issue is the unprofessional actions of the officer. That is a matter for Internal Affairs and you should call the Highway Patrol to find out how you can proceed with that matter. If he is found to have acted unprofessionally, he may get reprimanded, suspended, even fired - but it will NOT change the ticket.
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Yes they should.  They are officers to, no matter what their position is. They are still wearing a badge and they are still there for our protection. They have to know the law to so shur they should be able to give out tickets.  Be easy on them, just imagine being outside in the strange weather to give out tickets because of people parking wrong. Sorry to hear about the ticket. At least it doesn't show on the driving record.
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You won't.  While a cop doesn't necessarily have to be present for a citation to be issued in this instance it's her word against yours. Just relax, you didn't do anything wrong.
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Sometime police wait until the registration information comes back from the dispatcher (we don't have computers in our cars here and have to get the dispatcher to check). Sometimes the computer is very slow and it takes a while.  The police officer may have been waiting for a safe well lit area to stop you in or may have suspected you of drunk driving and was observing your driving to see how you were doing.  He could also have been waiting for backup to get closer.  We usually don't stop vehicle unless we notify the dispatcher first, if there is lots of officers on the radio, you have to wait for airtime.  Lots of reason for not stopping you immediately.  If the officer did not lose sight of your vehicle you are out of luck.  Take it to court and see what happens.
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Most Town Newspapers print the arrests and the dispatch of Police officers to a scene. That data is public record, the "Police Call" gives the time, the date and offense the person was charged with.\n\nContact your Local Town Hall or the town Hall in other cities for links to their websites.\n\nHowever,  a traffic Ticket is not considered a crime... simple speeding for example. Driving under the Influence is a crime.\n\nSuggestion: Have the person involved go to the Police station to examine the Police officers copy of the offense and ticket. If your friend was Not driving at that time, Generate an immediate appeal of the Ticket. All Traffic Tickets have an appeal process in my state, with a time limit.\n\nThere are many cases where an innocent person was given a ticket for a variety of reasons...an error in the individuals License Number or License Plate number, a computer problem and even Identity thief.\n\nYou friend can have their Day in court.\n\nGood Luck.