Cop Confiscates Cigars.

[RumblePen]

This one's straight from one of my customers.

He said he was driving home from a party the other night, smoking a cigar, and a cop pulled him over. The cop pulled him over because he assumed the guy was smoking a blunt. He had four cigars in a ziplock bag on his seat (which he bought from my shop earlier that day). The cop asked him to see the cigars and he gave them the bag, then the cop asked for his license and registration and walked back to the patrol car. When he came back he brought only the license and registration. The guy asked him where his cigars where and the cop said 'Nevermind about the cigars, just go home.'

He did.

I asked him why the hell didn't he demand his cigars back and get the cops name and badge number, and he said he had a couple of drinks at the party, he wasn't drunk, but the cop could have caused him a lot of trouble.

The good news, the cigars were just Savoys. The bad news, they weren't Cremosas.

[SD Beerman]

A cop did that to me in college and I didn't even smoke cigars then. lol

[DownUnder LLG]

Crooked cops eh?? That sucks and as ya say, pitty they wern't Cremosas.

[cigar_040]

Or some White Owls.........Peach flavored !!!

[Cigar Jockey]

Papayos

[Suburbahick]

A cop asked me to throw mine out while he pulled me over for a bullshit window tint ticket,and the thing that got me about it about it was, I had only stock tint. Now that i've got my illegal window tint on there, never been stopped. First this good ol boy asked me to step out, i politely refused (I was smoking a cigar, goin to dallas, was doing nothing wrong...) he tried to get me to drop my cigar out the window, which, naturally I didnt. I told him that i had payed over 14 bucks for that cigar (which is true, at the time I was buying cigars from the liquer store... It was a Dominican Cohiba red dot) and that I was not gonna throw it out the window. The cop ended up "letting me go" even though i didnt do shit wrong in the first place... I was driving down the freeway, with all windows open, he pulls me over, has me roll up the back passenger window (which isnt the right window to measure, dumb f*cking cop) and then says the stock tint is 5% darker than the legal limit... but says he'll let me off with a verbal warning...

he also tried to give me shit for smoking a cigar under 21... "dont you gotta be 21 to buy cigars" "hell no, I just bought this one now didnt I?"

knowing what i know now, i woulda got that state troopers name and filed a harassment charge on him, there was nooo reason to pull me over... and that is harassment.

[neoflex]

What's funny is when I drive home from some place that I have been smoking I always wonder that if I were pulled over, if the cop would accuse me of smoking blunts. I guess this BS does happen. I always thought I was just a paranoid freak.

[Franksmith]

It's always a bummer hearing about a officer that is getting a little over zealous... just like the rest of humanity... they can be real jerks too.

Not that I think anyone was saying otherwise but more for the record...

To me cops are our countries true unsung heros... they risk their lives every day for us whether there is a war on or not. Protecting us from our enemies is an obvious example of the heroes of the military and an incredibly tough job. Protecting us from ourselves is maybe an even tougher job sometimes when you factor in politics, customer attitudes, court, working hours (most cops put in a insane amount of hours) etc etc.

Here is something to try and remember next time you get a ticket...

Without ANY hope or motivation of changing the situation... AFTER the officer has written you your ticket, you have signed it and he is ready to leave...

Shake his hand and thank him for doing his job and tell him you are proud of the job they are doing.

Best ticket I ever got is when I did that... the officer (HP) seemed shocked and he stopped and hung out with me for a couple of minutes (in a smiling and friendly mood) and made sure to tell me about driving school and that it won't hurt my record etc. etc.

Well.... anywho.... go out and thank a cop for being an everyday hero and remember, they are human too.

[Brother Jebadiah]

Originally Posted by Franksmith

It's always a bummer hearing about a officer that is getting a little over zealous... just like the rest of humanity... they can be real jerks too.

Not that I think anyone was saying otherwise but more for the record...

To me cops are our countries true unsung heros... they risk their lives every day for us whether there is a war on or not. Protecting us from our enemies is an obvious example of the heroes of the military and an incredibly tough job. Protecting us from ourselves is maybe an even tougher job sometimes when you factor in politics, customer attitudes, court, working hours (most cops put in a insane amount of hours) etc etc.

Here is something to try and remember next time you get a ticket...

Without ANY hope or motivation of changing the situation... AFTER the officer has written you your ticket, you have signed it and he is ready to leave...

Shake his hand and thank him for doing his job and tell him you are proud of the job they are doing.

Best ticket I ever got is when I did that... the officer (HP) seemed shocked and he stopped and hung out with me for a couple of minutes (in a smiling and friendly mood) and made sure to tell me about driving school and that it won't hurt my record etc. etc.

Well.... anywho.... go out and thank a cop for being an everyday hero and remember, they are human too.

[CrazyFool]

i have been mistreated and abused by police officers more then one time. im not begging for sympathy here, but i would like to say- dont trust a single cop, and dont pull over anywhere BUT a shopping center or a well lit, publicly viewable area. 1 in 2 is crooked. they are just people who took a 6-8 week corse.

[Warhorse545]

I agree mostly with FrankSmith on this. Most LEO's are just people doing a real hard job. One I have done in the past. But there are some out that that get on a power trip or have had a bad day and that can effect their judgment some what. Just like everyone else. But their bad day can really effect someone else that that can lead to some big problems for some people. But when ya have one treat ya with respect and ticket or no, it never hurts to tell them thanks. Got to cultivate the good ones and keep them that way.

Some departments are worse then others for sure. Look at N.O. and the mess they had there. A lot of it is dependent on policy and the culture of the department. Once a department goes " bad " it is real hard to get it cleaned up. We had some interesting things happen with the local county LEO's here a year or 2 back. Sheriff was busted for urination in public when he was walking home from a bar. The reporters done some digging and all kinds of things were found out. It was even reported that he was on all 4's in a strip club barking like a dog and bit a stripper on the ankle. He really liked his . And he is no longer in office.


But in this case the officer should have returned the cigars. I would not have argued and demanded the cigars on the spot. Most people are not going to win face to face with an officer on the street. And he said he had been drinking so prob best he left. But I would have went home and called in and filed a complaint and requested to file a theft report and take things from there.

Stacey

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by CrazyFool

i have been mistreated and abused by police officers more then one time. im not begging for sympathy here, but i would like to say- dont trust a single cop, and dont pull over anywhere BUT a shopping center or a well lit, publicly viewable area. 1 in 2 is crooked. they are just people who took a 6-8 week corse.

What a crock of shit. 1 out of 2 cops is crooked? You need to get your papers checked. Looking forward to seeing that study.

[guinsdan]

Sounds like another case of cigar profiling. I was at the bar last night and got harassed for enjoying a few cigars. Needless to say, the people left which turned out great. I took their table next to the dart board and threw darts all night.

[Caballero del Comercio]

Originally Posted by CrazyFool

i have been mistreated and abused by police officers more then one time. im not begging for sympathy here, but i would like to say- dont trust a single cop, and dont pull over anywhere BUT a shopping center or a well lit, publicly viewable area. 1 in 2 is crooked. they are just people who took a 6-8 week corse.

That is perhaps the only offensive thing I've read on this board, other than any cremosa reviews I've had yet to see. That is, as icehog3 said, a crock of shit.

I am a reserve police officer, so let me explain something to you. There is not a 6-8 week course to simply become a police officer, there is a background check, another background check, a written exam, an IQ test, several layers of testing, and oral reveiws. Many departments conduct polygraphs. There is then about 10 weeks of academy training in which ethics, responsability, and criminal code are nailed into your head. And that is only for reserve officers who basically just give tickets. For true officers, like those I work with, there is also a 13 month evaluation period where they are judged by their superiors on their performance on and off the job, both ethically and professionally.

I have been to training seminars and Department of Justice conferences where I encountered and was very impressed by the demeaner of some of the criminal intelligence officers of the Daytona Police department. They work in an area that is in the high-median of crime areas, and deal with a lot of dangerous drug traffickers, outlaw motorcycle gangs, street and narcotics gangs, and the like; yet they have a CERT team with one of the best non-lethal rates in florida, and they have an impressive record of departmental community service.

There are some police officers, particularly small town officers, who may prey on out of towners for tickets, but only because they need a budget too. I can understand the gripe of the topic starter's customer, but your complaint seems a little off base. I'd be curious to know what kind of "harassment" you have faced; in my experience in law enforcement, the "harrassed" are either criminals, or have unjustly rude attitudes towards people who work their asses off everyday, getting payed to protect you and your loved ones.

Peace,
Chad.

[olotti]

Sounds to me like a cop who smoked cigars and knew if he kept them you couldn't do anything about it or else like you said he could have caused you alot of trouble.