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Conference ssdevo::colorado

Title:Colorado
Notice:Welcome to COLORADO on SSDEVO::please type DIR/KEY=NEWCOMERS
Moderator:CSC32::HADDOCK
Created:Tue Jan 06 1987
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2424
Total number of notes:40416

2403.0. ""Plain clothes" Police and Car ..." by CSC32::BROOK () Wed Mar 19 1997 11:31

    On the way under the I-25 / Woodmen intersection, I saw an older
    Caprice type car, metallic golden brown ... Utterly non-descript kind
    of car. with a red light flashing in its front window, with another car
    pulled over on the North side on the mud.
    
    There's a gentleman in a sports jacket / white shirt / slacks with a 
    clip board passing items to / from the lady in the car.
    
    Looks for all the world like a police pull-over to me, except the car
    is too old for standard issue, and the cop was decidedly "plain
    clothes"!
    
    So, if this was truly a policeman pulling someone over for a traffic
    offense, then look out ... there was *nothing* about this car other
    than Caprice type car to give it away that was obvious ... not even
    extra radio antennas!
    
    Stuart
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2403.1CSC32::C_BENNETTWed Mar 19 1997 13:3210
    There are alot of 'wana-be'  cops.   Usually city cops  
    have city plates although not always.    If there 
    is any question - drive to the nearest police
    station.  
    
    El Paso Country has a guy that drives around in a 
    brown plymoth server court papers....
    
    
    
2403.2CSC32::BROOKWed Mar 19 1997 14:197
    >El Paso Country has a guy that drives around in a
    >brown plymoth server court papers....
    
    Ah hah ... this could be it ... I said caprice type car ... as in a big
    boat ... :-)    
    
    Stuart
2403.3Things could get ugly for speedersBSS::BRUNOA new dayWed Mar 19 1997 15:077
    
         A cop on Uintah was driving a white, unmarked Geo Storm.  I guess
    they've decided to get serious with our local insane motorists.  I
    heard that they show no mercy to stop-sign runners and red-light
    runners in particular.
    
                                     Greg
2403.4about time they get off their butts and work...CSC32::C_BENNETTThu Mar 20 1997 08:249
    .3 A cop on Uintah was driving a white, unmarked Geo Storm.  I
    .3 guess they've decided to get serious with our local insane motorists.  I
    .3 heard that they show no mercy to stop-sign runners and red-light
    .3 runners in particular.
    
    It's about time - I am getting tired of people doing 50 in a 30 down
    Uintah.   Uintah <> I-25!    
    
    
2403.5police are losing it around here?CSC32::PITTFri Mar 21 1997 10:3312
    
    speaking of goofy police things, my son and his friend were out for a
    walk by the friends house in mtn shadows last Sunday evening at 9:00pm.
    They're both 17, clean cut, but the standard baggy pants and shirts..
    They got pulled over by a cop who detained them for 45 minutes, asked
    them all kinds of questions INCLUDING whether they had any identifying 
    marks or tatoos.....and then told them they shouldn't be out walking
    around at that time of the night!!! Since he was home before 10pm,
    there is no mistaking what time this happened at....
    
    sounds like harrassment to me....
                                                                       
2403.6CSC32::M_EVANSbe the villageMon Mar 24 1997 09:278
    Kat,
    
    Some people, particularly official-types don't like teenagers in this
    town.  this is nothing new.  I could plan on being id'ed and hassled
    about once/month when I was a teen and living downtown for walking down
    the street after dark.  
    
    meg  
2403.7TINCUP::ague.cxo.dec.com::aguehttp://www.usa.net/~agueMon Mar 24 1997 14:084
Better that the police were patrolling the area than two "youths" in a 
small white Mazda sedan.

-- Jim
2403.8CSC32::BROOKMon Mar 24 1997 14:419
>Better that the police were patrolling the area than two "youths" in a 
>small white Mazda sedan.

Maybe ... but would they have pulled over two youths in a car otherwise
seemingly minding their own business ?  Or to put to another way, even if
the cops had seen the two youths in the white Mazda, would that have changed
anything ... somehow I have my doubts ?

Stuart
2403.9huh?CSC32::PITTMon Mar 24 1997 15:075
    
    
    ok so what did I miss about two youths in a white Mazda
    
    (cathy, who tries NOT to watch the news these days...)
2403.10CSC32::L_WHITMOREMon Mar 24 1997 16:393
    The 2 kids who shot the 2 boys a few weeks ago were driving
    a white mazda.
    
2403.11CSC32::PITTMon Mar 24 1997 19:214
    
    
    oh. got it. 
    thanks.