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Arrests were down, but that new law where they can just fine instead of giving you a court date served as a catalyst for the what-seems-like numerous people who were given citations.
The Tn. DTF searched my truck. The MO was give it up and you won't go to jail. I love this line " mabe you will only get a ticket, mabe nothing. Just make it easy(on the cops) and give it up. I know that the ticket is about $1300.00 The idea is to get revenue , not to curb use. Didnt give it up and the task force moved on to someone they could sweet talk. hope this is allowed , just telling my story.
they tried that on us outside of knocksville. we let them search. of course they dident find a thing.( i hide stuff real good ) and let us go. whole thing took about 15 min . no ticket, just a seatbelt warning, my girl had the shoulder part under her arm . but damn a $1.300.00 ticket would dampen my vacation
Post by oysterheadhead on Jul 4, 2007 2:39:48 GMT -5
our campsite was within site of those cops on the side of bushy branch road. i was like 50 yards away. they couldn't do anything to anyone on the property. but they were watching people on that road very closely. there were also protesters on that road. the jesus freak people... i missed getting a pic of them.. damn! i think the cops were making sure that no one caused any trouble. ....then on sunday night alot of people were trying to leave by driving over a fence. i'm sure that keep those cops busy as well.
I concur - most of the police were pretty friendly and hands-off. I would be friendly too if I were getting time and a half on what is already probably a pretty nice hourly wage. If they were on their regular shift then they were just doing their jobs and didn't have to chase local criminals that day, if not, then they were making bank.
bamadancer said:
Well, I only know from my experience, so I could be wrong. When we have to hire cops for school events, they get paid overtime, and trust me, it's pretty sweet. But I guess it could be different. They still shouldn't be jerks I'm glad most of the ones I talked to were really nice.
When we would work festivals in MN, the county we worked in was paid a set amount for our time. We received time and a half and double if the event fell on a holiday. I have no idea what our county charged the county having the event. In our case, we were not allowed to enter the event unless asked to do so by those running the festival. I don't know what the current pay is now for being a police officer. When I was one, it wasn't much. Hence the reason I'm a graphic artist now.
^^^I know what the current pay is in Mississippi - starting salary is about $22,000 to $24,000 with an upper range of about $28,000 - $30,000 (with about 5-10 years experience)
Post by swannylax14 on Jul 7, 2007 19:46:49 GMT -5
there were jesus protesters?
yeah, they were walking up bushy branch on saturday i think. they had signs that said "rock and rollers are deciples of satan", etc..., and were carrying crosses with them. 2 of my friends went up and talked to them regarding their blanket stereotyping and actually seemed to get through the their "leader" after about a 30 minute discussion. others in the group were far too brainwashed to be reasoned with which prompted my comment of "i bet Jesus wishes he had a wheel on his cross too". if you're gonna do something, do it all the way.
Post by poopzilla33 on Jul 14, 2007 12:34:35 GMT -5
lordrockinhood said:
radioheed said:
little OT...but a buddy of mine got a $3300 fine this year
That is one serious fine... for what may i ask?
i got a pretty rediculous fine on the way home from roo. a little over 4,000. we got stopped and illegally searched, and me and my friend had some party favors left over
damn brotha thats a heavy one sorry for your misfortune... I made all of our passengers get rid of everything (of course they had to bring a little) just in case of something like that...