jefffrizzle2001
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Florida
i was speeding going 51 in a 40 zone at approx 5am going to work. i got pulled over by the officer and didnt have a copy of my registration. the cop had a real bad attitude and was on some kind of power trip. i explained to him that i didnt have my registration on me (i showed him my license and insurance) but my car is registered. i told him that he can look me up on the computer and see that its registered. he started getting an attitude, told me to "shut up" and "dont tell me how to do my job" he asked me to step out of the car, i did. he asked me am i a PBA member. ( i have a PBA badge on the back of my license plate.) i advised him that i am not a member, it was given to me by my brother in law who is a officer at another police station. i gave him my brothers name, he called that station and confirmed that he is an officer there, but was still giving me a hard time because we have different last names, and he was not on duty to confirm this for him. the cop ended up writing tickets for me, 1 for speeding, 1 for no registration, and 1 for having the PBA badge on my plate and not being a member. i told him this is rediculous. he told me to sign it. i asked him what am i signing to (i was definetly planning on fighting this.)
am i admitting guilt by signing? he said "just sign it" i said "what if i don't" (didn't say it trying to be a dick or give him attitude, i just wanted to know what my options were)
he said then you go to jail. and told me to put my hands on the car, and he arrested me.
he didnt read me my rights, he didnt tell me why i was being arrested. while waiting in the back of the cruiser, i saw him looking through a manual of some sort of traffic violations, like he was looking for something else to book me on. i told him don't do that, tried pleading with him....he just told me to shut up...i watched him as he wrote the police report. he wrote that he asked me to sign the ticket 3 times and i refused 3 times, then started walking away. he also put on there that i was DUI, hmm thats funny if i was DUI why didnt he give me a breathalyzer? this is all a complete lie. he wrote me another ticket for not signing the original, and i ended up spending the day in jail. Another thing is, he didnt give me one of the tickets, just the police report. i think he forgot cause he seemed in a hurry to get me to jail.(he wouldnt even let me get some things out of my car.) my first ticket, my first arrest. and all on my birthday, he had no sympathy. i have no problem with the speeding ticket, i'll admit to that but everything else is BS!!!
What should i do?
i was speeding going 51 in a 40 zone at approx 5am going to work. i got pulled over by the officer and didnt have a copy of my registration. the cop had a real bad attitude and was on some kind of power trip. i explained to him that i didnt have my registration on me (i showed him my license and insurance) but my car is registered. i told him that he can look me up on the computer and see that its registered. he started getting an attitude, told me to "shut up" and "dont tell me how to do my job" he asked me to step out of the car, i did. he asked me am i a PBA member. ( i have a PBA badge on the back of my license plate.) i advised him that i am not a member, it was given to me by my brother in law who is a officer at another police station. i gave him my brothers name, he called that station and confirmed that he is an officer there, but was still giving me a hard time because we have different last names, and he was not on duty to confirm this for him. the cop ended up writing tickets for me, 1 for speeding, 1 for no registration, and 1 for having the PBA badge on my plate and not being a member. i told him this is rediculous. he told me to sign it. i asked him what am i signing to (i was definetly planning on fighting this.)
am i admitting guilt by signing? he said "just sign it" i said "what if i don't" (didn't say it trying to be a dick or give him attitude, i just wanted to know what my options were)
he said then you go to jail. and told me to put my hands on the car, and he arrested me.
he didnt read me my rights, he didnt tell me why i was being arrested. while waiting in the back of the cruiser, i saw him looking through a manual of some sort of traffic violations, like he was looking for something else to book me on. i told him don't do that, tried pleading with him....he just told me to shut up...i watched him as he wrote the police report. he wrote that he asked me to sign the ticket 3 times and i refused 3 times, then started walking away. he also put on there that i was DUI, hmm thats funny if i was DUI why didnt he give me a breathalyzer? this is all a complete lie. he wrote me another ticket for not signing the original, and i ended up spending the day in jail. Another thing is, he didnt give me one of the tickets, just the police report. i think he forgot cause he seemed in a hurry to get me to jail.(he wouldnt even let me get some things out of my car.) my first ticket, my first arrest. and all on my birthday, he had no sympathy. i have no problem with the speeding ticket, i'll admit to that but everything else is BS!!!
What should i do?