Lol I'm not avoiding it. I called the police a while back and they told me that I still needed to be booked even though it was an infraction. However, I've heard differently from this board. So, at the moment, I'm simply confused.
I hear ya. Did you accept the PD's answer or did you ask about why you need to when it's an infraction? This is probably the best answer you're gonna get:
Then it is likely their computer systems that are fouled up. You can always call them and ask them why you need to be pre-booked on an infraction, but they will probably tell you that you have to and no one will know why you do not have to be. If they cannot give you a good answer you might want to consult an attorney if you do not want to have your name entered into a state or local criminal offender record.
Aren't loopholes just great?! Sucks when the system isn't working how it was designed to. I'm also curious for myself, whether the citation you signed had a promise to appear date? And is it at a traffic court, or what kind of courthouse?
It would be great to have an attorney and fight for your rights, but from what *I* know, having your name entered into a state or local criminal offender record would not be the end of the world, because at the end of the day the crime was only an infraction. As we established a couple weeks ago, these records are not generally available to officers when you get pulled over, and they are looking for more serious stuff than infractions. And potential employers conducting backgrounds checks cannot discriminate on an infraction from what *I* know, if those state/local records were to even show up.