I live in Missouri.
I work days at a prison from 7:30am - 4:00pm and after work everyday I go to the stables to work for my trainer. She does pay me and I also get a discount on my board. She pays me either by check or in cash. I stay usually until around (starting at 4pm) 9pm mucking stalls or exercising horses. It's no "backyard barn" so to speak. She is a legitimate business, she is a riding instructor and boarding barn operator and I work for her for money and services offered in return for working.
I was stopped around 9:30 on my way home. I explained to him I was coming back from the stables where I worked. I have a hardship license that only allows me to drive to work, school, and SATOP. I told the officer that my second job was at the stables. He demanded proof that I work there, so I gave him the stable owner's number. Since he called restricted, she didn't answer him at the time. He let me go with no tickets issued but said if he 'didn't have a "pay check stub" on his desk Monday morning then he was going to write me a ticket for driving while suspended and mail it to me'.
The only proof I can give him is a notorized letter stating our contract agreement of my employment with her.
Keep in mind my hardship came in the mail after serving my 30 day suspension. They didn't ask me to fill out a form or what times I worked or where I worked. I have scoured the internet searching for Missouri's specifications on where and when you may drive on a restricted license. I found nothing.
My questions are:
What is defined as a place of work if you have a restricted license? She pays me in cash or check, I don't have paycheck stubs.
If you don't sign for a ticket and he doesn't issue one at the time of the stop, can he really just mail you a ticket when he feels he's ready?
Can he actually demand a paycheck stub from you? And request that it be personally brought to the sheriff's department and placed in his "mailbox"?
Another thing you should know is that he's the best friend of my ex boyfriend, who was also a deputy sheriff. I have no doubt in my mind that this is retaliation for what happened between us. I know I don't have much of a case to sue for their ongoing harassment, but I am very familiar (first name basis) with the officer who stopped me and he is familiar with me. But is that grounds to threaten me? To tell me if he doesn't have a paycheck stub on HIS desk come Monday morning, then I'm getting a DWS ticket? The whole thing is unfair. But the only answers I'm seeking is what is considered work and what this officer can legally request of me.
I work days at a prison from 7:30am - 4:00pm and after work everyday I go to the stables to work for my trainer. She does pay me and I also get a discount on my board. She pays me either by check or in cash. I stay usually until around (starting at 4pm) 9pm mucking stalls or exercising horses. It's no "backyard barn" so to speak. She is a legitimate business, she is a riding instructor and boarding barn operator and I work for her for money and services offered in return for working.
I was stopped around 9:30 on my way home. I explained to him I was coming back from the stables where I worked. I have a hardship license that only allows me to drive to work, school, and SATOP. I told the officer that my second job was at the stables. He demanded proof that I work there, so I gave him the stable owner's number. Since he called restricted, she didn't answer him at the time. He let me go with no tickets issued but said if he 'didn't have a "pay check stub" on his desk Monday morning then he was going to write me a ticket for driving while suspended and mail it to me'.
The only proof I can give him is a notorized letter stating our contract agreement of my employment with her.
Keep in mind my hardship came in the mail after serving my 30 day suspension. They didn't ask me to fill out a form or what times I worked or where I worked. I have scoured the internet searching for Missouri's specifications on where and when you may drive on a restricted license. I found nothing.
My questions are:
What is defined as a place of work if you have a restricted license? She pays me in cash or check, I don't have paycheck stubs.
If you don't sign for a ticket and he doesn't issue one at the time of the stop, can he really just mail you a ticket when he feels he's ready?
Can he actually demand a paycheck stub from you? And request that it be personally brought to the sheriff's department and placed in his "mailbox"?
Another thing you should know is that he's the best friend of my ex boyfriend, who was also a deputy sheriff. I have no doubt in my mind that this is retaliation for what happened between us. I know I don't have much of a case to sue for their ongoing harassment, but I am very familiar (first name basis) with the officer who stopped me and he is familiar with me. But is that grounds to threaten me? To tell me if he doesn't have a paycheck stub on HIS desk come Monday morning, then I'm getting a DWS ticket? The whole thing is unfair. But the only answers I'm seeking is what is considered work and what this officer can legally request of me.