Chicago fires investigator who found cops at fault in shootings

Re:Chicago fires investigator who found cops at fault in sho... by tzs on Monday July 20, 2015 @05:50PM (#9919340)

> He mentioned that he was pulled over for speeding, but once he told the officer who he was he was let go, and he was very proud of it.

It's not uncommon to be let off with a warning for speeding if you aren't argumentative, don't try to make bullshit excuses, were not going dangerously fast, aren't in some intentional revenue-generating speed trap, and your record comes back reasonably clean when they run a check on your license.

There was an AskReddit where someone asks cops what makes them decide whether to give a ticket or a warning that gives some interesting insights [1].

I've been let off with no ticket a couple times, and got the ticket a couple times.

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/16zweo/cops_of_r...

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Re:Chicago fires investigator who found cops at fault in sho... by Zikes on Monday July 20, 2015 @05:56PM (#9919379)

I've also been let off with a warning a few times myself, but in this case he made it quite clear that it was his "status" that got him out of it, which seemed to be a point of pride for him.

As I mention below, I could not provide a transcript for this incident, only my account.

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