Tuesday, March 24, 2015

When cops put their minds to it, and make an effort, they can really have a remarkable effect on red light runners and speeding. They usually don't.

 Deputy Chuck Kochanowski conceals himself and a radar device inside a cardboard box beside University Boulevard south of the Central Florida Greeneway in Orange County, Fla. He clocked motorists' speeds, then radioed information on speeders to motorcycle deputies waiting to make the traffic stops. 
 West Palm Beach Police officer Terry Golden, a.k.a. "Officer Delicious," radios to other officers the description of a red light runner at Okeechobee Boulevard and Jog Road in West Palm Beach, Fla.
 West Palm Beach police officer David Oxley, posing as a homeless man, radios fellow officers information about drivers who ran red lights at the intersection of Congress Avenue and 45th Street. The officers participated in "Operation Can You Spare $183.50?," the amount of a ticket for running a red light/ The sting yielded 74 tickets in just 90 minutes as drivers continously ran red lights in every direction, sometimes four and five at a time. 
 Osceola County deputies Dominic Rodriguez (left) and Paul Spears target speeders on Osceola Parkway at Michigan Avenue while dressed as vagrants in Kissimmee, Fla. Spears would watch the traffic and tell Rodriguez the cars (How the police 'nab' or ticket drivers? ... v..picsINSIDE! - ClubSi) that violated red lights or were speeding and would record the tag number to alert other officers waiting down the road. 
 Sgt. David Lohr of the Seminole County Sheriff's Office operates a radar gun from a borrowed golf cart to catch speeders along Raymond Avenue near Rolling Hills Golf Course in Longwood, Fla. Motorists barely noticed Lohr as he blended in with the surroundings during a crackdown on speeding. In all, 27 tickets were issued. 
 Jimmy Haddock, right, a motorcycle officer with Kissimmee Police Department, runs the laser while Allen Womack, with the city's traffic operations, controls the bucket as police spot speeders and hand out tickets on Vine Street. Police handed out about 250 speeding tickets in two days in Kissimmee, Fla.
 Osceola County Deputies Jason Teems (left) and Ron Kelley dress as tourists and check for speeders on U.S. Highway 192 west of Interstate 4. The pair worked with other deputies and officers from Kissimmee, Fla. and St. Cloud, Fla. 
 Members of the St. Petersburg police volunteer patrol hold fake campaign signs as officer Bob Jones aims a radar gun at traffic in St. Petersburg.
 Leesburg Police Corporal Scott Sparkman (left) and Senior Officer John Sommersdorf dress as construction (How the police 'nab' or ticket drivers? ... v..picsINSIDE! - ClubSi) workers and clock drivers on U.S.-441 while Fruitland Park Sargeant Dennis Cutter waits to chase a speeder. The Leesburg Police Department and other agencies teamed up as part of national Work Zone Awareness Week.
 Dressed as Uncle Sam, Orange County Sherriff's Deputy Corporal Jerry Hagan spots and calls red-light runners on the corner of Hoeffner Ave. and Conway Road in Orlando. 
Orange County Sheriff's deputy Richard Lockman dons an elf suit as a part of the holiday season crackdown on unsafe driving 
Orange County Sheriff's deputy Richard Lockman, dressed in a St. Patrick's Day costume, uses a laser speed-measuring device to clock speeders in Orlando, Fla. In about an hour, Lockman and 10 other motorcycle deputies gave 92 citations for speeding and arrested one man for driving on a suspended license

All from http://www.b20vtec.com/forums/vehicle-traffic-laws/172343-sneaky-cops-florida.html  

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  1. If you do get a ticket from a situation like this, where one officer saw you violate the law and a different officer writes the ticket,
    be sure to go to court, because BOTH officers will have to show up and testify, or your ticket gets dismissed.

    Most speed traps are just revenue collection, but the red light runners cause serious accidents and its great to see when cops actually do something about it.
    They dont do it often, since it actually takes work, theyd rather sit and watch the radar display.

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    1. Thanks for the advice, and I completely agree with you on the red light runner situation... I'd prefer cops hanging out at the lights busting runners and speeders, and smog and noise violaters, and busted and broken windshields and turn signals and brake lights... but they simply don't give a damn very often. Here in San Diego you can go days or weeks of commuting and driving to lunch and never see a cop. Freeways and surface streets... no cops. I don't know why... from what I can tell, New York is lousy with cops

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