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Your lights are too bright.

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#1 ·
Just wanted to let you all know, your lights are too bright. I get it, it's so I can see you from 75 miles away and be ready to move over and slow down. Problem is, when I'm 75 feet away, I'm blinded, I'm dodging gawkers, dodging debris on the road, and frankly it's dangerous for you. Don't know if it's been brought up, just thought I'd let you all know.
 
#110 ·
You bring up a good point there OLY, but I don't think it has to do with brightness or loudness, it's simple inattention. When you're on your way somewhere, loud and bright is fine, my OP was referring to after the stop, I didn't clarify that. Simple fact is that people don't pay attention when they drive any more, maybe they should let you guys rear end crappy drivers after a two count.
 
#113 ·
It's a lack of cruiser mounted weapons.

I guarantee a few rounds from a
I am curious about something in this video (nothing to do with lighting) the officer repeatedly told dispatch that the woman did not have a gun. I accept that he did not see a gun, but he did not know she did not have a gun tucked into her waistband, etc. it strikes me as dangerous to both himself and the responding officers for him to assume that she did not have a gun. He didnt psat "she does not appear to have a gun" he repeatedly said "she does not have a gun". Am I wrong about this?

I also found it funny that he was asking her, presumed friend of the driver, if the driver had a gun in his hand. I am not sure I would want to rely on her answer....
It's hard to explain to someone who hasn't done any of this.
 
#119 ·
On the topic of cars and lights, I just picked up a new car on Tuesday.

It is one of our marked slicktop cars that have become so popular these days with my boss for the better fuel mileage. I have to say though, for a slicktop car they have come a LONG way from the first '05 Crown Vic slicktop I drove years ago, and better than all the ones since.

We now have the Whelen visor lights, and they have the capability of going from red/blue to all white takedown lights, which really helps. The side lights are bigger as well. The Whelen lights are almost as good as the full visor Code 3 "SuperVisor" used to be in the CVPI. We have flashing, non flashing, etc patterns for DUI stops, scene illumination, what have you. The next batch of cars will have even better side lighting I'm told, as the new paint scheme is phased in.

The best thing of all though? A light sensor, so as soon as it gets dark the lights dim, and the flash pattern slows. It can be overridden, but the huge thing is that it dims on its own without "pilot" input. Huge issue addressed.
 
#120 ·
I think the threshold for determining she had a gun was changed dramatically and rapidly once the other occupant of the car you have stopped displays it, points it at you, and shoots at you with it.

As a responding officer, I'd arrive and when I hear the guy (that just got into a shootout over the hood of a car with a person very intent on killing him) yelling "she doesn't have a gun", I'd interpret it as "She hasn't shot at me *yet*, we'll deal with her after we secure the dude that DID shoot at me".
Exactly, she was taken into custody and restrained on camera, presumably searched.

So nobody took her word for it.

Randy

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#122 ·
Technology is great but I have to agree that a good many patrol cars have lights that are far too bring at night. I have been two lanes over, closing one eye and staring at the yellow line on the opposite shoulder - just to drive past them. Its crazy.. moving over should not involve pain compliance. LOL
 
#123 ·
I think the threshold for determining she had a gun was changed dramatically and rapidly once the other occupant of the car you have stopped displays it, points it at you, and shoots at you with it.

As a responding officer, I'd arrive and when I hear the guy (that just got into a shootout over the hood of a car with a person very intent on killing him) yelling "she doesn't have a gun", I'd interpret it as "She hasn't shot at me *yet*, we'll deal with her after we secure the dude that DID shoot at me".
That makes sense to me.
 
#124 ·
Sure. I just don't have any patience for disingenuous aholes (not you) that come into these threads with a turd wrapped up in an innocent question.

To fairly answer you, there are a multitude of reasons for him doing what he did. You have to objectively reason it from his perspective to understand completely.

1) He is stressed and loaded with adrenaline because he just got in a gun fight.

2) He is immediately thinking about saving his job in this political climate now that he isn't about to die (hopefully)

3) He's telling responding units that she isn't an IMMEDIATE threat as they arrive on scene to avoid her being shot accidentally

4) He's asking her if he has a gun because he knows this whole thing is on camera and if the passenger/Confederate of the badguy (who the officer just shot) can see a weapon in his hands then she just (wittingly or unwittingly) corroborated and justified some very touchy actions that will be scrutinized by the media, admin, courts, peers, public, and GNG the next day.

Make sense?
Yes, that makes absolute sense to me. Thank you for explaining it!
 
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