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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
Did you read the article?
"In the last eight months of 2007, Montgomery County's new speed cameras recorded 224 cases in which police vehicles were recorded travelling more than 15 kilometres an hour over the speed limit, according to department records.
Supervisors dismissed 76 of those citations after determining the officers were responding to calls or had valid reasons to break the speed limit.
But that left 148 who didn't have that excuse, and about two-thirds of those citations haven't been paid, said police Lt. Paul Starks."
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I did. So what? If they were on duty then they should have the discretion to go a faster than the speed limit without compromising safety. If they weren't on duty and they were in the vehicle than they should just pay the fine.
If traffic is moving along on the highway at 10mph above the speed limit then the officer should be doing at least that, using discretion to not ticket all those who are driving faster than the speed limit. He is also using his discretion to drive above the speed limit. Believe it or not, officer discretion is a huge reason why everyone on the highway who does 5mph above the speed limit does not get a ticket.
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