Would You Ever Ticket Your Police Commissioner?

@NYTPD12

True enough and arresting off duty LEO for carrying a gun is rediculous. It is just mind boggling that they did it. And that is a great quote, too.

Oh, and bump means he agrees and was brining more attention to your post. It started on forums where threads are listed with the last one to have a post being at the top so people say bump on threads they like to put it at the top again.

Although all the details are not in the story; I have to agree with some colleagues and say that Spaulding was wrong. Daily, we just warn citizens concerning infractions. Stewardship is what seems to be lacking here.

"Personal"

One does NOT ticket other LEOs, -NYTPD12

Sorry but I CAN and HAVE. I have pulled over just about every LEO, firefighter and EMT in the county as well as a good sized number from other areas and I have cited two of them, both non-local, one of whom was speeding in a school zone. I have no problem with letting LEOs go but if you curse at me and act as though I am wasting YOUR time, then you dug your own hole. I'm not saying that is what happened here in the article but letting each other go is a courtesy, not a right.

Oh, and, they both tried to complain to my chief saying how rude I was. He told them both to take a flying leap after watching their conduct on my video.

As a civillian, Im not sure how this would event would make it to the media, so I feel Tangohammerli's comment may be right when he suggests its a staged scenario for the public. If not, thats one heck of a burnt bridge for Officer Spaulding.

One does NOT ticket other LEOs,

and if the guy one stops is being a big jackass it is advisable to call a supervisor to help make the decision. I remember years ago there was a problem like this between the NJSPD and the NYC Officers. NJ would not recognize LEOs from other States and thus found themselves arresting off duty POs heading home via the Parkway and stopped because of speeding. The off duty POs were packing and thus violating NJ gun laws. One section of the Parkway is within NJ before it turns into NY again. It got pretty bad & dangerous so the respective PBAs had to get involved.

Officer Spaulding shows himself to have a very serious lack of common sense and discretion. But, this is a problem that is found most anywhere. I recently heard that FHP tickets the law makers in the Capital area when they are stopped for speeding. Now, these are not LEOs, however, they do make decisions and vote to decrease or increase raises for Troopers. With this in mind a little more discretion should be used.

I think that common sense discretion is a thing that cannot be taught. This is something that comes with the exercise of character and experience.

It is comforting that most LEOs here are showing they have some sense by their statements. Stay safe.

If it was a random meeting then I could see it. The whole following thing sounds personal.