Posted by Datesfat Chicks on April 29, 2009, 3:17 pm
> I spent 9+ years as a Texas Peace Officer and can tell you that in
> Texas, it is not legal for police officers to wait outside businesses
> that serve alcohol for the purpose of intentionally following drivers
> to stop and administer a D.W.I. test.
They actually didn't do that.
When I went off on the side street, I lost sight of them, and they didn't
follow me. It was only after I encountered them again in front of the post
office that they followed me.
When I went off on the side street (after they saw me getting on a bike
outside of the bar), I could very well have been going somewhere else in
Marshall, and they didn't know that or attempt to follow.
Actually, now that I think about it, even my behavior of going off on a side
street then 90 seconds later being back on the main street in town may have
struck them as suspicious. The obvious question is why I didn't just take
the direct route and stay on the main street.
I have no evidence that they waited outside the bar or followed me only
because I had come out of a bar.
Datesfat.
Posted by Rkleinsch1216128 on April 28, 2009, 2:53 pm
> They followed me all the way home. They tried to be coy about it and they
> were about 1/2 mile behind me, but I could tell. I turned left into my
> apartment complex, and they weren't far behind. I pulled into my carport
> and dismounted the bike, and I was fully expecting the flashing lights,
> license registration, proof of insurance, etc., but they just kept driving.
> They went slowly around my apartment complex and exited.
> I don't get it. Why follow me and then do nothing? I wasn't stumbling or
> anything when I left the bar, and my riding was normal (no jokes there,
> please), so I think they knew I wasn't intoxicated.
> Why follow me and then do nothing? What goes through their minds?
Why didn't you didn't flag them down and ask them all these
questions ?
I'm sure it would have been informative.
Posted by Jujitsu Lizard on April 28, 2009, 3:02 pm
>> They followed me all the way home. They tried to be coy about it and
>> they
>> were about 1/2 mile behind me, but I could tell. I turned left into my
>> apartment complex, and they weren't far behind. I pulled into my carport
>> and dismounted the bike, and I was fully expecting the flashing lights,
>> license registration, proof of insurance, etc., but they just kept
>> driving.
>> They went slowly around my apartment complex and exited.
>>
>> I don't get it. Why follow me and then do nothing? I wasn't stumbling
>> or
>> anything when I left the bar, and my riding was normal (no jokes there,
>> please), so I think they knew I wasn't intoxicated.
>>
>> Why follow me and then do nothing? What goes through their minds?
> Why didn't you didn't flag them down and ask them all these
> questions ?
> I'm sure it would have been informative.
I thought about it, but they circled around the apartment complex (a big
horseshoe-shaped drive). I was too lazy to run after them on foot, and also
too lazy to get back on the bike and chase them down.
They probably would have answered candidly. They are pretty friendly.
The Lizard
Posted by dizzy on April 28, 2009, 6:41 pm
Jujitsu Lizard wrote:
>Why follow me and then do nothing?
To observe you, idiot.
DUH
Posted by MikeWhy on April 29, 2009, 12:31 pm
[Cops ]
> I don't get it. Why follow me and then do nothing? I wasn't stumbling or
> anything when I left the bar, and my riding was normal (no jokes there,
> please), so I think they knew I wasn't intoxicated.
Think of it as a friendly, neighborly gesture, making sure you get home
safe. Think what their lives must be like. The only time they see a smile or
a friendly wave is from perps pretending to be nonchalant. The morale of the
story, unfortunately, is to not smile or wave unless you want to draw their
suspicions.
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> Texas, it is not legal for police officers to wait outside businesses
> that serve alcohol for the purpose of intentionally following drivers
> to stop and administer a D.W.I. test.