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jfrey123 · October 23, 2008, 09:51 AM

I did a ride along with a cop who "profiled" cars. His philosophy was if he looked at a car and didn't feel it was worth $1000 at auction, it was a Piece Of S*** car. According to him, POS cars are driven by POS people, and if he can find a reason to stop it (finding an equipment violation isn't hard on a POS car), he'll typically find a reason to take someone to jail (warrants, possession, ex felon failing to register, etc). Made for a fun day, and he was typically right.

Same type of intuition carried over to pedestrians. He said he'd generally just watch for someone who "looks like a crack head" and wait for them to do something he could stop them for (lots o' people J walk...)

October 23, 2008, 09:51 AM	#8
jfrey123 Senior Member Join Date: July 7, 2006 Location: Reno, NV. Posts: 1,026	I did a ride along with a cop who "profiled" cars. His philosophy was if he looked at a car and didn't feel it was worth $1000 at auction, it was a Piece Of S*** car. According to him, POS cars are driven by POS people, and if he can find a reason to stop it (finding an equipment violation isn't hard on a POS car), he'll typically find a reason to take someone to jail (warrants, possession, ex felon failing to register, etc). Made for a fun day, and he was typically right. Same type of intuition carried over to pedestrians. He said he'd generally just watch for someone who "looks like a crack head" and wait for them to do something he could stop them for (lots o' people J walk...) __________________ Rock out with your Glock out!