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Cedar Park Dad wrote:Respectfully, to play devil's advocate...why?
Respect is earned. Having a badge and a gun just means you have a badge and gun (vs. my bright red CHL sash). It doesn't mean you deserve any more respect than anyone else.
Kinda.When I was in the military we were strongly urged to bring any used vehicle we purchased by security so they could let the dogs do a run through. That advice saved a number of service men a lot of head ache.Texas_Blaze wrote:I bought a used truck once and a few months later found a joint in between the driver seat and center console when cleaning it. I bought it at a dealership in Dallas in 2003. I will not consent to searches.
Wow! I typed a long response but I saw it was pointless. I'll just leave it with this:pcgizzmo wrote:Honestly I don't see the problem of allowing law enforcement to search your car. I understand the thought process of giving more control to the government than they need to have or are allowd to have under the constitution but law enforcement is faced with a losing battle.
On one hand we want them to stop the drugs, gun running, crime etc.. on the other we don't want any of our rights infringed on. What is the harm in letting a law encforcement officer search your car if you don't have anything to hide?
I have to be honest IF I were a law enforcement officer I would be profiling as much as possible. If it looks like a rat, smells like a rat it's probably a rat. I'm not saying the OP looks lke a criminal I'm just saying that it's a numbers game for LE. The more contact they make with the public the better chance they have of running into a real criminal.
Maybe I'm missing something, but how does searching a vehicle of a law abiding citizen help catch drug runners?chuck j wrote:Within reason they can search my vehicle any time they like , total waste of time for them though . If it helps catch drug runners , illegals or criminals I'm all for it . I have never been searched before . I have only had one bad encounter with a Highway patrol in Archer county , everyone knew he was a complete jerk . He purposely tried to make you angry , he got a kick out of it . I simply turned the tables on him , he was mad because I was not even though he gave me a seat belt ticket . I even asked him to stay a second while I prayed for him . He was red faced .
I don't believe I would ever give consent either.Jumping Frog wrote:I will never consent under any circumstances.