This is actually up to the department and their policies. In most, the officer can rip up or void a ticket. So can his sergeant during the review. Usually if this happens, the person would get a letter in the mail telling him to not worry about it. The officer just has to account for the ticket number. In addition, in a lot of places, where the form for the ticket and the warning are the same, the officer can change his mind and make the ticket a warning after it is written.troglodyte wrote:From what I understand a officer cannot "tear up" a ticket or "unwrite" it. If it was written then it has to go into the system. Why it is not there or couldn't be found at the court date is a question you need to take up with the judge or clerk. Two years does not sound right.
In addition, the ticket can actually get lost anywhere along the line. The officer can drop it, or the supervisor can, or a clerk, etc. Sometimes these tickets get found later when a cabinet or desk is moved or something. They then get processed as necessary. The two year deadline is because traffic violations in Texas are class C misdemeanors and the statute of limitations for them is two years. The deadline runs from the date of the offense to the filing of charges with the court. On a side note, any time you are outside of Texas doesn't count IF the court knows about it.