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that's just one law out of many that police commonly misinterpret. it pisses me off to no end. when the street racing laws were changed, apparently a lot of cops failed to actually read the law. i saw plenty of people in jail for peeling out, which is no longer illegal, as racing requires 2 people now. all these screwballs were arresting people for a law they didn't read. meanwhile, i wrote 4 congressmen demanding an explanation on why they forgot about the whole peeling out issue. the responses were to contact my DA. one told me it was an error they made, but didn't catch it until after it had been passed. OK, so fix it.

i obtained a months worth of court records because i suspected some of our guys writing fictional tickets. sure enough, i saw a ton of 'cracked windshield' tickets. there is no such law.

BB guns are not illegal and cannot be confiscated, but they still end up in the evidence room with no charge attached. just because you are committing a misdemeanor, doesn't mean you should be arrested for UCW with a rifle. i have seen my share of illegal stops. it irritates me to no end when another officer calls me to come help him with a question about a ticket. my advice on several occassions has been to let them go in a hurry and hope they don't find out you had no reason to stop them.

some of these mistakes are honest, but i think if you're going to be a police officer, you should probably know the law you are enforcing. DPS being a prime example. had they actually read the law before enforcing it, they might have found out that license plate frames were legal. instead, they didn't read it, their dope cases got thrown out, and they had to get the legislature to pass a completely new law that still needs interpretation. if you don't know it, then don't enforce it. i bust my ass reading all that crap and watching as bills go through the legistlative process. have a little pride in your profession.

sorry for the gripe.