Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 4014 AMERICAN POLICE BEAT: DECEMBER 2016 Generally speaking, here’s what happens after a speed- ing ticket is issued. The per- son who was relatively polite and compliant spends the next several days telling peo- ple about the “jack-booted thug cop that was so unpro- fessional,” and yadda, yadda, yadda. What never happens is an officer or deputy gets a thank you note from someone they wrote up. But never say never. Here’s a guy who wrote a letter about t h e N e w Jersey State Trooper who stopped him for speeding and other is- sues. “I was us- ing my wife’s car as opposed to my jeep. Suffice it to say that her German car has a bit more pep than my jeep. “Truth be told, I was not paying attention to my speed and I passed an unmarked car – unmarked but with a TPA license plate so it was obviously a trooper. “After passing the trooper he put on his lights and I immediately pulled over. He approached my car on the passenger’s side where I provided him with my li- cense, registration and insur- ance card. He explained al- most immediately that I was speeding and told me what his speed was when I passed him. “Needless to say I was pretty em- barrassed. I’ve driven 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 miles a year for the past ten years and haven’t been stopped for at least 15 years. “I usually pay pretty close attention to what I’m doing. Needless to say I wasn’t happy with myself. “When the trooper re- turned, his actions are what impressed me the most. He could have easily handed me the summons and walked away. But he didn’t. “He said, ‘Truthfully, we’re not out here to only give out tickets but I’m not sure if you are aware or not – but we’ve had some recent fatal accidents on this part of the Parkway and we’re really trying to get people to slow down – to save lives.’ “He then added some other conversation that he was not obligated to do – normally after getting a summons you don’t really feel like mak- ing conversation – but that wasn’t case here. It was pret- ty obvious that this trooper was really interested in safe driving on the Parkway. “Perhaps it was the sincer- ity of his words. “He finished by asking me as I departed to please use the shoulder as an accelera- tion lane and that he would remain behind me to help make it safe to re-enter the highway – which he did. “After having some time to reflect on our interaction I was just very impressed. “He seemed like a pret- ty young guy and it ap- peared that his comments and suggestions were noth- ing but sincere. I was re- ally impressed with how he presented himself. “I never expected to be blown away by an interac- tion with a trooper after being stopped. I’m not sure how often you hear from someone looking to compli- ment a trooper who issued a summons – but that’s the case here.” – Dave Coskey Longport Media I never expected to be blown away by an interaction with a trooper. I was really impressed with how he presented himself. Credit to the force Professionalism leads to fan mail ;VOLSW`V\PKLU[PM`ILMVYL`V\[HYNL[LHJOVMV\Y;39/3Ž YHPSTV\U[LK^LHWVUSPNO[ZOHZILLU\WNYHKLK[V S\TLUZ;OL;39/3Ž UV^MLH[\YLZHUL]LU^PKLYHUKIYPNO[LYILHTWH[[LYUMVYPUJYLHZLK]PZPIPSP[`HUKJSHYP[` ;OL;39/3Ž HKKZHYLK[HYNL[PUNSHZLY;OL;39/3Ž .\[PSPaLZHNYLLUSHZLYMVYNYLH[LYKH`SPNO[]PZPIPSP[` 0UJYLHZL`V\YJVUÄ KLUJL^P[O[OLUL^\WNYHKLK;39/3SPNO[ZMYVT:[YLHTSPNO[ TLR-2 HL® G BLINDING NEWS: TLR HL Ž FAMILY IS NOW 800 LUMENS. TLR-2 HL® TLR-1 HL® www.Streamlight.com