Green Bay's Finest
@just4him (305491)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
April 26, 2017 10:47am CST
I had to leave for a short moment to pick up a prescription from the pharmacy. On the way I got pulled over.
No, I was not speeding. The officer was questioning the licence plate that came back to my old car. He gave me a warning and told me I need to get a paper tag for the car until the paperwork came through from DMV.
I went to DMV showed the woman the warning and my paperwork. She said the officer was wrong. The paperwork I had was valid, the plates were transferred, and I was completely legal. She is a state officer herself, wrote her badge number and name on my car documents and also put on there that it was valid.
So I got an unnecessary warning from an officer who didn't know what he was talking about.
Have you ever been stopped by an officer who made you think you were in the wrong when he/she was and you got a ticket/warning unnecessarily?
Looking like rain in Green Bay. Thanks for reading.
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13 responses
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Apr 17
I thought Green Bay's finest were the Packers.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
27 Apr 17
I'm glad he gave you a warning ..even though he was wrong, as getting your money back from paying a fine may have been difficult. ....
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
26 Apr 17
No i haven't. But i heard from many people that cops have a number of tickets they have to give out ever month..
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@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
26 Apr 17
I am really sorry that happened to you, it has happened to my mom and grandma before to, hopefully he gets a warning himself for falsely accusing you of doing something wrong.
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@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
26 Apr 17
I think the officer was just telling you what his computer told him. He wasn't at fault, he just had faulty information. Someone at the DMV did not do their job in data entry. I would check back in 10 days or so to make sure the computer records are adjusted. I'm glad he gave you just a warning, most of them are nice that way.
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@just4him (305491)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Apr 17
The officer at DMV said it would take about two weeks for me to get my title. I just got the car on Friday. Still even with the valid information in the paperwork for the car, the officer should have known everything was legal.
@just4him (305491)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
27 Apr 17
Yes it was. You should have seen the look of disbelief on both my son's faces when I told them I was pulled over and the reason for it.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
26 Apr 17
Never have been stopped in my life. Why did he run your plates in the first place?
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@just4him (305491)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
27 Apr 17
My guess is, it's the end of the month and he had nothing better to do. I think he was really hoping it was a stolen vehicle as the plates went back to my old car. When that failed, I think he was hoping I wouldn't have my insurance card on me. He really couldn't get me for anything, so settled for an unwarranted warning ticket.
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
27 Apr 17
Wow! Well I'm happy that you were in the right and the officer wrote her name and badge number down. I got pulled over recently for brake light out - except it was the light inside the interior of the car. The one that faces outside through the rear window - not the 2 external ones on either side -- now I knew you can get pulled over for the external right or left hand ones, but I didn't think you could for the external one....
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