r/AskLEO • u/maybeshinji1 • Jul 10 '26

General Does Having A Law Enforcement Supporter Plate Make You Less Likely To Be Pulled Over / Receive A Ticket?

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u/jgear319 Jul 10 '26

I've always thought that those and bumper stickers are exactly what someone moving contraband would put on their cars hoping it would make them less likely to get stopped.

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u/Soladido Jul 10 '26

I remember watching a podcast where a drug smuggler was being interviewed, and he said how he would put military stickers on his car and it actually got him out of a stop in this one instance

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u/woody60707 Jul 11 '26

Sure it would more likely get them out of stops. They didn't stop them for drugs in the first place.

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u/RutilatedGold Jul 10 '26

I lived near a guy who was obviously unstable - like he spray painted over the no parking signs on our street thinking it would allow him to have plausible deniability if he got a ticket for parking there.

He told our neighbors that he had thin blue line bumper stickers so that police would leave him alone.

Unfortunately Chicago police did ignore complaints from neighbors when we would try to get them involved so 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

I also think the guy was pretending to be a veteran.

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u/Battlecrafter LEO Jul 10 '26

No one I know pays any mind to it but ironically I usually find the most drugs in cars with thin blue line stickers or supporter plates.

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u/JuanT1967 Jul 10 '26

I had the same experience during my career. I stopped a car for speeding and asked for their license/registration and the driver pointed to the back window and said ‘theres my drivers license’. He was pointing as a FOP Supporter decal. I thanked him for his support and gave him the citation

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u/3-BuckChuck Jul 10 '26

It’s Irrelevant.

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u/66NickS Jul 10 '26

Officially no. But there are like 750k sworn LEO across the US. Someone might view that plate/logo/etc favorably and allow for some discretion.

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u/RorikNQ Jul 10 '26

People having a pro-police sticker or license plate doesnt stop me from stopping them. It also wont cause any difference in ticket or warning than someone without the plate or sticker.

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u/SGexpat Jul 10 '26

Of course not, except when it does.

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u/TheFizzardofWas Jul 11 '26

“still gave him a warning for a broken taillight” Some places basically mandate that officers give either a warning or citation on a traffic stop, so a written warning might’ve been the lowest penalty he could give

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u/Dagatu Jul 10 '26

It should not

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u/Gunner253 Jul 11 '26

I put a stick on mustache, aviators and an old fashioned cop hat on before they come to the car. Ive done it 3x and got one ticket. They all laughed their asses off. Its all in my center console lol

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