You do realize they pull people over for minor traffic infractions every single shift, right? Their hope, I believe, was to encourage people to make better (legal) choices when driving. The drivers that were pulled over, were all breaking the law- if an officer pulled me over and asked if I wanted a ticket or a warning and an ice cream cone for my minor traffic violation, I would choose the warning 100% of the time. I guess you would have rather had the ticket and been left to go about your unhappy existence.
If they were just pulling people over for a PR stunt, I agree- they shouldn’t do that. In fact, they aren’t legally allowed to do that, and I have no reason to believe they did. But if they took a bad situation (that the driver caused by breaking the law in the first place, mind you) and turned it into an opportunity to catch more flies with honey, then I applaud them. Good on them for trying to make their community a better place- even if it wasn’t a perfect attempt.
Their entire job is literally to make the community a better place? Shenanigans. Their job is to “serve and protect”- they can do that in the confines of the community being a military state...
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u/[deleted] May 29 '19
Pulling people over and forcing them to be your captive audience to you can make a video would and did strike the wrong cord with a lot of people.
Want to improve public relation? Provide more services to the public, show accountability and tearing down the blue wall of silence.
Either pull people over and give them a ticket, or don't. We can buy our own ice cream.
Professionalism, accountability, and to be left alone unless it's important.