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Originally Posted by Ironheadspearo
awesome story, I agree the cop probably broke protocall but it was his kids birthday and it seems no harm no foul. people need to lighten up.... maybe next time this cop sees you speeding in your camaro he will remember this and go light on you.
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I don't mean to be a spoilsport too, but... if he sees another Camaro speeding and doesn't pay it forward, or if one of his fellow officers sees the OP speeding and didn't get the memo, then what? Favoritism has no place in a profession like that, either, and it's not universal either. On the other hand, what if the OP wasn't cool about it - nothing disrespectful or anything, just say the OP drove off after finding out he was pulled over for (let's face it) basically nothing - and the officer singled him out negatively?
It's nice that the OP was cool about this and it was great for the kid obviously, and if the cop had pulled up next to him at a light, rolled down the window and made this request I'd probably be okay with the whole episode, but when he uses his lights and pulls someone over for a favor that crosses a line in my mind as well. Those powers exist for the police for specific reasons, and I think we all deserve to know that they know granting your children birthday wishes isn't one of them, no matter how well-meaning the officer may be. It's also a pretty lousy example for his kids, I think - if it was my kid, I wouldn't want him knowing that the badge means the absolute rule of law to everyone else, but for the badge holder it means bending the rules is okay.