Really THP? Rant

[tennessee01tacoma]

I can't believe it! The trooper that moved down the road from my girlfriend was actually parked in his driveway this morning in his patrol car. It wouldn't be so odd but this a dead end county road that doesn't have a posted speed limit or even yellow lines. There is only 6 houses past his, I feel like it is a waste of taxpayer resources. Rant off

[Mike.357]

maybe his car is a take home?

Maybe he had to run home to get his bullets?

Maybe he went home for lunch?

There could be any number of legitimate reasons why he was there.

[tennessee01tacoma]

His car is a take home, he usually parks right next to his house his driveway is about 75 yards long, he was parked at the end, I will give benefit of the doubt and guess he was waiting on the school bus it has been raining a little here.

[vontar]

Best made good friends with him, you may be seeing allot of him. Lets assume he was just waiting on the school bus with his kid.

[ttocswob]

Ditto on making friends, if at all possible. Most troopers I've met were decent people, even with their blue lights on, LOL. (haven't had a ticket in a long time, though)

[Tncobra]

His car is a take home, he usually parks right next to his house his driveway is about 75 yards long, he was parked at the end, I will give benefit of the doubt and guess he was waiting on the school bus it has been raining a little here.

The Trooper rides the school bus?

[tennessee01tacoma]

I know him fairly well I have attended church with him a couple of times I don't think I'll have anything to worry about. We have some neighbors that fly on that little road hopefully he will get them. I know totally different tone now I'm over it I was asleep this morning.

[BrasilNuts]

I saw a THP in Morgan Co. doing the same thing. He was in his driveway gunning cars on 27. I thought it was kinda funny.

[Steelharp]

The Trooper rides the school bus?

The short one.

[Erik88]

If I was the trooper, I wouldn't be writing tickets from my driveway. I would not want people to know where I lived.

[MudBugjr]

He might have been waiting for someones husband to leave for work! Then pull in a nother driveway

[vontar]

If I was the trooper, I wouldn't be writing tickets from my driveway. I would not want people to know where I lived.

This gives me an idea and my idea might give troopers or other LEO's ideas.

Someone ask a few days or week ago if they know about a drug house and it is common knowledge why don't LEO's go raid and bust them. It comes down to being able to prove and get warrants. Maybe they should go to extra Radar Speed control very near those common drug houses. I bet it would slow down allot of (drug) traffic.

[Guest db99wj]

Maybe he was doing some paperwork.

[JAB]

Maybe he was on his in car laptop looking to see if Barbie Cummings has a blog so he could try and find out where she was going to be today.

Photo: Knoxville porn actress Barbie Cummings, whose real name is Justis Ellen Richert, was stopped for speeding May 7 on state Route 840 near Lebanon by Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper James Randy Moss. Cummings said Moss threw away narcotics found

[Erik88]

LMAO, I've met Barbie. She isn't all that.

[Guest TargetShooter84]

Yeah, I've met her very briefly while with a friend some time ago. Have to agree with Erik on that one, she may be good looking but she ain't all that.

I about died laughing when the news broke involving that THP and her.

[Guest manofsteel]

i think he just gave her a Breathalyzer test......she is blond after all lol:D

[strickj]

I can't believe it! The trooper that moved down the road from my girlfriend was actually parked in his driveway this morning in his patrol car. It wouldn't be so odd but this a dead end county road that doesn't have a posted speed limit or even yellow lines. There is only 6 houses past his, I feel like it is a waste of taxpayer resources. Rant off

There is still a speed limit even if not posted.

That said, why the rant? It's a take home car... and he was at home with it?

Edit; it should also be noted that the reason cops are allowed to use their cars off duty is the deterrent of crime from just the presence of their car. It is not a waste of tax payer's money.

[Guest TargetShooter84]

i think SHE just gave HIM a Breathalyzer test......she is blond after all lol:D

FTFY!

Over the holidays, I spent alot of time at this girl's house that was visiting her dad from FL, anyways, there's a KPD officer that lives about 4-5 houses away, and he always has his KPD cruiser parked on the side of the street, well, during those whole two weeks I have been over there, I have never seen it move, even during the snow storms we've had, the snow would always stay on the car so I knew it hadn't been moved....did make me wonder though. If officer wasn't using it for two or more weeks, say maybe vacation, wouldn't he/she return the cruiser back to the department to put it into use until he/she returned?

Edited February 24, 2011 by TargetShooter84

[gregintenn]

You should have dragged him out of his car and gave him the ole "I'm a taxpayer" speech.

My neighbor is a Trooper, and he's called out at odd hours, nights, weekends, and holidays. They have paperwork to keep up with. Every job isn't a clock in clock out, stand at a machine or sit in a cubicle for 8 hours kind of job. Being a Trooper is a 24/7 deal.

Edited February 24, 2011 by gregintenn

[G27]

Weird to rant about it when you admit he might have been picking up his child from the bus...

[Punisher84]

FTFY!

Over the holidays, I spent alot of time at this girl's house that was visiting her dad from FL, anyways, there's a KPD officer that lives about 4-5 houses away, and he always has his KPD cruiser parked on the side of the street, well, during those whole two weeks I have been over there, I have never seen it move, even during the snow storms we've had, the snow would always stay on the car so I knew it hadn't been moved....did make me wonder though. If officer wasn't using it for two or more weeks, say maybe vacation, wouldn't he/she return the cruiser back to the department to put it into use until he/she returned?

Not if it's a take home. That's all figured in. Really no different to have it at home for 2 weeks than him driving it for 2 weeks in terms of logistics.

[Gun Smith]

The officer is probably on some cop blog ranting about his freakin' nosey neighbor.

[kb4ns]

FTFY!

Over the holidays, I spent alot of time at this girl's house that was visiting her dad from FL, anyways, there's a KPD officer that lives about 4-5 houses away, and he always has his KPD cruiser parked on the side of the street, well, during those whole two weeks I have been over there, I have never seen it move, even during the snow storms we've had, the snow would always stay on the car so I knew it hadn't been moved....did make me wonder though. If officer wasn't using it for two or more weeks, say maybe vacation, wouldn't he/she return the cruiser back to the department to put it into use until he/she returned?

Not in many places. My department has enough cars for every officer and a handful of old spares. No point in returning it when it's not needed. You'd think that doing that would be a waste of money, but it's really not. Shared squad cars average about 80 to 100,000 miles before they're just flat out worn out. The assigned cars will make it to 140 or 150,000 miles easily. People take better care of cars they're assigned to. The few exceptions to the rule are easily identified and those officers will forever get the oldest, crappiest cars to ruin.

You should have dragged him out of his car and gave him the ole "I'm a taxpayer" speech.

My neighbor is a Trooper, and he's called out at odd hours, nights, weekends, and holidays. They have paperwork to keep up with. Every job isn't a clock in clock out, stand at a machine or sit in a cubicle for 8 hours kind of job. Being a Trooper is a 24/7 deal.

This! In my department, the officers who live in the city can take their cars home. To take a car home outside of the city limits, you have to be "on-call". I don't live within the city I serve. When I was in patrol, I took my pickup back and forth to work. I'm currently assigned to the traffic division as a crash reconstructionist and "on-call" for critical and fatal accidents. It's nice, but sometimes, when the phone rings at 3am, it makes me wonder if the take-home car is worth it.

[ftncityfatboy]

My guess is he was home for a nooner....