Any memorable brushes with the law while on the job?

[Dark Helmet]

When I used to service the local prison's machines, they would ask me to open my toolcase and show them the contents before proceeding. Of course I had nothing there that could be used as a weapon - except for the large assortment of screwdrivers, pliers, and stuff like that.

Last time i had to go into the local prison here to fix a fax i had to sign in at the desk and she said i could go, just as i was about to walk away i remembered about the 7 inch pocket knife i carry (max allowable size here), i pulled that out and set it on the counter. She gave me a dirty look and asked for my cell phones as well.

[prntrfxr]

Just after reading the entire post I noticed it was prntrfxr - Up until then I was picturing a grown up man crying to a police oficer

If it were me crying I'd probably not only get the biggest ticket the cop could justify, but also get pulled out of the car and beaten with a billy club...

LOL...I tried to make it real clear at the end that I'm a female, just so you guys didn't freak out and it still happened.

I don't think all the security stuff really comes under law enforcement, but of course failure to cooperate can get you in trouble with law enforcement. One of my fellow techs got thrown out of a Cable News Network we had a contract with for arguing with security. It seems the IT contact in the building went to lunch right after she authorized him to work on the printer. He was going to take it in shop for repair and security wouldn't let him out of the building unless she authorized it. Our tech began hollering at security that he was on site every single day there and they should know him by now. My boss was called and told that he would never be allowed in the building again.

I had to repair a machine in a nuclear power plant. Automatic rifles, dogs, x-ray machines, & metal detectors, then they lock you in a room with a phone and the machine (not connected to pc nor is it in the room the printer is normally in). You don't get out (not even to go to the bathroom) until you call security and you have to wait forever for them to come let you out. They don't like new people and they do call your boss to verify you work there before you are allowed in. This was the security before 911. Who knows what it's like now.

[mrwho]

This was the security before 911. Who knows what it's like now.

Cavity search, anyone?

[DWise]

Cavity search, anyone?

They may want to use the new TSA x-ray machines...

[jonhiker]

OUr local prisons require a too list and everything, including parts, to be inventoried going in and coming out. I have learned to fix many problems with 4 tools, a bottle of glass cleaner, and a few rags that I carry in a canvas shopping bag. What is nice is I get to leave the cell phones in the car and get to work without interruptions!

[Jules Winfield]

LOL...I tried to make it real clear at the end that I'm a female, just so you guys didn't freak out and it still happened.

Nobody "freaked out". I was merely saying that it's bullshit that women can get out of tickets by crying...

[gwaddle]

Nobody "freaked out". I was merely saying that it's bullshit that women can get out of tickets by crying...

Sometimes you just have to do what works. Maybe we could try the old "but officer it's an emergency, the copier will die if I don't get right there" line. I don't get tickets. My kids will testify, I don't drive fast enough to get stopped. I know, I'm boring.

[prntrfxr]

Nobody "freaked out". I was merely saying that it's bullshit that women can get out of tickets by crying...

If I had cried to get out of the ticket on purpose, I would have probably gotten one anyway. It was just the last straw on a horrible day...

[Jules Winfield]

If I had cried to get out of the ticket on purpose, I would have probably gotten one anyway. It was just the last straw on a horrible day...

Women crying doesn't necessarily irritate me. It's the cops that allow certain people to break the law without any punishment based on emotion alone that I call bullshit on. Emotion has no business in law enforcement. The system can only work if everyone is treated equally. And yeah, I know that will never happen...

[gwaddle]

Sometimes you just have to do what works. Maybe we could try the old "but officer it's an emergency, the copier will die if I don't get right there" line. I don't get tickets. My kids will testify, I don't drive fast enough to get stopped. I know, I'm boring.

I stand corrected. Within an hour of writing the above, I was driving back to the store from a call, and looked up to see flashing lights. I've been temporarily driving my personal pickup for about 3 weeks for work, and it would seem that "someone" neglected to notice the the plates expired the end of November. Well Mr Policeman noticed. First time I've been pulled over in about 25 years. Not a horrible crime, but memorable for it's rarity.

[Jules Winfield]

I stand corrected. Within an hour of writing the above, I was driving back to the store from a call, and looked up to see flashing lights. I've been temporarily driving my personal pickup for about 3 weeks for work, and it would seem that "someone" neglected to notice the the plates expired the end of November. Well Mr Policeman noticed. First time I've been pulled over in about 25 years. Not a horrible crime, but memorable for it's rarity.

Yeah, I've had that happen before. Kind of ruins your day, doesn't it?

[ZOOTECH]

I stand corrected. Within an hour of writing the above, I was driving back to the store from a call, and looked up to see flashing lights. I've been temporarily driving my personal pickup for about 3 weeks for work, and it would seem that "someone" neglected to notice the the plates expired the end of November. Well Mr Policeman noticed. First time I've been pulled over in about 25 years. Not a horrible crime, but memorable for it's rarity.

The last time I was stopped by the police, I was stopped, double parked, downtown waiting for the last person of my party.
He asked me to pull over because the tail light lenses of the MB 190D were frosted, therefor dim. Unfortunately, we had just left a gallery opening with beverages and I couldn't convince him I could drive just fine; spent the night in the holding tank.