The thing I hate about these anti-police blogs is that the people who have the most time to respond in them are the people who don’t have jobs because they were arrested for DWI or other issues.

Face it, every system has it’s flaws. Okay so to the people who are complaining about the cops here is what you should do-DON’T SPEED OR BREAK THE LAW AND THEY WON’T STOP AND WRITE YOU TICKETS!!!!!!!!!!!

If you want to shut down the speed traps all you have to do is obey the law, what a concept!

Picture a world without any police and you wouldn’t even write an article like this or comment negatively in this blog. Either you have a proactive police department and a low crime rate or you don’t. Live in a part of town or city without much of any police to speak of and you would know what I mean, especially if you are a law abiding and God fearing type of person. Cops always get a bad rap because they write tickets and take people to jail. If there was no police people would take the law into their own hands and the policing would be up to you. How long would you and your family last? Or maybe you would rather have a military state like in the other parts of the world so that you could be shot in the street for any reason that their military came up with.

How is this an anti-police blog? It is reporting political policy not police policy. Politicians decide the speed limits and how police use their resources. If that is anti-police then you are sorely misinformed.

I would like to know what my tax dollars are paying for. If you agree with these policies, great. But it is certainly interesting to know that some tiny municipalities have wildly differing policies than others. I don’t know, call me crazy, but isn’t this America, and isn’t our country founded on the open flow of information?

[...] Explore a map of Missouri and find out which municipality issues the most tickets. [...]

So let see if the speed limit is 60 and you get a ticket of for doing 75 i guest that means that its a speed trap. Can’t figure that one out. So I guess they should not enforce the speed limit and let everyone drive as fast as the want. (HINT TRY DRIVING THE SPEED LIMIT AND YOU WONT GET A TICKET DUMMIES!)

To Mary Ellen Capriglione…I am sorry you live in Bella Villa…you could not pay me to live there. And IF your “police officers” were only pulling over the people that violate the law, your “city” would not have the revenue it has to purchase the 5 police cars you have now. It is the people that get pulled over after making that complete stop but your officer didn’t see it because he was snoozing behind the bush he was hiding in. If they are legitimate…go for it BUT look at court night and see how many are not legitimate and how quickly your “prosecutor” is willing to make a deal. You are the number 1 ranked in the state…not something to be proud of. And by the way…go check out your playground with the gang markings on the equipment…you may want your police to spend a little more time on that problem.

My last run in with the Bella Villa police was when I was pulled over for running their million dollar stoplight. The officer who was sitting by the resturant 100 yds away at an angle with no clear view of the light, the painted stop line. I went to the kangaroo court with clear evidence and a mock chart, and the judge found me guilty anyway?? In clear protest, I paid my fine with pennies (legal tender right), the clerk refused to take them. I spoke to her supervisor and they were required to take them. 110.00 worth LOL. I have made it my choice not to patronize any buisness in this burg, and have filed many complaints with the county police and the state’s attorney general about the agressive behavior of this bunch of
Mayberry wantabe’s. I have been pulled over several times and harassed by these clowns, I keep my video camera on during each so called transaction, learned that trick from the St. George incident.
Hopefully the state will rein this kind of abuse and allow the County to take over.

I got nailed today in Pine Lawn. Was going with the flow of traffic, not passing anyone, yet I get pulled over for 70 in a 55. FOr those who say simply not to speed.. that’s all fine and dandy, but if one person is driving 55mph on 70 in that stretch when everyone else is going 70+, you’re going to get yourself and someone else killed.

People slow down and drive the speed limit. Your tax dollars pay for the speed limit signs,so use them. Speed kills. I am a police officer and part of my job along with many other duties is to enforce traffic laws.

This “story” is all well and good and as a police officer, I stongly believe that departments put far too much emphasis on traffic enforcement. That having been said, I agree that some of these towns do it as a source of revenue which stinks.

Now I’ll pose a question to the Post/StLToday. How often do you spend on a story that shows the good side of what police do? How often do you research stories on officers that were nearly killed attempting to catch an armed robber, burglar or car thief. How often do you (members of the media) even show up at a police award ceremony?

Case in point - every month or two St. Louis County PD sends to all media outlets a press release notifying them that an officer(s) is scheduled to be presented a major award. How often is a word mentioned on the news? Seldomly.

The public deserves to hear stories about these ticket towns who can often give police a bad name. However, police are commiting incredible acts of bravery all the time and the public rarely hears anything about it. But at least they know where not to speed.