Hello Ivar: I would second Darin's suggestion and add to it. I would characterize the officer's behavior as abusive and illegal. He was driving dangerously, he was ignorant of the law, and he stopped you to complain about your desire that he obey the law. Therefore, I would write the interim police chief, cc the Mayor, indicating that you are writing to file a complaint about an individual police office in the Stoughton Police force.
Their web site has a lot of useful information - you'll be able to identify the officer by name. They only have 24 police officers. There is a group shot as well as individual photos of each police officer on the City web site. See below. You say it would cost a lot of money to hire a lawyer and you'd lose anyway... I think that a complaint, well framed, will get people's attention. Bullies generally rely on the fact that people don't usually stand up to bullies. Mayors don't usually like to hear things like information that their police officers are pulling bicyclists over to berate them. Especially in a small town like Stougton. Al Matano http://www.cityofstoughton.com/i Mayor's Office Contacts Mayor's Office 381 East Main Street Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589 608-873-6677 V 608-873-5519 F Mayor Donna Olson (City of Stoughton Mayor) [email protected] Police Department Chief: Vacant Lieutenant / Interim Chief : Patrick Conlin Stoughton Police Department Contacts Stoughton Police Department 321 South 4th Street Stoughton, Wisconsin, 53589 608-873-3374 V 608-873-0286 F > You should contact the police chief and remind him or her that speed > limits are maximums, not minimums. > > On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Ivar Moi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I thought this was the truth but I got pulled over in the city of >> Stoughton, last week, because and a cop passed me with less than 2 ft. >> of >> clearance. I expressed my disapproval with a hand gesture (not the >> finger)- >> he stopped and asked what the problem was- I responded by saying I would >> like more room when he passes me - He went nuts-Tried to find a law that >> I >> broke- He couldn't and had to let me go after a lecture on how I could >> not >> be in the traffic lane unless I was going the speed limit... The bottom >> line >> is they (cops) have all the power- they can make up the rules and if we >> disagree it will cost a lot of money to hire a lawyer to fight the >> charge- >> they drop the charges and we are still stuck with the bill. >> >> .......... > -darin > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org
