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Tyrone speed traps and money makersSince Barney left and they gave Thelma Lou a book on etiquette, I hoped things would be better in Tyrone. THEY AIN’T. I for one, thought the speed traps would come down. We have only grown more 25/35 mph signs on roads with no side walks and a few lonesome cows you might endanger going a tremendous 40! We have the highest taxes in the county and the only thing to show for it is more police per taxpayer than anywhere else. We must have 4 for every 10 of us. Last night I stopped at the stop sign at Public’s as I do everyday, though it must have been a rolling stop, as one of Tyrone’s police promptly gave me a ticket. The reason it irks me is you can’t fight it. The judges are instructed to take the police word against yours, otherwise, this would never be a money maker. I’m still seething from one of Tyrone’s finest putting me in jail about 2 years ago. What I found out later, was my blinker light was out. Instead of telling me this, he coldly asked for my license, ran it, called for backup, handcuffed me, searched my car, impounded it, and took me to jail. He later stated it was unpaid tickets being the root of my evil doing. When I went to the police station the next day to get my license, they laughed at me, showed it to me, then told me I couldn’t have it. On the way to pay $200.00 to get my car out of impound, I received a call on my cell phone wanting to know if I wanted to donate to the policeman’s union. I went to the DMV and they promptly issued me another license, stating it was a clerical error and that he (police) could see as well as them, the tickets were paid. I was also out the expense of a lawyer to go to court. They had to drop those charges but I still had to pay for my crime of a broken blinker light. This brings me to the worst of all tales about Tyrone’s police. A 10yr old, and 11 year. Two little boys that up to that time, had respected police. We live in a neighborhood with a pool. The children thought the pool open and left about 10 minutes before me. They used the combination to get in, but an over zealous neighbor next to the pool ran screaming at them to get out. The frighten kids ran into the swamp. She then called the police on them. When I got there, the porky policeman had my child by the arm and an extended billy club in the other. He then stated he was putting them in ‘juvie’. Thank God the ‘juvie ‘ as he kept referring to them, had more sense than he and wouldn’t take them, as I would have had to mud wrestle porky right there cause the kids weren’t going to juvie, that day or any other if I could help it. According to the 300 lb policeman, who is as wide as he is tall, he was making his arrest on the grounds that the kids ran from him. What really happen was the 2 scared kids came out for the other policeman when they saw what he was, and helped pull porky out of the mud he was mired in. This may have humiliated him by bringing attention to the fact he was in no shape to do his job. Again, we had to go to court, hire a lawyer, and sit there and listen to the 300lb policeman claim that the kids ran from him and that he apprehended them. Knowing full well this was totally impossible, the judge sided with the policeman. Fatty then went on to be fearless leader of his department. You know, lead by example. I’m so irked by the over zealous police of Tyrone, I hope the Easter bunny comes to their, and the people responsible for them, yards and lays them the kind of eggs the so justly deserve! oldbeachbear's blog | login to post comments
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