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Originally Posted by frost I've watched an ***-load of court cases and never seen a cop come without the calibration records. Sounds like you have a bunch of slackers Most

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Old 06-04-2011, 09:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I've watched an ***-load of court cases and never seen a cop come without the calibration records. Sounds like you have a bunch of slackers
Most tickets don't get contested in VA because there's a lot of money here, and a penalty for contesting the ticket. We also happen to have very strict calibration requirements-- some departments require that the gun be calibrated between issuing tickets.

I've found (mostly from helping friends) that if you start requesting information in advance, you will usually get a phone call from the officer offering to work a deal with you
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Most tickets don't get contested in VA because there's a lot of money here, and a penalty for contesting the ticket. We also happen to have very strict calibration requirements-- some departments require that the gun be calibrated between issuing tickets.

I've found (mostly from helping friends) that if you start requesting information in advance, you will usually get a phone call from the officer offering to work a deal with you
That might be a big difference, no penalty for fighting tickets here. So our officers might automatically plan on fighting tickets. I also don't get the impression that our cops or courts put much effort into settling tickets outside of court. I'm not sure how often they are required to calibrate though. I'd find it very hard to believe it's anywhere near that frequent though.
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In East Texas, there is a good chance the officer wont even show up for court. They have like 1 officer for every 1000 square miles.
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