ou are a new police recruit and are now assigned to a patrol beat in a patrol un
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ou are a new police recruit and are now assigned to a patrol beat in a patrol unit as a solo officer. You have been made aware of incidents of speeders in your patrol area. A citizen who is complaining about speeders on her street has just contacted you. She wants something done. You are still talking with her when you see a car traveling at a high rate of speed past you. You follow and initiate a traffic stop. When you make contact with the driver, she tells you her gas pedal was stuck, and she was trying to loosen it. After you obtain her license and check with dispatch on its status, you see that she has no previous violations. What do you do and why?
Explanation / Answer
As a police officer, you should charge some fine from the driver of the speeding car, despite the fact that there are no previous violations because any technical issue about the car like the gas pedal being stuck should have been taken care off before driving as things don’t happen all of a sudden. A fine is a must to act as a deterrent.
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