The Washington State Patrol is hailed as the best state law enforcement agency in the nation for 2007, Gov. Chris Gregoire announced today.

The International Association of Chiefs of Police chose the agency for the “Law Enforcement Challenge” for excellence in reducing deaths and injuries in highway collisions.
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Best at what, collecting revenue for the state?

I second.  Once I was followed for 1 1/2 miles & after I turned into my storage. He turned his lights on & turned with me. When I asked what I was stopped for, He claimed that I took the last turn wide (1 1/2 miles earlier). Just wanting to check & make sure there was no DUI issue & why had I pulled in there.  Come on now.... & then to top it off I was asked after there where I was heading, where I worked & hmmm that’s a pretty nice SUV to afford on such a salary.

myopinion - 13 August 2008 11:23 PM

I second.  Once I was followed for 1 1/2 miles & after I turned into my storage. He turned his lights on & turned with me. When I asked what I was stopped for, He claimed that I took the last turn wide (1 1/2 miles earlier). Just wanting to check & make sure there was no DUI issue & why had I pulled in there.  Come on now.... & then to top it off I was asked after there where I was heading, where I worked & hmmm that’s a pretty nice SUV to afford on such a salary.

Did you report him?

Eventually. After it turned into 6 months of harassment & him pulling me over everytime he saw me & never being able to ticket me. I haven’t seen him since. It got so bad that I started taking back roads home to avoid him because it was an “Oh you again” & then a 45 min lecture on how great of a cop he was. Once he started finding me on the back roads I had no choice but to do something.

myopinion - 13 August 2008 11:48 PM

Eventually. After it turned into 6 months of harassment & him pulling me over everytime he saw me & never being able to ticket me. I haven’t seen him since. It got so bad that I started taking back roads home to avoid him because it was an “Oh you again” & then a 45 min lecture on how great of a cop he was. Once he started finding me on the back roads I had no choice but to do something.

Geez, that totally sucks - sounds as if he has some emotional problems.  Maybe your complaints paid off and he’s no longer on the job.  Hope so.