Can Cops Car Be Reported To The Hoon Hotline?

[SS8_Gohan]

I know there's that hoon hotline floating around these days, but just wondering if there would be any point reporting a cop car to the hotline?

Saw a highway patrol car (the fancy yellow, stickered looking ones) giving it an absolute fang up springvale rd (cnr of wellington) no lights, no sirens, just turned left from wellington onto springvale, passing macca's on the left. Easily 100km/hr+, pedal would have been to the floor. Not that quiet those V8's...

Too quick to get plates or roof number, but wondering more in a hypothetical sense is there any point reporting this sort of thing? Or would it just be ignored considering it involved a police car?

It was the second most recent commodore model, highway patrol car. Yellow with all the stickers down the side.

[khunjeng]

sure way of getting a defect notice in the mail...try it and see what happens.

[Downforce]

I'm sure you can report it anonymously, but you would need plates of the car and exact time/location. It would probably be followed up with internal process.

[**JaR**]

all they have to say is that they were on their way to a job and sirens/lights weren't required. you'll lose

[bombtrack]

all they have to say is that they were on their way to a job and sirens/lights weren't required. you'll lose

QFT. They really seem above the law when it comes to their driving.

You can always report it though... if anonymous, there's no harm to you... maybe if they get enough complaints they might start an inquiry.

[LEANBAC]

you can try, an i hope that it works, but for some reason i think it wont

[RON JEREMY]

Report any dodgy cops to the ESD and OPI, I have also heard that Commissioner Nixon also responds to e-mails cos she is trying to create a cuddly people friendly police force, thats why all the left wing loonies beat up on them, then sue and get a couple grand to go on drug binges.

Go to somewhere like London or New York you wouldn't say boo to the cops there cos they walk around with flak jackets and machine guns at major tourist sites.

Edited July 31, 2007 by RON JEREMY

[Kaz200]

I doubt the hoon hotline will get you anywhere.. even if they take a report.. it will most likely 'disappear'...

I would probably complain directly to the police conduct unit. You can email them via [email protected]

I've seen a few cops doing similiar things to this... but it's just like skyline drivers.. a few d'heads make us all look bad..

PS the plates or the car # would be helpful.

[R31Nismoid]

Without video evidence.

Your word against thiers, so no point.

[LTHLRB]

*spits on the vic police badge*

[Omurru]

They really seem above the law when it comes to their driving.

Spot On!

[Mulkers]

all they have to say is that they were on their way to a job and sirens/lights weren't required. you'll lose

unless it is a letter to the epa, and you explain that the noise and smoke made your girlfriend (who HAS to be a tree of some sort) cry.

It is also really god if you know the officer's private car plates/vehicle.

[SS8_Gohan]

Omurru: would i have seen you one day turning into thomas rd i think, from nepean highway? Turning in a "spirited" manner?

i was thinking hoon hotline because i'm sure there was some option in there for "unecessary acceleration" or something like that. The dude was really moving, and you could tell he had it to the floor because the back of the car was squating down quite a lot.

But didn't really feel like chucking a u-banger, and following him to get his/her plates

the other one i've been noticing recently are the dibby? van cars flicking on their lights to go through a red light (no siren) and then turn them off once they get through the intersection. (this is late night stuff)

That annoys me and just general speeding that i see.

might use some of the direct police email addresses next time i see something.

[khunjeng]

I'm sure you can report it anonymously, but you would need plates of the car and exact time/location. It would probably be followed up with internal process.

if u could every1 would just report doods they lost a street race to.

[Kozeyekan]

the flickering of lights to go through a red late at night is common. Ambo's do it too, so as not to wake up everyone. I'm actually thankful for that. Let's me get some shut-eye.

My experiences with TMU has been largely unfavourable, but I realise that they're people doing a tough job.

My main gripe is the people who set policy. The government wants to be seen to be doing something about the road toll, so they do something visual like the hoon laws, in a demographic that is not likely to mount serious political opposition (i.e young males in import cars).

The only thing the government is doing is making a highly visible but misguided effort. It's all about appearances.

To lower the road toll, all they need to do is increase driver training. Bring it into schools, include emergency manouvers.

If a cop is hooning, I'd report it to the hotline. If he had a reason (i.e. chasing a suspect, keeping lights off to avoid detection as much as possible) internal procedures would find it.

The problem is that our demographic is largely silent. We take the crap heaped on us, and bitch to each other, but little else.

If someone brings up the idea of campaigning the government, or having a letter campaign into the newspapers, most people simply can't be arsed.

I do think it'd be better for everyone if more cops joined in on motorsport track days, rather than camping outside them waiting to defect people, but again, that's not the patrolman's decision, and is largely motivated by the sergeant/ unit commander who wants to get the figures lined up so he can be promoted.

[Omurru]

Omurru: would i have seen you one day turning into thomas rd i think, from nepean highway? Turning in a "spirited" manner?

nah don't think it would have been me, haven't been down that way since the start of the year and never recall turning into thomas rd...nepean hwy onto beach road...now thats a different story

[LTHLRB]

kyle u big frasher!!

[Spunky Munky]

Would be totally useless in my opinion.... they can then just turn around and say they were in hot pursuit of something/someone and forgot to turn on their sirens etc... they are the cops bro, the work for the government... no chance unless it was like really dangerous driving like doing burnouts or something which I doubt will evef be caught.

Its funny that you bring this up... I once saw a doughnut eating Copper storm out of a Maccas with his Sirens etc on just because he wanted to skip the lights and be on his way quicker... seriously, this is nothing new they do it all the time.... seriously... some cops are honest, hard-working, law-obeying and respectable people - on the other hand, some are just pure racist, sexist, arrogant little things that you just want to turn your head away and not look at them.

So yeah, not worth matey... I know it's stupid and unfair, but hey that's life...

[fuzzy_scuz]

It's like every profession, you get people who are good and others that are bad. It just happens a coppers job is visible to Joe public and the bad apples make the majority look bad.

But Government policy is the key to this problem. We voted the current government in so obviously we wanted it.

[Gazee]

*spits on the vic police badge*