Florida's Wildlife Control, ownz the road?
 

I'm driving home today, on a back road, when all sudden I see FWC (Florida Wildlife Control). The guy's doing like 32 in a 35, so I switch lanes. Now I admit I was driving on his ass for a minute, but then I switched lanes. I'm about even with him when all sudden, my side mirror is about even to the front of his car. I guess he got pissed or somtin but then he hits the sirens. I'm like "What the fuck? He's FWC." I pull over on the side thinking, he'll probally pass me or some shit because there's no way a FWC officer can give me a ticket? Get's out of his car asking to see my license n registration. I'm still in shock n awe at this! The cop was a total asshole. I mean it was like he had nothing better to do. Just BS'n me about I was doing 40 next to him and he was doing only 32. I knew there was no way I was getting a ticket do to the fact that he had no speedometer and no way of telling if I was speeding.

My big disbelief is that; when did glorified park rangers, all sudden become traffic cops? Any thoughts here? This happen to anyone else?

...dunno and no.

they aren't. he was just screwing with ya.

You should ahve asked him if he got your speed locked on radar. When he says uhhh.. drive off. there isn't much he could do.

The FWC Officer would have taken Butters out with a tranqillizer dart before he could make a move,
and been perfectly within his rights...hey, fella...listen up, you're the one who broke the law
and it's his job to take you down.
Animal Kingdom or Human...erm, Kingdom...it matters not, to the FWC! fire1:

why did you pull over anyways? you could just kept driving.

Possum sheriffs are full law enforcement officers. He could have written you any ticket he liked or cuffed you and dragged you off to the pokey if he felt the need. While traffic duty is not his primary job, he was not outside of his authority. It s also the most dangerous branch of law enforcement. They typically work alone, in the middle of no where and everyone they approach is armed. They dont normally put up with very much. You probably pissed him off by tailgating him.

Don't screw with the FWC if your are ever out on a boat. They think they are bigger than the friggin Coast Gaurd.

*points at Airborne Butters and laughs*

hahaha you got pulled over by the FWC!!!!1111




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Seriously, I would ask to see his badge, and take down his routing number. I would report his ass, and if he asked why, I'd say "you're either doing one of two things wrong here. One, you are doing a task outside of your jurisiction, by giving me a ticket for 5MPH over the limit, or two, you are a local police unit imposing as another state comission unit, (which in the state of NY) is illeagal."

Then I'd smile, and drive away. I don't put up with shit like that. I'd spit in his face, seriously. A lady cop gave me a ticket last week at the Gateway National park. I parked in the Marina (Where you put your boat into the water from a ramp) to help my friend move his boat. A cop was there, so I asked if I can help move his boat it will only take a minute. The cop in the car said sure, but hurry up. So, I helped him, come back to the car, and see a ticket from the female cop. The car was gone.

Now, remember this are park police, and they're federal, not state. I find them, and beep my horn, and they pull over. They both get out of the car, and so do I. I show her the ticket, and I said "What the hell is this?" She goes "It's a ticket, wiseass." That got me off. I said "Yeah, well maybe if you had something better to do at 10AM on a Saturday, you would of asked your partner why I was parked there for only 2 minutes." She looked at the guy and he said "He asked me if he could move his friends boat and I said OK" She looked back at me with this real pissed look. I took the ticket, tore it in half, gave it back to her and said "Have a nice day. . .oh, and your park sucks."

I got my ass out of there before they called the real cops, lol

or carry torps biggrin:

the guy hates kids

Hes just screwing with ya probably like a little joke showing you that he has authority or something. I almost got arrested by a State trooper biggrin:

HAHAHAHA

That would've been funny if you got sent to the humane society or whereever they take animals. Your cell mate would've been an emu or something.

LMAO!!! Probably an queer aligator. Bad things happen when the lights go out. LMFAO!!! biggrin:

What was really embarrsing was when he asked me if I had gotten a ticket before, and I had one right next to me. I got a ticket a few weeks before, but that was for definite speeding and I admit to that. I was just still REALLY pissed off at this.

FWC has broader powers in the state of Florida than any other state law enforcement agency. The guy could have made things very difficult and the last thing you ever want to do is to tell a cop what he can and cant do.

Joe - you would have made a big mistake trying to do what you said. He would have had you on the side of the road for hours while he searched your car. FWC is the only law enforcement that does not require search warrants to search your home or car and their required probable cause has less restrictions. he could have said he suspected you of having out of season game or drugs in the vehicle. His jurisdiction is the entire state, 5 mph over the speed limit is speeding and radar is not needed to write a ticket. You might have had a pretty good case to fight the ticket, but he still could have wrote it and very, very likely his superior would back him up. Make no mistake, these guys arent park rangers, they are cops.

I have made the mistake of making smart ass comments to them before only to pay the price by having my boat and safety equipment inspected to insane standards and having all of the contents tossed and searched.

that shit shouldn't happen though. The man specializes in a certain field and he should only be allowed to enforce that field. He can't go around impersinating other people fields and jobs. It's quite bullshit.

[quote="Airborne Butters":e5536]that shit shouldn't happen though. The man specializes in a certain field and he should only be allowed to enforce that field. He can't go around impersinating other people fields and jobs. It's quite bullshit.[/quote:e5536]

that's what happens when a Bush is in charge biggrin:

who else thinks butters should suck it up?

Dont you love it when people over step there bounds and abuse there power? Cause thats exactally what that ass did to you, and butters. You had no real reason to be searched, shit tossed around, and been delayed. The fucker was just bored and using you as his personal bitch. Much like Joe park ranger did to Butters. Not much you can do in that situation aside from make there life as painful as there making yours. Be an ass, make there job hard as hell, fight fire with fire. Because i'd love to see the report that says you were arrestested for being a pain in the ass even while all your shit smelled like roses.

[quote="Office Depot":05b72]who else thinks butters should suck it up?[/quote:05b72]

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Jeez shut up n00b. Go spam so more useless shit.

hey, i'm not the one complaining about being pulled over for speeding 5 miles above the speed limit. Like pest said "FWC has broader powers in the state of Florida than any other state law enforcement agency."

when (if) i ever get pulled over for speeding, i ain't going to cry about it. just think of all the times you've sped and HAVEN'T gotten caught..


shit..i'll probably get pulled over on the way home from work today, just because i said that.. :)

I have a number of stories of run-ins with game wardens. Most are good people, but there are always assholes.

We had one pair of wardens stop us on our way back to the landing on a local lake about 20 minutes before dark. By the time they were done checking us 30 minutes later they wanted to write us a ticket for no lights onthe boat. If they hadnt taken so long, we would have not been out in the dark without lights. That one about got ugly, but they finally let us go.

Another time the marine patrol got pissed because they tried to bust us for drinking inthe boat, but we had one sober guy. They checked every required piece of safety equipment twice, just to piss us off.

Another time I was checked while fishing this little backwater hole on a lake. No problem there, but when they were done, another boat of GWs showed up and they just hung out yapping right where i was fishin. They didnt bother to leave until I bounced my spinner bait off their outboard a couple of times.

I cant count the times that my boat and everything in it has been completely searched while hunting. Its happened so often I half expect it now. And the state boys are sweethearts compared to the federals.

A final word of advice is not to call game wardens/marine patrol "chickenshit". They dont care for that one little bit. ed:

Should have caused a distraction like "Hey! A deer just got hit by a car!" or "A fly just smashed into that window!" and sped off

or the immortal "LOOK! A DISTRACTION!" biggrin:

WTF? You're from the United States......Can you say LAWSUIT?

Make up some bullshit, about how you were going to get your million dollar share of your dead fathers money.......But because he pulled you over, you missed out. angel:

dude you didnt get a ticket, thast what matters. AS a side fact, I have an uncle who works for the mass. state something. Hes no quite a cop but he gets, a gun, badge, car, the whole 9 yards. He is allowed to pull people over and keep them there until a legal cops arrives. ALthough he never does that...he himself went 90 in a 30 zone in front of my house....that was a fun ride