EP Officer with nothing better to do

[Duke41]

Go ahead and appeal it. Check the rules to see if you can win and go after it. The officer will have to go to court as well. So you can waste his time like he wasted yours. Plus it exposes the fact that the fool was busting your balls for no reason. I had a similar incident and went to court and the clerk magistrate humilated the cop it was great. GO Get em!!

[thefishingfreak]

could be a catch..
since legaly.. you have to have lights because of the size of boat.. and yours were not even on board.
could be different then if you had them and they just weren't turned on at night?

[Hooper]

Originally Posted by Duke41

Go ahead and appeal it. Check the rules to see if you can win and go after it. The officer will have to go to court as well. So you can waste his time like he wasted yours. Plus it exposes the fact that the fool was busting your balls for no reason. I had a similar incident and went to court and the clerk magistrate humilated the cop it was great. GO Get em!!

As a police officer I can say two things, going to court is great because it's overtime.


And secondly, I would absolutely appeal it. Especially if there is insurance surcharges involved. It might be worth researching to see if you might get nailed on your auto insurance, I would not be surprised if that were the case. If you are Boating OUI, you will lose you auto license and we all know how expensive that would be on you insurance premiums.



Sorry you feel you got the shaft. I try hard to only issue money fines when the action is dangerous or reckless. Even careless gets warnings most of the time, we are all human and most people out there are good people who deserve a break, like you.

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by Hooper

As a police officer I can say two things, going to court is great because it's overtime.


And secondly, I would absolutely appeal it. Especially if there is insurance surcharges involved. It might be worth researching to see if you might get nailed on your auto insurance, I would not be surprised if that were the case. If you are Boating OUI, you will lose you auto license and we all know how expensive that would be on you insurance premiums.



Sorry you feel you got the shaft. I try hard to only issue money fines when the action is dangerous or reckless. Even careless gets warnings most of the time, we are all human and most people out there are good people who deserve a break, like you.

you wanna be an officer in shrewsbury? we need more like you

[Raven]

but only if they built a new berlin wall across the lake quinsigamond bridge.

[Hooper]

Originally Posted by Gunpowder

you wanna be an officer in shrewsbury? we need more like you

LOL!

I don't think I'd find a better place to work than where I'm at right now, can't believe I've been there 14 years now....

[MarshCappa]

Definetly appeal.