Police Interaction Positive but he asked if I was on Parole

[Shovelheddrew]

I just got a warning for a traffic stop. The cop was totally professional and we conducted business in a respectable back and fourth manner. After he gave me the warning he asked me if I was on Parole. I was like "no, never even came close". He told me that when he looked me up in the system that it came up "red' on the screen. This was shortly after the new DMV upgrade. I think it was marked red because of my LTC. Any idea if this is true? This was in Newton MA. Like I said the cop was a decent dude just asking questions.

 

[enbloc]

A piece of advice. When asked if "Are you on parole?" never say "Well, not in this state..."

 

[greencobra]

i think i would have asked what does red mean and see if it was top secret or would he say exactly why you were highlighted.

 

[enbloc]

In every culture, Red = Danger

 

[Shovelheddrew]

i think i would have asked what does red mean and see if it was top secret or would he say exactly why you were highlighted.

He said it usually means the person is on probation.

 

[ToddDubya]

No, I served my time like a man.

 

[MadatMarek]

He was politely asking if he could “push your shite in”

 

[tuna]

i think i would have asked what does red mean and see if it was top secret or would he say exactly why you were highlighted.

Top secret is gold, or yellowish. Red is secret - so you're only on single secret probation.

 

[Dip Dungles]

Just don't tell him you are on a secret mission for the government.....

 

[LoginName]

He said it usually means the person is on probation.

If I were you, I'd check into that.

Who knows what kind of erroneous shit is on your record that could potentially bite you on the ass
now or in the future.

 

[Whiskeywon]

Just don't tell him you are on a secret mission for the government.....

Hey, at least OP didn't more or less invite him into his car like that hotel room incident.

 

[Glockster30]

I just got a warning for a traffic stop. The cop was totally professional and we conducted business in a respectable back and fourth manner. After he gave me the warning he asked me if I was on Parole. I was like "no, never even came close". He told me that when he looked me up in the system that it came up "red' on the screen. This was shortly after the new DMV upgrade. I think it was marked red because of my LTC. Any idea if this is true? This was in Newton MA. Like I said the cop was a decent dude just asking questions.

You should have said no, but they did release me for good behavior.

 

[dingbat]

Did he have his rod and tackle box in his hand when he asked you or were they back in the cruiser?

 

[enbloc]

You could have told him you "Were on a conjugal field-trip..."

 

[Masswhole]

In every culture, Red = Danger

In China it means good luck.

 

[enbloc]

In China it means good luck.

Yes. The Danger of Good Luck...

 

[bandaid bandit]

Sounds like he ran you on his LAN/MDT. The system I'm familiar with will highlight potential matches/hits in red, and will sound an alarm if the sound is up. If in CJISWeb, it'll highlight in yellow/gold, and will have a triangle with an exclamation point symbol.

 

[NHCraigT]

No, I served my time like a man.

Tho, to this day.... its still difficult for you to sit for extended periods of time ....

 

[Matt80]

He was politely asking if he could “push your shite in”

 

[lowbuckbob]

"Are you on parole?"

"Depends"

 

[drgrant]

In China it means good luck.

It's too bad we couldn't just hand out a red envelope when pulled over for speeding....

-Mike

 

[CatSnoutSoup]

If I were you, I'd check into that.
Who knows what kind of erroneous shit is on your record that could potentially bite you on the ass
now or in the future.

Yep, I would stop by the station and ask what is up with that. And I would be very insistent until I got an answer that made sense.

 

[Rob Boudrie]

It sounds like someone wrote "SELECT count(*) from records WHERE name=....." rather than "SELECT count(*) from records WHERE name=... AND record_type!=LTC AND record_type!=FID"

 

[namedpipes]

I'm reminded of the induction interview scene in Stripes! where the inebriated duo are asked if they were ever convicted of a crime.

"Convicted? No. Never convicted."

 

[namedpipes]

Whoops! Bitten by the old thread feature again!

 

[snax]

I'm reminded of the induction interview scene in Stripes! where the inebriated duo are asked if they were ever convicted of a crime.

"Convicted? No. Never convicted."

They also weren't homosexuals, but were willing to learn.

 

[Jason Flare]

Whoops! Bitten by the old thread feature again!

I love to read to the end of these threads to see who’s here.

 

[snax]

It's nice that old threads don't die.
Perhaps there needs to be a mass purging of threads like this.

 

[Qwikdraw45]

Sounds like he ran you on his LAN/MDT. The system I'm familiar with will highlight potential matches/hits in red, and will sound an alarm if the sound is up. If in CJISWeb, it'll highlight in yellow/gold, and will have a triangle with an exclamation point symbol.

Ahhh, unlike the old regime identifying people with yellow/gold superimposed double triangles, the new one will identify the "new undesirables" with a single yellow/gold triangle.

 

[Frizzle Fry]

Lovely to know just how much information someone can get from a plate or license, and how easy it is for the wrong indicator to be programmed in.

1984 is 34 years in the past and yet only a few years away...