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Originally Posted by injdinjn
The problem with this is "follow the money". PDs make money off impounded cars.
They park near nightclubs and pull over people hoping to get a DUI.
So I could see some cop(s) watching a car event and 5-10 cars pull out, the drives may not even be going the same place, but they leave at the same time (Tustin Village where cars leaving are backed up at a light) one car squeals his tires and the cop pulls everyone over and impounds the cars or maybe just takes the license info and like these guys they come and take his car.
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There's a certain distance officers must stay from those establishments, too close, or using the "saw him leave the bar, get into his car and leave" constitutes entrapment as just leaving a business is not legal probable cause for a stop. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but there's a pretty good defense for a decent attorney if it does go down like that.
It's been going on for decades, people go to Irwindale Speedway, leave their hoods open in the staging lanes while some off duty cop goes around and shoots the shit with people. He calls over to his buddies that are on duty, gives a car description, mods that may or may not be legal, and IPD pulls them over as they leave the property. Won't be a drag night where you won't see 10 plus car pulled over on the street as they leave, usually ricers.
One night we saw some tubbed and caged challenger do the fattest burnout I've ever seen on a public street near the house. He had numbers on the window, and I remember thinking "what a fucking idiot, he's gonna get popped" until he drove to Covina P.D. and parked in the rear officer lot, next to a ZR1 and a very clean datsun.
Moral of the story, rules are only for the peasants to follow.
This is also the exact reason I don't do cruises. Only hang out nights, more than two cars for a drive is asking for a hassle even when you aren't doing anything but going to dinner with friends. Sucks that it's like that, but this is Kaliforniastan