‘This will not end well’: Tempe, Ariz., cops have come up with ‘a terrible idea’ to promote traffic safety [video]
Today’s episode of “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” comes to us from Tempe, Arizona, where cops are deploying a new strategy to promote traffic safety:
Today, Police are kicking off a campaign to promote good driving. Officers will be pulling people over who are following traffic laws...but instead of a ticket you'll get a coupon for a free drink at Circle K-give us your reaction to this new initiative below! #TODAYinAZ
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Yeah, this couldn’t end badly at all.
It is illegal for the police to stop you for driving legally. twitter.com/12News/status/…
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how dumb do Arizona police think people are
"we are going to profile people but pretend it's promoting good driving"
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GTFO. This is a way for police to pull people over without probable cause and if they catch anything in the car, win for them. At worse, a colossal waste of tax payer dollars. twitter.com/12news/status/…
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Also, cops are forever going on about how traffic stops are among the most dangerous things they do. They never no when one will go bad. It's been used to justify force in the past.
But they're apparently not so dangerous they can't be used for cutesy PR I guess.
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Because causing unnecessary anxiety is something cops think is OK. twitter.com/12News/status/…
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Or maybe even a fabulous all-expenses paid vacation to the county lockup for having 0.03 grams of weed in your glove boxtwitter.com/12News/status/…
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Can't wait for someone to go to jail for something that police find during a search that came about because they found reasonable cause during a "good driving" stop... twitter.com/12News/status/…
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Not pictured: the 12 year old black kid that was face down and cuffed on the sidewalk because he didn't show the police proper respect when they stopped him for riding his bike according to traffic laws. twitter.com/12News/status/…
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People have places to be. This is stupid. It’s also unsafe.
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I think the reward should be that, when you flee the cops trying to pull you over for this, they don't pursue you.twitter.com/12News/status/…
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If they tase you you should at least get a free iPad twitter.com/12News/status/…
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If they shoot your dog during a raid, you get a coupon for a free drink *and* a doughnut twitter.com/12News/status/…
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They really should not be pulling people over for this.
This will not end well.
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Rethink this, Tempe Police.
Well, this is interesting:
So we’ve been talking about @TempePolice issuing “tickets” for following traffic laws pertaining to bicycles and pedestrians. They’ve clarified they’re not going to physically pull people over. That wasn’t originally clear in their release on the campaign. Release is below:
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Really? And they just forgot to mention that part?
How did this make it on air or out of editing with such a huge mistake? You didn’t just rely on a press release for a story or a tweet, right? You actually talked to a real person before reporting this, yes?
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Did you not ask them any questions? Did you not read this press release and think “huh, this sounds potentially unconstitutional.” Do your job and investigate before you uncritically report.
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Seems they missed a pretty important detail in this story.
Do journalists do *any* due diligence before reporting?twitter.com/Cody_from_Iowa…
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The campaign is called “positive TICKETING.” Words matter. If there’s no plan to pull people over and give them “tickets,” then don’t use “ticketing” to describe your campaign.
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How are they giving out the tickets? Sounds like they are bullshitting after getting a negative reaction to their awful idea.
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‘This will not end well’: Tempe, Ariz., cops have come up with ‘a terrible idea’ to promote traffic safety [video]
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