Professional Traffic Stop in Reston - Fairfax County Police

It's because we're so quick to bitch at them when they screw up, so Ed's being just as quick to praise them when they do it right.

Edit: NOTE TO SELF: Self, be sure to go to the last page of the thread before you respond, just in case Ed already took care of it.

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I know that there are tests out that show that the lights are more effective at getting attention and safer than the siren. Perhaps those lights are annoying (I find them pretty cool) but like an alarm clock sometimes "annoying" can equate to "effective". If you can't miss the new lights that means you can't miss the cop as it is speeding down the road through traffic hoping that nobody hits him while on a chase.

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Went out to dinner tonight with wife and daughterat Reston Town Center (Rio Grande Cafe) while OC.. No issues. Left the parking lot and went down to the Fairfax County Parkway. Apparently, there was a "NO TURN ON RED" sign that I missed and I made a right turn when traffic allowed. Moments later a zillion of those new bright Blue LED lights (I love thosethings)... then the spotlight in the rear view. I had my driver's window open and left arm and hand were in site. I put my right hand at 10 o'clock on steering wheel so that it would be in site too. (At this point I still had not idea why I was pulled over and was not sure if he followed me from the restaurant or had a "man with a gun call, etc.) He came to the window, we greeted each other and he told me why he stopped me. He then asked for my license and I explained it was in my pocket but that before I reached for it I wanted him to know I was under arms and Open Carrying on my right side. He said "ok" and that was the end of the discussion regarding the firearm. A noticed a second unit pull up behind the first and the first office returned after about 5 minutes with a written warning and asked me to be more careful regarding the signs and gave me a written warning.

I will be sending one of my post cards to Fairfax County PD for the professionalism showed.

Not that it matters and/or that he even saw my shirt.. but I was wearing my VCDL shirt. Maybe it brought me good luck.

http://www.flyboyed.com/ocdo/trafficstop.wav

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http://www.flyboyed.com/ocdo/trafficstop.mp3

7 mins 11 seconds.

Ed

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edit: postcard sent.

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you didn't mention in the written narrative that you had been distracted by talking on the phone when you made the turn. I'm sure it was very easy to miss the "NO TURN ON RED" sign while talking on the phone and to your wife at the same time.

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I'd remove your personal home address from that scan...

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I'd remove your personal home address from that scan...

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