My first run in with police on the water!

I'm glad. Stuff like this can always take a bad bounce at the last minute and it's great this one didn't. Dave, you've been very patient!
 
The judge, Honorable Patrica Flynn has been great thru this. She is very impartial and I enjoyed watching her work.
She is very liberal as she seems to a firm believer in second chances. She also makes the DA make the decisions.
In other words she wants to DA to make a offer for her to affirm, but she feeds the DA ideas.
I would of locked up a few of the people that came in front of me if I was the judge.

Her comment to me after reading the ticket again was, "Is must be hard to see smaller boats with flashing lights on the water in the daytime!"
So she feeds the DA ideas as she works to dismiss cases.

Other cases I saw:

Girl for dog abuse. I would of locked her up. She got off with can't own any pets for 2 years.
Petty larceny for a young kid. Mom asked judge to arrest her. Judge told her mom to get an attorney and come back.
Numerous MV accidents.
Numerous bench warrants. Amazes me how many people don't show for court dates!
I am amazed when they fine someone $200 and the person asks for 6 months to pay. Wow. There was a 66yo well dressed guy, he needed 6 months. His suit looked like it was worth $200.

The attorney's are clearly the slime in the mix.
There is one guy that looks at the cases for the days and right there on the spot, tries to convince them that he can get them a better deal. I guess that is a true ambulance chaser.

The sad one was an attorney showed up and told judge his client OD and died last night, so his client won't be there.
Judge said get me a death certificate. Smart!
 
Good news Dave, glad to hear you won in the end. This was sure very long and drawn out..
 
I don't think the officer who wrote the ticket cares about the outcome.
He never showed once.
 
My only experience with police on the water was the day the local Coast Guard pulled me over for an inspection. Coincidentally, that was also the day that I had my 24 year old daughter and 4 of her friends with me on the boat. They found nothing wrong with the boat.

The only speeding ticket I have ever been issued was in Sunnyvale, California. I was driving my TR-4 home from work and was issued a ticket for going 8 mph in a 0(yes that is a zero) mph zone. Needless to say, neither the Judge nor the District Attorney was very impressed with the ticket.

George
 
"was issued a ticket for going 8 mph in a 0(yes that is a zero) mph zone"

What is a zero mph zone? Were you driving on the side walk?
 
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"was issued a ticket for going 8 mph in a 0(yes that is a zero) mph zone"

What is a zero mph zone? Were you driving on the side walk?

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I do not know what it was. Neither did the judge or DA.
 
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Originally posted by gcolton

My only experience with police on the water was the day the local Coast Guard pulled me over for an inspection. Coincidentally, that was also the day that I had my 24 year old daughter and 4 of her friends with me on the boat. They found nothing wrong with the boat.

George

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I would hope that they found nothing wrong with the boat since they were probably not inspecting IT. I would guess that your daughter and her friends passed the inspection since you got no ticket. I would have told them "Come on boys, let's not make this obvious!"
 
Your entire ordeal just pisses me off. You handled things like a gentleman, and saw this through. Probably the best way to do this. I am a bit of a hot head, and once the cop left, I too would have left. Second, after the dismissal, I would sue the cop, the court and suffolk county for wages lost and your time. Small claims court. It is not about the money, but to slow this prick cop down for the next boater that has to deal with this. Just venting, this crap pisses me off!
 
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