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When an off-duty officer only has to wave his badge at a fellow LEO who may have stopped him for cause,



in the 70'& 80's,I used to drive coaches for a coach company in the UK and at the end of a shift, I'd often drop by the Drivers Social Club for a pint before going home. (The 'limit' then was 2 pints). The club was next to the largest Police Station in City. At least half of the guys in there on a given night were cops. Many of them used to come on our drivers social club trips to Hamburg and Amsterdam.

Very often I would get to the bar and one of the mc cops who lived on my route home, would buy me a pint. I assumed at first that it was for the occational ride home I gave him. As I was leaving he would buy me another and ask for a ride home. As I felt a bit threatened having had a couple of beers, I'd agree to wait and end up staying there until 1 a.m and beyond, maybe having another drink in the meantime.

He always said 'don't worry if you get pulled, as long as I'm with you, your OK'. One night I did. as soon as they saw his ID card they pulled me out of the line and waved me past the roadblock.

Another time, I was pulled for speeding but it was one of the guys I knew and he let me off.

Another time, I left early after telling the mc cop that I couldn't wait and needed to get home. He didn't know that I hadn't had a drink. A cop car started following me about a mile into my journey and followed me for a couple of miles. They then pulled me up for a 'spot check'.

It does happen.....

If you do it today you MIGHT regret it. If you CAN'T do it tomorrow you WILL regret it.