<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Md. Police Officers Ignore Speed Cameras : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/law/"/><tagline>Md. Police Officers Ignore Speed Cameras : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2008, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2008-10-12T21:45:44+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Md. Police Officers Ignore Speed Cameras]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/53606/1/" /><id>53606</id><summary><![CDATA[Md. Police Officers Ignore Speed Cameras]]></summary><issued>2008-03-09T14:09:02+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-09T14:09:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[No matter what the cameras say, some drivers are refusing to pay dozens of $40 speeding fines. Who? Police officers.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Rio police arrested for mugging U.S. cops on holiday]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29133/1/" /><id>29133</id><summary><![CDATA[Rio police arrested for mugging U.S. cops on holiday]]></summary><issued>2007-07-27T01:33:44+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-27T01:33:44+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Rio de Janeiro police arrested two fellow officers on Thursday accused of extorting money from two American tourists who happened to be San Francisco cops on vacation.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Police Add More Dates to North American Reunion Tour]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/10761/1/" /><id>10761</id><summary><![CDATA[The Police Add More Dates to North American Reunion Tour]]></summary><issued>2007-02-14T08:47:02+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-14T08:47:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Mark your calendars and get ready to buy tickets (and pay for them at $50 to much more).]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Seven police cars fail to catch go-kart]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/39678/1/" /><id>39678</id><summary><![CDATA[Seven police cars fail to catch go-kart]]></summary><issued>2007-10-26T13:08:02+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-26T13:08:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Seven police cars chased a go-kart at high speed for five kilometres through the winding streets of the western German town of Moenchengladbach but were not able to keep up with the teenage speedster.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[State senator caught speeding in school zone]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/57852/1/" /><id>57852</id><summary><![CDATA[State senator caught speeding in school zone]]></summary><issued>2008-04-10T23:59:39+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-10T23:59:39+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Senator John Goedde sponsored a bill to sharply increase fines in Idaho for speeding in school zones...<br/><br/>...Can you see where this is going?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Police officers crash]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45147/1/" /><id>45147</id><summary><![CDATA[Police officers crash]]></summary><issued>2007-12-24T10:29:16+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-24T10:29:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Two police officers crash at the intersection of Sample and Chapin Streets, a stone's throw from the police station.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Speeders given the choice of a &#163;60 fine and three points - or a telling-off by a 10-year-old  (guess which one they're choosing!)]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/51659/1/" /><id>51659</id><summary><![CDATA[Speeders given the choice of a &#163;60 fine and three points - or a telling-off by a 10-year-old  (guess which one they're choosing!)]]></summary><issued>2008-02-22T04:27:02+01:00</issued><modified>2008-02-22T04:27:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[In the battle to curb speeding drivers there have been fines, bans, road cameras, sleeping policemen and, occasionally, even real policemen. None, it is safe to say, has been an undiluted success. So now children are being given the chance to make a difference with drivers pulled over for speeding near schools being offered either a &#163;60 fixed penalty (and three points on their licence) or a dressing down from the pupils.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Community police officers caught 'hiding behind a tree' while girls beat up 55-year-old]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/40607/1/" /><id>40607</id><summary><![CDATA[Community police officers caught 'hiding behind a tree' while girls beat up 55-year-old]]></summary><issued>2007-11-04T22:05:42+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-04T22:05:42+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Two police community support officers are under investigation after they were spotted hiding behind a tree as a man was beaten up by three teenage girls.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Leadfoot owes $1.9 million in traffic fines]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/77815/1/" /><id>77815</id><summary><![CDATA[Leadfoot owes $1.9 million in traffic fines]]></summary><issued>2008-09-26T14:58:08+01:00</issued><modified>2008-09-26T14:58:08+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A Brazilian driver had his car impounded after police realized he had almost 1,000 traffic violations. The good news is that if he pays the $1.9 million in 90 days, he gets his $6,500 car back.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Full pensions-Not for black officers]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/52702/1/" /><id>52702</id><summary><![CDATA[Full pensions-Not for black officers]]></summary><issued>2008-03-02T04:06:32+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-02T04:06:32+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Until 1976, black officers were blocked from joining a state-supported supplemental police retirement fund.<br/><br/>Today, white officers who entered the fund before that year are taking home hundreds of dollars more every month in retirement benefits than their black counterparts.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Prosecutors to go easy on speeding drivers]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19569/1/" /><id>19569</id><summary><![CDATA[Prosecutors to go easy on speeding drivers]]></summary><issued>2007-05-09T06:46:15+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-09T06:46:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Prosecutors in the Belgian capital, overwhelmed by the number of speeding fines imposed since fixed radar traps were installed, have asked police to let off all but the worst offenders -- angering local mayors.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Man Tries Oreo Defense]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/55352/1/" /><id>55352</id><summary><![CDATA[Man Tries Oreo Defense]]></summary><issued>2008-03-23T14:15:30+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-23T14:15:30+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Police say a man's xcuse for speeding through a small Connecticut town takes the cake, or at least, the<br/>cookie.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Dallas shuts off red light cameras because they are TOO EFFICIENT]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/55118/1/" /><id>55118</id><summary><![CDATA[Dallas shuts off red light cameras because they are TOO EFFICIENT]]></summary><issued>2008-03-21T03:02:16+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-21T03:02:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[They decided that they were not making enough in fines because people knew where the cameras were.  So they shut them down.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Police Officer Shot on Reality Show Cops.]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35839/1/" /><id>35839</id><summary><![CDATA[Police Officer Shot on Reality Show Cops.]]></summary><issued>2007-09-16T14:53:11+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-16T14:53:11+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[While filming an episode of the reality TV show<br/>&quot;COPS&quot;, An officer attempting to pull over a vehicle is shot at by the driver...All caught on the Police Officers Dash Camera.<br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6c3_1189822317&amp;p=1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Direct link</a><br/>(warning:  slightly graphic)]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[New law fines Virginia residents huge extra fees on traffic violations]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/25758/1/" /><id>25758</id><summary><![CDATA[New law fines Virginia residents huge extra fees on traffic violations]]></summary><issued>2007-06-30T08:48:00+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-30T08:48:00+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A new law effective July 1st will give a judge no choice in laying down hefty &quot;civil remedial fees&quot; in addition to normal fines for speeding and other various traffic tickets.  Like $350/yr for 3 years!  But, have no fear if you are just passing through...it only applies to <i>residents</i>!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Police Support Team Stands By And Allows Boy To Drown]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36478/1/" /><id>36478</id><summary><![CDATA[Police Support Team Stands By And Allows Boy To Drown]]></summary><issued>2007-09-23T10:42:28+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-23T10:42:28+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Two police community support officers stood by and did not attempt to save a boy from drowning in 6ft of water because they were not trained to do so. Even the police agreed that &quot;would have been inappropriate for PCSOs to enter the pond. They are not trained in water rescue.&quot;<br/>*can any of our English Plimers explain this travesty?&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Policeman's Blog]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19367/1/" /><id>19367</id><summary><![CDATA[The Policeman's Blog]]></summary><issued>2007-05-07T11:50:12+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-07T11:50:12+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A Journey into the mad, mad world of the British underclass and the Public sector, where nothing is too insane for it to be written down and copied in triplicate. VIEWS EXPRESSED PROBABLY DON'T REFLECT OFFICIAL POLICY. &quot;This blog will do more to put people off calling the police than anything, other than actually calling the police.&quot;]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Pot Dealer Calls Police After Stash Stolen]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35096/1/" /><id>35096</id><summary><![CDATA[Pot Dealer Calls Police After Stash Stolen]]></summary><issued>2007-09-09T10:53:58+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-09T10:53:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[After the thieves made off with his stash, the dealer telephoned police. When police arrived, the dealer's story became progressively confused.<br/><br/>A confused pot-head?  How can that be?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Police Ready for Grammys In Vancouver]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/9850/1/" /><id>9850</id><summary><![CDATA[The Police Ready for Grammys In Vancouver]]></summary><issued>2007-01-31T23:18:05+01:00</issued><modified>2007-01-31T23:18:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[After announcing they will play at the Grammy Awards on Feb. 11, The Police are coming back together after more than 20 years. Will a tour follow?]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Speeding ticket drives man round bend]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/55893/1/" /><id>55893</id><summary><![CDATA[Speeding ticket drives man round bend]]></summary><issued>2008-03-27T00:13:25+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-27T00:13:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[No one likes getting a speeding ticket in the post.<br/><br/>But when South Australian police sent one half way around the world to David Smart in northern England, the 65-year-old former surveyor was flabbergasted.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Catch a cop speeding - Go to Jail]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/11137/1/" /><id>11137</id><summary><![CDATA[Catch a cop speeding - Go to Jail]]></summary><issued>2007-02-19T20:18:06+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-19T20:18:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Georgia couple that caught a cop speeding by their home may face criminal charges]]></content></entry></feed>