# Very weird policing **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 31, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995 "2026-07-31T11:33:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 11:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/1 "2026-07-31T11:33:56Z")
While I think that most of us can agree that distracted drivers are a hazard to everyone else, I’m not sure that this approach to policing is appropriate. [https://www.nj.com/middlesex/2026/07/officer-dressed-as-shrub-helps-nj-police-crack-down-on-distracted-driving.html?e=bc7de22565c4e4c68289a528748e1d88&lctg=5eceee480414954ac708c687&utm\_source=Sailthru&utm\_medium=email&utm\_campaign=shrub-cop&utm\_term=Newsletter\_breaking\_news](https://www.nj.com/middlesex/2026/07/officer-dressed-as-shrub-helps-nj-police-crack-down-on-distracted-driving.html?e=bc7de22565c4e4c68289a528748e1d88&lctg=5eceee480414954ac708c687&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=shrub-cop&utm_term=Newsletter_breaking_news) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/8/7/877d06b99744e9cb4ede05baa2728ca012d16818.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/2 "2026-07-31T12:26:20Z")
Well, if you’re already driving distracted staring at a phone, you won’t see even a uniformed police officer standing there…seems ridiculous for that purpose… ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/3 "2026-07-31T18:01:25Z")
Did Officer Ghillie borrow the suit from his reserve training group? ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/4 "2026-07-31T22:42:43Z")
He’s a former bush pilot. ---
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/5 "2026-08-01T00:40:05Z")
If someone pleaded innocent, I wonder who would appear, the cop dressed as a bush or the cop who probably pulled the “offender” over and wrote the ticket… It would seem that glancing through binoculars with your face obscured and only catch a fleeting view as the vehicle passes would hardly pass muster of documenting the situation… ---
**Author:** ![KTPhil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ec9cab/32.png) [@KTPhil](https://community.cartalk.com/u/KTPhil)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/6 "2026-08-03T19:15:22Z")
Times are tough for Chewbacca. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/7 "2026-08-04T17:34:06Z")
How was your day honey? Oh it was fine until this dog came by and thought I was a fire hydrant. ---
**Author:** ![bimolif524\_197098](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/838e76/32.png) [@bimolif524\_197098](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bimolif524_197098)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/8 "2026-08-04T21:13:08Z")
I had the same thought. It seems like an unusual way to enforce distracted driving laws. I understand the goal is to catch people who are using their phones, but I’d also expect there to be clear evidence if a citation is issued. It would be interesting to know how often this approach actually holds up if someone decides to challenge the ticket in court. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 12:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/9 "2026-08-05T00:12:24Z")
> [@bimolif524\_197098](#): > > if a citation is issued. It would be interesting to know how often this approach actually holds up if someone decides to challenge the ticket in court. Cops talk and judges listen. Your word against another unknown driver is one thing, but when the police provide visual evidence, the judge believes them. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/10 "2026-08-05T02:06:43Z")
I was on a jury like that and we convicted him. If you are going to fight it, you need more than just he said, she said. ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 3:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/11 "2026-08-05T03:09:10Z")
> [@bing](#): > > I was on a jury Sorry to hear that! ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 3:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/12 "2026-08-05T03:33:17Z")
74 violations in one day at one location indicates a lack of driver compliance. Enforcing the law more than once a year might get drivers off the telephone while driving. ---
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 4:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/13 "2026-08-05T04:38:22Z")
> [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](#): > > Sorry to hear that! I do not understand your remark. Would you want to live in a world where the police are the judge, jury, and executioner? I for one would want an opportunity to have a “group of my peers” adjudicate a situation other than someone who might be a jack booted ■■■■ applying their interpretation of the law… ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/14 "2026-08-05T17:25:46Z")
74 in one day suggests the law needs to be changed lest it become a mockery. I’m pro police but there are some real nut jobs in the field. Kinda related, there was an article on the flock cameras around the state and all the police talking about how much they helped solving crime. I just say find another way instead of recording the movements of everyone. They will go to no end if allowed. There appears to be a rash of vandalism. One city lost them all. I thought it might be 4th amendment folks but appears more anti ice. Either way some cities are getting the message. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/15 "2026-08-05T19:02:29Z")
@ChrisTheTireWhisperer are you exempt from jury duty? ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/16 "2026-08-05T19:45:59Z")
Ha ha. My boss told me you don’t have to be very smart to get out of jury duty. I told him I had no intention of getting out of it and it was a persons civil responsibility to serve. He got out of the draft too. I went to his funeral. Thought it was my duty. ---
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/17 "2026-08-05T19:46:20Z")
> [@db4690](#): > > are you exempt from jury duty? The question is back at you, “Who” are _ **you** _ referring to? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/18 "2026-08-05T19:50:35Z")
> [@LoudThunder](#): > > The question is back at you, “Who” are _ **you** _ referring to? I thought it was pretty clear that he addressed that question to the guy who talks to his tires. ---
**Author:** ![StratoformNFC](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stratoformnfc/32/47980_2.png) [@StratoformNFC](https://community.cartalk.com/u/StratoformNFC)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/19 "2026-08-05T21:33:08Z")
If they’re distracted, they’ll be too distracted to notice you anyways, did they really have to do allat ---
**Author:** ![ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/christhetirewhisperer/32/34798_2.png) [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChrisTheTireWhisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995/20 "2026-08-05T23:56:10Z")
> [@LoudThunder](#): > > Would you want to live in a world where the police are the judge, jury, and executioner? Based on the verdicts returned by juries during the last 8 years in high-profile cases covered by the media, the jury system is something I morally would not want to associate with. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/very-weird-policing/205995.md?page=2)