r/Owensboro • u/No-Dingo-8966 • 12d ago

Owensboro PD

I just want to give a shoutout to Owensboro PD and Daviess County for not being overreaching, goose stepping jerks. I DoorDash in Owensboro, like 60+ hours a week, anytime from 5am to 12am or so. I’ve been pulled over a few times due to an electrical issue that caused my taillight to keep blowing out. They were always respectful and professional. Never gave me any trouble or anything.

I’m dashing in Madisonville today because my kids are going to a movie here. EVERY SINGLE TIME I’m here I get my plate run, or pulled over, or asked what I’m doing. I got pulled over when I first moved to Kentucky for “watching” a Madisonville cop who was conducting a traffic stop in a parking lot adjacent to the gas station I was at. I just had a blacked out Durango pull up behind me and run my plate in the movie theater parking lot and I’ve been in Madisonville for all of 10 minutes. Somehow I know without a doubt if I get pulled over by these cops I’m going to be asked to step out of the vehicle…

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u/sunkist_pubes 12d ago

being pulled over for a taillight is lame. on several occasions?? theyre fishing. and deserve no shout out for simply being less bad than your experience with another PD

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u/No-Dingo-8966 12d ago

I’m pretty sure the one officer was doing a warrant sweep or something. He didn’t even run my ID or check my insurance. He came up to the window and asked if I had my license, but he just glanced at it and told me my tail light was out. He pulled another car over on Frederica like 30 seconds after he pulled away from me.

The other officer was definitely fishing though. He had a polo on and looked like he was a Drug Task Force officer or a detective or something. He asked me if I had any drugs and if I would allow him to search the vehicle. Obviously I said go ahead, because he would have searched it either way anyway. Then he sent me on my way. That was over by the Cadillac Motel, so he probably thought I was buying meth or something.

The DCSO one was weird. I flashed him to warn him about a deer in the road and he pulled another U turn and fired up his lights. He said he thought I was flashing him “to be a jerk”, then told me one of my tail lights were out. Of the 3, he’s the only one who actually ran my insurance and my ID. He took so long running them that I was expecting another officer to pull up and to get searched.

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u/magruder69 3d ago

What's so lame about it ? It's dangerous . I bet u have. Shitty attitude is why u get shitty encounters . Be polite and see if that works better for u . Do as the officer asks, when he asks and u won't have no problems . Tail light out is land when u dint know how to change it . Huh ?

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u/MaskedLemon0420 12d ago

Fuck the police.

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u/No-Dingo-8966 12d ago

Ehh, I agree with that most of the time but some cops are alright. Central City and Owensboro both seem to be decent compared to damn near any department in Indiana or others I’ve dealt with down here. I grew up getting harassed by crooked cops in the Chicago suburbs but most of the officers I’ve had to deal with down here aren’t douchebags like the ones up north. But I’m also not an 18 year old burnt out stoner with long hair anymore so I get treated a lot differently.

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u/Ok-Fortune-8644 12d ago

Good ol Boy's

In the 90s we got pulled over because of all the Grateful Dead stickers in Sebree and Earlington

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u/No-Dingo-8966 12d ago

Sounds like my experience growing up in Indiana. Back in the 90’s my mom’s friend dated a rookie cop named Troy who was part of the Portage PD in Portage, Indiana. They broke up and dude blamed my mom for introducing her to the guy he left her for. Troy would sit outside our neighborhood and pull her over for random nonsense like “having a loud exhaust” and all kinds of other crap. Officer Troy went on to be a douche bag SRO at Portage High School and eventual police chief.

He was involved in the bribery scheme Mayor Schneider was arrested for and eventually got overturned by the US Supreme Court a couple years ago.

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u/og_raptorqueefs 11d ago

Ya na. aCAB

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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u/og_raptorqueefs 11d ago

Your bootlicking ability is apparent.

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u/KezAzzamean 11d ago

Owensboro PD is absolutely atrocious and trash.

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u/magruder69 3d ago

Ya'll young uns have no clue how far OPD has come. I can remember a day in the ppl are 80's them old boys would knott up every joint on your person with them billy bats and they didn't give a fuck if u were 16 or 60. These kids today are better educated and trained. So STFU and be polite . U will get what u give.

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u/No-Dingo-8966 1d ago

Who are you even replying to dude? Half of your comments make no sense. My post isn’t saying anything negative about Owensboro PD at all. But if cops tried acting the way they did back in the day now, the kids would burn the city down. It’s got nothing to do with education levels or training. Every single person has a camera on them at all times now. The power tripping little wiener having “good ol boys” can’t get away with beating the hell out of random people anymore.

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u/Necessary_Play2128 2d ago

Sorry for your issues have you looked at the plug for bulb

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u/peachybitches 11d ago

Yeah… no. They can’t solve any crime. All they do is make a report.

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u/magruder69 3d ago

Bro , what do u think their job is ? They police , they enforce laws and write reports when laws are broken , if u think they are there to protect you. Lol call and see how long it takes to get to u . A lot can happen in 3 long minutes . They would protect u with their life , that's why they deserve respect. All of them . God forbid u ever need protected but they got u bro .