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I'd say 25-40%. It's easy to find people with no/suspended license or no insurance. Warrants are fairly common too. If it's a "slow" night, I can make upwards of 12 stops for a shift. This will usually yield at least 2-3 insurance violations, and an arrest or 2. I am fairly selective on where and which cars I run traffic on. I like to get into drunks, dope, and burglars so I try and work for indicators of such activity.

gigag04 wrote:

PvilleStang wrote:
By all means, I don't mean to come off as bashing LEO's. God bless y'all, I work with y'all and wouldn't want to do half the things y'all get stuck doing. That being said, find the people who are solid threats to your community (speeders, aggressive drivers, Oklahomans) and don't be out just to earn the city a dollar. Protect and serve, that's the motto.

Thanks! However, will all due respect, until you actually get training, done the job and made arrests, please don't give instructions on LEOs as to how to do their jobs.

Here are some lesser known violations that I've stopped for and found burglars/dope/stolen property/felony warrants/drunks/Driver's w/o license, insurance:
-wide right turn
-fail to signal within 100 ft of turning
-fail to stop at designated stop point
-white light to the rear (usually cargo light on pickup)
-LP light, tail light, brake light, headlight, etc
-obscured LP
-no front LP


I fully believe that apprehending the above people (burglars etc) is doing good police work and keeping the community safe. Many times when I use one these pretextual stops the vehicle has already gotten my attention.