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I work with them for a living. Nothing against y'all. It just irritates me that Round Rock feels they don't need to comply with policies that most other departments set for the protection of their officers (unmarked traffic enforcement). That and their Lt. left a horrible impression of the PD, which I might mention I used to work with in the early 2000's. Several of their officers are great people, and I have nothing to say but great things about them. But the attitude the lieutenant gave today has taken them down a solid peg or two.

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.

He NEVER got my SSN, I refused three times and he finally let it be. His Lt. said it was a valid request because it was on the ticket form. And man, I disappear for softball tonight, and 13 responses, WOW!

I previously forgot to mention, I came in earlier to have the ticket dismissed, and the ticket was not in the system two days later, while my PD usually has all tickets entered into the system by the end of shift. Per my Sergeant's request, I requested the DVR footage from RRPD, but was told it would be a 7-14 day delay for open records request, beyond the point where I could have it dismissed with a small 10-20 dollar fine. I don't want to go to court, but I don't want to give this supposed conservative town money to support their witch hunts. And I refer to their pulling people over with FLP and tail light violations looking for bigger issues as the witch hunt (our PD has an officer who often pulls over people for burnt out tail lights looking for warrants, drugs, etc.).

Anyways, thanks all who have thrown in their two cents.

P.S.

So, first ticket I've gotten with my CHL. I was cited for having an inspection that was 7 days expired. Again, pulled over for having my front plate in the windshield. Shows me the officer is having a real slow day and is on a witch hunt. Officer is a FTO with his trainee onboard. Irritating issue number 1, pulled over by a COMPLETELY unmarked vehicle. Most police departments made it mandatory that their traffic units be marked because of several people who were pulling people over in unmarked crown vics and taking personal info, one most specifically where there were two people operating a DWI checkpoint near 1431 and IH 35, approximately a mile from where I was cited. Lets get past the fact that Round Rock finds they need to jeopardize their own patrol officers more than they already are. Officer pulls me to the shoulder on 35 just south of the 1431 exit heading NB, and proceeds to turn off all front lights on the vehicle, at which point I notice, no little red light in the front windshield. Now, at this point I should point out I work IT for a city in proximity of Austin, and I provide a lot of assistance to our local police department, which includes servicing their MDT's and their DVR systems. I am also very familiar with a lot of these procedures from talking with the officers during lunch and while working on their terminals. The FTO (Field Training Officer) is not recording this stop, or his equipment is malfunctioning, big flag to me. He also took 10 minutes plus to run my DL, my CHL, and also had my employee badge from the city I work for. I'm pretty sure, but someone correct me if I'm wrong, that RRPD has some sort of CAD system where they can run DL's from the MDT to prevent excessive detaining of people on traffic stops. The other thing that bugged me to no end was that the officer requested from me three times my social security number. For those that aren't familiar, you are not required to give an officer your SSN unless you are operating a motor vehicle with a CDL. Even under those circumstances, I can't speak for a certainty that you are required to provide it. All in all, I would say the officer in question, Watts, badge 3878, was professional and curteous during our engagement.

Due to several of the red flags that were raised, I went in today to speak to someone at the PD about this incident. I was definitely irritated with A) the complete unmarked (no black on black decals, no PD affiliation labeling, civilian plates, etc.), B) no DVR, c) the long return on my DL call-in, and D) the repeated request for my SSN. I walked in to the PD and what luck, a lieutenant (Lt. Bill Dixon) was in the lobby talking with a gentleman before me. I spoke very shortly with him and he came off as very rude and short. I pointed out my concern that his FTO was operating in a complete unmarked vehicle with no city affiliation and repeatedly asked me for my SSN when there was NO reason to since I do not possess a CDL, and he told me to learn my laws. I told him I am aware of most of these laws, but he kept it short until he disappeared into the bullpen.

At this point, I thank God I don't pay tax dollars to Williamson County or city of Round Rock.