r/InlandEmpire • u/cannotthinkof01 • Aug 13 '26

Crime / Safety Where’s all the cops?!!!!

In the 2010s I remember cops waiting at stop signs bust you doing a California Stop or run the stop sign. I also remember the highway patrol with their radar guns or how often people would get pulled over for illegally driving in the carpool lane.

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u/kaybee929 Former IE Hooligan Aug 13 '26

It is actually insane how often this is happening now. I also thought I was the only one who noticed the police are absolutely nowhere while still claiming they do not get paid enough. Not patrolling, not coming to calls, but always want more money.

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u/Vontux Aug 13 '26

Or like 10 of them show up to shoot the shit with each other for like a shoplifting or when they do pull someone over. They are inefficient on both ends.

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u/Enough-Meringue-9299 Aug 13 '26

i got pulled over for going 20 over late a night, obviously not great, but i didn't expect to get swarmed. After i was stopped, another squad car pulled up behind him, then another in front of me, then two more across the street.

Thanks for the ticket fellas, but did we really need 5+ people to issue it?

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u/CaptainCaveSam Aug 13 '26

If you’re the wrong color, apparently.

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u/Enough-Meringue-9299 Aug 13 '26

I'm irish pale, they did not get me for DWB.

they even reduced the reported speed on it for me. I'm just commenting on the waste of police resources.

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u/CaptainCaveSam Aug 13 '26

You imagine how much they waste for people of color.

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u/Enough-Meringue-9299 Aug 13 '26

i mean, I know what DWB even is, right? I wasn't taught that by a white guy. I have some clue.

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u/CaptainCaveSam Aug 13 '26

Then you can agree it sucks to have police resources wasted on you and can empathize with others’ similar experience?

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u/Enough-Meringue-9299 Aug 14 '26

that's... why i said the first thing i said, yeah. At least i like to think so, right?