Originally Posted by: schmangeOne little scam the cops have going here in is they'll add a 'Mischief' charge to anything else they charge you with. So if somebody is doing anything from drinking in public to shoplifting or driving without a license, they'll also charge them with Mischief. The purpose being that if they drop the original charges , they still have something to convict them with in court.
They know from experience that Mischief is an indefensible charge because you could technically be causing Mischief by doing just about anything.
.. learned that one from a friend who went to work for em.
I also learned that most cops don't give a crap about the law when they aren't actually working. It's just a job. Most of em get power mad, especially when they're first hired. And most of em lose all their friends because nobody wants to be associated with cops. For instance, as soon as my friend (and former band mate) joined the force, I didn't want him coming around anymore. He showed up a couple of times in his cop car and I'd be sitting outside talking to him or he's showing me the computer in his car, and I suddenly notice all the neighbors are out front of their houses because they thought I was being charged with something. Or he shows up just when we've lit something up which shocked the hell out of me the first time it happened.
He didn't care about it, but the one thing you don't wanna see when you're just starting to mellow out with a bunch of friends is a cop in uniform standing outside your door.