Originally Posted by link13

That’s a pretty loaded hypothetical. Years ago I “met” a CHP officer in the course of receiving a non moving violation ticket. My only chance of beating the ticket was if the officer does not appear in court. Their compensation is public, so I googled the officer and found a PDF with officer pay. This officer was roughly 90k in regular duty and 80k in overtime. The 80k in overtime told me I lost the case and I did not waste anyone’s time contesting it. The 170k in total compensation says the assumption of what they are paid may be incorrect.

Originally Posted by RandallNYC

Here in NYC a top pay police officer with 5.5 years on makes $140,000 before overtime so CHP has it rough. The reason to hide your plates is because TOW TRUCK OPERATORS have access to the DMV computers. They can and will look your plate up and send goons to steal it from your house. Cops here are too fortunate (paid$$$) to take part in that foolishness. That’s disrespectful.