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-- Now every time they see his vehicle they know there’s a decent respectful kid behind the wheel of

-- his car, and not some uncooperative punk who wants to disrespect them and make their job difficult.

So, Officer Ted, are you telling us that the police keep one list (formal or informal) of citizens who are "respectful" and another list of citizens are "uncooperative punk[s]"? If so, how exactly are these lists used?

For example, are the officers more lenient if they know, from past experience that "there's a decent respectful kid behind the wheel", even if the decent, respectful kid was, say, speeding? Conversely, for those citizens who find themselves in the "uncooperative punk" category, what happens to them? Are they pre-judged by an officer car based on past interactions with the police?

Now that you've established that the police keep track of vehicles they've dealt with in the past, and that they therefore "know" what kind of driver is behind the wheel, please do enlighten us concerning how this knowledge is used.

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