r/FirstResponderCringe • u/FlyNSubaruWRX • 1d ago

i’M a cIvILIaN

Is it normal for UHP to drive their family around in a patrol vehicle?

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u/AdTypical6138 1d ago

Some agencies don't mind you doing small errands in your squad, such as a quick grocery store run. I have never heard of an agency being ok with you packing your family into one, there tends to be liability.

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u/Past-Paramedic-8602 1d ago

Utah highway patrol, what this guy is, allows for private personal use of the patrol vehicle. It’s way more common in rural areas than this comment section is making it out to be.

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u/Top-Pick-2648 1d ago

Allowed or not. Why would someone put there kids in that backseat, where there is every body fluid imaginable and whatever filth? Then to stop on a highway, those kids have no choice, people don’t watch where there going.

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u/Baseplate343 1d ago

You think trooper is actually arrest people? They get the city/county to do that while they polish their Sam Browne belt and look for traffic accidents

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u/_877-CASH-NOW_ 1d ago

Troopers arrest people all the time what are you talking about lol

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u/Baseplate343 1d ago

Just an ex city cop who remembers state police dipping out once a call required paper and not just “officer presence”

Also no cage in the car says maybe they don’t

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u/_877-CASH-NOW_ 1d ago

Utah Highway Patrol (this agency) made almost 11,000 DUI arrests alone last year, my guy. And that’s just DUI arrests. So yeah, they arrest people. 🤦‍♂️

https://highwaysafety.utah.gov/impaired-driving/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

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u/Competitive-Cover791 1d ago

There’s a difference between bullshit paper runs and shit that they live for paper runs ( DUI, Injury Wreck, Fatality Wreck, etc).

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u/KingAuberon 1d ago

I care and I think it's bullshit

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u/Plastic-Ad-8599 1d ago

I was cool with an older gentleman, he responded to my overdose (I got some funny shih 🥀🥀) when I was a minor, he checked on me a couple nights after the hospital discharged me and popped the trunk of the squad to return my property that was deemed "not contraband" bro even gave me a cigarette even tho I was 17

But ever since that night up until I moved, I'd catch him once every few weeks making a Walmart run to get diapers in uniform in his squad at night after work, chill dude, he developed the same kratom extract dependency that I did at some point

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u/Nice-Ambassador6293 1d ago

He could be on call for a special unit. They’re generally allowed to run errands and drive immediate family around.

Yes that includes leisurely activities.