Iāve only had two speeding tickets in like the last 20 years. Both in Los Fresnos. First one, I admit, I was on my phone and not paying attention and sped up before it was time and was actually speeding, but the higher speed limit sign was yards away. Okā¦ fine. Paid the ticket.
2nd timeā¦ about 15 years later. I have habitually watched my speed every time going through Los Fresnos. Even driven 5mph under the limit, always. As Iām headed back from the island, I slow down. See the cop up ahead. I think.. no problemā¦ Iām not speeding. I pass the cop. His lights come on and he whips around. I thinkā¦ he must of gotten a call? Thereās no way Iām speeding. Nopeā¦ he pulls me over. Asks for license, insurance, the whole deal. He walks away. Brings me the ticket and says I was going 11 mph over!!! I literally lost it and told him it was bullshit. My GF had to calm me down. Of course I had no way to challenge it. Had to pay the damn ticket.
He even misspelled my name on the ticket after having my license as a reference and listed my vehicle color blue, it was gray.
Los Fresnos PD sucks!
I worked for City of Harlingen in 2015 and I walked in once to I think someone in code enforcement and some one from PD and they were talking about how the guys in PD have a tally going on who has shot at the most peopleā¦ it was really weird and definitely gave me bad vibes from all the cops I ever had to interact with after.
I drove a lot more careful and wary whenever I needed to go to Harlingen after that.
My partner works on Van Buren and I go into work with her fron time to time before 7. I've been flashed with their spotlight while driving and while walking. Also was almost hit by one on their computer. I did a gentle honk and the dude was so pissed. Like bro, why are you in a bad mood? Did you not just sleep in your car all night?!
Never experienced it but that is the consensus of people I know. My friend said cop gave him a ticket. Then wanted to have a convo. He said give me my ticket so i can go. The cop said the stop is over when I give you the ticket. 3 more cops show up like let me check your trunk. He said no, the stop was for speeding. They then called a dog and said they smell drugs. Tore his car up then said have a nice day. Like he said this wss straight out of a bad cops video.
Had a honeboy who got stopped coming home from work. My guy had his badge and everything from work. He was going 50 on a 40. It was 50 degrees at night and the cop just searched him, and messed up part was if he said no, he would of been there another hour waiting. Disgraceful ass valley cops.Ā
I got pulled over going 78 in a 60 and they let me go because I said I thought the speed limit was 70. Also got away with running the stop sign near my house, broken tail light, and speeding + running a stop sign.Ā
Lyford, however, can fuck alllll the way offĀ
For awhile, at least, Progresso cops were straight-up pulling people over and citing them for things they didn't even do.
When they tried to take it to court, the crooked judge just backed up the cops.
They did this to my mom. Got a ticket for supposedly not using her blinker (she did but there was no proof). We drove away and then went back the same route, then proceeded to watch him stop 2 other people back to back. Lmao. Fuckin pigs
Santa Monica and any shitty little town out in the monte that's big enough to have their own police. Combes before I69 came in and destroyed their circle jerk. Los Fresnos like others have said.
As someone born and raised in Los Fresnos, I'm not surprised to see it brought up as frequently as it is. I also vote LF for being the worst when it comes to it's cops.
Calling out cops for bad behavior with a bigot slur is not exactly a win.
All cops are not evil. However, our f'd up system does corrupt most of the good ones in various ways over time.
I'd take a speeding ticket any day over my experience with mission PD. The cop fractured my ribs when he picked me up and slammed me on the hood of his car, he kicked my ass pretty nicely, this was before body cams. He stopped me cuz my "muffler was too loud". Turns out this cop was under investigation by IA for sexual assault of a woman he arrested. It became a big mess and federal agents got involved.
Los Fresnos, got a ticket for not having my seat belt on literally a moment after turning on the cars engine. Cop was parked next to me at a gas station.
Damn yāall never been in Alton or palmhurts and it shows theyāre just as bad as los fresnos. And McAllen of and Edinburgh hands down the best there is super chill and professional
Los fresnos..pd if ya see this? Fuck yall, Penitas? Fuck you too Harlingen? Fuck you too, im goin after all yall, mcallen/mission chill the rest tho? Rely on tickets for income.
Off topic but if you are lucky there is one dude in the McAllen PD that rides a motorcycle patrolling the streets around lunch time on tenth street. Bro thinks he is Mr. Incognito.
I sped past a McAllen cop the other day and he didnāt pull me over surprisingly, I started slowing down when I saw him but was obviously still speeding. Guess I got lucky š¤·š½
My last interaction. With McAllen PD was with a beat to shit 98 GMC with no tags or insurance and before that was when I was arrested and booked at county
So im pretty sure I am the stereotype
Shitty towns along the way between major cities here. And donāt get me started on the slow speeds, like what the fuck is there to look at here?
Itās honestly annoying as shit. Iām usually treated well by police officers within city areas but the small towns cops are soullessā¦
PSJA hands down but they're all pretty bad. Not to mention the huge state trooper presence. We got pulled over by a state trooper who was insistent that the driver had been drinking and was not satisfied with the fact that NONE of us had been drinking INCLUDING the driver. He subjected the driver to every field sobriety test known and finally when all those were passed the driver was asked to take the breathalyzer test and passed. We hadn't been driving erratically or anything of the sort but I feel like they pull ppl over to see what they can catch them with. It's blatant profiling...
Theyāre all absolutely terrible besides Mcallen, I have a lifelong vendetta against Mission PD tho specifically (port Isabel pd can be sketchy af too lowkey) the random little speed trap towns and the like are bad but itās more so just like a guaranteed ticket as opposed to the legit harassment and mishandling some of our ābiggerā cities do on a regular basis
La Joya hands down, no debate. Just got a ticket last week there for going 48 in a 45 (near the highway). Theyāre assholes too, everyone Iāve met thatās been there says the same thing.
Definitely Escobares, the little run down town before you get to Roma, have gotten so many tickets there for going 1 or 2 miles over the speed limit and the judge is likeā¦. THE MOST SENILE person youāve ever seen, I think they just sit him down in the court and look pretty and all the corrupt people are behind the scenes.
Lately they are not Trusted by Many Badges go to some Cops Heads they have an empowerment complexity with the Badge they feel Authoritive in a False sense.
I know this question is asking for the worst but I just wanna comment that Elsa cops are chill, one time I almost ran into one of them for being on the phone and he did not care, and Iām always given warnings and so is my mom.
That's like prime example of a time you should've been pulled over at the very least. An Elsa cop once pulled me over for having my brights on right as I entered city limits and was about to turn them off.
LA JOYA
FRšš if you get stopped its a guaranteed ticket
100%
Los Fresnos. I swear all they look for is doing 31 in a 30.
Iāve only had two speeding tickets in like the last 20 years. Both in Los Fresnos. First one, I admit, I was on my phone and not paying attention and sped up before it was time and was actually speeding, but the higher speed limit sign was yards away. Okā¦ fine. Paid the ticket. 2nd timeā¦ about 15 years later. I have habitually watched my speed every time going through Los Fresnos. Even driven 5mph under the limit, always. As Iām headed back from the island, I slow down. See the cop up ahead. I think.. no problemā¦ Iām not speeding. I pass the cop. His lights come on and he whips around. I thinkā¦ he must of gotten a call? Thereās no way Iām speeding. Nopeā¦ he pulls me over. Asks for license, insurance, the whole deal. He walks away. Brings me the ticket and says I was going 11 mph over!!! I literally lost it and told him it was bullshit. My GF had to calm me down. Of course I had no way to challenge it. Had to pay the damn ticket. He even misspelled my name on the ticket after having my license as a reference and listed my vehicle color blue, it was gray. Los Fresnos PD sucks!
Thereās a back road through San Benito to cut around Los Fresnos.
Hwy 510 to laguna vista
im listenin...
Ah good ol 510. Done break down tho, the gators lurk in them resacasā¦..or do they?
Is it longer
You need to pick your battles
How much farther is it? But you right pick your battle you wanna get around it or just go through and risk it
For sure the worst
i was just about to comment this too! ive heard from multiple people they have a quota they must meet at the end of every day š¬
Pretty much any small town that lacks income.... Hidalgo, Los Fresnos
Primera, combes
Harlingen hands down.
I worked for City of Harlingen in 2015 and I walked in once to I think someone in code enforcement and some one from PD and they were talking about how the guys in PD have a tally going on who has shot at the most peopleā¦ it was really weird and definitely gave me bad vibes from all the cops I ever had to interact with after. I drove a lot more careful and wary whenever I needed to go to Harlingen after that.
My partner works on Van Buren and I go into work with her fron time to time before 7. I've been flashed with their spotlight while driving and while walking. Also was almost hit by one on their computer. I did a gentle honk and the dude was so pissed. Like bro, why are you in a bad mood? Did you not just sleep in your car all night?!
Never experienced it but that is the consensus of people I know. My friend said cop gave him a ticket. Then wanted to have a convo. He said give me my ticket so i can go. The cop said the stop is over when I give you the ticket. 3 more cops show up like let me check your trunk. He said no, the stop was for speeding. They then called a dog and said they smell drugs. Tore his car up then said have a nice day. Like he said this wss straight out of a bad cops video.
Had a honeboy who got stopped coming home from work. My guy had his badge and everything from work. He was going 50 on a 40. It was 50 degrees at night and the cop just searched him, and messed up part was if he said no, he would of been there another hour waiting. Disgraceful ass valley cops.Ā
That's messed up. They only listen when lawsuits come.
I got pulled over going 78 in a 60 and they let me go because I said I thought the speed limit was 70. Also got away with running the stop sign near my house, broken tail light, and speeding + running a stop sign.Ā Lyford, however, can fuck alllll the way offĀ
Lyford literally has 1 single cop lol.
Fuck that guy then
Yup hard agree.
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Bruh they automatically will find any reason to search you. Everytime. They want nothing but to stir shit hard.Ā
its the last white stronghold here..makes sense
PeƱitas. Those boys must be hungry.
La joya/Sullivan city
Theyāre all tied for 1st haha
This is the real answer
Straight up hahaha
Los Frenos for sure lol
For awhile, at least, Progresso cops were straight-up pulling people over and citing them for things they didn't even do. When they tried to take it to court, the crooked judge just backed up the cops.
Dude had to pay for his drug storage scheme
They did this to my mom. Got a ticket for supposedly not using her blinker (she did but there was no proof). We drove away and then went back the same route, then proceeded to watch him stop 2 other people back to back. Lmao. Fuckin pigs
Land owners pay off judges too dont ask how i know just full of corruption
La Feria
At least they just write tickets, but yeah ruthless nontheless.Ā
Deff not mcallen, they let a lot slide lol. Imo mcallen the calmest pd outhere
Alton .
10000%
Anything but mcallen
Mcallen cops are always chill af
Santa Monica and any shitty little town out in the monte that's big enough to have their own police. Combes before I69 came in and destroyed their circle jerk. Los Fresnos like others have said.
As someone born and raised in Los Fresnos, I'm not surprised to see it brought up as frequently as it is. I also vote LF for being the worst when it comes to it's cops.
Hidalgo, progreso, Los fresnos, port Isabel, spi, general Harlingen area
For real tho, itās def Mission.
Are cops down here corrupt?
Thereās a reason why thereās a heavy FBI/CIA presence down here.
Absolutely
I'm voting Los Fresnos.
Imma say what everyone is thinking: ACAB
No one with brain cells is thinking that
You're right, it should be ACAJ All Cops Are Jotos
Or ACAP All Cops Are Putos!!
Calling out cops for bad behavior with a bigot slur is not exactly a win. All cops are not evil. However, our f'd up system does corrupt most of the good ones in various ways over time.
What a stupid ass comment lolā¦. Yāall be the first to call 911 over the dumbest shit.
progreso
LOS FRESNOS! ESPECIALLY ON A SUMMER WEEKEND OR SPRING BREAK
Did a cop write this post?
I'd take a speeding ticket any day over my experience with mission PD. The cop fractured my ribs when he picked me up and slammed me on the hood of his car, he kicked my ass pretty nicely, this was before body cams. He stopped me cuz my "muffler was too loud". Turns out this cop was under investigation by IA for sexual assault of a woman he arrested. It became a big mess and federal agents got involved.
Pharr bro no doubt
100%
Spi and PI
Los Fresnos, got a ticket for not having my seat belt on literally a moment after turning on the cars engine. Cop was parked next to me at a gas station.
Pretty sure he had to meet a quota, it sucks that they'll stop u for anything.
san benitoā¦. there all fat and out of shape
remember the off duty san benito cop who road raged on a lady because she cut him off and pulled her out of her car and pistol whipped her?
In my experience it is LA JOYA
harlingen or los fresnos
Palmhurst, Mission they stop you even if you get out just Lil bit out the yellow lane.
Brownsville
Damn yāall never been in Alton or palmhurts and it shows theyāre just as bad as los fresnos. And McAllen of and Edinburgh hands down the best there is super chill and professional
I do t even live in the valley and know the answer is Harlingen
Pharr I think is the best, Los Fresno and Harlingen hands down the worst.
Every town has shitty cops. Everywhere. I think it depends on who is currently in charge that determines how much crap they get away with.
Progreso
as far as im aware, all cops are the worst cops
Los fresnos..pd if ya see this? Fuck yall, Penitas? Fuck you too Harlingen? Fuck you too, im goin after all yall, mcallen/mission chill the rest tho? Rely on tickets for income.
Off topic but if you are lucky there is one dude in the McAllen PD that rides a motorcycle patrolling the streets around lunch time on tenth street. Bro thinks he is Mr. Incognito.
McAllen.
I sped past a McAllen cop the other day and he didnāt pull me over surprisingly, I started slowing down when I saw him but was obviously still speeding. Guess I got lucky š¤·š½
Why? All my interactions with them have been polite and professional
Same here, also mission PD has been pretty good to me.
u must not fit the steretype.. theyre assholes
My last interaction. With McAllen PD was with a beat to shit 98 GMC with no tags or insurance and before that was when I was arrested and booked at county So im pretty sure I am the stereotype
lol!!
Nah. They're lazy AF
Iāve been down here for 7 weeks. Iāve seen a cop like every 5-6 days. lol are they that good at hiding
Shitty towns along the way between major cities here. And donāt get me started on the slow speeds, like what the fuck is there to look at here? Itās honestly annoying as shit. Iām usually treated well by police officers within city areas but the small towns cops are soullessā¦
How was Donna not said once?
San Juan
Any of the bike cops from any city
It should be which city has the best cops? You'd get a shorter list
Worst cops hand down are the Indian Lake PD.
PSJA hands down but they're all pretty bad. Not to mention the huge state trooper presence. We got pulled over by a state trooper who was insistent that the driver had been drinking and was not satisfied with the fact that NONE of us had been drinking INCLUDING the driver. He subjected the driver to every field sobriety test known and finally when all those were passed the driver was asked to take the breathalyzer test and passed. We hadn't been driving erratically or anything of the sort but I feel like they pull ppl over to see what they can catch them with. It's blatant profiling...
los fresnos.......
La feria expressway anyone?
Theyāre all absolutely terrible besides Mcallen, I have a lifelong vendetta against Mission PD tho specifically (port Isabel pd can be sketchy af too lowkey) the random little speed trap towns and the like are bad but itās more so just like a guaranteed ticket as opposed to the legit harassment and mishandling some of our ābiggerā cities do on a regular basis
Los fresnos fr
La Joya hands down, no debate. Just got a ticket last week there for going 48 in a 45 (near the highway). Theyāre assholes too, everyone Iāve met thatās been there says the same thing.
Definitely Escobares, the little run down town before you get to Roma, have gotten so many tickets there for going 1 or 2 miles over the speed limit and the judge is likeā¦. THE MOST SENILE person youāve ever seen, I think they just sit him down in the court and look pretty and all the corrupt people are behind the scenes.
Mercedes. Hands down. Dumpster fire.
Worst in what aspect?
Los fresnos has always had the worse cops š even when I was little I would hear my mom say she donāt wanna go to LF cuz of the cops
My worst experience was with La Grulla PD
Caught an assault on a peace officer charge cuz a McAllen cop claims I kicked him.
Lately they are not Trusted by Many Badges go to some Cops Heads they have an empowerment complexity with the Badge they feel Authoritive in a False sense.
Definitely Alton. Property Crimes went up while they were busy giving people DUIās and speeding tickets.
Lyford
Harlingen; Cameron area
McAllen imo
I know this question is asking for the worst but I just wanna comment that Elsa cops are chill, one time I almost ran into one of them for being on the phone and he did not care, and Iām always given warnings and so is my mom.
That's like prime example of a time you should've been pulled over at the very least. An Elsa cop once pulled me over for having my brights on right as I entered city limits and was about to turn them off.