[Jaylyons1]

So today, I lost my faith in the police system courtesy of a single person, Officer Kline who is a state trooper for the Anne Arundel police department.

I tried to go to a pawn shop today which happened to be closed, so we all load up in the car ready to go home like any normal day. Shortly after our departure, this officer in an unmarked car, license plate 7EML93 comes flying up on us. I expected her to run code and just pass us by but instead she tailgates us. I am doing about 5 over at this point. I slowly braked down to 50, waved for her to back off my bumper then got back to my original speed. The officer then speeds up getting even closer to us. She was driving approximately 5 feet from our bumper at this point. I could not see her headlights or anything. I shrug it off and just keep on my way. Shortly after turning onto another road, she turns on the code and pulls us over. This is where it really gets me. When she approaches, I ask what the problem was. She then tells us that we were not wearing our seat belts. My wife and I look at each other a bit puzzled and tell her that we are in fact wearing them as she can plainly see. She then says that we weren't wearing them when we turned off of Mountain Road. We told her we were wearing them the entire time and never drive without them, which is true. I have actually booted people from my car for not wearing their seatbelt. The officer now gets frustrated and demands my license and registration, threatens to search the car and says she will call in for backup. I asked who her supervisor was and she said that she did not have that information to give me. At this point I figure it would be a good idea to begin recording the confrontation so broke out the phone and I let her know that she is now being recorded. I then asked her if there was a reason she was tailgating me. She ignores me until I asked if there will be no response to my question. She then gets in my face and says she is not going to answer me. She then gets our information and goes back to her car.

This is when I decide to find out who her supervisor is and give him a call. She apparently doesn't realize the power of a smartphone. After about 2 minutes, I'm on the phone with her supervisor letting him know the situation.

She then comes back to the car and says absolutely nothing about us not wearing a seatbelt. She gives me a warning for an expired license, which is bogus since I am in the military and as long as my military id is valid, then so is my out of state license. She refuses to hear anything at this point and just rambles out her mandatory verbiage. She then informs us that we are cited for having a license plate border. Our license plate border is the one that came on the car from the dealership we purchased it from. So if that's the case, 99% of the cars on the road are not complying with whatever she thinks the law is.

I have been pulled over a few times to say the least, but this is the first time that I have been pulled over simply because someone was either having a bad day or wanted to try and find something to write us up for. I know there are some good cops out there but this one really brought down what I think of the police in this area.

Ok, done with that rant.

Also, saw a red FR-S w/red tails(possible red alert?) when we pulled off to head back home about 45 minutes ago.