Pills gone..life back...Did the Cops give me a break, resell or dealing ?? long story that is worth the read?

Question

I pulled into a softball field to use a porta-potty after bar time in a upper class suburbia city next to the one I lived in & grew up by. As I was leaving I got pulled over, asked what I was doing @ the park & did I have anything to drink. I did have a few beers within a 6 hour time period & the cop made me do a few sobriety checks with 2 more cop cars arriving. I was confident I was not intoxicated and did not fail any of the checks I was instructed on. I thought that would be it but they wanted to search my car. Long story short…they searched my car as I civilly waited & talked with a very nice police officer in his cruiser during this.

Truthfully I thought I was going to jail & end up in big trouble. See @ the time I was on a relapsing binge…I had just bought a gram of coke & around 40 Oxycontin pills (20mg & 40Mg) I was convinced I would be jailed & that from the outside (police, judge) may translate large amounts of pills to a dealer. After a half-hour search of my car, I was told they did not find anything. They asked me to sign a letter of consent for the search which I signed immediately, astonished that I was being let go.

When I got home it looked like a tornado came through my car as they managed to search every nook & cranny. The pills which have a street value of about $25 for each were ALL GONE

(But the coke which rested next to the bag of pills in the glove box remained?) To this day I am still in awe on how lucky I am not to be in jail, blessed to get my life back, & of course what did the cops do with the drugs? My logical side hopes to think that the cops gave me a break of a lifetime, missed the other stuff but it’s hard to imagine that when an oxycontin pill the equivalent to heroin has been known to be fatal with just one dosage. Early in the process I was told by an officer they just sent someone to jail for DUI and marijuana possession.

My question is simple what do you think happened? Should I or the community be concerned that cop insiders might be wheeling & dealing the most addicting prescription drug on the planet. I wanna hope they gave me a break, but it seems like I had way too much against me not to receive punishment. I’m grateful that this wake up call made me get help, but just concerned on the loop holes in the system.

Answer 1

If you want to find out-its real easy, contact the IA division of the PD in question. Give location, place and time-if nothing was booked into property then you have the answer regarding the officer's motives.

When I was a rookie, I saw an experienced officer throw away a quantity of pot he pulled off a kid instead of write him a ticket or make the arrest. Couple of weeks later kid contacts IA, with no record of the pot being booked into property...the cop ate a month unpaid suspension...

My personal integrity and career are worth way more than the "satisfaction" of cutting a break to a junkie or a couple of hundred bucks in stolen dope (BTW I'd make much more $ in the OT for going to court on the felony charges).

Answer 2

A tip for next time. The cops can NOT search your car unless you consent to it, or unless you give them "probable cause" which means doing something obviously illegal to attract their attention. You should never have consented to the search. Sounds to me like typical corrupt pigs. The fact that they asked you to sign the paper AFTER they did the search should raise red flags - although it might be because you signed it that they just stole your drugs and didn't arrest you.

Answer 3

you just got jacked by the cops

Answer 4

They have your info, had you sign a consent AFTER the search. Now they are waiting to see what the pills are from the lab, then they will show up and arrest you.

They probably just missed the coke. If they simply stole the pills, its doubtful they would want any official paperwork that they even stopped you. They would have just took the drugs and told you to beat it.

Things where a little to official for them to be playing games, esp with other cops there.

i don't think you have heard the end of this.

Answer 5

The cop may have had an addiction of his own.  Or maybe you did get a break, I was searched before, and they missed a bunch of stuff.  Not on purpose.

Answer 6

use your logical mind.you got the greatest break in the world.take the wake up call and get on with your life.beleive me,in a case like this,theres no point looking back.