Another run-in with the cops.
 

I posted a few weeks ago about my experience with shrooms and cops.

Tonight I got to have another talk with some cops. At about 10:30 my 2 friends(J and Z again) rolled up a few joints and went for a ride. After that, we decided to head back to my room to play some Mario Kart. Everything was going well for a while, although we were being pretty noisy(it was approaching midnight by this time). We quiet down for a while, but we can't control ourselves for long.

Next thing we know, there's a knock at the door. We figure it's more than likely an RA asking us to keep it down. Instead, we are greeted by two campus police officers.

The cop steps into my room, and immediately asks "Are you boys smoking marijuana in here?"

And of course we tell him no, which is the truth. I ask, "Were we being too loud?"

The officer responds, "No, someone said they smelled marijuana. You sure you weren't smoking?"

Again, we all tell him no. I was a little worried that we smelled like weed, considering we had just hotboxed 3 joints an hour or so before this. At this point I tell them, "Well, we cooked up some food, some ravioli and some Ramen...but besides that, we've just been playing videogames all night."

The officers began talking to each other. "Hmm well I smell something. Not sure what, but it's something. You smell anything?"

"Gee I don't know" *sniffing around*

Just going on and on. They ask me who lives there, and I tell them it's just me, and my these are my friends with me.

Then one of them says the words I did not want to hear..."Mind if we take a look around?"

Of course, I do mind. And why wouldn't I? If they start poking around, I'm in a LOT of trouble. Not to mention, I'm trying to play Mario Kart! There's no reason for them to be in my room anyways. GTFO! So I say, "Is there really a reason for that?"

One of the officers responds, "So you're saying we can't look around?"

To this I say, "Is that going to be a problem?"

The cop says, "No, but this is going to be documented. We'll need your ID, both of them."

As this is going on, I see the RA of my floor, and an RA of another floor, just outside of my door. I ask the officer if I may step out to talk to them, which I do. At this point, I trusted my RAs much more than a pair of random cops, and wanted to find out what was going to happen with my refusal to be searched. I ask them what is going on, and they tell me the same thing as the cops, someone reported smelling weed, and that this event would be "documented". As I'm standing out in the hall, it is discovered that the smell is coming from the room next door.

I go back in my room, and give the officer my SS#. He checks up on me, and I guess "documented" the fact that I did not give consent to have my room searched. Then he left us alone, although we were all pretty shaken up.

I then proceeded to get all my crap out of my room ASAP...I feel a lot safer, but I am still pretty upset about the whole situation...I always feel like I come under scrutiny when I am telling the truth or innocent in some way.

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Nicely done. Don't let cops push you around.

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lol documents?

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all he did was document that you're not a toolbag who voluntarily lets the cops look for a reason to put you in jail. i think this interaction was standard imo.

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aaw, you rascals always bothering the campus police...
GJ not letting them in, [censored] 'em

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I can't wait until you post a TR that involves jail, community service, probation, fines, etc.

Looks like that will be in your future soon.

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Handled well, I'm on the paranoid side and think you might be "redflagged" for a while, at least the RA and cops will remember it, but you outplayed em, good job

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Don't let those [censored] suckers push you around.
lol

also great reply "is that going to be a problem"

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I can't wait until you post a TR that involves jail, community service, probation, fines, etc.

Looks like that will be in your future soon.

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My other post, about the shrooms, displayed my stupidity, and it was definitely a situation that I brought upon myself. This, however was unavoidable. You can argue that I shouldn't keep lots of illegal items in my dorm room, which may be true. That's another debate though. But I also NEVER smoke inside my room, and had I been caught tonight, it would have been a product of bad luck. Not exactly in my hands.

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Handled well, I'm on the paranoid side and think you might be "redflagged" for a while, at least the RA and cops will remember it, but you outplayed em, good job

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Thursday morning I move to a new room. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

This incident was "documented" though, so it's not like I can just slip back into a sea of anonymous faces.

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God, your permanent record is [censored]. And just think, you finally got that black mark for hitting a girl in 2nd grade erased ... For shame.

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God, your permanent record is [censored]. And just think, you finally got that black mark for hitting a girl in 2nd grade erased ... For shame.

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Think I'll ever be able to get a job, or should I drop out of school tomorrow?

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You do know you can just not open the door?

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You do know you can just not open the door?

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And what happens when they hear us inside playing video games, while they're pounding on the door? It would be one thing if they didn't know we were in there, but even Helen Keller would have known someone was in the room.

Besides, what reason would I have for not answering the door? We were just hanging out and playing N64...We had no idea the knock on the door was cops, and even if we did, it would be more suspicious if we didn't answer the door or took forever to do so.

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Cops have stopped by my apartment on a few occasions. Goes like this. They knock on the door...

Me: "Do you have a warrant?"
Them: "No"
Me: "Good night sir"

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Cops have stopped by my apartment on a few occasions. Goes like this. They knock on the door...

Me: "Do you have a warrant?"
Them: "No"
Me: "Good night sir"

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I'll remember this for the future. In this case, the cops were in my room as soon as we opened the door. From here on out, I'm going to be more careful when I open the door(not just swing it open for whoever.) Smoking or not, if I have stuff in my room, I want to talk to the cops outside my room, rather than them waltzing in when I open the door.

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Cops have stopped by my apartment on a few occasions. Goes like this. They knock on the door...

Me: "Do you have a warrant?"
Them: "No"
Me: "Good night sir"

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lol. i highly doubt that you ever had this conversation verbatim with a police officer.

he's in a dorm room, not a private residence. there is no way for him to stay holed up in his room if someone from the school wants to enter, especially if there is the odor of marijuana in the hallway near his door.

i think he handled the problem just fine. a better solution would be to open the door, step outside and shut the door behind him. speak to the officers outside with the door shut and politely refuse to allow them to search. "documenting" what happened is just a scare tactic. refusing a search is perfectly within your rights, and can never be used against you in any legal proceeding.

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a better solution would be to open the door, step outside and shut the door behind him. speak to the officers outside with the door shut and politely refuse to allow them to search.

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This is what I plan on doing in the future. As it happened though, we were all sitting around, so my friend Z just leaned over and opened the door. The door swung open, and the cops stepped right in.

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I can't wait until you post a TR that involves jail, community service, probation, fines, etc.

Looks like that will be in your future soon.

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My other post, about the shrooms, displayed my stupidity, and it was definitely a situation that I brought upon myself. This, however was unavoidable. You can argue that I shouldn't keep lots of illegal items in my dorm room, which may be true. That's another debate though. But I also NEVER smoke inside my room, and had I been caught tonight, it would have been a product of bad luck. Not exactly in my hands.

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Wrong. DUCY?

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I can't wait until you post a TR that involves jail, community service, probation, fines, etc.

Looks like that will be in your future soon.

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My other post, about the shrooms, displayed my stupidity, and it was definitely a situation that I brought upon myself. This, however was unavoidable. You can argue that I shouldn't keep lots of illegal items in my dorm room, which may be true. That's another debate though. But I also NEVER smoke inside my room, and had I been caught tonight, it would have been a product of bad luck. Not exactly in my hands.

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Wrong. DUCY?

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My point is that I am using marijuana in a very careful manner. Obviously I could not even mess with weed at all. But the first time I was busted out of pure stupidity. If I had been busted again, it would have been bad luck, through no fault of my own(besides possessing the marijuana)

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campus cops <or= mall cops

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campus cops <or= mall cops

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Oh they definitely didn't have the same presence as real cops...the intimidation wasn't there. I just wasn't worried. Id rank them above mall "police" but way below city cops.

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I can't wait until you post a TR that involves jail, community service, probation, fines, etc.

Looks like that will be in your future soon.

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My other post, about the shrooms, displayed my stupidity, and it was definitely a situation that I brought upon myself. This, however was unavoidable. You can argue that I shouldn't keep lots of illegal items in my dorm room, which may be true. That's another debate though. But I also NEVER smoke inside my room, and had I been caught tonight, it would have been a product of bad luck. Not exactly in my hands.

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Wrong. DUCY?

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My point is that I am using marijuana in a very careful manner. Obviously I could not even mess with weed at all. But the first time I was busted out of pure stupidity. If I had been busted again, it would have been bad luck, through no fault of my own(besides possessing the marijuana, and smoking it in your dorm room, essentially making it your fault )

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Take some responsibility for your actions, but good job keeping the pimp hand strong on the cops.

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I can't wait until you post a TR that involves jail, community service, probation, fines, etc.

Looks like that will be in your future soon.

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My other post, about the shrooms, displayed my stupidity, and it was definitely a situation that I brought upon myself. This, however was unavoidable. You can argue that I shouldn't keep lots of illegal items in my dorm room, which may be true. That's another debate though. But I also NEVER smoke inside my room, and had I been caught tonight, it would have been a product of bad luck. Not exactly in my hands.

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Wrong. DUCY?

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My point is that I am using marijuana in a very careful manner. Obviously I could not even mess with weed at all. But the first time I was busted out of pure stupidity. If I had been busted again, it would have been bad luck, through no fault of my own(besides possessing the marijuana, and smoking it in your dorm room, essentially making it your fault )

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Take some responsibility for your actions, but good job keeping the pimp hand strong on the cops.

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He's said multiple times that they weren't smoking in his dorm room.

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You can argue that I shouldn't keep lots of illegal items in my dorm room, which may be true. That's another debate though. But I also NEVER smoke inside my room, and had I been caught tonight, it would have been a product of bad luck. Not exactly in my hands.

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lol

Also- "MAY be true"???

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As I'm standing out in the hall, it is discovered that the smell is coming from the room next door.

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Did they get some "bad luck" as a result?

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I can't wait until you post a TR that involves jail, community service, probation, fines, etc.

Looks like that will be in your future soon.

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My other post, about the shrooms, displayed my stupidity, and it was definitely a situation that I brought upon myself. This, however was unavoidable. You can argue that I shouldn't keep lots of illegal items in my dorm room, which may be true. That's another debate though. But I also NEVER smoke inside my room, and had I been caught tonight, it would have been a product of bad luck. Not exactly in my hands.

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Wrong. DUCY?

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My point is that I am using marijuana in a very careful manner. Obviously I could not even mess with weed at all. But the first time I was busted out of pure stupidity. If I had been busted again, it would have been bad luck, through no fault of my own(besides possessing the marijuana, and smoking it in your dorm room, essentially making it your fault )

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Take some responsibility for your actions, but good job keeping the pimp hand strong on the cops.

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He's said multiple times that they weren't smoking in his dorm room.

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Yeah, he was "using marijuana in a very careful manner". i.e. driving around hotboxing

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My point is that I am using marijuana in a very careful manner. Obviously I could not even mess with weed at all. But the first time I was busted out of pure stupidity. If I had been busted again, it would have been bad luck, through no fault of my own(besides possessing the marijuana, and smoking it in your dorm room, essentially making it your fault )

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Take some responsibility for your actions, but good job keeping the pimp hand strong on the cops.

He's said multiple times that they weren't smoking in his dorm room.

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Re-read OP and I stand corrected. Why didn't you direct him to the guy next door who was smoking out in his room?

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Re-read OP and I stand corrected. Why didn't you direct him to the guy next door who was smoking out in his room?

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Ratting out your neighbor would have taken all of the heat off of you. They would have forgotten all about your refusal to search if they got to bust some kid for pot.

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What's your best time trial on koopa troopa beach?

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If college students are subject to cops banging on their doors for smoking pot, the terrorists win. What the [censored] is this country coming to.

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Cops have stopped by my apartment on a few occasions. Goes like this. They knock on the door...

Me: "Do you have a warrant?"
Them: "No"
Me: "Good night sir"

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this never happened.

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campus cops <or= mall cops

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this is an absolute falsehood

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I just OP post not the thread.

Wtf are you a girl? Your are shaken up cause they asked you a few questions? Your too tense, you should get high.

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A $1 bottle of lysol would solve this problem.

If a real cops wants to search your car on a traffic stop and you say no, wont they just impound the car, get a warrant and search it anyways?

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I can't wait until you post a TR that involves jail, community service, probation, fines, etc.

Looks like that will be in your future soon.

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My other post, about the shrooms, displayed my stupidity, and it was definitely a situation that I brought upon myself. This, however was unavoidable. You can argue that I shouldn't keep lots of illegal items in my dorm room, which may be true. That's another debate though. But I also NEVER smoke inside my room, and had I been caught tonight, it would have been a product of bad luck. Not exactly in my hands.

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Wrong. DUCY?

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My point is that I am using marijuana in a very careful manner. Obviously I could not even mess with weed at all. But the first time I was busted out of pure stupidity. If I had been busted again, it would have been bad luck, through no fault of my own(besides possessing the marijuana, and smoking it in your dorm room, essentially making it your fault )

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Take some responsibility for your actions, but good job keeping the pimp hand strong on the cops.

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He's said multiple times that they weren't smoking in his dorm room.

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Yeah, he was "using marijuana in a very careful manner". i.e. driving around hotboxing

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yeah, lol at that

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If a real cops wants to search your car on a traffic stop and you say no, wont they just impound the car, get a warrant and search it anyways?

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No, unless they lie to a judge. They have to have good cause. They can't just randomly search people's cars for no reason.

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haha @ people confusing campus security with real police.

OP lives in a dorm, he can't not open the door. Also, in most colleges, you will probably still get written up for "marijuana". Me and my roommates got in trouble a few times in college with no smoke or marijuana found. Just the smell of it was enough for us to be "convicted".

P.S. I miss college.

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this is an absolute falsehood

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Yes, this addition to the thread is pure stupidity. I ran a stop sign on a community college campus and their security tried to pull me over--I kept going. NFW I'm pulling over for the flashing yellows. Campus cops are the real deal.

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Hide the hotplate.

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right obviously campus SECURITY aren't real cops. but campus police are real police. i mean, i guess it depends on the university but most i know of around here have all the powers city and state cops do and some carry guns also. tell me a guy carrying a gun with the power to arrest isn't a real cop please.