LONG READ! I got hit from behind by state trooper

Hindsight being 20/20, and having an opportunity to dispassionately read the event, the only thing I would have done was when I smelled something foul on his breath - perhaps liquor? - and based on the way he was acting and the fact he had a civilian in the car with him - I would have demanded he call his supervisor so I could make a report of verbal harassment and intimidation.

If he refused, get to a phone and dial 911.

But, like said, hindsight is 20/20.

In the heat of the moment, I probably would have done exactly what you did - well, perhaps I would not have gone looking for him.

Ther is a cop like tat in our town and he has used some badass driving techniques around me.

I have run into obnoxious cops before and this is how I now handle such bad asses.
1. I wouldn't chase the cop but I would make sure I get the cruiser number.
2. I would find the name of the elected top cop and send a registered letter detailing my complaint to his/her office. It's funny how a couple dollars spent for to register your mail get so much more attention.

Doing the above accomplish several things:
1. Elected officials are more sensitive to complaints from voters and are more likely to lend a more sympathetic ear. Your complaint will find its way to him from a reversed power position - his boss instead of you.
2. Registered complaints go to his personnel file.

How do I know if my method works? My local elected sheriff told me so.

Gee, what a surprise, rotten, dirty crooked cops sticking together with their web of lies. Didn't you ever read/see Serpico?

Sidi said:

Originally posted in a different forum on cycling forums.com

Here is an excerpt(sp?) that i am writing and it is not finished but i have to commit this to paper before i forget about being hit from behind by a [censored] of a sargent.
This story is not the only reason i am not happy with New Hampshire. The general badness of the roads, the people that yell and honk at you is what drives me to say this.

PLEASE remember that this is an unfinished and unedited story that really happened in Concord NH.

On the 26th of September, 12:30 P.M, i was riding my bicycle in Concord heading North through town on my way to Laconia for a century.
Having ridden from Manchester on that hot day my muscles were warm and i had no problem keeping up with the cars and the posted speed limits on the various roads that i traveled that day. I proceeded down South street, heading North, after having been stopped by a traffic light on__________ street. As usual, cars let me get rolling before they pass me after i have gained sufficient speed. Traffic from the previous light had passed me with one car left to pass about 30 feet, 10 Meters, behind me. I scanned the road ahead to see if it is okay to take a drink of water and the road was clear. Being thirsty I took the opportunity to get a drink of water from my bike's water-bottle holder mounted on the downtube. Having ridden a bicycle since the age of seven and being experienced in pack of 75, or more, riders, i am well aware that an improperly returned water bottle, one that falls onto the ground, can take down many riders as they trip over the bottle at high speeds. So i try to look down and visually confirm the placement of the bottle as opposed to doing it blindly, that i also can do. At this point i am traveling at a rate of 20 mp/h.
When i completed placing my waterbottle i looked up, the placing of the bottle is a very short and well practiced maneuver, there was a car that had backed out, rear end first, out of a residence and onto South street. I have been in a few accidents, none were my fault, so i know to avoid the little tresspasses that happen to me on a daily basis as i ride my bike. No harm to me was done that day, althought the potential was there since i had nowhere else to go but on the right side and around the car that pulled out, so i just kept going down South street with the goal of hooking up with Route 3 to get out of town.
All of a sudden i hear sirens so i turn over my left shoulder and see the blue lights of a police car. This is the car that pulled out of the residence, rear end first, and it turns out to be a police officer, with the female passenger, who says to me while we are continueing down the road:" Dont' you know that you have to obey the rules of the road and the state of New Hampshire?"
I thought to myself that this is coming from the guy that backed out of the driveway, rear end first, without having a clear view and possibly putting me in danger. The officer could not have seen anything until his seat passed a point where it was no longer obstructed by cars that were parked along that street, and driveway he pulled out of, that day.
So i answer: "No ****!"
You know, I regret saying that now since it set the tone of the interaction between him and i later on that day when he did finally give me a ticket for failing to yield to him when he was backing out of the driveway. At this point there was no mentioning of me having to pull over despite the lights so i continue down the road.
Then the Officer says to me:"Don't be an Idiot or i will give you a ticket!"
The Officer then speeds off at a fairly high rate of speed, for that road, in the North direction.
I thought to myself:" Excuse me, i am not an Idiot and you are the one that was driving rather unsafe and how rude of you to call me an Idiot."
I put on the chase with my bike with the hopes of being able to talk to him again about his comment to me but he lost me when he made a right turn and i was not able to see him when i got to that turn.
After looking for a few minutes for that Chevy Impala i gave up and came to a stop light. This light was in front of the state Capitol building facing West and was a three lane stop light with lanes going left, Forward and right.The forward lane is what i chose and after a little time a car pulled up to me on the right wanting to turn right. The car wanting to turn right is the Officer that i was looking for and i found it comical that he pulled up to me on the right after i had been looking for him so i chuckled to myself when i saw him. Apparently the Officer did not think this was funny because he asked me if there was something funny to which i replied:"Yes, there is."
He asked me if i had any ID on me and i responded with a yes so i give it tp him . The Officer tells me that he is giving me a "Summons". Since we are blocking both lanes of traffic i suggest that we take this to the sidewalk on the right and he aggreed. So i proceed to hop on my bike and make that right hand turn and stop aproximatly 5 Meters from where he pulled me over. The Officer followed me around the turn with his Impala and must have not seen me stop on the side of the road because he did not stop and rammed me with his car, from behind, at aprox. 10 MP/H almost knocking me off my bike as i was in the process of unclipping my legs from my pedal. I am stunned. I just got hit by an Officer in a policer cruiser.
He gets out of the cruiser and walks towards me and i say to him that he just hit me with his car and his response was:" Whatever".I look to the female passenger who had her window rolled down and ask her:" Did you see that? Did you see him hit me? Did you feel him hitting me?"
There was no response from this individual whatsoever. I might as well have not existed for her because that is the response i got.
Now, the next view minutes were very tense and i do not remember much other than him being in my Face and personal space alot. I never cussed at him or gave him any reason to bring me to jail yet he was threatening me with jail because he did not like the way i responded to his questions. I answered all his questions just not in the tone that he liked so i remember him saying that if i "keep going like this" i will go to jail. He asked me if i wanted to go to jail and i as a matter of course said no.
I really do not know what set this guy off but he was so close to my face that i could see his eyes through his sunglasses and i was wearing sunglasses as well that day.
This is when i realized this guy has some really bad breath. I mean a really FOUL smell and it is offensive to me so i take a step backwards from him and tell him that he is in my personal space and he tells me to"Don't you step away from me!" in a very forceful tone. Not being easily intimidated i step forward to the spot i was before a few inches from his nose. These were some very tense times for the both of us i am sure.
He hands me the ticket and tells that it is a summons to appear and that i have some choices. To pay the fine and plead no contest.To plead not guilty.
At each step of the way this Officer is wanting a response from me if i understand what he is telling me and i respond with a very emphatic yes.
This whole time the female in the car that was his passenger did not say or do anything other than sit in the car and occaisionally look at me while i was eating my nectarene as i waited for him to appear with my ticket.
After he got in his car and this charade was over i got on the sidewalk and walked away knowing i had to true my rim a bit in order to keep on riding that day.
I hopped back on the road with my bike to asses the damage and sure enough i would hav to true the rim since there is a very little tolerance for the rim being out of true.
If i hit a police cruiser at the same speed as he hit me i would go to jail for countless frivolous charges including, assault, property damage and a few others i am sure the Officer could cook up so why is it that i had to walk away from being hit with no consequences to the Officer at all.

This being as far as i got for now...................
It gets better.....
I got to the police station in concord and they wont take a report and send me all the way to the state troopers outpost to talk to them and then the female passenger and the cop both deny making any Physical contact with me whatsoever. They deny this in front of their luitenant who is obviously in cahoots with them since they all have a big chuckle afterward.

Anyway....ill go post this in the ranting threads .............