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Several years ago I was test driving a car owned by a cop in rural Tennessee. He was riding with me and I turned onto a smaller road with a 45mph speed limit. I was taking it slow and easy when he said "ah don't worry about the speed limit, I've got an E-Tag, let's go" I didn't know what an E-Tag was at the time but apparently it's an "Emergency Vehicle" tag given to officers to put on their unmarked, personal vehicles (in Tennessee at least). I guess it lets other cops know not to bother with stopping someone with an e-tag since they're just going to let them go anyway. I was pretty young at the time, and it was my first time seeing that the police are above the law.

>>hundch+(OP)
You can get FOP bumper stickers etc., in some states to show your civilian "support" (financial, and otherwise) of police.

You can also buy them on eBay, unofficially. Of course, the police unions have gone after sellers there, for some reason.

In one state the union went so far as issuing registration-like tags for your FOP bumper sticker, so that if a cop was pulling you over, he'd know whether you were "paid up", so to speak. Of course, it's only about support, and not legalized proactive bribery, just to be clear...

>>hundch+(OP)
> it was my first time seeing that the police are above the law.

I like to illustrate corruption in the US by showing them the fake badges that cops’ friends or family put on the windshield of (endemic in the NYC area) or the “I donate to the police union” stickers.

Or of course the actual police union gold cards or whatever that police spouses and kids get.

>>FireBe+Gw
11-99 Foundation in California, by persistent legend:

https://priceonomics.com/can-you-buy-a-license-to-speed/