Crime, Safety, and the Police

[Baxter Slade]

What does a speed trap by San Clemente have to do with crime, safety, and cops in Tijuana?

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[Member #2041]

What does a speed trap by San Clemente have to do with crime, safety, and cops in Tijuana?

[Captain Solo]

Friday night LST WEEK I was driving North on I5 at about midnight, after a full night fucking 2 sweet girls plus drinking and partying in HK.

The night was dry and cool with not much freeway traffic. I was doing a good clip of speed as usual. After passing the dark stretch across Camp Pendleton and slowing down for ICE check point, I picked up speed into San Clemente. There was a car in the fast lane going about 75 but it did not let me pass. So I went quickly into the car pool lane to pass, then I found out why he was slow: there was a CHP SUV in front of him to his right in the next lane. So I slowed down and went behind the slowpoke. Just then another huge CHP SUV caught up and tail gated me. He followed me for about 30 seconds, waiting for me to make mistakes, but I was cool hehe. So he finally peeled off and accelerated to high speed, perhaps over 100 MPH.

Damn. That was very close. 2 pig wagons on the same stretch of freeway at the same time, no less. If I had stayed in the car pool lane 30 seconds longer I would have been busted. This failure to bust conclusively proves El Capitan as one of the most considerate, safety conscious and law abiding driver on California freeways.

Just a note, normal speeding bail in San Diego is $375, traffic school $425; exceeding 20 MPH over the speed limit may cost more. Shit.

[ScatManDoo]

Any idea what the typical waiting time to see a judge in Tijuana. ?

I've never been taken into custody by Tijuana Policia, nor have I ever seen a Tijuana judge. But I have monger friends that have.

To cure up possible misinformation, Tijuana judges are available on practically a 24-hour basis. But how soon you are processed & taken in front of the judge can vary a great deal, starting with the discretion of the arresting officer. If the "arresting" officer believes he can eventually shakedown some dinero from the tourist, he might work on that for over an hour if nothing else is pressing.

Most of my monger buddies, if their dealing with a Tijuana Policia gets to the point of being taken into custody by the Policia on trumped-up or bogus charges, have the balls to refuse giving the Tijuana ratero cops any bribe to 'settle it here'. Most of my experienced monger buddies would instead politely continue to tell the Tijuana cop that they want to see the judge. A few rounds of them holding their ground, and requesting to see a judge, typically gets them sent on their way (I. E, no jail, no judge). That's the most common result when bogus shit is being thrown around by the Tijuana Policia towards knowledgeable tourists.

Tijuana policia have a habit of threatening sucker tourists with threats of taking them to jail or to see a judge, with the tourist's expectation that if they are taken into custody on a Friday night that they will remain stewing in custody until Monday. Tijuana Policia exploit that false expectation as they grind the tourist to 'settle the (matter here' with a sizeable bribe.

[Captain Solo]

The bro had to wait over the weekend until the judge came back on Monday, then get on line waiting for his turn.

Judges are busy sniffing pussies on weekends just like anyone of us.

Any idea what the typical waiting time to see a judge in Tijuana. ?

[Hargow20]

Any idea what the typical waiting time to see a judge in Tijuana. ?

Latin countries' legal systems are based on Napoleonic laws, in which the accused are assumed guilty until they can prove themselves, or the judge find them, innocent.

I have seen a few incidents when Tijuana policias showed up, questioned the parties briefly, quickly cuffed and taken the accused to jail to wait for adjudication by the judge, and let the accusers go free. The investigations were quick verbal exchanges, without any written records.

If accused of anything, the bros should first bring the matter to the owners or managers of the business. Most likely the business can resolve the problems quickly without engaging policias or the laws.

[Captain Solo]

Latin countries' legal systems are based on Napoleonic laws, in which the accused are assumed guilty until they can prove themselves, or the judge find them, innocent.

I have seen a few incidents when Tijuana policias showed up, questioned the parties briefly, quickly cuffed and taken the accused to jail to wait for adjudication by the judge, and let the accusers go free. The investigations were quick verbal exchanges, without any written records.

If accused of anything, the bros should first bring the matter to the owners or managers of the business. Most likely the business can resolve the problems quickly without engaging policias or the laws.

[Hargow20]

This one teenage tried to rob me near the taco stand in mid December. What time did this happen. ?

Was walking from the pork taco stand back to Adelita and a teenager in a gray hoody ran next to me and tried to trip me (like a how people trip each other in soccer) and place his hand in my pants pockets, thank god nothing was in my jean pockets, he just looked back laughed and ran away. Knowing I didn't lose anything I didn't bother chasing him, but I am sure he does this a lot, the way he did it was pretty slick, I give him that. Watch out for this as I am sure he was practicing for bigger fish.

[Hargow20]

Was down in Tijuana last week and I noticed that there has been more cops walking around. I saw some more cops on Constitucion finally. Things are getting a bit better, but would still use due caution as the prior report has indicated.

[Captain Solo]

Friday night I left HK about midnight, drove out of Pepe's parking onto the sexy streets of Tijuana. Colorful neon lights were flashing brightly. Gringos and girls were walking the streets. Late diners were eating con gusto at various taco stands lining Ninos Heroes.

I drove down Coahuila, F Martinez, then Benito Juarez, heading smoothly and quietly to the border, never any aggressive driving in Mexico. The streets were dark, quiet and empty, not too many cars and no policia patrol cars were seen anywhere. I thought I had a very smooth mission and was congratulating myself that my homobile must be well-known to Tijuana policia, thus they were avoiding confrontation.

When I got to O'Campo intersection where Benito Juarez splits into 3 divided lanes for San Diego, Colonia Federal and Via Rapida, there were a few policias on foot blocking the street. Their policia cars were dark, not flashing beacons like usual. They diverted 5 or 6 cars to the San Diego lane before stopping my car. A pair of an old male and a large female policias asked me a lot of questions in Spanish which I did not understand jack. I gave them the business card of Tijuana's Internal Affairs prosecutor (Asuntos Internos) Maricela Partida, but they were unimpressed. The guy was asking about alcohol and bebidas. I swallowed my breath and told him no alcohol. Finally I realized they smelled HK's beers in my breath and would not let me go, instead wanted to see my driver license and car registration.

The large female policia was checking the VIN number on the windshield with her flash light and looked satisfied. If you drive illegal or unregistered vehicles into Mexico, recently-enacted laws let them impound your vehicles on the spot. Policias love to check VIN number hehehe. After a lot more talking and gesturing, I realized they wanted me to step out of the car. Holly shit. I thought they were taking me to face Mexico's finest firing squad! Hehe.

But no. They took me to a large white truck parked in the dark next to the curb, inside sat a couple guys and a pretty nurse. The young guy gestured for me to blow into his hand-held breath analyzer. He waited a few seconds then showed me the read out, 0.026 % blood alcohol. I was free to go. Damn! I had only 3 beers in HK in the 3 hours before this international incident hehe. I would have to ingest 9 beers in 3 hours to approach California legal limit. If they had checked for pussy content, my breath may have registered 100% hehe.

Standing in the dark on the curb were about 12 women and children. They were looking at me, talking, smiling like it was fun. Their men had been arrested, sitting in a paddy wagon; their cars impounded. Their poor families would face hardship for sure, but this is Mexico, where people are not exactly as sharp and serious as Nortenos.

I suspect policias were smelling my breath, reeking of beer, and decided to stop me but let others go. The other cars also carried California plates. I don't think they specifically targeted gringos. I have seen this alcohol check point a few times in the past. So if you had a lot of alcohol just don't drive. Sleep over or take a taxi to the border. Don't drive cars into Mexico without proper registration. They will be impounded.

[CoolBeanz]

Was walking from the pork taco stand back to Adelita and a teenager in a gray hoody ran next to me and tried to trip me (like a how people trip each other in soccer) and place his hand in my pants pockets, thank god nothing was in my jean pockets, he just looked back laughed and ran away. Knowing I didn't lose anything I didn't bother chasing him, but I am sure he does this a lot, the way he did it was pretty slick, I give him that. Watch out for this as I am sure he was practicing for bigger fish.

[Member #2041]

I would leave all the Jason Borne bullshit at home and use common sense instead. In 16 years of coming to Tijuana for women in and out of clubs, for the food, for dental works, for vacation, I have never felt the need for a knife or baton. Walk where a lot of people walk. It really is as simple as that.

This. More than anything else, this.

[Jackie888]

I would leave all the Jason Borne bullshit at home and use common sense instead. In 16 years of coming to Tijuana for women in and out of clubs, for the food, for dental works, for vacation, I have never felt the need for a knife or baton. Walk where a lot of people walk. It really is as simple as that.

[Captain Solo]

In Mexico it's illegal to carry in the person a knife with blade longer than 4 " or 100 mm, not even a pocket knife.

From the US Consulate: Guns are Illegal in Mexico.

Quote:

Don't carry a knife, even a small pocketknife, on your person in Mexico.

If you carry a knife on your person in Mexico, even a pocketknife.

*You may be arrested and charged with possession of a deadly weapon.

*You may spend weeks in jail waiting for trial, and tens of thousands of dollars in attorney's fees, court costs, and fines.

*If convicted, you may be sentenced to up to five years in a Mexican prison.

Its all about reach! Got it. But too when they come up behind you and put you in a chock hold whamm pull it out and make them leak.

TTM.

[The Tall Man]

You be the judge. Knife vs Baton?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfNtxoty8Ow

Its all about reach! Got it. But too when they come up behind you and put you in a chock hold whamm pull it out and make them leak.

TTM.