I have to say that I am pretty amazed at the extreme reaction in the comments accusing law enforcement of some sort of widespread corruption for letting fellow law enforcement officers out of traffic tickets. I doubt that any of these commenters know any cops very well, nor do they seem to know much about rules of their job. My wife is a cop, and I must say that I would not consider her to be corrupt in the slightest. She routinely lets plain, civilian individuals out of traffic violations nearly every day that she is on her beat. That is because she has the authority to exercise discretion as to whether or not to issue a ticket to ANY individual that she pulls over. She is not required in any way to give them a ticket, so if she decides to let off a fellow officer as a professional courtesy, she is well within her right to do so. I can't imagine that all of these commenters that are so up in arms, have not been let out of a ticket when pulled over by a cop themselves. In these situations, have they argued with the cop that they MUST receive a violation or else they would be giving in to corruption?! I doubt it. When anybody gets let out of a ticket they are generally extremely thankful to cop for exercising their discretion to give them a break. I really am sick of such a negative attitude toward our law enforcement that works so hard, and puts their personal safety on the line every day so that the rest of us can rest easier. Of course their is a small amount of corruption in law enforcement, as there is in pretty much any organization, but let's not lump everyone in because of a few bad apples. To call a cop corrupt because of a small favor that they are extending to a fellow officer that might one day be somebody that they are calling on for cover while they are getting shot at or something, is just insulting.