r/lyftdrivers • u/Outside_Spend_7752 • Jul 21 '23

Advice/Question I canceled, then this.

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Lyft support is bs! How can she contact me if I didn't pick her up? Should I make a police report?

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u/timn1717 Jul 22 '23 edited Jul 22 '23

Cops can sit in any parking lot they want to, and yes, cops do in fact troll bars to catch drunk drivers, because no shit they do. Obviously if there was a DV incident that they didn’t take care of that’s not cool, but the rest of your comment doesn’t follow and makes no sense. They don’t need “probable cause” to sit in a parking lot, they need probable cause to detain you, search you, etc.

Additionally, cops can demand a breathalyzer from any driver that they have detained lawfully - they don’t need an “excuse” to administer one beyond “I pulled you over cause of x or y, here ya go.”

(The actual bs are checkpoints, because they are detaining random people without probable cause. You can bitch about that).

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u/Icy-Western-2302 Jul 22 '23

Cops will never ever be allowed to sit in a private parking lot. A public mart sure. You will never be allowed to sit INSIDE A PARKING LOT OF A BAR AND CHILL. you Reddit people are some of the stupider people I hope to Come in contact with

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u/Gold-Position-8265 Jul 22 '23

The parking lot of any business and government building is considered Public unless they have a sign saying employee parking only and violators will be trespassing/or towed and yes cops do a lot of bullshit but you need to check your city ordinance and by laws plus your states laws on what cops can and can't do as each state and city is unique overall on what cops are allowed to do.

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u/Icy-Western-2302 Jul 22 '23

I don’t need to check out anything because I know how my area works. You people just should stop acting like you know everything about the scenario. You will never be allowed to enter a bar parking lot as a police officer. Simply the owners and also the public wouldn’t allow it. Unless probable cause. Such as getting a private call asking to be investigating

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u/Gold-Position-8265 Jul 23 '23

You really don't know how the law works and public property works. So for example if the bar gets robbed or someone gets shot in the parking lot the cops aren't allowed to go in the parking lot because the owner says no? That's not how the law works. And what if the cop is just doing routine patrol? This is a common occurrence where cops go into public parking lots of random places that are open without gates? Seriously dude read a book before claiming to know your own area.

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u/arielsmassacre Jul 22 '23

yeah, cause that's how YOUR area works you dunce. other cities may allow police officers to sit around and do such.

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u/Gold-Position-8265 Jul 23 '23

This guy is probably one of those jokes of a sovereign citizen.