Matthew Brotman: I can tell you first-hand that the Suffolk PBA has those cards also.

Giving a cop the mugshot treatment because he arrested a rich person who was guilty and acting like that’s totally normal should be a moment that open’s people’s eyes to the jig.

A cop who doesn't realize it's his job to not ticket the people who matter reminds me of this article about formalized, institutionalized corruption in NYPD traffic ticketiing.

An Idealistic Cop, a Forbidden Ticket and a Police Career on the Brinkwww.nytimes.com Mathew Bianchi took routine traffic stops seriously and handed out tickets regardless of people’s connections within the Police Department. He says he was punished for it.

I like the idea of a new cop, not from the neighborhood, having completed training going up to a window of a car and naïvely asking, “do you matter? “

In New York City apparently the police officer's benevolent association gives cops "do not ticket this person" cards they can hand out, but I suppose in a fancy place like Sag Harbor the cop is expected to recognize whether someone is entitled to special consideration.

I can tell you first-hand that the Suffolk PBA has those cards also.

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