We just started a week of vacation in Sandbridge, VA just south of Va Beach. In previous years coming here or to Croatan Beach, I’d see cops as soon as I entered Virginia and didn’t dare drive a mile over the speed limit anywhere.

This year from the time I entered VA until I got into Sandbridge, the only cops I saw were on the bridge and in VA Beach, otherwise I saw ZERO which I found odd and everyone is zooming past me going 5-20 mph over posted speed limits. I knew VA was a tough state to be caught speeding in with out of state plates but that seems to have changed? Or did I just catch an off day?

You caught an off day.

I don't know but I've noticed that for a time during the covid mess, troopers stopped giving out as many speeding tickets as normal, which they used to do for raising revenue using ticket-writing quotas. You know, giving out tickets to soccer moms and shit like that. These days they're back again, but not issuing them like halloween candy like they were before covid, and I'm not seeing the daily pullovers like I used to. It's a relief but I can't explain it. But Leemur is right, where I live the state troopers are rotated around in force, sort of an all or nothing kind of rotation. Some days one or none, other days they're all over the place. Not sure the purpose and motivation for all that, but it's almost immediately recognizable the minute you pull out of the exit ramp, sometimes you can feel it before you see it.

There is a lot going on at the beach ocean front area so I am guessing most of them are in that area. Enjoy your stay here and God Bless !!!

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First have a great time at Sandbridge, VA.. we go there annually as well.

That said, morale is at an all time low at least at my dept which affects the proactive vs reactive enforcement mentality. We have a progressive CWA who is looking for opportunities to make a name for himself and jam up a cop for use of force incident. TS can be uneventful or escalate quickly, so folks are mainly sitting around until dispatched..

I think it's a lot like everywhere else, most law enforcement agencies/departments are short staffed.

I suspect the hot and fresh sign was out at Krispy Cream... (sorry could not help myself)

Years ago got pulled over in Virginia... cop was professional in fact over the last 50 years of driving and multiple traffic stops I've only met one LEO with an attitude.

Usual criteria before getting pulled is 9 miles over the posted speed limit. There is a huge shortage of Highway patrolmen here so that could very well be it.

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Originally posted by Blume9mm:
I suspect the hot and fresh sign was out at Krispy Cream... (sorry could not help myself)

Years ago got pulled over in Virginia... cop was professional in fact over the last 50 years of driving and multiple traffic stops I've only met one LEO with an attitude.

Never been pulled over in California I presume?

They saw you...

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Originally posted by sig 226:
First have a great time at Sandbridge, VA.. we go there annually as well.

That said, morale is at an all time low at least at my dept which affects the proactive vs reactive enforcement mentality. We have a progressive CWA who is looking for opportunities to make a name for himself and jam up a cop for use of force incident. TS can be uneventful or escalate quickly, so folks are mainly sitting around until dispatched..

That makes a lot of sense esp. coming from a LEO. Thanks for the analysis and explanation of what we're seeing.