Do you think nurses get special treatment?

[NurseLife88]

So I was looking at some old threads on here and they got me thinking. One in particular about whether cops give nurses tickets. So what do you think? Do nurses receive special treatment when people know you are a nurse? Any personal experience with this subject you want to share?

I have two stories both similar and different at the same time. I was once pulled over after a workout. I had on teeny shorts and shirt and probably definitely looked a hot mess. So I was pulled over for speeding going 6 mph over. I was asked to step out of my car and proceeded to be searched. Officer stated I was being searched because he smelled marijuana. I don't smoke and I don't know how he could have possibly smelled anything besides my sweaty nastiness. But anyways search concluded and officer tickets me for speeding as he has nothing else to charge me with.

Shortly after this I was again pulled over for speeding in the same vehicle. ( Yes I know I have a lead foot lol) This time I was in scrubs and had my name tag hanging on my rearview mirror. I also was going about 15 over not 6 as I was prior. The cop didn't even ask where I was going. Proceeded to give me a verbal warning and then let me on my way.

Now I don't know if this has anything to do with me being an obvious nurse the second stop vs the first. Or whether one cop was just nicer than the other. But it does make me wonder...

Any nurses care to share their experiences, opinions,etc??

[Paws2people]

Recently my coworker got pulled over on her way to work for a taillight out. She told him she was a nurse, she was in scrubs. She wasn't aware the light was broken.

He gave her a ticket anyway.

[Glycerine82, LPN]

It's more like a job perk.

[BSN16]

My boyfriend and i were pulled over last week (on the interstate)... because i had an air freshener hanging from my mirror ( seriously??). He then had my boyfriend step out of the car and sit in his vehicle while he ran the plates.(also wtf) (note: our plates are from colorado so this is probably why)

Anyways asked my bf some questions in the car...told the officer we were traveling for work and we were both nurses...this seemed to make him less suspicious of us and we were let off with a verbal warning.

[JerseyTomatoMDCrab, BSN]

I was driving to Florida with my sister once and got pulled over on 95 in Virginia. I got a very expensive 2 point speeding ticket and basically crawled the rest of the way, I was so scared of getting pulled over again.

Fast forward to a few months later, I was driving to get breakfast after a night shift and got pulled over for speeding. The super sweet cop checked my information and came back to my car a few minutes later to ask "What sort of officer would give a nice nurse like you a 2 point speeding ticket?!"

I explained I was out of state and not in my scrubs. He told me "Next time, bring up your occupation when you're pulled over. He probably would have given you a break. We like to take care of those who take care of us. Have a good breakfast."

That basically confirmed what I already knew: cops and nurses are BFF. My future brother in law is a cop and he told me he pulled over a nurse. As soon as he saw her uniform and name badge, he told her to slow down and sent her on her way. Didn't even run her plates.

[NanaPoo]

I never thought about it. I've been pulled over 3 times. Once on my way to work in scrubs and didn't get a ticket, just a warning. The other two times were on an off day, no scrubs and I got a ticket both times!

[Horseshoe, BSN, RN]

The last time I was pulled over, I was not yet a nurse. I got a ticket. July, 1990.

:)

[scuba nurse, BSN, MSN, RN]

I don't know about where you live, but in my area, many nurses (including myself) are married to cops. I think cops "get" nurses, similar work schedules, dealing with the public, emergencies...etc... so that may be why as well they seem to go easier on nurses. I asked my husband if he pulled over a nurse would he give them a ticket, and he said "it really depends on the situation, but probably not if they were on their way to or from working a shift, but I dont just pull people over for going 5 miles above the speed limit either, it has to be a really good cause".

[RegularNurse]

Public service employees generally give each other professional courtesies.

I am grateful that police officers, firefighters, medics, and nurses stick together in this regard.

[Horseshoe, BSN, RN]

I have no problem with professional courtesy until nurses believe they are entitled to speed and run stop signs, etc. I've seen that attitude expressed here before.

[KKEGS, MSN, RN]

I was pulled over on my way home after an evening shift because I had expired tabs. I was in my scrubs and the young police officer asked me if I was a nurse. I said yes and he asked where I worked. I mentioned the name of a large pediatric hospital in my area and he said he knew it very well as he'd spent a lot of time there as a child. Then he said, "Please get those tabs renewed" and let me go. I don't know if it was because I was a nurse or if I was a nurse at that particular hospital.

[Graduatenurse14]

I was pulled over when I was a nursing assistant coming from work when I was almost home. I was scheduled 2pm-10:30pm but there was a call off and they asked me to stay over for a while so it was around 2:00am when I got pulled over.

The hospital is in a neighborhood with many cool bars and nice restaurants so I'm sure he thought I had been out "painting the town" when he asked where I was coming from and I answered with the name of the neighborhood and he responded with a knowing "ohhhhh...." I quickly added that I worked at the hospital with the same name as the neighborhood and I was coming from work! He then noticed my scrubs and he let me go with a warning.

I do think that there is fraternity between nurses, firefighters, police officers and EMTs.

[LikeTheDeadSea, MSN, RN]

My cop husband and his friends (we're in a major city), say that they'll let ER/trauma nurses off with warnings, but if I was pulled over and said I was a pediatric school nurse, that it doesn't have as much weight to it. Basically if you're likely to provide them with life saving measures, you're golden in my husband's district.

I have the magic "Police wife" mini badge holder that my insurance/registration live in to hand over if needed. I've never been pulled over though (Knock on wood) so not sure how effective that is, either.