# Why do police not show up in court for traffic cases?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 13, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-police-not-show-up-in-court-for-traffic-cases/810490 "2018-03-13T14:52:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-police-not-show-up-in-court-for-traffic-cases/810490/34 "2018-03-14T02:46:48Z")

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> [@jtur88](#):
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> Arresting people and making their life hell and abusing your authority is fun. Sitting in wooden chairs in the courthouse lobby waiting to be called by someone with more authority is not.

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