How to Buy New York City's 'Get Out of Jail Free' Card

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New York City cops are mad that their biggest union, the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, has stopped them from handing out 30 PBA cards (often called “get out of jail free” cards) to friends and family every year. Instead, they can only hand out 20 a year. Retired cops get 10.

PBA cards, common in New York and New Jersey, work very simply: If you’re pulled over or otherwise approached by a cop, you can hand your card over along with your license, and they might let you off. If you’d never heard of them before, they might strike you as a flagrant abuse of power, because they are....

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ANC said:
New York City cops are mad that their biggest union, the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, has stopped them from handing out 30 PBA cards (often called “get out of jail free” cards) to friends and family every year. Instead, they can only hand out 20 a year. Retired cops get 10.

PBA cards, common in New York and New Jersey, work very simply: If you’re pulled over or otherwise approached by a cop, you can hand your card over along with your license, and they might let you off. If you’d never heard of them before, they might strike you as a flagrant abuse of power, because they are....
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might is the operative word. traveling in NJ years ago and recently married..I had an FOP badge on my tag and of course my husband was carrying. we were stopped in Chester closest thing to the state troopers/nazi in NJ for the FOP badge blocking a portion of the last letter/numeral..whatever it was. should've seen what happened when my husband told him he was carrying..it was a very unpleasant situation for which the cop wanted to arrest my husband- another cop.
 
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