.... but I still got a warning ticket and wonder what will happen next time...
:stunned:
As I understand it, the warning ticket information is maintained in the state DPS computerized records (for a limited time, but I don't know how long). If you are stopped for the same offense again within the timeframe that the warning ticket information is kept, you'll likely be issued a citation.
This is from a question posted on city_data.com:
"It is usually kept internally within the PD who issued the warning citation for at least 90 days. Some keep it for 120 days."<!-- google_ad_section_end -->
This is from a member on a forum for law officers called (imagine that) officer.com:
"I like written warnings. When I was on patrol, we were required to either issue a citation or a written warning on every stop. Nowadays, with the racial profiling data requirements, written warnings are the way to go. They should contain all of the data that one needs to obtain for proper racial profiling and consent search data collection.
*Written warnings document why you stopped someone
* They are there to back you up if a motorist complains
* They explain exactly what the problem was. Like when you stop a woman for a defective "taillight", then she goes home and tells her husband that her
brake light is broken. He goes outside and has her step on the brakes. The brake light works. Now he thinks that an officer was just stopping his wife to flirt. With a written warning, he can see that the stop was for a
taillight.
* When writting a warning, it looks like you're writing a real citation. Every motorist that passes you while you're standing there writing, is under the impression that your violator is getting a ticket. It's a small psychological victory, but it works.
* Written warnings will help you when you end up stopping the same motorist multiple times. Should they complain to a judge or your superiors that you're harrasing them, you'll have a paper trail of how you've cut them a break in the past."
As for whether it goes against your record, there was this:
"It's a stat and no (in Texas) it doesn't go on your record."
It seems every state handles warning tickets differently...some are kept in a centralized data base, others are maintained only on the data base for the entity that issued the warning citation.
Good luck.......
Doug