A couple of questions and points regarding this incident-1. if you are conducting business in an area shouldn't it be your responsibility to know the local laws? 2. Did you already unload and then get the ticket if so, then the yard should have something posted about accepting scrap from licensed people only? 3. If you did unload and get paid then I think the yard should have been fined as well for accepting the load from an unlicensed scrapper. 4. If you didn't unload then why the ticket, according to your op you stated you pulled in and then the police showed up, you could have said you were checking prices and werent selling. 5.Unfortunately as we have all read here on this forum the few bad apples always spoil things for the rest of us. I am sure if you asked around, the local p.d. probably have had some problems with people stealing and then selling to the yards. Dont be surprised if the local p.d. do random checks like they do here at auto body and junk yards, looking to see if the books are straight and all inventory is accounted for.
Maybe I am a bit biased since I have police officers in my family as well as many friends who are in the department, but give them a little slack. These people are out there when most of us are asleep dealing with people you never want to meet. Unfortunately they have to enforce laws that seem trivial to us, but remember most would rather be catching the bad guy instead of getting numbers so the higher ups can toot their own horns.
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