text: Police work under the clause of "good faith". They make a good faith effort to record the events as they are reported and what the officer observes.\n\nEveryone makes mistakes and everyone perceives things differently, including police officers. Officers are not exempt from having a bad day or missing things.\n\nPeople sue departments all the time, officers get paid time and 1/2 for court time. The officer doesn't usually have to pay out any fines because they are covered through (usually) a statewide insurance program as an individual (Like CLEAT in Texas) and municipalities have the same sort of insurance. Since the one you were dealing with was Highway Patrol.. they get a LOT more latitude in what they can do because they are presumed to have more training and experience than your regular city officer. You'd be fighting an uphill battle and the State won't settle a case such as this out of court. In my opinion. Good luck!