Ticketed in Houston....possibly CHL-related

[bizarrenormality]

From your description I agree it sounds like the cop was unprofessional but, also from your description, I don't think your CHL had anything to do with the ticket. I think the ticket was because you made an illegal left turn.

[VoiceofReason]

Two stories:
We were pulled over in porter by the DPS. My wife was driving. The officer came up on the passenger side and told my wife this was only going to be a warning citation for no license plate light. I told the officer “I believe by state law, I am supposed to tell you”, he didn’t let me finish and said “you have a CHL”? I said “yes” and he said “no problem”. He was very polite and professional. He gave my wife a warning citation and we got it fixed that day.

My wife was stopped in Shenandoah on the I 45 access road. She was driving and my daughter was in the passenger seat. The officer told her “I don’t normally give someone a ticket for going ten miles an hour over the limit, but you were going eleven miles an hour over the limit”. The ticket cost $226.00. What can I say?

Just a thought, digital recorders are small, in some situations worth the price, and in Texas you can legally record a conversation you are involved in without informing the other person. Some officers carry them and record traffic stops. We can too.

[Rex B]

+1, deferred adjudication.

Once that is in hand, file a complaint on the officer's behaviour.

But, if you can't get Def Adj then set it for trial, plead your case before a judge, show your pictures, and tell him/her "I have a clean driving record and I want to keep it that way". You may get off with a minimal fine and nothing on your record.

Now, if you do the trial thing, don't file that complaint. You do not want to do ANYthing that will stir the memory of the stop in the mind of the officer. Those things work best when the author has no memory of the stop beyond what he wrote down at the time.
This is a very good reason not to make a fuss when getting a ticket. Later when it's set for trial , and the officer says "I remember that jerk! Darned right I'll be there!"... Not good.