City of Lone Tree Police Department

I got pulled over today for speeding, and yes it was my stupid mistake. Being in my 20s, police can be a little pushy and rude, but not officer Rogers. He was a very kind officer and was patient, even though it was snowing. Yes I got a ticket, but no hard feeling, I was wrong and he was just doing his job. It’s police officers like him that give me a little more respect to the police departments through out the country. I hope every officer in this department is as friendly and professional as officer Rogers.

I’ve had a few speeding tickets in my life. When I was younger, I went really, really fast on purpose. About a year ago, having grown out of being an idiot and not getting any tickets for ten years, I received two speeding tickets back-​to-​back on roads with which I was unfamiliar because I failed to notice that the speed limit had just decreased by 10 mph in both instances. I didn’t mean to do it, but it was ultimately my fault, and I accepted that.
However, today I was pulled over by Officer Berry who flat out lied to my face about having followed me for two miles at 80 MPH.
I was going 73 in a 65 while I passed a car and 68 the rest of the time (according to both my speedometer and my GPS), which was actually slower than about half of the other people on the road. He admitted to not having a radar gun but said because he followed me from a point where I wasn’t even on the highway yet that he didn’t need one.
If he wanted to give me a ticket for going 8 over, I’d be irritated, but I would have been guilty of it. But I am certainly not guilty of going 80 mph for any amount of time, much less two miles. However, in traffic court, everyone is guilty until proven innocent, so I’m not going to bother taking a day off work to try to fight it.
I don’t know if Officer Berry saw another silver car speeding by him and mistook it for me or if he just needs the money to buy a radar gun, but I’m hoping it was just a mistake.
Regardless of his intention, I am now out over $ 100 because of something I didn’t do.