How does having a CCW play into me going 8 mph over the speed limit?
it doesn't, so it should not be considered.
You should know rather or not your giving them a ticket before you ever get up to the window... basing it on trival stuff is unprofessional.
If you pulled a car going a 100 in a 65 and it ended up being your mother or wife, would you write that ticket?
Having a CCW doesn't play into you going 8mph over the speed limit unless that's the excuse you give me for doing it. What it does play into is my decision to cite you or not because it is MY DECISION. As I said before and others have pointed out, as a LEO I have a huge amount of discretion in how I handle my job and who gets stopped, cited, warned, ignored, etc. And in making those decisions I consider the totality of the circumstances so how could I know before I get to the window whether or not I'm going to write a ticket? I should not be drawing any conclusions prior to interacting with you since I have no idea what I'm going to find when I get to the window. Hell, I might be all ready to let you go and you decide to pull a gun and try to shoot me. Should I still cut you loose since I'd already decided to? Or should I change my mind and shoot you? My choice at my discretion. For the record, I'd shoot you. A lot. But that's just me, there's other guys that would probably try something else, at their discretion.
As far as writing my Mom or wife for 100 in a 65, hard to say. It could go either way depending on the situation. If I did write either of them I'd probably cut them a little slack, maybe write it for 90 instead of 100, after all I am related to them.