Never got ticketed but did get pulled over and "verbally warned". It looked like po-po was looking for drunks and the missing plate was just an excuse. I can imagine some departments might use it for profiling. I have specialty plates so don't mind showing it off on the front.
Look in the spare wheel area for the fuel filler funnel. They don't always remember to put it in and you will need it to add fuel from a non-gas pump source (such as a gas can or a fuel additive).