I cannot believe that any officer is required to arrest or ticket every individual that violates even the smallest infraction IE:
Officer: Miss itÂ’s illegal to eat in the Metro 12 year old: oops, sorry officer (drops fries in the garbage) it won't happen again Officer: Thank You... walks off, having done his job. For a minor infraction they're not going to arrest or ticket anyone without due cause. IE: the smart mouth bratty kid. They'd never be able to keep up if this wasn't the case. This is called officer's discretion, and regardless of what they're mandated they'll use it, if for no other reason then to attempt to keep up with overload,ever been let off of a ticket with a warning? There was another case of the same thing in at National Airport and the article in the Post stated that she wouldn't have been ticketed or fined if shed just kept her mouth shut and complied. Instead she stuffs the candy bar in her mouth in plain view of the officer after he asks her to throw it away and comes back with the comment "Don't you have any real crimes to bother with?" Scott A. Stewart, Web Application Developer Engineering Consulting Services, Ltd. (ECS) 14026 Thunderbolt Place, Suite 300 Chantilly, VA 20151 Phone: (703) 995-1737 Fax: (703) 834-5527 "Many thousands of years ago, a blue faced Pict stepped on a bloated sheep carcass... and thus the Pipes were born" .... the Scottish Rogues -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 03:10 pm To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Roberts quotes on abortion Importance: Low Besides that fact that is matches many teenagers, what makes you think this was a "bratty kid with an attitude problem?" On 7/21/05, SStewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm... I worked in Northwest DC last year and got off at the Tenleytown > station, walked the mile and a quarter to Connecticut Ave. Seemed to me like > a pretty upscale neighborhood. > > Still doesn't excuse a bratty kid with an attitude problem, sitting in a > police station prolly did her some good. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Flash for programmers - Flash MX Pro http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=56 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165824 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
