With zero tolerance policies we remove officers discretion. I was stopped the other day because I hadn't put my new registration sticker on my truck, and I didn't have my updated insurance card. It was only a few days after the previous card expired, and I hadn't realized.
The officer was very nice, he apologized about it, and said that he hated to do it given the amount of time, but he was required to write me a ticket for not having a current insurance card. > -----Original Message----- > From: SStewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 3:25 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Roberts quotes on abortion > > I cannot believe that any officer is required to arrest or ticket every > individual that violates even the smallest infraction IE: > > Officer: Miss it'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?" > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165845 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
