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irisheyes 
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Posted on: Dec. 31 2003,3:04 pm |
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Angel - In response to you original question, as Jim mentioned I don't think theirs any rule against them doing that. In fact, one time way out in the country their was a couple squad cars following me with no lights on (no street lights, so no one could see them driveing around). By the time my headlights shined on one in front of me, I saw one more in front hit the sirens and then two more behind me hit the lights. This is back when I was a teenager, it turned out to be a mistake as they thought I was someone else, but they were following me all night. Even if theirs a procedure somewhere against this example though (driveing with no lights), theirs nothing anyone could do about it. Anyway, kind of an extreme example of what you mentioned, but I thought it was a good story (so was the hour long interrogation that followed).
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Lil Pimp
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Posted on: Jan. 02 2004,12:09 am |
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OK, here is my entrapment story...
A few years ago, just outside Madison Lake, I was snowmobiling with a friend around 8:00PM. We were playing it cool, it was actually our first ride of the season.
Anyway, we came to a road & didn't come to a absolute, complete stop (it was 8:00PM on a county road in the country with great sight lines & no traffic). We continued on for another mile into the city Madison Lake only to be stopped on the edge of town by the local police. No problem, we stopped & talked to the officer, he said a DNR officer wanted to talk to us. About 5 minutes later, a DNR officer arrived & told us he was writing us a ticket for failure to stop at a road crossing. We asked him where this happened & who was the complainant. He said he was the witness. We asked how that could be since we only saw one vehicle alongside that road, about an 1/8 of a mile down that road, pulled over on the shoulder with a headlight out. He said that was his truck. I told him, you realize you have a headlight out on your vehicle. He said (with a chuckle), no I don't, it is a special switch, I can control whether 1 or both headlights function, no one would think it is law enforcement if a headlight is burned out, would they? I couldn't believe it, then he actually showed us (you got to love it when law enforcement rubs your nose in the fact that they are above the law in some cases) how the switch works. I was amazed.
Anyway, I paid the fine, a whole $70 if I recall and I guess I was breaking the law but to this day I find it unbelievable that the DNR can get away with bending the rules at any cost just to enforce a law. If you think your local police have too much power, go check out your local DNR, you would be amazed.
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jimhanson
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Posted on: Jan. 02 2004,12:46 pm |
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Good points on the DNR--I don't know if it is true in Minnesota--but I had a shrimp boat in Texas. The DNR there have powers far beyond those of the police--they can board your boat at will, whether under way or at the dock. They can pull your vehicle over without cause. They can come into your house without a search warrant--all "to protect fish and game".
There is no law specifically exempting them from the law--only that the courts have allowed it, finding it "ordinary and neccessary" in the performance of their job. One more example of the judicial system gone awry.
Edited by jimhanson on Jan. 02 2004,12:47 pm
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GEOKARJO
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Posted on: Jan. 02 2004,1:42 pm |
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Entrapment is when a law enforcement officer entices you to break the law such as a liquor sting however the minor has a realistic looking fake ID, and you are arrested for excepting the fake id as proof of age. Cops standing on the street corner selling drugs then arresting you for buying. Driving behind you waitting for you to screw up even with their lights off is not entrapment. You run a stop sign and no ones sees it you broke the law and didn't get caught.
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Posted on: Jan. 02 2004,2:11 pm |
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Teens want to become police officers for the promise of power. That's what really tickles them deep inside and makes them lust to put of the uniform. Then, add to that the fact that many hot chicks aid and abet that fantasy by putting out for guys in uniform and we have a recipe for disaster.
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GEOKARJO
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Posted on: Jan. 02 2004,2:44 pm |
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Yes sir They always wanted me to cuff them and use my night stick 
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180
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Posted on: Jan. 02 2004,2:51 pm |
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Have you ever smelled a squad car after a shift? Those guys wear Cologne by the ounce!
I know hot chicks with scanners who say they get called in all the time and have to protect themselves from horny officers who want to find out who they are.
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Posted on: Jan. 02 2004,7:53 pm |
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180- i take it that you have been in the back of a squad car once or twice. you guys are a perfect example of what it means to stereotype a group of people.
yes, there are unfortuantley some bad apples that take the power and run over your front yard. but don't bad mouth those that actually look forward to putting on the uniform to help people and take the role of helping the community serious.
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GEOKARJO
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Posted on: Jan. 02 2004,8:26 pm |
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It is a very special person that wears the uniform of a law enforcement officer
First on the scene to a motor vehical accident doing what is necessary to help, in fact he must determine what he must do to hopefully save your life, and when Barry went nuts those officers put their own lives at risk to ensure the saftey of the neighborhood.
I don't know what you think of Albert Lea's Officers but I have contact with many of them and they are a bunch of regular guys who would like nothing more than to be treated like a regular guy.
When he is off duty and when he on duty he is just that. He has a job to do and I have the upmost respect for that.
When they come in the Bar and do a bar check They are just looking for probation violaters. He isn't there looking to give you a D.U.I.
My experiance with them have been this, don't lie when they got you red handed accept your stupity and life goes on.
More than once I have said yes I was going a little fast and wasn't paying attention to my speed and was let go with a warning. As I said before they are regular guys. In fact very intelligent.
Why would you bash these guys when, one day, you are going to need them.
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minnow
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Posted on: Jan. 02 2004,8:47 pm |
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LOL
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