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most of the stops are pointless, other than inconveniencing citizens [..] that ended in warnings Such actions are most emphatically NOT pointless, they are pre
by tremon 3y ago
most of the stops are pointless, other than inconveniencing citizens [..] that ended in warnings
Such actions are most emphatically NOT pointless, they are preventative: informing someone that their bad behaviour is noticed is often enough to keep well-meaning citizens on the right side of the law. What's your proposed alternative? That every interaction with the police must result in a fine?
- deepfriedchokes 3y agoIsn’t that really just harassment and intimidation?
- kentt 3y agoTotally depends. It's easy to imagine a situation where responding to a noise complaint would ideally finish with a warning.
- llbeansandrice 3y agoThe data is specifically referring to officer initiated traffic stops. Noise complaints are often reported by neighbors and then responded to. So cops are just stopping drivers and giving them warnings. It sounds like harassment to me.
- rolph 3y agoin the case of a stop that quickly becomes a terry stop. in the case of i stopped you because -rear lights, i see noone else has a notation on your marker, go get it repaired, right now...then your free to go, thats how i generally see a traffic stop actually being a traffic stop.
- rocqua 3y ago"Hey, your tail light is out. Won't give you a ticket this time, but please do get it fixed". Is neither harassement nor intimidation. But it does remind people that these things are noticed, and that failing to fix a taillight might actually earn you a fine.
- mschuster91 3y ago[flagged]