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. . . is dumb as a box of rocks.
From Fox 4 News tonight: "[The DCSO] has a new way to motivate patrol officers: gift cards . . . . Five $50 gift cards will be given out to the officer that makes the most DWI arrests . . . . "
Sheesh. The winner gets $50 based upon arrests, not convictions. So what does he care if his cases eventually get dismissed or thrown out, he has an incentive to make an arrest.
Fast forward to a year later. It's a weak case. A trial is going on. The jury wants to rely upon the officer's judgment when he decided to arrest the defendant after the field sobriety tests. The guy looked OK on tape but the officer had to have seen something to make the arrest, right? Or was it the motivation for $50? Even good officers are going to take a beating.
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As a local officer, i enjoy this blog very much. However, the comments are usually skewed against those in my profession. I am interpreting your comments on this issue, as though you are on our side. We do not like to be made idiots of. I understand your job, and it is a necessity. All cops are not bad, i guess is what i'm trying to say.
Maybe a liberal feminazi weenie Sheriff would fit right in in San Francisco, but not Dallas. Liberalism never works and never will. Those idiot voters got what they wished for and I hope they are happy. She doesn't stand a chance in her reelection bid.
good cops? Dallas?
DWI lawyer in Dallas County are going to make a killing off of these subjective types of incentives.... My father was a Defense Attorney for 40+ years and I think I remember him saying something along the lines of... "Son, don't arrest people if you get a reward in return"...or something like that.. :)
YIKES!
The DCSO only needs to OFFER a $50.00 BRIBE to get DPD officers to do the bidding of DCSO?
I HOPE there are enough DPD officers who tell the DCSO to kiss their blue covered arses that the DCSO realizes DPD officers are NOT for sale and are not DCSO bitches.
I thought you'd be happy about this Barry considering you have a symbiotic relationship with drunk drivers and their wallet.
If $50 is a good idea, why not $1,000...or $10,000? That's sure to get better work from our law enforcement officers.
...ha...ha...ha...ha...Bank!
UPDATE: I think the idiots canceled the gift card idea, per Channel 5. Idiots......oops, 10:40PM, don't tase me bro.
The way our country is going, it won't surprise me if soon the laws are such that people driving after midnight start getting ticketed because they are subjecting themselves to the possibility of getting killed by a drunk driver. After all, cops are writing tickets to people who momentarily leave their cars warming up in driveways, and citations are now being given to people who leave their cars unlocked...all of this on the basis of "tempting" criminal behavior. Hopefully, I won't get the death penalty for walking out to get my newspaper and leaving the front door unlocked. I would deserve it, though...for teasing criminals like that I should be put to death.
Ticket for leaving your car unlocked?.....where do you live, Bagdad?. I have never had a cop sashe up my drive way poking his nose around my yard. The day that start to happen I will be raising pit bulls with 'no names'.
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