It is common practice to arrest anyone that comes into police custody that has an outstanding warrant against them to be arrested, even people that are take to the hospital for serious injuries. Is it fair to show compasion for those who are assaulted and not others that are assaulted.
2007-01-31 18:09:26 · 11 answers · asked by RJA4U 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It is common practice to arrest anyone that comes into police custody that has an outstanding warrant against them to be arrested, even people that are take to the hospital for serious injuries. Is it fair to show compasion for those who are assaulted and not others that are assaulted.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/30/jailed.rapevictim.ap/index.html
2007-01-31 18:35:49 · update #1
Yes
2007-01-31 18:54:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Under existing Tampa PD policy, officers must arrest someone when they discover an outstanding felony warrant. Even though they may have felt compassion for her situation, they must follow the law and enforce the warrant.
However, Tampa is revising its policy regarding crime victims, and giving more flexibility to the officer in charge to make a judgment call whether a crime victim with outstanding felony warrants should be taken to a hospital or to jail.
It is a tough decision. While it is tragic that the young woman had to endure being raped, she must also pay for past crimes she has committed.
2007-02-01 06:28:11 · answer #2 · answered by Big A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So long as they fairly and effectively dealt with the rape issue, then they were not in the wrong. This means that they needed to take her statement, get her proper medical treatment, access to a victim advocate, and do whatever tests were necessary to gather evidence. Once that was done, if she had a warrant for her arrest, it likely would have been criminal for them to NOT arrest her. Ethically, it probably depended on what the warrant was for, i.e. was there a victim in the crime SHE committed? I do not know the details of the case, and you do not provide the information or a link here. So I really couldn't say.
2007-01-31 18:21:12 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they did the right thing she should not have gotten out till she was bailed out.
From what i can gather she committed grand larceny and was ordered to pay almost 5000 dollars in reparations she did not pay.
That is a crime and she should have been kept in jail for it.
She should also have had the crime she's a victim of investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Being a victim of one crime does not mean you get a free ride for the crimes you have committed.
I heard her attorney say "she's been victimized twice"
there is some truth to that from a certain point of view.
there is also truth to say she victimized someone else twice, first by stealing from them and then by not paying it back when the court ordered it and finally by getting off the hook when in custody on a legal arrest warrant.
2007-01-31 18:14:37 · answer #4 · answered by Malikail 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Take care of your warrants. The cops shouldn't make exceptions because they feel sorry for you. Besides, when were they supposed to take her in? Were they just supposed to give her a pass? If they did, it would mean more people will lie about being raped to avoid being arrested on a warrant.
2007-01-31 19:10:29 · answer #5 · answered by Erik B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The correct thing to do was to have her injuries treated first, take her statement and process the assault charge, then put her in jail. I think what they done, they will be very sorry for later. If a person has a warrant, the officer has to arrest the person and take them to jail. I do feel they done their job in reverse, and I am sure their will be consequences for this.
2007-01-31 18:18:04 · answer #6 · answered by m c 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
How would that be compassionate to society (or to the victims of her crime , if any) to not hold her accountable for her actions. What are they supposed to do, let her go and then try to find her again?
Now, discretion should be used depending on the type of warrant/crime she is facing based on her present state and condition. But, ultimately, she will have to face the music for her past.
2007-01-31 18:15:01 · answer #7 · answered by bkc99xx 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the sense of compassion, it is wrong. All warrants issued by judges state "Greetings, you are hereby commanded". Therefore, not following the judges orders could be considered disobeying the court.
2007-01-31 18:14:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is normal for law enforcement as a policy to run a background check on anyone they have contact with while on a call, or traffic stop. Even in traffic stops they may take all names of occupants and run checks on all.
2007-01-31 18:19:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what story this refers to, but if she had an outstanding warrant, raped or not, they were justified. Two seperate issues.
2007-01-31 18:12:47 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋