Cops making a game out of bilking the public?

Question

And these bottom feeders don't have quotas ?

The Los Angeles County public defender's office has opened an investigation into arrests made by sheriff's deputies as part of an organized competition to see who could book the most suspects in a day.

Public Defender Michael P. Judge said Thursday his office will examine all arrests made on Aug. 15, the day of one of the contests that leaders said were meant to boost morale and motivate deputies.

"Our contention is that the activities of the deputies may not have been prompted by what they saw but rather by the pressure of producing greater arrest numbers for the competition," Judge said.

The competition coming under investigation was outlined in an internal Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department e-mail and called "Operation Any Booking." The object was to see who could arrest the most people in a 24-hour period.

Contests were also held to see who could impound the most cars and who could question the most gang members.

Answer 1

If the arrests were made based on probable cause then who cares. It is not illegal to arrest someone for breaking the law. This is a dog and pony show with the public defenders office acting as ring leader.

My own squad always tries to one up each other. My department's squads always try to out do each other. When we have a check point we send ut an e-mail showing what the various agencies did on the check point. Once again.....it's not illegal to charge someone with a crime if they are in fact committing a crime. That's part of our job.


Whaaaa.

Answer 2

Who could question the most gang members? Oh no! Those horrible cops. I would not want to live in an county where cops like arresting criminals and questioning gang members! NOT IN MY COUNTY!

Our city does things a bit different. We contract with those companies that do a school fundraisers. 20 more arrests and I get a 9 inch black and white TV!!!!

Answer 3

Sounds like a fishing expedition from the L.A. County Publice Defenders Office.

Answer 4

Yes, they claim it's all about public safety, yet they routinely endanger people by doing things like deliberately setting a traffic light to stay yellow for a shorter time than normal and lying in wait to stop people for running it. That's more than just entrapment; it's reckless endangerment, especially when they set a light to only two seconds in a 50 mph zone. If they really need the money that desperately, I'd rather pay more taxes than risk my life in an intersection made more dangerous than normal just to make money.

Answer 5

My son-in-law was the head of our local police department's SWAT team, and in charge of drug and prostitution stings, and one time, after many such incidences, he decided to be a bit humorous following a drug sting, and he publicly offered to remodel anybody else's house that wanted his services if they harbored illegal drugs and paraphernalia, etc., and erected temporary walls in the yard in order to block the view and entry of police officers. Some narrow-minded, irresponsible media types, and their trusty readers/viewers, thought that his stance was distasteful and unprofessional, and somehow offensive to the "freedom-loving" Americans. He got a slight reprimand from his superiors, but his family and friends and fellow officers and RESPONSIBLY free Americans urged him on in his attitude and approach to his job. YOU try attacking a well-reputed drug house, or go on such stings and traffic calls as he's had to, and let's see how YOUR approach is. Our neighborhoods are FREER and SAFER BECAUSE of his humorous yet deadly serious approach to his job, and the criminals are a bit more fearful in jeopardizing our neighborhood freedoms!! Oh, but don't worry. He got sick and tired of doing that thankless and pathetically paying job that risked his life every day he clocked in. He's now in business for himself, he and his wife. They invested in a very lucrative family entertainment business, and franchised it here, and they're doing wonderful financially. Now let's see how the "freedom loving" citizens who complained about his off-the-cuff jokes like it. They just lost one of the best law enforcers you'll ever find, and the criminals know it too. God Bless you.

Answer 6

Maybe we should organize a game of "Make the officer look like an ***" & see how that's recieved.

Answer 7

Sounds like a fun game to me. I wish they had that going in my city. I also noted your answer to another question. I believe that you stated if a police officer attempted to pat you down, they would be lying in a pool of their own blood. Good job, another internet tough guy with no balls in the real world.

Answer 8

it sure sounds like it in the case you mention. that is dishonest,deplorable and makes a mockery of that department. it is incidents like this that encourages distrust of cops

Answer 9

sickening, isn't it? this is the kind of stuff that happens when government gets too big and intrusive.