02-20-2012, 11:58 AM
I am sure I am not the only one who has noticed that there are some things where there seems to be too many officers (we had a neighbor who called the police when there was a break-in to her house that happen while she was away on vacation...the call was almost a week after the incident & 7 patrol cars showed up.... she was more intimidated by that response than the realization that her house had been enterred....and the street coconut wireless was all abuzz on the reason there were 7 cars at her house...)
This was also not just a case of "unacceptable levels of property crimes", but there was an injury... somehow it seems like the officers put more effort into trying to 'be nice' & trying to contact the dog owner, rather than citing them in the first place....
Part of the problem also is that even when the officers do write tickets (including the 'click it or ticket' & wide tire issues) there seems to be a lack of follow through, most of the tickets I have heard about are just suspended, with NO court fees or anything... stuff like that can be the anti-motivating for any patrol officer... and would definitely cause the hesitation to do anything with the court system (think about it, you go through all of the trouble to go through the paper work & such, only to have it all suspended, usually with a letter to the judge...and nothing to show change of behavior!)
This was also not just a case of "unacceptable levels of property crimes", but there was an injury... somehow it seems like the officers put more effort into trying to 'be nice' & trying to contact the dog owner, rather than citing them in the first place....
Part of the problem also is that even when the officers do write tickets (including the 'click it or ticket' & wide tire issues) there seems to be a lack of follow through, most of the tickets I have heard about are just suspended, with NO court fees or anything... stuff like that can be the anti-motivating for any patrol officer... and would definitely cause the hesitation to do anything with the court system (think about it, you go through all of the trouble to go through the paper work & such, only to have it all suspended, usually with a letter to the judge...and nothing to show change of behavior!)