But of what? The Chief's opinion on the law? They are hopefully already well informed of this. It does us no good if the Chief is as opposed to freedom as Wallingford's Chief Dortenzio and insists that every OCer be harassed and investigated for crimes.
A comission meeting is a public hearing not only will the Cheif go on record but who ever is there, and what they have to say. If you go on record and bullet point BOFE's latest, State Police Memo, and state statue, your facts will be presented, and any thing the Cheif says can be recorded, and rebuted, offically! Like you said who care's what he says, it's OC it's legal. Could going to these meeting's "bring persicution" to oc'er's in these towns, well sure, but let's stop being theif's of virute and getting lucky while ocing that were not stoped by the wrong As* Ho*e. It's legal!B]
Again, I am not opposed, but I did provide my opinion on how this should be done if people are going to do it. Court cases will mandate that LEOs follow the law, but education in the meantime is not a bad thing. Again, my concern is that all it is doing is giving the Chief a platform to express his ignorance or arrogance in some cases. We saw the kind of document Chief Dortenzio put out, is that what you want all the Chiefs to be giving to their officers?
I plan on putting offical documents, on file, I dont care what the Cheif puts out afterward, A memo to arrest after offical records and documnets are presented, showing a total disregard for State Statue. If this draws a line in the sand then it is long over due, & in the end will get worked out. Like you say if it's legal who cares what he saids to his officers, I know tons of officers who HATE their Cheif, and other that Kiss his As* to get ahead!
I think if the document is well constructed and written, then we don't need any other comment. If the chiefs decide to ignore it or state contrary opinions to it, that is fine. That will be on the record for any future legal dealings. Courts will not look kindly upon officers or chiefs who were informed of the laws and chose to ignore them or go against them.
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Meh, I think you are being overly optimistic here. The Chiefs and the towns already have a duty to train their officers. Most of them know the laws as they are stated, but some don't 'like' OC and will harass an OCer. That is always going to be the case. The only way to prevent that is to make sure they understand the penalties for doing so. And right now, there are none on record. After one of the current cases is set down as case law, that will be the time to really get the word out.
When the law is plainly presented and allow to be veiwed by officers to make their own decisions, in most cases it will be well recived not every LEO is an AS* HO*E, and Rouge. From a Social Engenerrinsg standpoint ALOT of cops hate their cheifs, especially in unionized depatments, he's the AS* HO*E, ball buster, and decideds to send out memo's of arrest based on a commission meeting, he may have just signed his own mutiny, I know LEO's that cant wait to throw there Cheif under the bus!
It would be interesting to have a LEO firearms law class in CT, but it would not be easy to get LEOs on board and listening.
