ProShooter
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bnkrazy wrote:
I guess I draw my conclusion from personal experience. My street is a cut through from a main road to a school. 25mph is rarely adhered to. Stop signs are blown on a regular basis. On the rare occassions that I had a marked car to take home, sometimes I parked it in front of my house but once in a while, I'd park it further down towards the corner where it could be viewed by folks driving through the intersection, yet it was still in a place that I could keep an eye on the car. That's what I call "passive enforcement". Sometimes, you'll see a police car parked on a street in front of a bank, near a school, or in a median strip and the car is unoccupied. Heck, some departments even use mannequins. There's a local town that I've beento at 3 different times in thepast2 weeks and have seen a marked police car parked in the bank parking lot each time. Do you think that the officer is illegally parked on private property, or do you think that the police car is parked there to deter bank robberies? Someone could draw a conclusion either way.
All I'm saying is that yes, the police car was parked illegally, but there may have been a greater good being served that we do not know about. Perhaps the officer felt that parking there was a deterrent to crime in his neighborhood, and the neighbors would be happier about that than a simple parking violation. We'll never know the real answer.
As far as who was stalking who, I'd need to see the interim video to be certain either way.
bnkrazy wrote:
It seemed the officer was parked on his street, not trying to curb traffic violations, etc. He stated later that the OCer knew where he lived, so he obviously was coming out of his house, not on an active investigation. The corner could be overrun with drug trafficking, but somehow I doubt that.
I guess I draw my conclusion from personal experience. My street is a cut through from a main road to a school. 25mph is rarely adhered to. Stop signs are blown on a regular basis. On the rare occassions that I had a marked car to take home, sometimes I parked it in front of my house but once in a while, I'd park it further down towards the corner where it could be viewed by folks driving through the intersection, yet it was still in a place that I could keep an eye on the car. That's what I call "passive enforcement". Sometimes, you'll see a police car parked on a street in front of a bank, near a school, or in a median strip and the car is unoccupied. Heck, some departments even use mannequins. There's a local town that I've beento at 3 different times in thepast2 weeks and have seen a marked police car parked in the bank parking lot each time. Do you think that the officer is illegally parked on private property, or do you think that the police car is parked there to deter bank robberies? Someone could draw a conclusion either way.
All I'm saying is that yes, the police car was parked illegally, but there may have been a greater good being served that we do not know about. Perhaps the officer felt that parking there was a deterrent to crime in his neighborhood, and the neighbors would be happier about that than a simple parking violation. We'll never know the real answer.
As far as who was stalking who, I'd need to see the interim video to be certain either way.