Comments for The Criminal Lawyer http://burneylawfirm.com/blog Irreverent and insightful observations on criminal law Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:15:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on “Unprecedented” Disrespect for Police is Well-Deserved by Read how to? for internet, travel, gadgets http://burneylawfirm.com/blog/2010/07/23/unprecedented-disrespect-for-police-is-well-deserved/comment-page-1/#comment-4747 Read how to? for internet, travel, gadgets Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:15:09 +0000 http://burneylawfirm.com/blog/?p=693#comment-4747 <strong>Laos Travel Tips - How to Show Your Respect...</strong> I found your entry interesting thus I've added a Trackback to it on my weblog :)... Laos Travel Tips – How to Show Your Respect…

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]]> Comment on “Unprecedented” Disrespect for Police is Well-Deserved by Nathan http://burneylawfirm.com/blog/2010/07/23/unprecedented-disrespect-for-police-is-well-deserved/comment-page-1/#comment-4601 Nathan Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:32:09 +0000 http://burneylawfirm.com/blog/?p=693#comment-4601 There's a great <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703954804575381693871389772.html?mod=WSJ_hps_sections_news" rel="nofollow">article in the WSJ</a> today about how the Arizona police are getting ready for the law to go into effect. They feel like they're caught in the middle, and no matter what they do someone's going to have a problem with them. They're preparing to be baited by activists who want to portray them as profiling bastards, and they're preparing to be called out by xenophobes for not enforcing the law. So there's a lot of training going on of what to do and what not to do. The best advice they're getting? "Act as if every act and word is being videotaped." That's good advice for all police everywhere, I'd say. There’s a great article in the WSJ today about how the Arizona police are getting ready for the law to go into effect. They feel like they’re caught in the middle, and no matter what they do someone’s going to have a problem with them. They’re preparing to be baited by activists who want to portray them as profiling bastards, and they’re preparing to be called out by xenophobes for not enforcing the law. So there’s a lot of training going on of what to do and what not to do.

The best advice they’re getting? “Act as if every act and word is being videotaped.”

That’s good advice for all police everywhere, I’d say.

]]> Comment on “Unprecedented” Disrespect for Police is Well-Deserved by James [via Facebook] http://burneylawfirm.com/blog/2010/07/23/unprecedented-disrespect-for-police-is-well-deserved/comment-page-1/#comment-4600 James [via Facebook] Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:51:20 +0000 http://burneylawfirm.com/blog/?p=693#comment-4600 I think part of the problem is that the police are enforcing laws enacted by politicians that we, the public, don't trust. We don't trust the politicians, and we don't trust the laws. Therefore, enforcing laws that we don't trust does not... exactly enhance their standing within the community. Another example of police losing the trust of people would be the situation in Arizona. The police, federal and local, have clearly lost the trust of the manority of the public. The law was passed, because the public did not feel like the police, federal and local, were enforcing the other laws that they were charged to enforce. That is why the law allows the average citizen to sue their local police for 'not' enforcing the law. And just to add substance to this perception the police, both federal and local, are trying to avoid having to enforce this law that the majority of the state (greater than 70%) and the nation support. I have a number of police officers that work for me at my reserve unit, and as a general rule I have a fair amount of respect for them. However, they are military police in addition to being civilian police, and I think the combination makes them more likely to be professional than if they were strictly civilian police. (As a side note, the Uniform Code of Military Justice is much more protective of the individual's rights than civilian law.) I think part of the problem is that the police are enforcing laws enacted by politicians that we, the public, don’t trust. We don’t trust the politicians, and we don’t trust the laws. Therefore, enforcing laws that we don’t trust does not… exactly enhance their standing within the community.

Another example of police losing the trust of people would be the situation in Arizona. The police, federal and local, have clearly lost the trust of the manority of the public. The law was passed, because the public did not feel like the police, federal and local, were enforcing the other laws that they were charged to enforce. That is why the law allows the average citizen to sue their local police for ‘not’ enforcing the law. And just to add substance to this perception the police, both federal and local, are trying to avoid having to enforce this law that the majority of the state (greater than 70%) and the nation support.

I have a number of police officers that work for me at my reserve unit, and as a general rule I have a fair amount of respect for them. However, they are military police in addition to being civilian police, and I think the combination makes them more likely to be professional than if they were strictly civilian police.

(As a side note, the Uniform Code of Military Justice is much more protective of the individual’s rights than civilian law.)

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