[Az-Geocaching] Law Enforcement

[Andrew Ayre]

I can't wait until they make driving with a cell phone illegal. It seems to
me that some people people won't do something that is common sense unless
there is a law against it. If nobody drove and talked on a cell phone, then
I don't think there would be a need for a law, but this isn't the way the
world appears to work. So that is one more law that I personally would be
glad to see.

Andy


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[mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com]On Behalf Of Scott
Wood
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 11:25 AM
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Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Law Enforcement


Law enforcement is a thankless job, but I believe that the cops bring a lot
of that upon themselves.  We seem to forget that our safety should fall on
our own shoulders first and that we should be responsible for our own
safety.

If I wake up in the middle of the night and there is an intruder in my
house threatening the safety and lives of my family, I am not going to
cower in the corner and wait for a cop to come as save us, it is my
responsibility to protect myself and my family.  I am not sure I want to
live in a society where there are enough law enforcement officers to make
sure that crime never happens.

One of the problems is that we as a society are making more and more things
illegal, thus giving a finite number of police officers more and more
things that they feel they need to be on the look out for.  I think this
recent situation is a perfect example of just that, this cop seemed to feel
that geocaching was a pretty serious offense if he told them that if they
said they were geocaching they would be arrested, heck, I doubt it would
have been anything more than a citable offense if it were infact
illegal.  There is a different between being cited for something and being
arrested.

I never buy the argument that we don't have enough cops on the streets, but
I do see a big problem with the training that our current cops get, or I
should say the lack of training they get.  I deputy friend of mine down
here in Pima was telling me that there is a 1 year waiting list to get time
to shot on the county range unless you are doing your qualification
shooting.

Lawmakers at every level like to make laws, but they fail to realize what
those laws do to the people that have to enforce them.  Having more and
more cops won't change the fact that there are simply too many laws on the
books, and when I cop realizes that they can cite/arrest a person for just
about anything anymore, I believe that is where a lot of the us vs. them
attitude comes from.

I'll get off my soap box now.


Scott

scott@myblueheaven.com
www.myblueheaven.com

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