Police Patrol

[joho]

Question for the board:

Do you local SoWal residents think there are "too" many or "not enough" police officers employed by the county?

 

[Smiling JOe]

That depends on if the person being arrested is me, or if there are too many speeders trying to run me over.

 

[scooterbug44]

I haven't ever felt a lack o' police presence, but I do frequently wonder about the fact that I am MUCH more likely to see a uniformed officer in a marked squad car working as "private security" than running a Sowal speed trap.

I still don't understand the whole "private security" issue. IMO you are either a uniformed cop on duty or you are out of uniform/squad car and acting as a private security guard.

 

[joho]

That depends on if the person being arrested is me, or if there are too many speeders trying to run me over.

good one!

 

[joho]

It seems as though I'm seeing more police patroling the streets lately.
They seem to be in packs. Maybe that's why I'm noticing them more.

 

[sunspotbaby]

They are never where you want them to be...like when you're sitting at a light waiting for the green and when you finally get it, you have to wait on 3 cars to finish running the red to get thru the intersection.

 

[ShallowsNole]

It is amazing that most of the posts in this thread assume that a deputy sheriff's primary duty is traffic. :roll:

 

[Smiling JOe]

What IS their primary duty?

 

[scooterbug44]

It is amazing that most of the posts in this thread assume that a deputy sheriff's primary duty is traffic. :roll:

It must be that we're such a law-abiding group, our only experiences w/ the po-po are for minor traffic violations .

 

[Smiling JOe]

I got pulled over for not wearing eye protection on my motorbike, and while the Deputy and I were talking, a guy in a loud truck, who was obviously speeding, passed three cars, on a double yellow. The deputy continued to write my ticket while he said, "I should go after HIM." I said, nothing, but I was thinking, "yes, you should."