Article Link“We went in and out of the water numerous times. He didn’t stop us at all.”
They say they were ticketed for not wearing life vests, although both are over the age for mandatory use of flotation devices.
“No, we didn’t have vests on, but we’re not 16 years old,” Abusakran said. “There were personal floating devices on the boat.”
Tobias Fünke;607817 wrote:Fuck the police.
Thinthickbigred;607874 wrote:Cops like that give police officers that actually do a meaningful job a bad name...small town hokey crap
LOL!!!4cards;607920 wrote:...prolly was trooperdan!
dwccrew;607585 wrote:Government is broke and they have to make money any possible way they can. Major change in government policy is needed.
ccrunner609;608079 wrote:I never understood how really stupid people ever get important jobs. This person has to be a real fucktard.
they should publically humiliate hime for writing that ticket.
That guy was a dick.4cards;607920 wrote:...prolly was trooperdan!
krambman;608335 wrote:This has nothing to do with government policy, it has to do with an individual making a very poor choice.
I think only really stupid people get important jobs. Take you for instance, you're an educator.
Jester;608663 wrote:Should have left the deer. I mean come on, its a deer. If I was somehow drowning or something in icy water, would the deer come save me? HELL NO!
dwccrew;608627 wrote:Sure it does. He was probably following protocol. I am assuming there is nothing written about not writing a ticket in this situation or giving exception in this situation. So this guy can use the excuse, I was just following standard procedure. Yes, it may get thrown out in court, but he still was just following procedure. These departments and agencies are told to write tickets. They know that if they don't make money somehow they will be soon out of a job.
They were ticketed for not wearing life vests, even though they aren't required by law to wear them. They were given a ticket with a $90 fine, but no specific violation was marked on the ticket. While he may have been told to write tickets to make money for the DNR, I doubt he was told to do something like this. There's also a difference between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law, and most can use common sense and make that distinction. Clearly this individual did not. Perhaps he can use the excuse that he was following protocol, but it wasn't the protocol (enforcing file jacket requirements) that is the problem. It's the fact that they were given a ticket for not wearing life jackets while rescuing a deer. No law builds in exemptions for such circumstances. The problem isn't with the law or the protocol but with the individual enforcing it.They say they were ticketed for not wearing life vests, although both are over the age for mandatory use of flotation devices.
+1Thinthickbigred;607874 wrote:Cops like that give police officers that actually do a meaningful job a bad name...small town hokey crap
