This is my second article on the police. Click here to read the first one.
April 5, 2008, I was driving home and got off the freeway in Sun Valley, CA.
I saw a site that brought back childhood memories from the early 1960s.
I was living in Birmingham, Alabama and I was around 15 years old. I wanted to earn some extra income, so I took a job
selling magazine subscriptions door to door.
Now mind you, with no experience, no training and being shy to the point of terror, I didn't do too well.
But I persisted against all odds until one day, we went to a small town outside of Birmingham and the four of us were going
door to door. I wasn't selling as usual.
Next thing I knew, I was arrested for not having a license! The law enforcement officers scored big that day, four young
people all put in jail.
Bail was posted by the company and I was free. I never went back and just forfeited the company’s $50.00.
So the city scored big by arresting a criminal ring of people not for stealing, selling drugs, breaking and entering, but for
working.
That was my last day on that job.
I know there must have a local law we failed to find out about and observe. But my point is “Where were the priorities?!?!?”
Hours were spent on us. Mean while, I am sure some real criminals were out there free to do their will unwatched and
untroubled by the alert officers! Or maybe there were no criminals and the officers were trying to justify their existence by
making us into “criminals!”
What I saw today was a couple people, young, being cited by the police for selling balloons! I’ll bet that made Sun
Valley safe!
Enforcing rules for the purpose of collecting money only is a wrong use of law enforcement and it really makes them
unpopular and disliked.
Let me relay one other story about “Organized Crime”
Some friends of mine were in a pub, playing darts. They bet a dollar on the game, yes, only one dollar.
They were arrested and taken to the police station. Of course this bit of lunacy was noticed and got into the papers.
For some reason, the charges were dropped. Perhaps it was lack of evidence, no it was directly observed by the alert
officers. Perhaps it was because the officers were not able to come to court to convict these hardened criminals. No.
It was because it got into the papers and was clearly, incredibly, the wrong use of public servant's time!
So here are my suggestions.
Remove the laws which make it a criminal action to earn a living.
Direct the police and sheriff to pursue people committing crimes.
Direct the law enforcement officers to leave motorists alone unless drunk or racing; stop the speed traps.
Have the Park Rangers help people, be a Park Ranger, not stand at the edge of the national forest on the roadside with a
radar gun (yes, I personally observed this on Big Tujunga Canyon Rd, Tujunga, CA).
I think that the police should be renamed Peace Officers and do just that, keep the peace by making the neighborhoods
safe.
The Highway Patrol should be patrolling the highways and giving assistance to motorists that need it, not stopping, as fast
as they can write the ticket, every motorist going down hill too fast.
The Sheriff should be a Peace Officer, doing the Court’s bidding and helping with Criminal investigations.
Overall, the people who are hired to serve the public by protecting us need to do that, need to greatly improve their image,
and I believe improve their viewpoint of the public in some cases.
The governments should stop abusing the public by using Peace Officers to collect revenue!
See my Comment of The Times article entitled “Glendale Parking.”
Carl Watts
ps: I also recently added an article "The Citizen and The Police" which tells of a few of the many good deeds done by our
peace officers.
To respond to either, click here.
Carl Watts, NutritionResponseTtesting Certified, WFG Associate,
Nutritionist, Artist, Designer, Problem Solver, Author, Publisher
4120 Big Tujunga Canyon Rd.
Tujunga, CA 91042
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