Jeff
Scottsdale,#2Consumer Suggestion
Wed, June 25, 2003
In regards to your 'complaint' heres some feedback. If I see someone under another persons truck you know what i'd do?? Call the Police and let them investigate, what would you do if the guy was under there supposedly and had a firearm, bang bang you and your cousin are dead. Best to let the guys who are paid to deal with scum handle it! a cop car pulled up behind me (like out of nowhere!) then turned away Picture JennyResident who sees a guy under a vehicle , probably is on the phone with 911 like your typical neighbor , she sees a car go by no big deal, the guy after this leaves she tells 911 this (They stay on the line with you and have you update the info), suddenly that thunderbird drives by again and then goes into the Alley, remember its midnight so it's a dark colored T-Bird and she can see 2 maybe 3 persons. The 911 operator put what colors are dark and sorry at night you can be black brown or white without a spotlight its hard to tell from inside a house) furthermore sadly a good portion of auto theft is by mexicans and CITIZENS are naturally racist torwards hispanics. OfficerABC drives through the area going to the call and what does he see hmm a dark thunderbird occupied with multiple persons i'd say its worth a look if I was a cop, good police work if you ask me, he probably put your plate in the computer and returned to the person calling. After talking with JennyResident it is determined that it was a dark colored vehicle and OfficerABC goes hey I saw a t-bird with 2 guys in it leaving the area a few ago. Remember kids the officer probably wrote the plate down and has his address from the system, what does he do? Hauls it to the address on file and what does he see two potential suspects exiting that same car, lights go on, guns come out (since gta is a felony), and welcome to the world of a Felony Stop. A world where officers are in a tense situation , where the likelyhood of violence is extreme, d**n straight id have my gun on you, I have a wife and kids to come home to and if havinga gun pointed to your center mass until your secured prevents any chance of death to myself then thats what i'd do. You really were in a bad place at a bad time and rather than leave you created more suspicion on yourself, see my first paragraph, and try and profile people driving by your house at night as to color of vehicle, racial background etc. it's near impossible. You were processed as would any suspect photographed , fingerprinted, etc since you were a likely suspect even though you guys gave stories. Regarding your cousin, Jail is Jail i've seen the chandler jail doing a ride along and the cells are 1 person and no difference its a moot point as to that reason. As to no parent no lawyer , you guys prolly got mirahnda rights issued, if you talk hey your bad , first right is 'You have the right to remain silent' , means you don't -have- to say anything w/o a lawyer present but if you do then oops! To the finger prints returning to you, yeah that sounds right I could see them saying that. As to a DUI test, people under 21 drink too , if you showed signs of driving drunk on the road and when the officer talked to you , you acted suspicious its within his rights I think to test you. Theres a lot of cops working at any time in any city , I see them all the time in Scottsdale in parking lots on the computer, as to lunch cops eat too... So todays reccomendations. 1. Don't linger in an area where you see someone doing a crime , leave, call the police 2. Cops are people too and shop and eat and hangout in parking lots 3. Nights its hard to see dark colors and skin color inside cars 4. Mirahnda rights - dont speak until you get your lawyer listen to the cop as he says them