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Exclusive: Edmonston police have special, untraceable license plates
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| April 20, 2015
| Ari Ashe
Posted on 04/20/2015 1:28:18 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: Company Man
My thoughts exactly. A non-researchable tag should a huge red flag to the mindermast, er, mastermind criminal. Good point. Criminals see a car they think is surveilling them, they run the plate. It turns up non-searchable, bingo, it's a cop car. It would actually work better if they had phony addresses in nonexistent towns. At least it would look "real".
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posted on
04/20/2015 2:12:36 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
To: dware
” one law for cops. “
Keep in mind since we don’t know who issues this tags or how it’s administered, public officials and gov employees are probably getting them too.
Per your complaint, I was speeding on the highway once with a cousin who was in Fed LE. Got pulled over, he whipped out his badge, and away we went! Too bad I couldn’t always ride w/him (we were on our way to a funeral out of state).
p.s., he drives like a mouse.
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posted on
04/20/2015 2:16:40 PM PDT
by
fruser1
To: fruser1
Keep in mind since we dont know who issues this tags or how its administered, public officials and gov employees are probably getting them too.Agreed 100%, but my point stands. I don't care who gets them. There is one law for all, including LEO, etc. etc. etc.
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posted on
04/20/2015 2:18:21 PM PDT
by
dware
(The GOP is dead. Long live Conservatism.)
To: dware
There is one set of laws in America, not open to interpretation by law enforcement. It applies to them just as much as you or I, period. If there is discretion allowed, just because on has a gun & badge, we have serious problems. Cops are NOT exempt from any given law just because they are cops. There is not one law for us, and one law for cops.Yeah, right, whatever - wholly unenforceable, for the same reason that mechanics get a better deal on parts than you do - not because of volume, but because they are friends with the auto-parts guys. For the same reason soldiers cover eachother's asses so long as the brass can look the other way... Whine and wail all you want, but that good ol boy thing is the same everywhere.
Getting rid of officer discretion will get rid of the officer's discretion to let you off too, so be careful what you wish for.
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posted on
04/20/2015 2:23:35 PM PDT
by
roamer_1
(Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
To: Company Man
My thoughts exactly. A non-researchable tag should a huge red flag to the mindermast, er, mastermind criminal. Which is why the "official" reason for having them is not likely to be the real reason.
If I was REALLY an undercover cop who was afraid that somebody would run my plates to get my address, the LAST thing I would want would be for the plate search to come back as "confidential/restricted". I would want the plate search to come back with my cover name, and some plausible address. And I would want any mail sent to there to be forwarded to me at the police dept. If it was anything but a ticket-avoiding scam, then mail would be sent to an address which would then forward to the police dept.
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posted on
04/20/2015 2:27:40 PM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: roamer_1
same reason that mechanics get a better deal on parts than you do - not because of volume, but because they are friends with the auto-parts guys. For the same reason soldiers cover eachother's asses so long as the brass can look the other way... Car parts and soldier's covering for one another from the brass have nothing to do with the law, which should be equally applied to car dealers, mechanics, soldiers, LEO, Congress, POTUS, etc. etc.
It's not, which tells me that, if someone else can do it and get away with it, so can I. Double standard. If we are a Nation of laws, not of men, then the law must apply equally to ALL (wo)men.
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posted on
04/20/2015 2:28:07 PM PDT
by
dware
(The GOP is dead. Long live Conservatism.)
To: roamer_1
Really?
His personal vehicles were being used in sensitive operations?
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posted on
04/20/2015 2:30:49 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: LaRueLaDue
I was thinking the exact same thing.
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posted on
04/20/2015 2:31:53 PM PDT
by
willyd
(I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
To: fruser1
“Confidential tags cannot be traced back to any specific person or organization if a criminal has a source run the plates through conventional databases.”
Assuming the details of this are true, then the criminal can be easily assured the plate belongs to a blackop when the trace turns up NOTHING. It’s like the fool criminals who thought they could dodge fingerprints by burning theirs off with acid, but merely created instantly recognizable scar patterns.
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posted on
04/20/2015 2:47:08 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: fruser1
Ah, good to know next time I need to steal some license plates.
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posted on
04/20/2015 2:50:22 PM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: dware
Car parts and soldier's covering for one another from the brass have nothing to do with the law, which should be equally applied to car dealers, mechanics, soldiers, LEO, Congress, POTUS, etc. etc. It's not, which tells me that, if someone else can do it and get away with it, so can I. Double standard. If we are a Nation of laws, not of men, then the law must apply equally to ALL (wo)men.I agree with your sentiment, but it's never going to happen.
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posted on
04/20/2015 4:54:08 PM PDT
by
roamer_1
(Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
To: Osage Orange
His personal vehicles were being used in sensitive operations?No, HE has been used in sensitive operations - Not his vehicles.
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posted on
04/20/2015 5:47:56 PM PDT
by
roamer_1
(Globalism is just socialism in a business suit.)
To: roamer_1
I'm sorry....you wrote this:
I am thankful that his personal plates are not traceable, as he has already experienced two direct threats to his family because of his work
And I assumed what I did.............
My fault, I guess........
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posted on
04/20/2015 5:53:32 PM PDT
by
Osage Orange
(I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
To: fruser1; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
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posted on
04/21/2015 7:25:49 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Celebrate Holy Week by flogging a banker. It's what Jesus would have done.)
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