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Originally Posted by larrymeyer
I disagree with you. If ignorances of the law is not a legal defense how can a police office arrest you and then say I didn't know that was part of the law. Unless your saying make an arrest and let the courts figure it out, A lot of lawsuites  on that
I'm sure a lot of innocent prisoners would love that defense. I can hear lawyers all over the country saying and what law did you arrest my client under. Officer responses "I don't know".
If you choose to go into the profession any profession you have a responsibility to learn all you can about it. I don't know what you do for a living but I found out a long time again training and learning never stop I'm still learning and I'm 64. Even when I pass over I'll be learning whats on the other side Just hope the heat gets turned down a little. MY own &.02 |
Larry,
Surely it behooves anyone to "be the best that they can be" but people go to college for 6 to 8 years before graduating from law school and even at that, they spend time at law firms "learning the ropes" from senior partners.
Even members of SCOTUS have law clerks to help them research case law.
Is it realistic to expect a patrol officer to know and interpret the laws he's supposed to enforce inside and out and back to front? In a perfect world ..... maybe.