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Originally Posted by Philadelphia
I'm just about the first guy to give the police a break, but I'm really starting to think more strongly that if you're in the business of arresting people for violating criminal laws, you better know what the law is when you make that pinch.
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Take a step back and reflect on how many members of this forum were ignorant of the fact that OC is legal. My point is that "cops are people too".
And if I'm an administrator of an LE agency with limited training and educational funds, you can bet your life I'm going to spend the lions share of their education on things that they are most likely to encounter.
In fact, let's not forget that OC isn't even covered by statute so how are they supposed to know about a law that doesn't exist? It is legal because there is no statute prohibiting it. What some of you guys are actually asking is for patrol cops to know case law (e.g. Hawkins). That's even worse than asking them to know "all" the laws on the books.
No way guys, I'm not giving an inch on this one.