| Originally Posted by Pinkos307 @ Wed 04 Aug, 2004 Just trying to find out what others think: A federal Park Ranger pulled over a car and the driver handed him a expired license. When the officer ran the driver, he came up suspended due to a WMS warrant for failure to appear on driving while suspended and failure to stop. Since we are federal we can not arrest based on a WMS (state) warrant. So our dispatch called Boston to come get this guy. After waiting 45 minutes, BPD showed up they let the guy call a friend to pick him up and take him to court. BPD's reasoning for letting him go is because he promise to go straight to the court house. The guy had a driving record 4 pages long and I doubt he went to the court house to clear this up. What do you think of letting someone walk who has a WMS warrant??? although the warrant was "minor" because it was for MV infractions, a warrant is a warrant. Just my thoughts. |
| Originally Posted by Pinkos307 @ Thu August 05, 2004 9:30 am Hopefully this will clear up some of the questions As far as Federal Park Ranger arresting based on WMS, we can not. We are not recognized by the state as Peace Officers. Therefore, if we arrested someone and took them to US (federal) District Court, what would the judge do with them. We do not take criminals to State District Court. That is why we need to call Boston PD. MarkBoston, The Area was A-15 (Charlestown) and it just happen the other day (after the DNC was well over). We had already written the individual on the traffic violation, all BPD had to do was transport to A-1based on the warrant and write in their report the the man was handed over from another agency. Seems pretty simple to me. |
| Originally Posted by Pinkos307 @ Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:30 am Hopefully this will clear up some of the questions As far as Federal Park Ranger arresting based on WMS, we can not. We are not recognized by the state as Peace Officers. Therefore, if we arrested someone and took them to US (federal) District Court, what would the judge do with them. We do not take criminals to State District Court. That is why we need to call Boston PD. MarkBoston, The Area was A-15 (Charlestown) and it just happen the other day (after the DNC was well over). We had already written the individual on the traffic violation, all BPD had to do was transport to A-1based on the warrant and write in their report the the man was handed over from another agency. Seems pretty simple to me. |
| Originally Posted by Pinkos307 @ Thu Aug 05, 2004 6:34 pm Every call is as important as the next no matter how big or little they are. |
| Originally Posted by Pinkos307 @ Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:34 pm For example, I work on an ambulance part time. One day, I worked 4 cardiac arrests and got one call for a drunk, which the PO's were too lazy to drive to the shelter. Come to find out the POs where on a coffee break. |
| Also, it doesn't take me two hours to process a warrant arrest and I work with another person on. In Boston, you transport, drop him off in booking and do a quickie report with the warrant printed out and put him in a cell. We can process a warrant arrest in 30 minutes and then place him in the cell. |
| Originally Posted by MarkBoston @ Fri Aug 06, 2004 7:04 pm OK here we go with the big picture...The person with the MV outstanding warrant was stopped by a Park Ranger for a traffic violation. So what is the BPD PO suppose to do with the car after he arrested the person? Tow it is the correct answer. So now we have one cruiser transporting the big MV warrant arrest and another cruiser standing by waiting for the tow truck. Don't forget to also inventory the car's property. Now we have two cruisers out of action for a petty MV warrant. This is not some small town that looks for something to do that we are talking about. It is Boston where people are raped, robbed, and murdered all the time. How would you like to explain to a family member "sorry, we could not get to your house right away we had two cars off on a MV violation arrest warrant." PS Don't say the Park Ranger could stand by the car awaiting the tow. Once BPD arrests someone everything belongs to BPD even the car towing. I understand what the law says about SHALL and MAY. In the real world seasoned professionals make decisions in two seconds that lawyers and judges have years to make. It is all about priorities in the best interest of public safety in the largest city in New England. Not what they do in some town out near whereverville. If you are so bored that you look for trouble you will learn one day that the trouble you find in front of you is not as bad as the trouble that sneaked up on you from behind. |
| OK here we go with the big picture...The person with the MV outstanding warrant was stopped by a Park Ranger for a traffic violation. So what is the BPD PO suppose to do with the car after he arrested the person? Tow it is the correct answer. So now we have one cruiser transporting the big MV warrant arrest and another cruiser standing by waiting for the tow truck. Don't forget to also inventory the car's property. |
| Every hear of the federal law requiring a 15 minute break and a lunch period per 8 hour shift? I dislike you calling any PO lazy. It is bad enough that the public feels that way without an alleged brother officer saying it. So the PO's are suppose to drop everything to drive a drunk? You also want them to arrest your MV stop? Minor petty incidents are not a priority when you work in a city that has major felonies going on constantly. While the level of importance for you with these two incidents are high, for the average Boston PO they are so low it is no longer even worth talking about. |
| This is your opinion based upon your vast law enforcement experience at the hospital and as a P/T Officer in Warren, MA. |
| Does Warren even run two cruisers at the same time? |
| I am sure the BPD officers who response to your calls at the hospital will be interested in knowing that in your "professional law enforcement opinion" that you do not think highly of them. |
| Originally Posted by MarkBoston @ Mon Aug 09, 2004 4:41 pm Looking in from the outside after watching 12 hours of "COPS" on your DVD player just will not do. |
| Originally Posted by MarkBoston @ 8/9/2004 3:41:39 PM Looking in from the outside after watching 12 hours of "COPS" on your DVD player just will not do. |
COPS is nothing but an ongoing training video for criminals. I wouldn't mind it a bit if it was canceled but I don't think you will ever see that happen.| Originally Posted by Pinkos307 @ Wed Aug 11, 2004 9:11 pm I am not saying that making an arrest is so damn important. The federal system not set up like the state system. First if you get arrested, there is no bail. You sit in jail until you see the judge. Secondly we don't arrest for motor vehicle infractions. Thirdly when the individual has their day in court, the officer will tell the judge about the warrant, BOP and driving history. Under 36 CFR 4.2 (b) we can assimilate any state motor law that we need. But we can not enforce all laws of the Commonwealth, which includes arresting someone for a state warrant. If this individual warrant was a federal warrant, we would take him no questions asked. But since we are not deputized or SSPOs in this state we can not enforce a state warrant (therefore cannot transport anywhere). The only thing we can currently do is detain until a Boston Officer either was to take the subject or not. We are not trying to pawn off work on Boston, or make their job any harder. If anything we would want to have a better working relationship and be able to help them. But unfortunately we are stuck in how much we can help. Officers here would love to do more but we can't. So until some deputization or SSPOs powers get worked out, then we are stuck with what we can do. |
| Originally Posted by RPD931 @ Thu 12 Aug, 2004 I'm done in this thread...[/i] |
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