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Several police officers are known to have a parallel source of income. Apart from the policing, many are known to have invested heavily in real-estate, hotels, dance-bars, beer bars, etc.
With the real estate industry booming and everyone rushing to grab a pie of it, even policemen are not far behind. According to sources in the Police department, there are several police officers including a couple of encounter specialists who have invested heavily in real-estate.
“In most cases, a police officer, to ensure that he is not exposed, becomes a sleeping partner in a busines... Read more
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Kent County Daily Times - West
19 January 2007
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Government is at its fairest when it does two things:
1) Assumes those governed are innocent until there's substantial reason to prove otherwise, and
2) Takes every step imaginable to ensure those vested with power - elected officials, law enforcement, and so on - are limited in their opportunities to abuse that power.
The legislation sponsored by state Rep. Joseph S. Almeida and state Sen. Rhoda E. Perry to curb racial profiling aims to do just that. But in some ways, the law may be overzealous - targeting legitimate police activity right along with the illegitimate activity, when more nuanced regulations could still halt abuse.
Perhaps most important is a provision that would require officers to document in writing the probable cause for searching vehicles pulled over for traffic stops. It seems foolish that hasn't been part of state law all along - if only to protect the integrity of valid cases challenged on probable cause-related grounds.
Also valuable is a requirement that police have probable cause to search minors - and not just permission from the minors. Adults are intimidated by police, and many are naive that they have any ability to refuse searches absent cause, but the onus is on them to protect their own rights. We must be more cautious when it comes to minors.
Other provisions are somewhat more troubling - such as one that aims to ban so-called "pretext stops." It aims to keep officers from pulling over vehicles for minor traffic offenses when their true purpose is to investigate more serious crimes for which they have no probable cause. The thinking here is that officers often hide their racial profiling practices behind such pretexts. But at minimum, the provision is problematic because it's difficult to enforce - and could make officers reluctant to stop vehicles that really are violating the rules of the road.
Warwick Police Chief Col. Stephen McCartney, a spokesman for the Rhode Island Police Chiefs Association, says those behind the legislation didn't take input from law enforcement in crafting their bill. While police will of course be protective of their long-standing practices, their input is valuable. Those actively in the field need a say before these proposals become law.
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