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No good deed goes unpunished. And the cop explaining the situation actually thinks this makes sense. I can't stand some of these cops...



Cops Set Up Elaborate Scheme to Charge Good Samaritan for Returning Lost Cellphone

The police can and do charge anyone they want with any infraction they feel has been committed. But the whole ordeal calls into question how responsible others are for returning property someone else may have negligently misplaced. Finders Keepers in America may very well be dead in the ever-present, always evolving, increasing in power police state.
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Rasputin_Vol said:
No good deed goes unpunished. And the cop explaining the situation actually thinks this makes sense. I can't stand some of these cops...



Cops Set Up Elaborate Scheme to Charge Good Samaritan for Returning Lost Cellphone
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Apparently, Conklin was located by a citizen using their “Find My iPhone” feature Apple provides to report their phone was in his possession. Ariel Rothfield told The Free Thought Project in a written statement the citizen led police to Conklin’s house.

As usual, a little more to the story, although i would not have charged him with theft unless there is something else we don't know at this point.
 
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Rickyvol77 said:
Apparently, Conklin was located by a citizen using their “Find My iPhone” feature Apple provides to report their phone was in his possession. Ariel Rothfield told The Free Thought Project in a written statement the citizen led police to Conklin’s house.

As usual, a little more to the story, although i would not have charged him with theft unless there is something else we don't know at this point.
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I figured there was more to it. His story didn’t add up.
 
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Rickyvol77 said:
Apparently, Conklin was located by a citizen using their “Find My iPhone” feature Apple provides to report their phone was in his possession. Ariel Rothfield told The Free Thought Project in a written statement the citizen led police to Conklin’s house.

As usual, a little more to the story, although i would not have charged him with theft unless there is something else we don't know at this point.
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Meh, It's better to error on the side of the citizen rather than the cops.
 
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Rickyvol77 said:
These gangbangers tossed some illegal items out the window and was likely involved in an earlier officer shooting after going 30 miles over the speed limit. Guess they should have just let them go instead of chasing them?
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Are high speed chases like this even necessary anymore?
 
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hog88 said:
Letting them escape and catching them later.
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Most pursuits I went on were cancelled by commanding officer due to conditions, speed, etc. I agree once it becomes dangerous it needs to end, but there are plenty of issues with just allowing escape and catching later.
 
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Ttucke11 said:
Most pursuits I went on were cancelled by commanding officer due to conditions, speed, etc. I agree once it becomes dangerous it needs to end, but there are plenty of issues with just allowing escape and catching later.
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I agree that there are times when a chase is warranted. I think those are few and far between and should be a rarity.

Guy I went to HS with was a Roanoke City cop and was in a high speed chase over some traffic violation, the guy being chased eventually ran a red light and ended up killing a mother and her kid and a passenger in his car. It destroyed Timmy (the cop). IMO they are just not worth it the majority of the time.
 
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hog88 said:
I agree that there are times when a chase is warranted. I think those are few and far between and should be a rarity.

Guy I went to HS with was a Roanoke City cop and was in a high speed chase over some traffic violation, the guy being chased eventually ran a red light and ended up killing a mother and her kid and a passenger in his car. It destroyed Timmy (the cop). IMO they are just not worth it the majority of the time.
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I don't disagree, it's just a crappy situation all around. Both departments I worked for had a strict no pursuing motorcycles policy. The key for a criminal is to have a bike as an escape vehicle. Never get caught.
 
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Ttucke11 said:
I don't disagree, it's just a crappy situation all around. Both departments I worked for had a strict no pursuing motorcycles policy. The key for a criminal is to have a bike as an escape vehicle. Never get caught.
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Sucks that they can get away but to me that's the least dangerous scenario in most cases.

We knew that Hendersonville cop that was killed last year chasing some minor crooks. I sat my SIL down after that and told him he better not leave my daughter a widow doing something so stupid like that.
 
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hog88 said:
Sucks that they can get away but to me that's the least dangerous scenario in most cases.

We knew that Hendersonville cop that was killed last year chasing some minor crooks. I sat my SIL down after that and told him he better not leave my daughter a widow doing something so stupid like that.
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I knew him as well. Probably know your son in law. I'm okay letting that info go since I'm out of it now.
 
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