are vigilantes the answer to rural law enforcement budget problems

Don Quixote

Don Quixote

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a county in oregon is giving it a try

O'BRIEN, Ore. (AP) — There's no room in the county jail for burglars and thieves. And the sheriff's department in a vast, rural corner of southwest Oregon has been reduced by budget cuts to three deputies on patrol eight hours a day, five days a week.
But people in this traditionally self-reliant section of timber country aren't about to raise taxes to put more officers on the road. Instead, some folks in Josephine County, larger than the state of Rhode Island, are taking matters into their own hands — mounting flashing lights on their trucks and strapping pistols to their hips to guard communities themselves. Others have put together a virtual neighborhood watch, using Facebook to share tips and information.
"I believe in standing up for myself rather than waiting for the government to do something for me," said Sam Nichols, a retired marina manager.
Nichols has organized a posse of about a dozen fed-up residents who have started patrolling the small community of O'Brien, which has about 750 residents.
"We call ourselves the CAC Patrol, Citizens Against Crime," he said.

http://news.yahoo.com/armed-posse-patrols-timber-land-sheriffs-place-085323039.html
 
I can't think of anything worse...that's a rough part of the state if it's where I'm thinking it is. Poor and very rural. I wouldn't want to live there under those conditions.
 
Don Quixote said:
a county in oregon is giving it a try

O'BRIEN, Ore. (AP) — There's no room in the county jail for burglars and thieves. And the sheriff's department in a vast, rural corner of southwest Oregon has been reduced by budget cuts to three deputies on patrol eight hours a day, five days a week.
But people in this traditionally self-reliant section of timber country aren't about to raise taxes to put more officers on the road. Instead, some folks in Josephine County, larger than the state of Rhode Island, are taking matters into their own hands — mounting flashing lights on their trucks and strapping pistols to their hips to guard communities themselves. Others have put together a virtual neighborhood watch, using Facebook to share tips and information.
"I believe in standing up for myself rather than waiting for the government to do something for me," said Sam Nichols, a retired marina manager.
Nichols has organized a posse of about a dozen fed-up residents who have started patrolling the small community of O'Brien, which has about 750 residents.
"We call ourselves the CAC Patrol, Citizens Against Crime," he said.

http://news.yahoo.com/armed-posse-patrols-timber-land-sheriffs-place-085323039.html
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Pathetic.
 
That reminds me. I just recently heard that they outlawed masterbation in Alabama. I don't approve of that. Not at all! People should not take the law into their own hands!!!
 
Mott the Hoople said:
That reminds me. I just recently heard that they outlawed masterbation in Alabama. I don't approve of that. Not at all! People should not take the law into their own hands!!!
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Wait until Dixie gets to grips with this issue!

He'll soon have the pinhead well in hand!
 
why is independence and self reliance from the government considered as bad, like vigilantism? are you people that terrified of being on your own?
 
Mott you know as well as the rest of us he really believes that. It's dysfunctional but he believes it.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
You gotta be kidding me? You're not serious right? I mean you're joking, rght?
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i'm so deadly serious that ebola should hide. what is it about you statists that demand government do everything for you except wipe your ass? what kind of problem do you people have with a community getting together and policing their own neighborhoods?
 
Zimmerman is a damned good example...I'm not going to waste time explaining all the ways this is not a good idea.
 
Haiku said:
Zimmerman is a damned good example...I'm not going to waste time explaining all the ways this is not a good idea.
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you need to 'waste that time' then, because i'm failing to see how there is ANY difference between a civilian making a mistake and the police making a mistake. Other than charging the civilian and imprisoning him for decades, ruining his life while the cop gets off on 'qualified immunity'. so explain.
 
SmarterthanYou said:
i'm so deadly serious that ebola should hide. what is it about you statists that demand government do everything for you except wipe your ass? what kind of problem do you people have with a community getting together and policing their own neighborhoods?
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Dude. You're nuts. I'll explain this to you in simple terms even a fanatic can understand.

"Rule of law good! Mob rule bad!"
 
SmarterthanYou said:
i'm so deadly serious that ebola should hide. what is it about you statists that demand government do everything for you except wipe your ass? what kind of problem do you people have with a community getting together and policing their own neighborhoods?
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That is what government is you fool
 
what do these people think a police department is?


Its a communities getting together and policing their community
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Dude. You're nuts. I'll explain this to you in simple terms even a fanatic can understand.

"Rule of law good! Mob rule bad!"
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first, mott, fuck you. I cannot make any more clearer to you and your fellow proles that the MOB you continually talk about is that mob of badge wearers and only a true fanatic like YOU could fucking endorse that idiocy. whats nuts is the notion that you believe that citizens seem to be too fucking stupid to not only KNOW the law, but able to follow and enforce the law while your cowardly fears prevent you from acknowledging the fact that cops do exactly what you claim the citizens do, but you give them a complete pass. I guess that's too simple for your dumb ass.
 
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