Cops, deputies get refresher: Talk, patience, grace avoid violence, save lives
Police officers and sheriff’s deputies are getting a round of training that will save the lives of people who otherwise might be shot dead, beaten or tazed by them. (Photo David Tulis) Officers around the U.S. get much training in using guns and clubs, but little in peace-oriented negotiating skills, the use of which would […]
Old? Autistic? Deaf? Mentally ill? Don’t call cops
Armed officers are a danger to people who are mentally ill or autistic. Anyone who cares for someone with a developmental disability, as well as for disabled people themselves [lives] every day in fear that their behavior will be misconstrued as suspicious, intoxicated or hostile by law enforcement. —Steve Silberman, The New York Times By […]
Hammond on jail woes, Miranda warnings, cash bail reform, drones, duty as sheriff
Jail overcrowding besieges Sheriff Hammond. We have questions, too. De-escalation reforms? The problem of militarisation? The right to see a magistrate on arrest? Miranda warnings? Evils of the cash bail system? (Courtesy Noogaradio) Tweet Pin It
Go to hell, judges tell Hispanics, others seeking to use TN roads freely
Basil Marceaux of Soddy-Daisy, right, and Jay Hirsch of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., discuss the Hirsch gun and travel case after oral arguments in Nashville. Like Mr. Hirsch, Mr. Marceaux has been in court dozens of times, asserting constitutional rights to travel and to be free of state roadblocks. (Photo David Tulis) An impoverished independent businessman vows […]
Police ethics rules require ‘respect of constitutional rights’
Chattanooga police department officers in a huddle. (Photo Wdef.com) But commoners would fear the officer’s approaching cruiser less if they could learn about the ethics rules he swore to uphold — and trust that he would obey them. And possibly remind him, as he reaches for his citation booklet or his club, of his oath. […]
AirBnB ordinance takes effect, illegal on yet new grounds
Donna Williams is charged with enforcing city council’s AirBnB ordinance, an illegal intrusion upon the city’s thriving “Gig City” Internet economy. (Photo LinkedIn) Taking effect this week in Chattanooga is city government’s so-called short-term vacation rental ordinance, one that is illegal on several grounds — including a new one that comes into view on a […]
Terrorism makes peoples, states quake with fear; Bible gives right response
The modern security state uses terrorist acts to consolidate power, eliminate constitutional and civil rights. (Photo Antiwar.com) You are not to say, “It is a conspiracy!” in regard to all that this people call a conspiracy, and you are not to fear what they fear or be in dread of it. It is the LORD […]
Can you be arrested if you don’t ‘show’ officer your ID?
Police chief David Roddy gives an interview to Josh Roe regarding his new job with the executive branch of city government. (Photo TV9) In Tennessee, the failure or refusal to produce or give one’s identification is an offense only if the officer intends to either cite or arrest you for a crime or offense. And […]
Ignored Miranda rule spoils city’s ‘community policing’ goals, but offers secret sauce
Mayor Andy Berke oversees the executive branch of Chattanooga government; the police department led by David Roddy is an executive branch agency, accountable to Mr. Berke in executing city (and state) policy. Chattanooga city police chief David Roddy, meeting with reporters in the MSM conference room at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, expresses a desire […]
Berke cops reject constitutional rule to Mirandize all arrestees
David Roddy gives one of many interviews as Chattanooga’s chief of police. (Photo Newschannel9.com) Chattanooga police department in its policy for traffic stops omits a significant element of public protection against arbitrary state power and poisons relations between the Mayor Andy Berke administration and members of the public, especially those traveling on the public right-of-way. […]