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Joe
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Date Posted: 01:23:13 09/10/02 Tue
In reply to:
Dave Arnold
's message, "Willistown - The Final Word" on 14:50:55 09/09/02 Mon
Hey Dave
Sounds like HPCHG took their leadership lessons from a certain other cop car organization that banishes members for having views other than those of the Almighty Supreme Commander for life Prez. Do Don and all the Willistown officers who are upset about these discussions think they have cornered the market on shock, grief and outrage about what happened on 9/11? Their contention that others do not or cannot share the feelings of those on the East Coast is just as crazy as saying that only residents of Oklahoma City could have been impacted by the Murrah bombing. The events of 9/11 had an effect on the entire world, not just the residents of that God forsaken region known as the East Coast. People from many different nations were killed and injured in the WTC alone, and many of us out here in the wild western frontier had friends or relatives in NY, DC and on those flights.
I never joined the HPCHG, having had enough of organized dictatorships in the world of emergency vehicles with that other organization, but if I had joined, I would be with you in dropping membership.
I agree with you that citizens should be able to take photos of publicly owned vehicles parked on publicly owned property without a fear of being arrested or suspected of being terrorists or criminals. Heightened security is one thing, but infringing on basic freedoms for no valid reason is quite another. I would bet that the Willistown PD participates in parades with their marked vehicles on Memorial Day, 4th of July, etc. and they probably also park them conspicuously at crime and accident scenes as well as outside their local Dunkin' Donuts. I'm sure they don't go to great lengths to make sure no photos are taken of them in these circumstances, so being parked at the station should be no different. Unless the vehicles were in a walled in compound, I believe they were fair game. If the kid entered an area where only dept personnel are allowed, then he was in the wrong and should have been chased away. Returning after a warning would justify an arrest...but I would hope that any other citizens who were engaging in other lawful activities would be subject to the same treatment by the Willistown PD if they entered the same area. If that is the case, then I would be totally behind the WPD's actions. I'm just not sure that is the case, given the facts that we have heard.
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