Brickbat: Cheat Sheet

Colorado Springs police say they will review why officers wrongly arrested James Sorensen for carrying a firearm in a city park. It has been legal to openly carry firearms in city parks for a decade, something Sorensen explained to officers. But they thought it was illegal. Police spokeswoman Barbara Miller said that officers may have relied on an outdated "cheat sheet" they carry that explains city ordinances.

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Comments

[Whiterun Guard]

Cheat sheet:

You may arrest someone if:
1. You feel like it.
2. Your partner feels like it.
3. They have something you want.

Hardly outdated.

[RBS]

4. They don't show you sufficient respect.

[VG Zaytsev]

Nah, that's a reason for an ass beating, not arrest.

[RBS]

I assume an ass beating as part of the arrest.

[WWNGD?]

Silly people, cops don't know or understand the laws.

[Whiterun Guard]

Or need to.

[db]

Civil engineers don't need to know the physical laws governing bridge design. Cooks don't need to be able to distinguish poison from food. Farmers don't need to know what corn looks like.

[WTF]

I bet procedures were followed, though.

[Whiterun Guard]

Political cartoonists don't need to know how to draw or make jokes...

[EDG reppin' LBC]

Certain Reason commenters don't have to distinguish libertarianism from the GOP.

[sarcasmic]

Ignorance of the law is no excuse, unless you're enforcing it.

[Bee Tagger]

When there's no risk to not knowing the laws, of course the cops will consistently err on the side of over-enforcement. And that probably includes a lot of good cops who aren't on perpetual power trips.

[Swamp Think]

You'd think, this being the 21st century and all, cops would have instant access to city ordinances on some type of portable data device. I guess they're still waiting on their silver jumpsuits.