Posted on 03/02/2015 5:06:09 PM PST by george76
According to findings from The Tombstone Marshal’s Office (TMO), a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officer was mistaken for a man impersonating an officer..
On January 28th, while traveling east on Charleston Road, a sixteen year old driver reported to the Tombstone Marshal’s Office that she observed a male driver in a white truck look at her as he passed and then turned around and begin travelling eastbound behind her before pulling her over with emergency lights flashing on the dashboard.
The female advised that she pulled to the side road and the male exited his vehicle and approached her passenger side window with a handgun in his hand and held near his leg. She then stated that the man was not wearing a uniform and did not identify himself.
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BLM Officers are federal officers and therefore have full authority to pull over anyone, cite and arrest people. If you are cited by a BLM or any other federal officer, your citation goes to the US District Court in Tucson.
This incident is now concluded and was simply a mistake.
(Excerpt) Read more at thetombstonenews.com ...
Sounds like “brandishing” and “menacing” to me...
Mr. GG2 is from out west. He has had multiple run ins with these morons over the years. He and some of his hunting buddies were out with permits on public land and some BLM idiot came up riding a horse and trying to run them off and waving a gun around. They had to disarm the guy and he had to go to the sheriff’s office later to pick up his weapon.
We all know what happened at the Bundy ranch. :-)
Approach me in a confrontational manner, out of uniform and unidentified and you won’t be the only one with a gun in his hand.
Give someone a uniform and some sort of authority and many become gods in their own minds. Some years ago, while fishing a local pier, a couple guys in khaki pants/shirts came up and w/o a word began opening and digging through folks' coolers. I asked what they were doing (I didn't have a cooler as i was "nice weather by the water fishing" and didn't intend to keep anything) and one told me to shut up because they had the authority to check for illegal fish. I mentioned that not identifying first seemed to be a pretty dangerous way to do it as all fishers had knives and a number might be legally armed. Was asked if it was a threat, because if it was they would "run me in". I smiled and said it was just good advice - if they were smart enough to take it. They got miffed and kicked a few coolers around which, along with my conversation, got some other folks riled up and they ended up wishing us a good day and left with half the job undone. In today's climate, they might well have gotten really belligerent to a bad outcome.
Yeah, I'll say. Notice how fast this investigation was dropped. And no reprimand.
It's getting worse and worse with the Feds out west. But I'm glad Utah (at least) is spearheading the state sovereignty movement.
Thanks for the ping!
I had no authority to enforce state and local laws. My authority began and ended with limited federal statutes. Titles 8 and 18 to be precise.
I had limited Title 21 (durge enforcement) and Title 19 (customs laws) which was specifically delegated to the INS by DEA and US Customs. Last time I checked there are no federal agents which have general arrest authority to arrest for any violation of federal law much less state laws.
If I stopped someone for speeding there is nothing I could do with them as there is no federal statute I could enforce. We had no federal ticket books.
If I observed a felony while on duty for an offense not covered by my authority all I could do was to temporarily detain the suspect and call the agency with jurisdiction to come and get him.
Well said, Fly. It was a huge mistake by that turkey and he should have been reprimanded at the very least, preferably fired but I’m dreaming.
Hey Boo Boo, it’s Mr. Ranger!
Thanks.
As it should be.
El Dorado county in Kali had a MOU with BLM to enforce state laws. Officer Marcus specialized in his own personal quest to play Barney Fife of the forest. He generated hundreds of complaints to the El Dorado Sheriff till finally the MOU was canceled and he was reassigned to Southern CA.
His specialty was confiscating any firearm he could get his hands on and write up anyone he encountered for the most trivial of reasons. A real attitude power trip type. He made Barney Fife look good.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/rubicon-trail/753137-has-fs-leo-threatened-arrest-you.html
Local AZ law enforcement should follow what Utah sheriffs and others is doing.
Mr GG2 and his friends should have taken the morons handcuffs, cuffed him and put him back on his horse facing backwards and let the horse bring him home.
The feral thugs are also using a long list of items to kick us off public lands : one of many is trying to ignore the RS 2477 law & roads.
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