Officer, you've got the wrong person [false arrest]

CNN ^ | February 15, 2010 | Stephanie Chen

[dsc]

“tell me no, that my son needs 8 weeks of treatment. Excuse me? So you are telling me that in 40 minutes you determined that my son is an alcoholic?”

Hah. He “determined” that he needed to “determine” that people need treatment, or he’ll be out of a job.

(Blood shooting out of my eyes.)

I still say hire a lawyer and get all mention of this wiped from every official record. It could be important later.

[panthermom]

That was the kicker, I asked him who pays for this “treatment”? He said that it comes out of my pocket.

All a money grab!

[WaterBoard]

She can sue in this case, but she is suing the tax payer funded police department. Police officers are covered by qualified immunity by law.

They should lift the veil of personal immunity so officers are held civilly and criminally responsible for violating Constitutional rights.

Until that happens,... it is business as usual and no officer has to fear his pension/job when he illegally detains an innocent person.

What is Qualified Immunity?

Governmental officials, performing their specified functions, are afforded qualified immunity from liability stemming from civil damages suffered by others to the extent that the officer’s actions “does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.”23

Secondly, qualified immunity protects “all but the plainly incompetent or those who knowingly violate the law.”24 Lastly, a federal court ruled that law-enforcement officers are protected from “bad guesses in gray areas” and liable “for transgressing bright lines.”

[Molon Labbie]

This is why you have got to check three times before you start making arrests for crimes that you didn’t witness.

[mad_as_he$$]

Sue their a$$es off. I live in a community of about 400,000. My last name is not common. There is a guy here in town who has the exact same name (first and sir) even the same middle initial. For years every time he did something the cops would show up at my door trying to arrest me. Also, we are no where the same physically. It took me going to court and getting a declaration from the supervising District Judge restraining the cops from bothering me without a warrant. Still three times after that I have had cops trying to arrest me. Most are just lazy slugs who are too incompetent to do the legwork and be sure. I have sued twice and won. Too bad the taxpayers have had to pay for their incompetence.

[Jack Hydrazine]

And when did that take place?

[TankerKC]

Her only brushes with the law had been a few speeding tickets.

That's what they all say. I'm sure she was up to something. Otherwise, why would she have been arrested? /s

[TankerKC]

...my son needs 8 weeks of treatment.

Welcome to the state sponsored rehab scam. This is a wonderful setup where "counselors" decide what kind of mental adjustment you need and have the courts enforce your attendance.

That's one hell of a business model.

[Pontiac]

It took me going to court and getting a declaration from the supervising District Judge restraining the cops from bothering me without a warrant. Still three times after that I have had cops trying to arrest me.

The cops involved should have spent time in jail for contempt of court. They violated a court order.

That is the problem with the cops they are not held accountable by the courts. If a judge has a innocent person brought before them as a defendant that is obviously not the person under warrant that judge should put that cop and the prosecutor in jail for a day or so. They would then get the message that it is not acceptable.

[mad_as_he$$]

Yes. The judge was pissed but did not put them in jail. Instead he ruled in my favor in the civil trial(s) and added punitive damages which can be hard to get in this State.

[panthermom]

I am about ready to have an aneurysm dealing with these people. It is so blatantly obvious this is a money grab. The dumba$$ admits that he does not have a drinking problem but he could have one in the future!

The problem is people go along with this nonsense. I could write an book on the stupidity that I have witnessed these past few months. I actually have looked up a new state to live in because I do not want any of my money going to pay the salaries of these idiots.

It is not just this but so much more, we as a nation are in a very, very bad state. It makes me physically ill how dumbed down so called adults are. I scream!

[Tribune7]

"Def(endant) brought in was wrong defendant . . . Go figure!"

[Erasmus]

Your problem is that your family name is "Lebowski." You should have it legally changed to "Dude."

≤}B^)

[mad_as_he$$]

LOL. Close but not quite.

[Clinging Bitterly]

That used to happen so often in Oregon that laws and procedures were changed - and even if a person is listed in the various data systems as having a warrant, police have to verify descriptive information, photos, etc. between the source documentation and the subject to confirm they are picking up the right person.

I used to listen to them on the scanner doing the confirmation, and probably more often than not they use tattoos to seal the deal, but with in car laptops now they can also use photos.

[Slings and Arrows]

I guess that even a blue state can learn from its mistakes every once in a while. Good for them.