[Slings and Arrows]

She's lucky her dog didn't get shot.

[randomhero97]

I hope that department gets sued into oblivion. Maybe, just maybe, some jobs should be lost over this.

[dsc]

“...she won’t get back the $3,500 her husband borrowed to bail her out...”

They should deduct that from the pay of everyone connected with the arrest...and make it triple damages for missing the tattoo.

[dr_lew]

Also computer typos and glitches lead to mistaken identity arrests, policing experts said.

It can happen.

[freedumb2003]

I know the police do the best they can, but there is a concept known as DUE DILIGENCE!

Dearheart - Sue SUE SUE. Every damned one of them. If the detectives were too busy to check on basic facts then that is negligence. Big time.

And, as everyone knows, I am a big supporter of Law Enforcement. But this is wrong from every and any possible perspective.

[RandallFlagg]

Bookmarking.

[panthermom]

As much as it pains me to say this, my son was arrested while away at school. He was arrested for a Minor in Possession of Alcohol, basically he was drunk and therefore he possessed within his body, also urinating in Public (he was behind a bush) And men I am warning you on this one, you can be charged as a Sex Offender for that. Anyway, yes he is dumb and he admits it. Anyway he is joining the military, so I told him to go down to the Police Station and get a backround check on yourself to see how it comes up. Well, he fills out a form, the backround check comes back with the right charge and name but wrong SS# Wrong state of Birth and wrong address.

[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.

[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

[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.