Re: Wisconsin Judge Arrested for Obstruction for Helping Illegal Alien Escape ICE

On Apr 27, 2025 at 10:20:28 PM PDT, "Pluted Pup" <plutedpup@outlook.com>
wrote:

On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 21:57:14 -0700, BTR1701 wrote:
 

 On Apr 27, 2025 at 9:01:22 PM PDT, "Pluted Pup"<plutedpup@outlook.com>
 wrote:
 
 > On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 14:35:34 -0700, BTR1701 wrote:
 >
 > > On Apr 27, 2025 at 2:27:05 PM PDT, "Rhino"<no_offline_contact@example.com>
 > > wrote:
 > >
 > > > A friend of a friend was travelling in the USA and got stopped by the
 > > > highway patrol for doing 56 in a 55 mph zone. He got a ticket for it.
 > > > Ironically, Steve was a police officer at the time although obviously
 > > > off-duty and out of uniform. I asked him about "professional courtesy",
 > > > where LEOs give each other breaks for small indiscretions but he didn't
 > > > answer directly. I got the impression it would never have occurred to
 > > > him to ask.
 > >
 > > I always identified myself and if the cop asked why that would matter, I'd
 > > say, "Because I have a loaded handgun on my hip and for your safety and
 > > mine,
 > > I wanted to make you aware of it and the reason why I'm authorized to have
 > > it."
 > >
 > > Not much they could say to counter that. Cops use "officer safety" on the
 > > public at every turn. They can't very well claim officer safety suddenly
 > > doesn't matter when it's inconvenient for them.
 >
 > That sounds like you're requesting special treatment.
 
 Prove it.
 
 > Telling people you are armed can be seen as a threat.
 
 Since we don't have uniforms and dress in plain clothes, it was literally my
 agency's official policy and the policy of the U.S. Attorney that to
identify
 yourself and advise that you're armed when encountering local law
enforcement

 
So the department is making you do so. It still sounds like
asking a favor. It just doesn't seem like good policy for
a plains clothes man to tell someone that he is an officer
and armed.

It's a helluva lot better policy than keeping the fact that you've got a
loaded handgun on your hip a secret from the cop that has pulled you over. If
you think doing that's a bright idea, I'm surprised you've survived into
adulthood.

Wouldn't the cop want to verify that you are
who you're claiming to be?

The badge and credentials usually suffice for that. The one or two times in my
career that it didn't, it was a simple matter to have the cop look up the
phone number for the local field office, call it, and verify my identity.

What if the cop doing the pulling over is a crook?

As long as he doesn't commit crime on me, how would I know? And if he did try
to commit crime on me, I'd arrest *him*.