Sure Walt, theres good guys and bad guys. I think the point I was making is that a lot of people presume theres a set of rules that the majority of available law enforcement folks go by that assures that a law abiding citizen can go about their business free of interference by the police. Somewhere between the "9/11 screamers" and the hiring ramp ups that have called for going outside of former acceptance limits to meet headcount, this is really not the case anymore.
So heads up folks. You can indeed have your comeuppance the next day at a cost, but you had best perform any trained monkey tricks that are requested of you if accosted.
BTW, the bottom of the story in my case is that the county used to reimburse the local town jails $40 a night for putting people up and not bringing them to the county lockup. So the unofficial rule was to check the headcount a little before midnight and if it wasnt at full capacity, to go round up some likely suspects. Seems after that was reported to the local newspaper the practice was curtailed.
There were, by the way, a hell of a lot of apparently very deep LBYM hispanic guys in the jail with me. I didnt check them for green cards. I'm betting the police didnt ask them if they wanted to speak to the consulate from their countries consulate at the time of arrest either...
So thats what became of an offsetting fee setup for managing arrested persons, many of which may have been actual citizens with real rights.
Imagine how it all works out when its financed to the tune of $14-15M for a town, rather than $40 per head per night. Better make sure you have your birth certificate and passport with you, else you might be deported to Sweden despite your protests that you're not from there.
You know how the system works Walt...nobody wants to be the supervisor that reports to the chief that the number of tickets written went down in the last month, that the number of arrests and convictions dropped, that the headcount in the jail was low, or that a weak number of illegals were rounded up. The answer is likely the same: Surely there must have been a few people breaking the law we didnt work hard enough to catch, or at least a mouthy white guy we could have picked up?