Comments on: Police checkpoint discussion includes Escondido Chief http://www.escondidodems.org/wp/2010/05/09/police-checkpoint-discussion-includes-escondido-chief/ Political news and views for Escondido Democrats Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:38:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Laurie Menard http://www.escondidodems.org/wp/2010/05/09/police-checkpoint-discussion-includes-escondido-chief/comment-page-1/#comment-766 Laurie Menard Mon, 24 May 2010 19:52:16 +0000 http://www.escondidodems.org/wp/?p=3619#comment-766 After reading your EDC article (April meeting) on checkpoints, I emailed Chief Maher with my objections. He was polite in his response but did not give me permission to quote him here. I too took exception to Maher's opinion that the 4th Amendment is a "tool" of the police department. I pointed out to him that the spirit of the 4th, and that of the Bill of Rights in general, is to PROTECT the people from GOVERNMENT abuse of human and civil rights, but that such spirit was violated by the Rehnquist court (uber-conservative) by giving police permission to do DUI checkpoints, where EVERYONE is to be under suspicion and stopped. (the dissent in that opinion is worth reading) I also pointed out that the decision in no way gave the police permission to use checkpoints to locate undocumented or unlicensed drivers, since he, and everyone else, seems to conflate the two issues—DUI and immigration. After reading your EDC article (April meeting) on checkpoints, I emailed Chief Maher with my objections. He was polite in his response but did not give me permission to quote him here.

I too took exception to Maher’s opinion that the 4th Amendment is a “tool” of the police department. I pointed out to him that the spirit of the 4th, and that of the Bill of Rights in general, is to PROTECT the people from GOVERNMENT abuse of human and civil rights, but that such spirit was violated by the Rehnquist court (uber-conservative) by giving police permission to do DUI checkpoints, where EVERYONE is to be under suspicion and stopped. (the dissent in that opinion is worth reading) I also pointed out that the decision in no way gave the police permission to use checkpoints to locate undocumented or unlicensed drivers, since he, and everyone else, seems to conflate the two issues—DUI and immigration.

]]> By: Lisa Prazeau http://www.escondidodems.org/wp/2010/05/09/police-checkpoint-discussion-includes-escondido-chief/comment-page-1/#comment-730 Lisa Prazeau Thu, 13 May 2010 02:41:19 +0000 http://www.escondidodems.org/wp/?p=3619#comment-730 Dereliction of Duty, huh? So...Maher has to conduct the checkpoints (and has the gall to use the Fourth Amendment as a "TOOL"...I could say something about "a Tool", but I won't)...anyway... Maher says he has to conduct the checkpoints otherwise he would be in dereliction of his duty to make the streets of Escondido as safe as possible... but...I guess he could give a rat's a** if Violent Crime has increased 22%. Does this Chief of Police who know soooo much about Escondido, while he lives in Temecula, does he think before he speaks? Dereliction of Duty - those are some strong words...glad Maher brought them up! Good for the EDC!!! Great Job! Dereliction of Duty, huh? So…Maher has to conduct the checkpoints (and has the gall to use the Fourth Amendment as a “TOOL”…I could say something about “a Tool”, but I won’t)…anyway…

Maher says he has to conduct the checkpoints otherwise he would be in dereliction of his duty to make the streets of Escondido as safe as possible…

but…I guess he could give a rat’s a** if Violent Crime has increased 22%.

Does this Chief of Police who know soooo much about Escondido, while he lives in Temecula, does he think before he speaks?

Dereliction of Duty – those are some strong words…glad Maher brought them up!

Good for the EDC!!! Great Job!

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