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- From: phil@miracle.com (Phil Hill)
- Newsgroups: ne.general
- Subject: Re: flavors of MA cops: what the hell is the registry police?
- Message-ID: <30Dec92175332@miracle.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 21:53:32 GMT
- Organization: Miracle Computer Consultants
- Lines: 21
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- heiser@TDWR.ED.RAY.COM (Bill Heiser) writes:
- >In article <1ht41pINNb6i@transfer.stratus.com> savoia@sw.stratus.com (Rick Savoia) writes:
- >>
- >>And I ask again: Who's going to pull him over and give
- >>him a ticket?
- >
- >Isn't there something (theoretically) called "citizens arrest"? Would
- >that (theoretically) work in this situation? i.e. you report the cop
- >has having been speeding, etc.,etc.
- >
- >I'm sure the mere mortal wouldn't stand a snowflake's chance in Hell
- >of winning such a case though.
-
- Citizens arrest only applies to felonys. Traffic violations are mere
- infractions.
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