cop removing safe act signs.....

[Five Seasons]

seems we have a lot of people who passed the bar and are familiar with this particular counties rules and regs.

[blackradio]

3 years ago during some elections, there were campaign sign plastered all over my road. There were 3 across the street from my house, in the grass and on the edge of the road. After staring at them for months, i noticed they had all fallen over. Remembering that in past times the people who put these signs there never come back to pick up the signs after the election, I took all 3 (2 republican and 1 democratic) and put them in the garbage.

 

30 minutes later, a cop came knocking on my door and asked me to get the signs out of my trunk. I told him they were in the trash can and told him why I did what I did; because they looked like garbage. He said someone reported me and they are very mad and I can be charged with felony theft. He followed me to my trash cans and I took them out and put them back where they were.

 

Serious business.

[phade]

Don't toss them. They make great shooting target stands.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

There are laws about election signs and how soon after the election they must be removed or the person on the sign can be fined. Funny the cops aren't out policing this? I see a ton of them left out waaaay after elections.

 

And Phade is 110% correct. They make GREAT target stands. Especially the Liberal candidate ones.

[blackradio]

There are laws about election signs and how soon after the election they must be removed or the person on the sign can be fined. Funny the cops aren't out policing this? I see a ton of them left out waaaay after elections.

 

And Phade is 110% correct. They make GREAT target stands. Especially the Liberal candidate ones.

that's what I thought. Cop didn't care though because that was all in the past and I can't prove they weren't going to pick them up after election. They did pick them up the day after the election this ONE time, so I suppose the cop told them. Either way it was funny.

[BizCT]

I never cared for kids from Somers anyway.

 

MAHOPAC > SOMERS

[Two Track]

The officer, if on private property, should be punished. If it was under orders, the punishment should go up the chain to the one who issued the order too.

If they can be disciplined for using their police lights to skip traffic lights for non-emergency use (like patrolling), they should be punished for destruction or theft of private property.

 

Wonder if the cop is wearing a t-shirt that reads "Obama for a third term" under his uniform.

 

After breaking the 2nd amendment (since the 1st and the fourth have already been recently assaulted), who can stop him taking a third or fourth term (ignoring the 22nd).

 

Long before he was elected, I knew Obama was a socialist that was going mess up our country.

 

It worked for Bloomburg to ignore the city election laws to get a third term...

 

or declare a federal emergency and suspend the next elections...  oh wait I am giving out ideas.

 

I know, before someone says it - conspiracy theory.  But Obama and those under his charge, plus Feinstein are throwing away the Constitution.  If the idiots keep electing persons similar to Obama's tendencies in governance, this will come to pass.

 

I think it is going this way:

   You are given an illegal order, follow it or be court marshalled or thrown out of police-force and be discredited (depending on the situation)

   You follow the order and things go bad from it, so you are made the scape goat.

    You blow the whistle instead and are declared a felon for leaking info and send to Gitmo.

 

Edited September 26, 2013 by Two Track

[ELMER J. FUDD]

I never cared for kids from Somers anyway.

PEEKSKILL SON!

MAHOPAC > SOMERS

[Early]

Um...Check another thread on here re: Sheriff Joe Arpaio...Sheriff Joe would have confiscated the sign...put the landowner in jail...and denied him the right to eat meat. So...who's right??

[pawle76]

Don't toss them. They make great shooting target stands.

Same thing I use them for. Real estate signs are even better

[pawle76]

NY = Libtard central.

[Carbonelement]

another useless cop doing whatever he wants...i would love to see him lose his job.  I know if it got out that i was stealing from peoples properties I would lose my clients.  This pig should lose his job, probably wont though. 

[Paula]

again BOHICA

What is this?

[TOMMYTOOSONS]

Where can I get a few?

[ants]

I know what I saw in the video, there are no assumptions. If the guy had walked up, stayed professional and removed the sign, then yeah, I could maybe buy into the suggestion that he was just doing his job. Thats not how it happened. Stick your head in the sand about it all you want, the video is pretty clear.

 

 

Im not sticking my head in the sand about anything. Maybe the cop did just steal the sign. Seems odd but possible. There is no way you can draw a solid conclusion from just the video and no other info. I think its not unreasonable to get a little more info before labeling anyone, especially a cop, a criminal. Im sure you wouldn't want someone to do that to you or someone you knew. But you have your mind made up so what ever.

 

In July my son and a few other kids in the neighborhood had their bikes stolen. A week or so later I was driving behind a patrol car that had a kids BMX bike hanging out of the trunk. Obviously the cop stole the bike...right? There can't possibly be any other explanation.    BRILLIANT!!!!

[Jeremy K]

Im not sticking my head in the sand about anything. Maybe the cop did just steal the sign. Seems odd but possible. There is no way you can draw a solid conclusion from just the video and no other info. I think its not unreasonable to get a little more info before labeling anyone, especially a cop, a criminal. Im sure you wouldn't want someone to do that to you or someone you knew. But you have your mind made up so what ever.

 

In July my son and a few other kids in the neighborhood had their bikes stolen. A week or so later I was driving behind a patrol car that had a kids BMX bike hanging out of the trunk. Obviously the cop stole the bike...right? There can't possibly be any other explanation.    BRILLIANT!!!!

 

Your post makes it seem nearly impossible for a cop to be a criminal , Im sure it was the cops sign in the guys front yard and he was just taking his property back .

 

[shawnhu]

Im not sticking my head in the sand about anything. Maybe the cop did just steal the sign. Seems odd but possible. There is no way you can draw a solid conclusion from just the video and no other info. I think its not unreasonable to get a little more info before labeling anyone, especially a cop, a criminal. Im sure you wouldn't want someone to do that to you or someone you knew. But you have your mind made up so what ever.

In July my son and a few other kids in the neighborhood had their bikes stolen. A week or so later I was driving behind a patrol car that had a kids BMX bike hanging out of the trunk. Obviously the cop stole the bike...right? There can't possibly be any other explanation. BRILLIANT!!!!

Especially a cop? Why do cops get special treatment?

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[WNYBuckHunter]

Im not sticking my head in the sand about anything. Maybe the cop did just steal the sign. Seems odd but possible. There is no way you can draw a solid conclusion from just the video and no other info. I think its not unreasonable to get a little more info before labeling anyone, especially a cop, a criminal. Im sure you wouldn't want someone to do that to you or someone you knew. But you have your mind made up so what ever.

In July my son and a few other kids in the neighborhood had their bikes stolen. A week or so later I was driving behind a patrol car that had a kids BMX bike hanging out of the trunk. Obviously the cop stole the bike...right? There can't possibly be any other explanation. BRILLIANT!!!!

WTF is your malfunction here? Have you just been having a bad day, or have you consumed alot of alcohol? Watch the video. What part of him kicking down the sign are you missing? How is that the action of a police officer acting in any way, professionally?

[shawnhu]

WTF is your malfunction here? Have you just been having a bad day, or have you consumed alot of alcohol? Watch the video. What part of him kicking down the sign are you missing? How is that the action of a police officer acting in any way, professionally?

LoL! Has nothing to do with a bad day or alcohol. He's just being himself sticking up for any LEO viewed in a manner less than perfect. For some reason, he'll stick up for the crookedest of cops no matter how obvious. Whatever floats his boat and makes him sleep better at night.

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[WNYBuckHunter]

I guess lol

[ELMER J. FUDD]

Probably still pissed off because he can't figure out how to close his garage door....

[wdswtr]

 

IDK just seemed fitting to me for some reason. lol

[Doc]

Ha ... a little late to the party, but ....

I am not able to see the video, but only the link that shows the still pictures. But I am generally a little slow to jump to conclusions about motives or reasons. I am not sure that the sign was on private property in which case if it was in violation, would not be technically "theft", but more likely would be considered code enforcement.

The guy would have to have a huge set if he pulled his plainly marked patrol car over and illegally removed a sign from private property. I'm not saying that it is impossible, just saying it is kind of unlikely. especially considering the fact that a patrol vehicle generally attracts a lot of attention.

[ants]

Ha ... a little late to the party, but ....

I am not able to see the video, but only the link that shows the still pictures. But I am generally a little slow to jump to conclusions about motives or reasons. I am not sure that the sign was on private property in which case if it was in violation, would not be technically "theft", but more likely would be considered code enforcement.

The guy would have to have a huge set if he pulled his plainly marked patrol car over and illegally removed a sign from private property. I'm not saying that it is impossible, just saying it is kind of unlikely. especially considering the fact that a patrol vehicle generally attracts a lot of attention.

 

Thats pretty much what I've been trying to say. There might be a little more to the story but the "bad cop no donut" crowd never wants to consider that.

[growalot]

I did a search... mind you this is Texas ..because...I could  not get NYS to come up...but in GENERAL terms most are the same..I do know in our town the high way easement is middle of the road to 30ft in either direction...I know this because...the town went to far and mowed down some of my pine trees I planted...so I got out my trusty little tape measure and called the highway super out...we measured and the town bought me new pines of equal size.... ..you own and still pay taxes on the property and yes you still maintain some rights along with added responsibilities...also a neighbor does not have the right to arbitrarily demand the removal of any thing off your land with out due process...the town supervisor that ordered this officer...whom SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE LOCAL LAWS before following the supers request ...needs io have a good ole "judicial colonoscopy" preformed

 

 

If a city has an easement, the city has aut

hority to maintain the easement in a way that

protects the city’s property ri

ghts while still allowing some use by the property owner.

The easement holder also has the duty to maintain the easement.

Roberts v. Friendswood

Dev. Co

., 886 S.W.2d 363, 365 (Tex. App.—Houston [1

Dist.] 1994). Cities, even with

their duty to maintain

the easement, can require the la

ndowner to maintain the easement

because the landowner has a duty to keep

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State v. Meyer

, 403 S.W.2d 366 (Tex.

1966). Also, courts

have held that the landowner

also has his own easement as

part of a right of way, which

would give the landowner similar obligations

to maintain the easem

ent as the city.

See

Meyer

, 403 S.W.2d 366. The city can enforce c

ity and state nuisanc

e law and require

maintenance on the landowner’s property regardle

ss of the presence of a city easement.

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quire a landowner to keep “wee

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from the street, sidewalk, or gutter in front of the person’s premises.” T

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In most cases, the city does not perform an

unconstitutional taking of the landowner’s

property by requiring this maintenance. Ab

ating, or requiring the abatement, of a

nuisance does not necessarily constitute a taking even if some action is taken and

property value could be

viewed as diminished.

See Sheffield Dev. Co., Inc. v. City of

Glenn Heights

, 140 S.W.3d 660, 670, 672 (Tex. 2004)

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Edited September 27, 2013 by growalot