Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Police simply ignoring the law?

Despite the state Supreme Court decision calling a 2006 law dictating where convicted sex offenders can live "unconstitutional," probation and parole officers will continue to enforce the law as it stands.
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While I am certainly no fan of sex offenders, and I'm not even sure I don't agree with the idea that they shouldn't be allowed to simply say "Hey, I'm homeless", it is a bit of surprise that the Law Enforcers, are not Enforcing the Law.

That said, I'm not all that surprised. The Courts have also ruled that handing out tickets to the homeless for sleeping in a public area are illegal as well, and yet, Santee California and other cities simply ignore the ruling, and hand out the tickets anyway, costing the tax payers millions of dollars a year in court fees and tying up the court systems with people who are not criminals.

I think it would be very interesting to find out exactly how much Santee has cost the County of San Diego in this area over the last three years.