Read my comment history if you can, I answered a similar question.
My guess is someone keeps calling on this lady so they are tired of telling her. That's probably why they come off as dicks.
Still, it's a waste of time, all the quarantine laws are a joke. They are releasing actual hardened criminals from custody but we're going to harrass some mom taking care of her kids?
We can't violate someone's rights unless we have a reason. You need suspicion or violation of a crime and all the potential crimes are laid out as codes. For example CA penal codes, health and safety codes, and vehicles codes. If you have a violation or in some cases suspicion of one then you can detain someone. The severity of the crime dictates how long or what happens during the detention. During the detention/investigation we might write someone a ticket, give them a warning, or make an arrest.
I'm not saying them being a dick is okay and I'm not justifying their attitude, I'm just saying there might be more to it. Maybe they deal with this lady alot, I don't know, I'm just guessing. Regardless they look really bad, but to be honest we are human, I have yelled at people sometimes when it wasn't warranted.
To answer your question, we can't just ignore someone unless they are abusing 911 or something similar. We represent everyone in the community, our main job is to keep the peace. We deal with disputes alot, lots of neighbors don't get along. Sometimes just talking to people solves the problem. If someone demands us to take action, for a theft, an assault, or a noise complaint which wasn't committed in our presence. We get as much info from all involved parties as possible and write a report. If the evidence points towards an obvious suspect we might write that guy a ticket. Then the report goes to the courts who handle the prosecution. That's when you have your right to a trial etc.
If I can't determine if their is a violation of law and you want a report I'll document it, I will explain to people that there is no violation but sometimes they don't care so we write a report to keep them happy. That's our policy, but many departments have different policy's.
Chyna virus is unique because it's a more political situation. I haven't enforced or heard of anyone enforcing quarantine here. I blew off a city official and basically did nothing when they complained. I didn't get in trouble but I guess it's a possibility.
Read my comment history if you can, I answered a similar question.
My guess is someone keeps calling on this lady so they are tired of telling her. That's probably why they come off as dicks.
Still, it's a waste of time, all the quarantine laws are a joke. They are releasing actual hardened criminals from custody but we're going to harrass some mom taking care of her kids?
We can't violate someone's rights unless we have a reason. You need suspicion or violation of a crime and all the potential crimes are laid out as codes. For example CA penal codes, health and safety codes, and vehicles codes. If you have a violation or in some cases suspicion of one then you can detain someone. The severity of the crime dictates how long or what happens during the detention. During the detention/investigation we might write someone a ticket, give them a warning, or make an arrest.
I'm not saying them being a dick is okay and I'm not justifying their attitude, I'm just saying there might be more to it. Maybe they deal with this lady alot, I don't know, I'm just guessing. Regardless they look really bad, but to be honest we are human, I have yelled at people sometimes when it wasn't warranted.
To answer your question, we can't just ignore someone unless they are abusing 911 or something similar. We represent everyone in the community, our main job is to keep the peace. We deal with disputes alot, lots of neighbors don't get along. Sometimes just talking to people solves the problem. If someone demands us to take action, for a theft, an assault, or a noise complaint which wasn't committed in our presence. We get as much info from all involved parties as possible and write a report. If the evidence points towards an obvious suspect we might write that guy a ticket. Then the report goes to the courts who handle the prosecution. That's when you have your right to a trial etc.
If I can't determine if their is a violation of law and you want a report I'll document it, I will explain to people that there is no violation but sometimes they don't care so we write a report to keep them happy. That's our policy, but many departments have different policy's.
Chyna virus is unique because it's a more political situation. I haven't enforced or heard of anyone enforcing quarantine here. I blew off a city official and basically did nothing when they complained. I didn't get in trouble but I guess it's a possibility.
Happy to answer. Alot of people on here are pissed about quarantines and I get it. Trying to share our side of it.
And fyi, sometimes the County Sheriff's are more chill than the City PD's, wink wink...