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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
So...your orders then, are to bring on additional detectives to handle the caseload? How many more do you feel might be needed to accomplish the task, and at what cost to the taxpayer?
Or...would you like to install a C.S.I lab, like on television, where tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars of resources, and man hours, are expended on each and every case file?
Personally...I don't think that this is the fault of law enforcement. If witnesses are being coerced into not testifying against a suspect, then what are the police to do?
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The article says nothing about caseload.
The police are arresting people and the prosecuter is not charging them. Here let me quote, underline and bold. Forgive me for not doing this before:
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The police director, Garry F. McCarthy, worries that the prosecutor’s approach undermines his crime-fighting strategy of focusing on the small group of criminals responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime.
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In fact the police chief and the mayor are saying the same thing. If people are going after witnesses -
the absolute most dumbest thing you can do is give in and stop the process. This is essentially "giving in to terrorism".
And by the way, yes if the answer is to hire more cops -then hire more cops. A few seizures ala
RICO should pay for the additional riot gear.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
law enforcement cannot protect the witnesses. The county attorneys office cannot protect the witnesses. A gun in the witnesses hand just MIGHT afford them some protection if a thug enforcer decides to try to make good on the threat. If the witness feels he/she can defend themselves, you just might find witnesses who won't forget what they saw.
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It seems like the end all -be all response from gun enthusiasts (-kind of like the magical force that flows through the universe). Even if a "witness" dies in a shootout with gangsters who's left to protect his loved ones? Is the gun always in the hand or is it holstered sometimes? Does the witness ever forget to "check his six"?
Sorry, you need the force and a lightsaber for the ultimate protection.