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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Tue Aug 22 2006 - 09:10:56 EDT
Some other steps possible:
1) call your local tv station and ask them to put a camera crew
on the watercop's activities and have them interview the folks who are
subjected to their outlandish enforcement.
2) complain to the local congressional office, some are
surprisingly competent.
3) call the local economic development director and complain on
your basis as a tourist bringing dollars into their community.
long shots but sometimes the cold light of public opinion can work
wonders.
sea u,
Mike
Quoting Richard Bradshaw <>:
> Seeing as how most encounters have been negative, wouldn't it be a
good
> thing to go back to this cop's base and commend him to his boss
> regarding his professionalism. I would hate to think that it would
get
> him into trouble but you never know. And, maybe being black and in
the
> south, he has an idea about how you feel when it comes to being
> harassed. He might appreciate it and you never know, you might have
> fewer cop visitors or one that comes around more often just to
visit.
>
> Rick
>
> S/V La Vita
> 1987 HC 33T
>
>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: lv-ab: Cop Alongside Today
>> From: "Norm of Bandersnatch" <>
>
>> He explained that somebody on the shore had called them claiming
that they
>> had seen little activity aboard so they thought it was an
abandoned boat.
>> This is the second time since we have been anchored here that this
has
>> happened. The officer was calm and courteous. At first he wanted
to see
>> my papers but as we talked he seemed friendly and reasonable. He
just took
>> my document number from the Florida sticker and called it in. It
was soon
>> confirmed as valid. He asked about an anchor light and I pointed
out my
>> two automatic anchor lights as well as my anchor ball forward. He
was
>> almost apologetic about having to check me out. I said that I
understood
>> it was their responsibility to respond to all calls. I explained
to him
>> that the folks on the shore with their multi-million dollar houses
resent
>> me parked in what they consider to be their front yard. He smiled
and
>> nodded. We chatted a bit more and then he left. He was an
afro-American
>> gentleman, but I don't know if that had any bearing on his
attitude. And
>> he was by himself. We rarely see single cops out here, almost
always in
>> pairs, except the coast guard which has been up to six in a boat.
>>
>> It whole incident was just as one should expect in such a
situation, but so
>> rarely actually happens.
>>
>> In the glare of grossly offensive cop behavior the vast majority
of the
>> time, it is an incredible and uplifting experience to have a cop
treat us
>> just they way they are supposed to.
>
>
>
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