Brent P wrote:
> via fark.com...
>
> http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/a...0399/1005/NEWS
>
> The Oakland County Prosecutor's Office is expected to decide this week
> whether to file charges against several Rochester police officers, who
> allegedly misused a police database.
>
> <...>
>
> In August, the Rochester Police Department asked the Sheriff's Office to
> investigate officers who officials say might have used the database
> illegally during traffic stops of Rochester Mayor David Katulic.
>
> In June, during one of those stops, Katulic was arrested on a warrant
> that stemmed from an unpaid traffic ticket out of Shelby Township.
>
> <...>
>
> He said Katulic was stopped five times and each stop was because of a
> broken headlight. And because the city has a ticket quota -- an issue
> that has caused much static between the officers and police and city
> administration in recent months -- Harper said equipment violations make
> for easy stops.
>

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over? The guy apparently let a fix-it ticket go
so long that it turned into a warrant, what the hell did he expect? I
think the mayor should have a nice tall glass of STFU and learn from
his mistakes and stop hassling the police for doing their goddamn jobs
for once, and props to the cops for nailing him.

nate