Tux of Borg

We've had this capability for about a year now.

The technology has really made a patrol officer's job safer. Now when you stop a vehicle your tag reader will zoom in on the tag and: 1) Read off DMV information to you, including vehicle registration information, make, model and color of vehicle. (good for IDing tags that don't belong on a vehicle) 2) Check for stolen status. 3) Check the vehicle's tag in active BOLOs (also known as ABP)over the past 7 days. 4) Tell you the history of the vehicle. Who has stopped that vehicle and what was the outcome. 5) It runs the vehicle owner's information for Driver History, Wanted Status, Terrorist Watch List and history with law enforcement (including witness, victim and suspect info). If the vehicle owner has violent tendencies or is known to carry a weapon, it will let you know of that.

License plate frames and covers have been illegal in South Carolina for years.

I don't know anybody in Law Enforcement that uses GPS devices to track vehicles. It's easier to fax a search warrant to your cell phone provider and get your whereabouts from them.

Saw this a few weeks ago. Major officer safety issue with holding his flashlight in his gun hand.

http://www.wmbfnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=12408129 Deputy approached by five suspects before being shot PHOENIX (AP) - A sheriff's deputy was shot and wounded Friday after encountering a group of suspected illegal immigrants who apparently had been hauling bales of marijuana along a major smuggling corridor in the Arizona desert. The violent episode comes amid a heated national debate over immigration. State and federal law enforcement agencies deployed helicopters and scores of officers in pursuit of the suspects after the deputy was shot with an AK-47 on Friday afternoon. Authorities say 53-year-old Pinal County Sheriff's Deputy Louie Puroll had a chunk of skin torn from just above his left kidney, but the wound was not serious. He was reported to be in good condition Friday night at Casa Grande Regional Medical Center.

Looks like Adam nailed it.

Social Security, State Retirement System, 401k deduction and soon ObamaCare.

For those who are on a pension retirement, how much do they take out of each paycheck? They take 6.5% out of my gross pay every check.

Ever since Hope and Change was elected, there certainly has been a rise in movies about the apocalypse.

"Sweet mother of Jesus. This one is a classic." - LABillzFan

How about instead of having a commercial break after every other play, they ditch the geriatrics at halftime and use the time to play all the extra commercials. The flow of the game will be improved and halftime will actually be worth watching.

Last time I saw Tyler he was bitching about how five bucks is too much for beer. lol

You know what to do.

South Carolina Governor Rejects Stimulus Money

They will need billions to pay for the additional medical costs, insurance costs, and legal costs that would result from making it legal. Jacqueline Saburido Story

What a nightmare... they can either lose millions on fake cards or piss off their customers and revoke all cards.

I just bought my first home as well. I got the house for a steal and was able to lock in a 5.0% interest rate with the mortgage company. Now i'm just keeping my fingers crossed that everything goes smoothly through closing.

Please... just stop right there.

I've heard the rumor myself but have yet to read anything in print yet.

Oh no... return of the Party Line!

Phelps gets a three month suspension while A-Rod gets nothing. Unbelievable.... Not that i feel sorry for Phelps, being a professional athlete he should have: a) stayed away from drugs in the first place and b) not let people take pictures of him breaking the law.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/f...rizona-rancher/ 16 illegals sue Arizona rancher An Arizona man who has waged a 10-year campaign to stop a flood of illegal immigrants from crossing his property is being sued by 16 Mexican nationals who accuse him of conspiring to violate their civil rights when he stopped them at gunpoint on his ranch on the U.S.-Mexico border. Roger Barnett, 64, began rounding up illegal immigrants in 1998 and turning them over to the U.S. Border Patrol, he said, after they destroyed his property, killed his calves and broke into his home. His Cross Rail Ranch near Douglas, Ariz., is known by federal and county law enforcement authorities as "the avenue of choice" for immigrants seeking to enter the United States illegally. Trial continues Monday in the federal lawsuit, which seeks $32 million in actual and punitive damages for civil rights violations, the infliction of emotional distress and other crimes. Also named are Mr. Barnett's wife, Barbara, his brother, Donald, and Larry Dever, sheriff in Cochise County, Ariz., where the Barnetts live. The civil trial is expected to continue until Friday. The lawsuit is based on a March 7, 2004, incident in a dry wash on the 22,000-acre ranch, when he approached a group of illegal immigrants while carrying a gun and accompanied by a large dog. Attorneys for the immigrants - five women and 11 men who were trying to cross illegally into the United States - have accused Mr. Barnett of holding the group captive at gunpoint, threatening to turn his dog loose on them and saying he would shoot anyone who tried to escape. The immigrants are represented at trial by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), which also charged that Sheriff Dever did nothing to prevent Mr. Barnett from holding their clients at "gunpoint, yelling obscenities at them and kicking one of the women." In the lawsuit, MALDEF said Mr. Barnett approached the group as the immigrants moved through his property, and that he was carrying a pistol and threatening them in English and Spanish. At one point, it said, Mr. Barnett's dog barked at several of the women and he yelled at them in Spanish, "My dog is hungry and he's hungry for buttocks." The lawsuit said he then called his wife and two Border Patrol agents arrived at the site. It also said Mr. Barnett acknowledged that he had turned over 12,000 illegal immigrants to the Border Patrol since 1998. In March, U.S. District Judge John Roll rejected a motion by Mr. Barnett to have the charges dropped, ruling there was sufficient evidence to allow the matter to be presented to a jury. Mr. Barnett's attorney, David Hardy, had argued that illegal immigrants did not have the same rights as U.S. citizens. Mr. Barnett told The Washington Times in a 2002 interview that he began rounding up illegal immigrants after they started to vandalize his property, northeast of Douglas along Arizona Highway 80. He said the immigrants tore up water pumps, killed calves, destroyed fences and gates, stole trucks and broke into his home. Some of his cattle died from ingesting the plastic bottles left behind by the immigrants, he said, adding that he installed a faucet on an 8,000-gallon water tank so the immigrants would stop damaging the tank to get water. Mr. Barnett said some of the ranch´s established immigrant trails were littered with trash 10 inches deep, including human waste, used toilet paper, soiled diapers, cigarette packs, clothes, backpacks, empty 1-gallon water bottles, chewing-gum wrappers and aluminum foil - which supposedly is used to pack the drugs the immigrant smugglers give their "clients" to keep them running. He said he carried a pistol during his searches for the immigrants and had a rifle in his truck "for protection" against immigrant and drug smugglers, who often are armed. ASSOCIATED PRESS DEFENDANT: Roger Barnett said he had turned over 12,000 illegal immigrants to the Border Patrol since 1998. A former Cochise County sheriff´s deputy who later was successful in the towing and propane business, Mr. Barnett spent $30,000 on electronic sensors, which he has hidden along established trails on his ranch. He searches the ranch for illegal immigrants in a pickup truck, dressed in a green shirt and camouflage hat, with his handgun and rifle, high-powered binoculars and a walkie-talkie. His sprawling ranch became an illegal-immigration highway when the Border Patrol diverted its attention to several border towns in an effort to take control of the established ports of entry. That effort moved the illegal immigrants to the remote areas of the border, including the Cross Rail Ranch. "This is my land. I´m the victim here," Mr. Barnett said. "When someone´s home and loved ones are in jeopardy and the government seemingly can´t do anything about it, I feel justified in taking matters into my own hands. And I always watch my back."

No wonder California is going bankrupt.