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dballance

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4. That's A Heck of a Lot Better Idea Than Riding in the Back in Cuffs for DUI

Reply to mrmpa (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 02:24 AM

Jan 2013

Kudos to the Bedford PD.

Here in Portland, OR on New Years all the public transit was free from about 8pm New Years eve until 2AM New Years Day. We're fortunate to have a really good public transit system that can get you just about anywhere in the metro area so there was no excuse for not taking advantage of this. So that probably saved lives and helped keep people out of jail. Cities and Police do good things all the time. Those just aren't usually ratings-worthy like pictures of police pepper-spraying protesters is.

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Often there are posts about the f'd up things that cops do................. [View all] mrmpa Jan 2013 OP

we've had great coordination between our police and our schools whenever there is a threat to liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #1

If the bad is not publicized........... mrmpa Jan 2013 #2

That's cool! ellisonz Jan 2013 #3

That's A Heck of a Lot Better Idea Than Riding in the Back in Cuffs for DUI dballance Jan 2013 #4

I've read about the Portland New Year's plan........... mrmpa Jan 2013 #5

I know there are bad ones, but we'd be up creek if only law enforcement were yahoos with guns. Hoyt Jan 2013 #6