Shel,
I'm not talking about a FORMAL police investigation as in Columbo. I'm
talking about an investigatio as in:
Etymology: Latin investigatus, past participle of investigare to track,
investigate, from in- + vestigium footprint, track
transitive senses : to observe or study by close examination and systematic
inquiry.
It was an investigation in a sense.
1. Someone saw you.
2. They called the police.
3. They said you were behaving suspiciously.
4. The dispatcher at the police station dispatched a car to your location TO
INVESTIGATE.
5. The police having found you, could not decide with a simple drive-by, so
they INVESTIGATED further by stopping and approaching.
6. You then gave them permission to INVESTIGATE further by showing them your
camera and the photos that you had taken.
You probably wished you wouldn't have posted this, by now, I'm sure. :-)
I'm not saying you did anything wrong. I'm just saying you were
investigated, when there was no evidence you broke the law. Didn't I read
that you showed them your ID and they checked it out (or am I remembering
incorrectly... too lazy to read through all the posts).
Tom C.
From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Today I Was Stopped by the Police While Photographing
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:27:15 -0700
Investigation!? Where'd that come from. There was no investigation, just
a simple, polite chat for a few minutes. IMO, an investigation involves
quite a bit more than asking to see ID and what I was doing in the
neighborhood.
I've asked this question several times and, from what I've read, no one's
answered it: What are the police to do when someone calls them with a
complaint or concern? If they ignore it or dismiss it, the citizens will
be all over them like flies on ****
Shel
> [Original Message]
> From: Tom C
> The real truth is, nothing warrants that intrusion. It's equivalent to
> saying you're guilty and now we're going to investigate it. If you're
> innocent...
>
> It's a pre-emptive action lacking any crime as a provocation.
