Oh but he does have lots of recourse. It is called "false arrest, or selective enforcement". Depending upon the state or jurisdiction. If the law enforcement has only charged him and no one else, then it is selective enforcement and he can counter sue in small claims court to re-coup his wages, attorney fees and the like and the county does have to pay for the loss of work time and his expenses for the issuance of a citation that lacks merit. It depends which jurisdiction issued the citation. He can also go to the Victim Assistance program for reimbursement, as he is now a Victim, of an over zealous law enforcement officer. I would sue them all. LOL. City, state, and the county, plus the officer individually and severally. The burden of proof is still on the county to prove that he violated some part of the statue. I would assume the county attorney would ask to have the ticket dismissed, as the statue does not indicate anything about antennas. He should also research the statues about Ham plates and registration for vehicles owned by ham radio operators.
I hope everyone is having a wonderful week. Butch From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT: NC man charged with 'driving a cop car' due to ham antennas Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 10:26:08 -0400 What's really sad is that some cop with nothing better to do can charge someone for a "crime" like this. It winds up causing the ham to have to take a day (or more) off of work to go meet with an attorney, go to court, etc. He probably will win, but then he has to pay for it all to defend himself with no recourse against the court, police, etc. for any kind of reimbursement. Pretty sad...... Original Message: ----------------- From: Alan Bradley Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 08:39:29 -0500 To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] OT: NC man charged with 'driving a cop car' due to ham antennas I found this on the net, It may be the same story. http://www.jars.net/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Fitte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 8:06 AM Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] OT: NC man charged with 'driving a cop car' due to ham antennas > Can someone post the message > > -----Original Message----- > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Garcia > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:04 AM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] OT: NC man charged with 'driving a cop car' > due to ham antennas > > You got to be a member to get the message, I am not going to sign up just to > read one message! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of mch > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 2:05 AM > To: repeater-builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Repeater-Builder] OT: NC man charged with 'driving a cop car' > due to ham antennas > > > This is slightly off topic, but I wanted everyone to be aware of what is > happening to a NC man who equipped his Chevy Caprice Classic with ham > antennas. He is now *charged* with driving a car that resembles a law > enforcement vehicle. Apparently that is a law in NC. > > Details here: > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GovtVShams/> > > This will be my only post on the subject. > Please direct any discussion there. > > This could be you if you have many antennas on your car (as many of us > do) and drive through NC in anything close to the same model car LE uses > (Caprice, Crown Vic, Intrepid, Impalla, Etc, or even any of the clones > such as Park Ave or anything based on the same frame). > > Joe M. > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
