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re: Shreveport DA orders 8 M-16's. Sheriff has Issue
Posted on 3/12/12 at 8:17 pm to AlxTgr
Posted on 3/12/12 at 8:17 pm to AlxTgr
A. The sheriff is the highest law enforcement officer in the parish and the only elected one.
B. The DA doesn't need weapons. Period. He's not kicking in doors, he's not running any jails, he's not arresting anyone, he's not defending his office from hordes of zombies.
C. They're in the same damn building as the Sherrifs Department. A building that everyone who sets foot inside goes through a metal detector or is a real live law enforcement officer. The DA has no need for weapons at all, much less full auto M16s. And why anyone would be cool with that, much less support it is beyond me.
B. The DA doesn't need weapons. Period. He's not kicking in doors, he's not running any jails, he's not arresting anyone, he's not defending his office from hordes of zombies.
C. They're in the same damn building as the Sherrifs Department. A building that everyone who sets foot inside goes through a metal detector or is a real live law enforcement officer. The DA has no need for weapons at all, much less full auto M16s. And why anyone would be cool with that, much less support it is beyond me.
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Posted on 3/12/12 at 8:18 pm to Boats n Hose
quote:Yup. Doesn't seem right, but that's how the La. Constitution sets it up.
Judicial branch of govt
Posted on 3/12/12 at 8:32 pm to faxis
quote:
A. The sheriff is the highest law enforcement officer in the parish and the only elected one.
B. The DA doesn't need weapons. Period. He's not kicking in doors, he's not running any jails, he's not arresting anyone, he's not defending his office from hordes of zombies.
C. They're in the same damn building as the Sherrifs Department. A building that everyone who sets foot inside goes through a metal detector or is a real live law enforcement officer. The DA has no need for weapons at all, much less full auto M16s. And why anyone would be cool with that, much less support it is beyond me.
Yea I don't understand it either.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 8:37 pm to faxis
quote:But he will be prepared when they do come.
he's not defending his office from hordes of zombies.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 8:43 pm to Nodust
If I held the power the DA has and was offered those badass guns I would snatch them up faster than a chicken running from drunks on Mardi Gras.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 9:02 pm to AlxTgr
quote:
Not sure if serious. Do you know what a DA does?
Apparently you are not aware of everything they do. There are investigators that do just that...go in the field and investigate. There are more than just
DA
Try that link. that one even says that the rifles are semi-auto.
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Caddo Parish District Attorney Charles Scott said the weapons were for his investigators because of the dangerous situations they may face when in the field.
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A spokesperson for the Louisiana program that transferred the M16's to the DA's office said the weapons were not purchased, but are instead on loan. Because of that, the notification law did not apply.
Not sure where a law has been broken yet. Please correct me if wrong.
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Justification: This office recently staffed a Special Investigations Section which handles predominantly high profile and dangerous drug offenders. We. Routinely participate in high-risk surveillance and arrests activities with the Shreveport Police and Caddo Sheriff, and do not currently have the funds to provide patrol rifles to those involved in these high risk activities.
This is from the form that was sent to acquire the rifles. Try a little research some time before assuming you are all knowing
Posted on 3/12/12 at 9:06 pm to glock22josh
quote:
Try a little research some time before assuming you are all knowing
You are more clueless than the DA. I guess the judges are next. Oh, then the clerk of court. They deal with all sorts of potentially dangerous people. Then the registrar. Hey, I'm an officer of the court. I need one too. Sometimes clients and opposing parties want to harm me. It is to laugh.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 9:16 pm to AlxTgr
Can you not read...they go out with law enforcement and assist in these investigations. They are not people sitting behind a desk or in a court room. These are people that are in the community. Try reading before you spit out the same nonsense again
Posted on 3/12/12 at 9:16 pm to glock22josh
quote:
Try a little research some time before assuming you are all knowing
Posted on 3/12/12 at 9:18 pm to glock22josh
quote:No, not very well.
Can you not read
quote:Not because they are supposed to. Only because the DA has no idea what his role is.
they go out with law enforcement and assist in these investigations
quote:That's their mistake.
They are not people sitting behind a desk or in a court room.
quote:Look, I know you're angry over this, and you are not very bright. Go read what faxis posted again. It's all that needed to be posted.
Try reading before you spit out the same nonsense again
Posted on 3/12/12 at 9:19 pm to glock22josh
I know a current DA pretty well and he's never mentioned doing anything dangerous, much less ever wishing he had a rifle.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 9:19 pm to glock22josh
Are you shitting me? The DA has his own cops? Am I the only one wondering what the hell that's about?
Posted on 3/12/12 at 9:21 pm to faxis
Everybody that feels safer knowing the freaking M-16 toting DA guys are in your neighborhood locked and loaded raise your hand.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 9:23 pm to faxis
quote:
Are you shitting me? The DA has his own cops? Am I the only one wondering what the hell that's about?
Nope. I'm trying to figure out wtf is going on over there. Isn't that what the sheriff's office is for?
Sounds like a clusterfrick up there.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 9:25 pm to faxis
quote:
Everybody that feels safer knowing the freaking M-16 toting DA guys are in your neighborhood locked and loaded raise your hand.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 9:25 pm to faxis
Well honestly, they will probably kill a bunch of people who either did something wrong in the past, or are likely to do so in the future. Kinda like a primitive version of Minority Report/precog. Of course, we will lose some innocents and a few ADAs in the process.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 9:27 pm to Boats n Hose
quote:The comments under the article are pretty damn good.
I'm trying to figure out wtf is going on over there
Posted on 3/12/12 at 9:48 pm to AlxTgr
The DA's do have investigaters that carry weapons but they investigate crime/murder scenes after the fact. I see no reason they would ever be in an offensive position where they would need automatic weapons.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 9:58 pm to Martini
Great set up if one is ever stolen.....
Posted on 3/12/12 at 10:11 pm to AlxTgr
You are missing the point yet again. The question relates to the power of the sheriff over other governmental bodies, not whether the DA really needs automatic rifles. Try and keep up.
This post was edited on 3/12/12 at 10:14 pm
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