A short while ago a Salisbury Police Officer pulled over a guy riding his bicycle, (during the day time). He searched the individual and found NOTHING on him. When the individual asked why he was being treated like this the SPD wrote him a WARNING for NOT having a BELL on his bicycle.
Look guys, this BULLSHIT has got to STOP! There is REAL CRIME in this City and wasting your time writing tickets for not having a bell on your bicycle has got to be the biggest crock of shit I have seen in a very long time.
Tomorrow I will provide the actual ticket/warning this gentleman was given. Please don't make me have to write another Post like this guys, PLEASE?
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please dont make you?
ReplyDeletewho the hell do you think you are?
joe you are a nobody. get it thru your tiny head.
How do you know this? Maybe he didnt have a light on his bike. Thats against the law. If he wrote a warning for no bell and its not illegal, the cop can lose his job. However if its legal, its legal.
ReplyDeleteWell it s actually PC, sort of all bicycles need bells, under 18 needs helpmets, atleast he was trying to do something.
ReplyDeleteHoly cow! How bout that Deputy who beat that guy silly on Nanticoke road.. Now thats ridiculous. I happen to know that Deputy personally and HE IS A TURD.
ReplyDeleteCome on guys, a BELL? Granted, it may be against the law not to have one on a nike, I'll give you that. It was NOT dark at the time, for the person who asked. However, there are an average of 2 armed robberied per day in the City. Leave the black guy with no bell or drugs on him alone. I wasn't there, there could be more to the story and I'm sure there is. However, he was not arrested and he was given a warning for no bell on a bicycle. That's throwing good money after bad money, sorry.
ReplyDeleteAnd exactly what was the probable cause for the search? These SPD guys are searching every day with no probable cause.
ReplyDeleteMost likely just an eight year without a bell. Any one older would seem to tough for the SPD.
ReplyDeleteSince when is having no bell on your bike probable cause to be searched?
ReplyDeleteThe police officer made a valid stop of the person for a traffic violation, although it was a minor traffic violation. If the person he stopped was found with a gun on the way to a store, the officer would be praised for doing a good job and preventing a robbery. Lets not forget that following the bombing in Oklahoma, Timothy McViegh was stopped for a minor traffic violation and was subsequently arrested and identified.
ReplyDeletethe problem is NOT the salisbury police department, it is the society that is raising the low-life scumbag human garbage that would hold a gun to an 84-year-old man last night during this home invasion. That is the problem here. I think they should start executing these wastes of life. Just shoot them in the skull and be done with it...The world will benefit from such an act.
ReplyDeleteThis is a tactic that was started years and years ago for the bicycle officers to catch the drug runners who were using bicycles to ferry there dope around. I have personally seen guys taken down on bicycles with guns and ounces of dope. So yes it is a good tactic, and it is against the law. If he was found to be in poss of a weapon or a small amount of dope. These dumb a-- criminals will roll on there on brother to get out of a charge and most of the time that is how these stops go. At least they are doing something and thats alot more than most of them. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteThe guy on the bike was easy. The more I read here and in the times, and talk to friends back home, the SPD is afraid to go after the real criminals. The guy on the bike posed zero threat to officer.
ReplyDeleteWhen my brothers house was robbed last month, the sheriffs department not only responded (He lives in the city limits)they eventually caught the guy, and helped him recover some of his stuff.
Wocka-Wocka. You have got to be the biggest whiner and criticizer on the east coast.
ReplyDeleteYou continue to blabber about how other people do their jobs, the zoo, the fire department, the police department, the humane society and whoever the demon in head your pulls out today. Until you have filled these positions and actually done the work, who are you to criticize everyone?
Since you believe you're such a great reporter, maybe you should take some time to take an English course. I always get so lost in your great reporting as I stumble across your spelling errors and grammatical idiocy.
Back to the police issue, they enforce laws, no matter how tedious. No bell on a bike, throwing cigarettes out the window, whatever... In many cases these "minor laws" lead to major arrests, in which case you would be on here praising the officer for stopping the bicyclist.
Take your medicine Joe; the doctor prescribed them for a reason.
JR, get the Doc to up your meds, okay?
ReplyDeleteJR, next time you go to the Dr, get him to up your meds.
ReplyDeleteNot all officers at SPD are afraid of criminals 9:21 and 10:03. I know a few who catch some of the biggest fish in the pond sort of speak. And in the whole Eastern Shore as well.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I coulda said it better than "who cares" and "anon 9:33". This OFC was out there being PROACTIVE and more than likely getting CONSENT to search the person once he completed his "traffic stop".
ReplyDeleteAgain, had he located a handgun, some crack or powder cocaine you would have wrote a "good job" blog. I am more than willing to bet this "person" that was stopped is a friend of yours who came crying to you about being "harassed" by SPD.
I think you need to decide what you want to do Joe. Either side for or against the police. If its SPD doing something "good" then you still criticize them.
If it is WCSO then you praise the crap out of them. Just because you don't like SPD's "Chiefy" and are obsessed with Sheriff Lewis, don't take it out on these OFC's. Those guys get enough grief for doing work.
Frankly almost everything can be used for a reason for a stop. See the following: http://www.courts.state.md.us/district/forms/criminal/dccr90.pdf. This is a police officers "fine schedule" which is a little book that cops have with them to determine the proper code and cost of a citation. Now, the wording in the fine schedule IS NOT VERBATIM of the traffic code, it is an abbreviated source. The actual traffic code is a book about 3" thick. So under the “bell law” as indicated the following is true: “ 22 401 a Motor veh. on hwy. w/o audible and reasonably loud working horn...................... $ 60.00”. A bicycle is considered a motor vehicle and “hwy.” is any paved roadway owned and operated by the state or local municipality. You can also get a ticket for blowing your horn for no reason, “22 401 b
ReplyDeleteDriver use of motor veh. horn on hwy. when not reasonably necessary for $ 50.00 00 00
Safety” or operating an ice cream truck utilizing an improper bell! So, yes, the stop is probably good PC. As far as the search, that’s another story. Either the officer had PC (probable cause) which could have been anything from the smell of marijuana to a suspicious object under his coat (etc.) or the person could have consented to the search. No one knows, we weren’t there. But, the initial stop is good if there was no bell on the bike. Petty? Perhaps but it can be used for a probable cause traffic stop.
OKAY, I hate to have to do this to you again but here comes the spanking...
Anon 8:44 - If the guy is a turd then why do you know him personally? Maybe he thinks you are a turd? I think you are a turd. I know the deputy also and if I were in a jam he is the first person I would want to respond because, when required, he backs us up all the time and when I’ve called for help, he’s come with a can of “help” with him. I don’t want a person like you as back up on a call. You are the kind of cop that every other cop worries about going to 3rd floor admin on. Sorry he makes more than us but I guess that’s the way it is. Don’t be jealous. I’m not, good for him.
Sir robert peel... the blog cop! Beware of his spankings! He will give you a total comment lashing that you wont forget. And it was a typical "anon" like yourself that wrote the comment at 8:51 that you speak of. And don't pretend youre SPD, you are not fooling anyone.
ReplyDelete... and I agree that the comment at 8:51 was totally un called for. At least the "turd" he speaks of has enough guts to put his name on what he writes. Say what you want about him, but he IS one of the most dedicated officers I have ever met. Agin there are many other more deserving people other than police officers to criticize in this city. They are the criminals.
ReplyDeleteHeard a Judge here locally right from the bench say these SPD cops are making wrongful searches when it is done without legal probable cause........
ReplyDeleteWhat good is if SPD finds the dope and/or gun but the search was not legal--the perp walks and is on the street to continue his dope peddling.
The many take the fall for the few who dont care. Sad, very sad.
ReplyDeleteOh sir robert you self rightous coward. Who do you think wrote the comment at 8:51? By your obvious insinuation you are wrong again.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you are not a detective. You are pathetic. You are all talk, on and off the job. Anyone can see that you have no backbone. Seriously, put your name in the http://www.courts.state.md.us/
Then put that number on here for all to see the work you have done for the community. Nevermind, that would take something you do not have.
sir evan peel?
ReplyDeleteAlot of SPD Officer's are good guys but there are a few that I don't trust. I've also seen Judges say the same thing, they make bad cases and commit alot of personal violations. Although the stop on the bike was a good one, it was a chicken shit one just to find out who he was. It's a common practice, but that's why you interview the person before getting into his pockets. A little interviewing and using some instincts never hurt anyone. Apparently this cop has no insights. As for the WCSO Deputy on Nanticoke road: I know him and he is a standup kinda guy and one I don't mind helping me. I have the utmost respect for him. A couple SPD officers have a grudge against him because THEY have a hard time getting along. They are narcistic and make bad cases. I've seen it myself while sitting in court waiting for other cases. I've also seen them do things to people that made me walk away because I didn't want to be labeled in the Civil Rights complaints. This is why some of them will NEVER be hired by the WCSO. Their reputation precedes them and the Sheriff nor the Deputies want that there. Don't blame them either. Some people (attn: TM's) can't accept that fact and want to keep controversy going over his wife sleeping with a Deputy while she was an empl:yee there. Typical new yorkers, never ever do anything wrong and they're perfect. They both can wallow in their sickness. They are not well liked in this community (law enforcement) by numerous agencies, judges and Attorney's offices.
ReplyDeleteJoe-Keep up the Great work!
I got another phone call from a buddy today telling me to check out this thread. Unfortunately, I still don’t know who “Sir Robert Peel” is. Thanks for his and others support although I do not agree with his general message. It seems my name generates a lot of controversy, which is news to me. I just try to come to work, do my job, and go home in one piece. Sorry if I piss people off being me! Anyways, Happy holidays to everyone, the public, WCSO and SPD, DELMAR, and FRUITLAND, and other depts. Thanks – Evan Avnet
ReplyDeleteGO Evan GO! Don't fret, you are liked by those who matter
ReplyDeleteANON 11:59,
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that you have a personal grudge against (Attn: TM) I am more than willing to bet your the numnuts that fu#k&D his wife.
As for "evanavnet" your a turd too and should have been charged for that incident on Nanticoke Road. You have always and will continue to be a squirell. I feel bad for Sheriff Lewis.
Joe- you've proven your just a clueless on how police depts work as you are about fire depts. This is how cops bust people. They pull them over for bs stuff like no headlamp/bell/reflectors (bikes), or things like a license plate lite out, no seatbelt, not making a full 3 second stop, etc, for cars, just to have probable cause to check them out. If they're not dirtbag criminals they usually get let go with a warning. talk to your butt buddy mike lewis about this. he has made many of his arrests ths way.
ReplyDeleteIn 24 more years when you get to be my age, try making that stupid statement then. Till then, you're a young rookie cop who thinks he's above the law. Grow Up!
ReplyDeleteTo anon at 2:26, I would've never touched that piece of crap in the first place. It was apparent she was a tramp then as now. There's no grudge to be held, it's called the facts, dickhead. What's a matter, you can't get hired by a real agency? Pussy. Go Avnet Go! Evan, you're at an agency that anon dreams of being at but can't get hired cause he's dirty.
ReplyDeletePussy? You are anonymous, just like peel. You are the same type of lame ass, all talk, no action waste of a badge. Dirty? That's a bunch of bull shit!!! You jealous second rate underachiever. Dirty is blue falcon cops like yourself who would rather stand behind some f*&^% home wrecker that a man who has not only survived a death sentence 8 years ago, but a bunch of chicken shit cops who take jabs at him on another losers blog. He's not anonymous asshole. He labeled his "propopo". Mike Lewis I hope you are proud of these men that you lead. Sit back and enjoy these hypocrites that represent your office. And put their piss poor attitudes for all to see. Not impressed.
ReplyDeleteTM get your butt back home and work in a big city where you belong! Pussy your are not. You are one of the strongest men I have ever met. No doubt. A pussy is some jerk who takes a jab at someone's family under anonymous (as usual) on a website. I would bet my badge that the same prick won't say this crap to your face. FYI his situation with his wife is old news. Only a jealous pansy ass would keep bringing that up. He's over it. Even if he wasn't he is by no means wrong.
And Evan good idea not getting tied up in your fellow deputies shit.
TM, you too are liked by those who matter.
I will back YOU up any day. At least one "MCM" in Smallsbury we can love and respect.
SC B Platoon.
lol how did this thing about SPD stopping a guy on a bike with no bell turn into something about me? Oh well, okay, well if you need to speak with me regarding your troubled feelings please feel free to stop by my place of employment and if I am available, I'll be happy to discuss whatever is on your mind in a calm and rational manner. Or, if you know me personally as you mention, leave your name on here so I know what your feelings about me are. You are, of course, entitled to your own opinion about things. Although I feel it is unfortunate that at this time of year people take it upon themselves to try and make others feel bad in order to feel better about themselves or their personal situation in life. However, I wish you continued luck with your coping with whatever troubles you. Happy Holidays. And, thank you guys for talking me up (those of you who commented on my behalf). Thanks again, Evan Avnet
ReplyDeleteI'm not getting myself tied up any anyones stuff. I was responding to those who commented about me personally. Anyways, im out, I have stuff to do. Take care all.
ReplyDelete-Evan
11:59 you seem to speak for a lot of other people. Screw you "brother". And who are you again? I didn't catch your name either. Who brought up this stuff about his wife?
ReplyDeleteOh, a couple deputies, and of course albero. Figures. If there is no fight mine as well start one? Right? Real honorable. Disgrace to our job and the badge.
3:01 want to talk facts? Come talk with him to his face rather here. You are such a good deputy it should not scare you to leave a name. 2:26 was definitely not TM or his wife. You are as stupid as you are a coward. Just lie in the shadow and pop out to punch a man in the back and run away.
SC
I'll have you know, my name is on EVERY comment I make here. That being said, if you're accusing me of being anonymous, you're wrong. I'm man enough to face anyone on here, period.
ReplyDelete"I was simply trying to show the joint effort between both organizations, something the general public would not normally recognize.
ReplyDeleteThe WCSO has been working very hard to team up with the SPD and both parties have been very welcoming, with the exception of one Wife of one Officer.
Nevertheless, kudos to ALL parties involved."
7:01 AM
Joe,
Not accusing you of being anonymous, just for starting shit, again with a great cop, and an even better man. You still have not "kept it real" and stated what your problem is with him or his wife?
SC
Evan,
ReplyDeleteAnyone who reads Totmom regularly knows I hate defending the police LOL but I just wanted to say,if this is really you posting,that you did what you had to do that day in the store.Sure,the man turned out to be harmless-but YOU didn't have the luxury of prior knowledge of his condition-from your point of view it was a guy in a store acting "hinky" with a knife in his posession.If he had been up to something,and you had hesitated,the public would be ready to crucify you.Dammit,there I go again,lol,going to lose my anti-establishment cred for sure now-but you did your job and an investigation into the matter proved as much.
Ditto!
ReplyDeleteYoure lying again, Joe! Youve already been busted making anon comments on your own blog!
ReplyDeleteTM you are the man! keep it going and make us proud! 10-95s galore! you are an absolute natural. No questions. even from an old road warrior like myself.
ReplyDeleteBDD
and Joe... fuck you! you got several assholes talking shit about two officers who obviously care about what they do. I hope more hits on this stupid sight are worth the tension you provoke.
ReplyDeleteEvan, it's just some haters who want to bring others down.
ReplyDeleteSC and BDD thanks. I don't expect anyone like yourselves to put your opinions of me on this blog. But it is a nice gesture. You too are great men. Don't waste your time dealing with these cowards. I can handle much more than any second rate "anonymous" back stabber can dish out.
I'm going to enjoy my holiday with my family.
Merry Christmas to all those who care, and god bless the ones who don't.
Joe have a nice life.
Tom
AKA: NEW YORK
SC: You are an embarrasment to the Blue Line. TM started this whole mess and can't leave it alone, nor can his wife. He makes bad cases, illegal searches and has the personality of a wooden plank. Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteI love how these city wannabe cops get on here and shit all over the place, attacking deputies and then when they get it back, they wanna cry like the bitches they are...
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteYoure lying again, Joe! Youve already been busted making anon comments on your own blog!
7:08 PM
What comments has Joe made anonymously on his blog?
Maybe you are the one full of shit.
Who the hell is Peel? A bicycle is not a motor vehicle.....it's a vehicle. Big difference. The proper section is 21-1207. There is an "a", "b", etc. for light, bell, respectively. On it's face it may sound like a petty traffic stop, but it's actually an absolutely outstanding tool to learn identities and as P/C for a stop of a suspect who is selling dope. If they refuse to stop after the officer initiates a traffic stop, it becomes fleeing and eluding, an arrestable offense. Once you make an arrest, you can legally search without permission. Good street cops know how to use this as an option to get the dirt bags off the street.
ReplyDeleteOfficers have to use all the tools available to weave thier way through all the technicalities established by the constitution and related case law that govern arrest, search, and seizure, so that they can make good cases for court. Man you can do all kinds of good work that start with traffic stops like that. Remember bad guys use every type of transportation to get from place to place.
E you are the man. Listen I happen to know what the way it was expressed that the guy was "harmless" was not the case as portrait in the newspapers. The guy was not harmless. In fact, its lucky the guy didn't kill you and you didn't kill the guy. The guy tried to take your gun three times, period. People forget or don't know what really happened out there. Back me up anytime brother. You don't have to know who I am. I am Sir Robert Peel people. Look my stuff up on the internet. Type my name into case search and you will get nothing! Because I lived over 157 years ago. Old school punk! Old school! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Peel
ReplyDelete11:44 didn't see where he or the wife said anything negative about anyone on here. I could have sworn deputy peel was the one who started talking smack. Then a second deputy at 11:59. Then again at 3:01. Looks like TM is the one who let it go to me! Anyone with half a brain can see that. First attack him, then his wife, now his job and friends. A cop who makes so many arrests must be doing something wrong? Yea, the only thing anyone has done wrong is listening to anonymous "bitches" like yourself.
ReplyDeleteAnd finally at 11:44. Where do you work, I would like to know where you are throwing stones from? Just curious. But I think I already know the answer. Blue line my ass! It's called a blue wall. Go hide behind it "anonymous".
JRT
I've read TMs or "propopos" comments, sounded very respectible and tasteful to me. The ones that followed were not.
ReplyDeleteI've been following the police related blogs for some time now. My better half is a retired officer. I don't like to pry in personal matters. I do have a couple observations which I think should be considered. I do pay a substantial dollar in county taxes.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I see is that an Spd officers wife worked in the Sheriffs office. Cheated on her hubby with a fellow Deputy. She got fired. Hubby got ticked off, as any man would. He didn't get hired there for obvious reasons of possible tension. Then several comments were made. Most not by him or his wife. But maybe a few friends or whatever.
At no time I have never seen anything that states the whole affair did not happen. What happened to the other Deputy? Just curious.
I do know of a cop that works at city who's from New York. I have met his family. I think it is the same guy I see jogging with his son in my neighborhood. From what I hear by many other police that we know is that he is a fine officer. From what I see his whole family is very respectable.
I see that he has made comments here none of which are deserving of the ones made in return. Again I don't really know him but what I have heard from other deputies, troopers, and city officers is that he works very hard and is very dedicated. I am inclined to believe them. Even the Avnet guy. He does seem like a standup man.
The rest on here, by the way they write, I would never take their word for anything. The language alone is offensive and child like.
Ha ha, it's clear that the last comment was from a spd officer. get real.
ReplyDeleteShe was a secretary. And she resigned puppymom. Yes it is the same man who runs with his son.
ReplyDeleteWhich all of SPD already knows.