Sitting in a squad car with a radar gun Thursday morning near Germantown Elementary School in Annapolis, Marvin Haiman looked every bit a police officer.And when the owner of a plum Mercedes gets a warning letter next month for driving by at 20 mph above the posted speed limit, he will probably think he was spotted by a fully sworn member of the city Police Department.
But Haiman is not a cop.
For the past five months, Haiman and another volunteer with the department have run radar in Annapolis to discourage speeding at some of the city's problem spots.
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One of the valuable lessons from kindergarten: No one likes a tattle tale!
ReplyDeleteJust what they need, MORE cops! As if the General Services Police, County Police, and State Police were not enough. Now they have Auxiliary Police.
ReplyDeleteAre Citizens outnumbered yet?
We live in a Police State
ReplyDeleteYou question if we need more cops? What is the crime rate around here again?
ReplyDeleteThere have been plenty of times I have wished I had police powers to write some of these drivers a ticket that I see driving aggressively. And I don't count speeding as aggressive.
Tailgating, obstructing traffic and other unsafe behavior is more important to me than 5-10 miles over HIGHWAY speeds. Residential not included.