(Sept. 12, 2014) With bikers in town this weekend, and the annual congregation of VW enthusiasts slated to start in less than two weeks, the Ocean City Police Department is soliciting city businesses for what is being called the Trespass Enforcement Authorization Program [TEAP].
Normally, police are only allowed to enforce a civil action, such as trespassing, if they receive a complaint from the property’s owner. But since many resort owners are absentees, this creates an enforcement problem for motor-related events.
Complaints from residents about drivers and riders congregating in unused parking lots – where they drink heavily and harass passers-by – have been on the rise.
But under section 58-81 of the city’s code, property owners are allowed to sign an affidavit allowing the OCPD to act as their agents and investigate the activity of any person located on the property who they suspect to be trespassing – even if no specific complaint has been received.
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2 comments:
The police state is upon us.Notice everything you do is against the law.
Can we use our new MRAP's on them, too?
-OCDC cop.
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