tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post7529643418262115971..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: New reports show Austin police use force at traffic stops much more often than other agenciesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-23593836725146249342019-03-15T01:24:36.032-05:002019-03-15T01:24:36.032-05:00Anon 3:04, insurance doesn't prevent you from ...Anon 3:04, insurance doesn't prevent you from doing harm, it is imperfectly designed to help make whole when you screw up. Otherwise, you are wrong if you believe the various state transportation codes only relate to commercial drivers or that someone who owns a car is somehow exempt. There are specific codes that only apply to truly commercial drivers but they tend to be more restrictive versions of codes that apply to the rest of us as well. And your "right to travel" is not a blank check to travel as you see fit by any means you'd like per our court system but I'm sure plenty of people with that were the case.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-41894533442386885662019-03-14T15:04:57.519-05:002019-03-14T15:04:57.519-05:00My understanding is that the people have a right t...My understanding is that the people have a right to travel and the codes, rules, and regulations are guide lines for Commercial Drivers. Am I wrong?<br /><br />A finance company that owns your title is Commercial, correct?<br /><br />If you have a vehicle free & clear, do these Commercial codes, rules, and regulations apply?<br />of course you must do no harm to others, so you must carry insurance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-19554149576436410002019-03-14T14:40:19.549-05:002019-03-14T14:40:19.549-05:00Grits, aren't most class C warrants not for no...Grits, aren't most class C warrants not for non-payment but for simply not showing up at all? That is historically speaking from a project I worked on with some of the largest courts in Texas. If the numbers have changed since then, so be it but it wasn't even close compared to the non-payment warrants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78134856141763735112019-03-12T17:38:48.312-05:002019-03-12T17:38:48.312-05:00@soronel, most warrants, like 90%+, are for non-pa...@soronel, most warrants, like 90%+, are for non-payment of traffic tickets and other Class C misdemeanor debt. Using cops as debt collectors in a debtors-prison-style system is the concern.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-82370965738585017342019-03-12T11:02:21.405-05:002019-03-12T11:02:21.405-05:00How is enforcing warrants (however an officer come...How is enforcing warrants (however an officer comes in contact with the target) a bad thing? "among the worst in each category" reads as a highly unwarranted value judgement, particularly regarding arrests for outstanding warrants.Soronel Haetirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639906179427371695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49123137090366442072019-03-10T14:35:57.437-05:002019-03-10T14:35:57.437-05:00Another interesting stat that you may wish to comp...Another interesting stat that you may wish to compile or add to your spreadsheet is the number of traffic stops per resident. <br /><br />Compare small town municipalities Pantego and Dalworthington Gardens that are notorious for traffic stops to raise revenue with Arlington, the city that surrounds them. Arlington has 123,625 stops/365,438 residents = .338 traffic stops/resident. Pantego has 6,492 traffic stops/2,394 residents = 2.712 traffic stops/resident. Dalworthington Gardens has 10,054 traffic stops/2,259 residents = 4.451 traffic stops/resident. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480587899200100889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80714052359453275442019-03-10T14:24:28.022-05:002019-03-10T14:24:28.022-05:00"Arlington appears to almost never enforce wa..."Arlington appears to almost never enforce warrants at traffic stops, . . . ."<br /><br />Looks to me that the Arlington report is totally messed up. They list only 123 total stops! Real number based off other numbers in report appears to be 123,625, suggesting that they somehow left the last three digits off of the total stops number. I suspect they did the same thing many other places in the report, including where they list "1" for number of arrests for penal code violation and "1" for outstanding warrant arrests.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06480587899200100889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-45373395601051307242019-03-10T10:28:17.956-05:002019-03-10T10:28:17.956-05:00There is a lot of information to unpack. Take a l...There is a lot of information to unpack. Take a look at Frisco, Texas. In 2017, there were 14,739 contacts; in 2018, there are more than 3 times the number of contacts at 48,822. Total searches doubled: from 1125 to 2336. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1323506464773931382019-03-10T09:48:30.301-05:002019-03-10T09:48:30.301-05:00Great, the highest paid police in the state are st...Great, the highest paid police in the state are stalinists now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-89750521309265368622019-03-10T08:54:48.728-05:002019-03-10T08:54:48.728-05:00"The city has a reputation as liberal..."..."The city has a reputation as liberal..." <br /><br />Remember that the role model of liberalism is Stalinism, the most authoritarian regime to sprout in the twentieth century.Steven Michael Seyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07809935502307219692noreply@blogger.com