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As Hurricane Irma's destructive path nears Florida, a sheriff is warning sex offenders to beware of officers checking IDs at shelters. But now people are worried the rules will also affect others with outstanding warrants.
[...] "If you go to a shelter for #Irma, be advised: sworn LEOs will be at every shelter, checking IDs. Sex offenders/predators will not be allowed."
The sheriff explained the tweet further by writing on top of it, "If you go to a shelter for #Irma and you have a warrant, we'll gladly escort you to the safe and secure shelter called the Polk County Jail."
[...] RT America contacted the sheriff's office, and was told a public information officer would call back with further information.
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Source: Florida sheriff offers jail as 'secure shelter' for those with warrants fleeing Hurricane Irma
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Sunday September 10 2017, @10:48AM (1 child)
Agreed - but I think that in a natural disaster like this, MOST cops will let MOST warrants just slide for the moment. Parking tickets? No cop in his right mind is going to make your damned parking ticket warrant a high priority.
On the other hand, if you're the subject of a manhunt, considered "armed and dangerous", you can't expect the cops to look the other way even in the middle of a hurricane.
I hope that the rest of the sheriff's departments have more sense, and are able to assign proper priorities to their duties. Individual cops shouldn't have a hard time deciding, "Save this person's life, or arrest that fugitive? Which is more important?"
(Score: 5, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Sunday September 10 2017, @08:34PM
Sheriff is a political (elected) position, these guys never miss an opportunity to flash their hard-ass creds to the voters, especially in counties like Polk where the majority vote for firey promises of making everything right, by force if necessary.
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