Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Video: FAA resolves Kings issue - AOPA

Well said. I was the only street officer on our department that had any aviation knowledge, and one of only 3 in the entire county. We had a local jerkoff out buzzing his work place because they were on strike and he wanted to cause a bit of unease with management. So one night he takes out a local flying club plane and buzzes the homes and offices of management. When an officer got to the airport to greet this clown, Bozo refused to provide anything but his name. The officer didn't know what was required of the pilot as per FARS or RCW so he let the guy go. This was a club pane and the club got wind of the incident ad Mr. Intrepid was relieved of his keys and kicked out of the club. Line officers are just not trained in aviation issues. They may get a call about something like this only once or twice in a career. The academy didn't even approach anything about aviation so they rightfully apply the techniques used in traffic incidents.

The officers were spot on, The feds deserve a big F for a grade though

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "jerryetex" <jerry230@...> wrote:
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> I never post on this site. I mostly just read between the ridiculous comments searching for the smallest amount of information related to LSA. This topic and the comments associated have really hit a nerve with me and I have to put my 2 cents in and then I am done with this group. Unless you have ever been a cop, you should shut your pie hole. No one can understand what the cops go through unless you have walked in their shoes. Someone commented about being scared and trigger happy. You're damn right cops can be scared and trigger happy. It's the nature of the business when you are dealing with low life people that are waiting for the right time to try and hurt you when you let your guard down. Cops NEVER...NEVER, know where the next threat is coming from. Whether it's sitting in a coffee shop or performing a high risk stop on an airplane they just don't know when some crazy idiot is going to try and hurt them. As far as "verifying" the information....please! Do you think most street cops know how to do a N number inquiry? In addition, if the National Crime Computer (NCIC) has a vehicle listed as stolen, that in itself is "verified" information and that is probable cause to make the stop and investigate, which is what they did. This was treated like any other high risk stop made on a stolen car, truck, boat or airplane and detaining (not arresting like one of the morons on this site posted)the individuals in the vehicle while investigating. This happens everyday all across the country and high risk stops are done to protect the cops and the suspects, and this one only made the news because it was an airplane. Should this have been fixed years ago and taken out of NCIC. Yes. Does that change the fact on how the police handled this. Hell no. So for all you cop bashers, how would you want the police to handle your stolen airplane. Take the stance of, "well it's probably not really stolen and most likely a clerical error, so I'll just let it go. I sure don't want to seem a big bully by handcuffing someone"; or pull the suspect out of your plane, detain (not arrest) them and investigate. Anyone who thinks that they can do something beneficial such as writing a program that will keep this from happening again, then go for it. Be part of the solution instead of bitching about how the cops do their job and threating to sue everyone at the drop of a hat. If you feel like you can do better, call your local police recruiter and sign up. Most police departments would love to have the knowledge base that alot of people on this site have proclaimed. Yes I am a cop in case you haven't figured it out yet. I'm going flying now. Peace out.

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