tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post731009960113384452..comments2023-10-15T09:26:58.086-05:00Comments on Woodstock Advocate: WPD August Traffic Initiative - TWLTLsGushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post-59933014033851994452009-08-17T12:35:16.669-05:002009-08-17T12:35:16.669-05:00Oh REALLY, Gus? Then why did you raise such a big ...Oh REALLY, Gus? Then why did you raise such a big disturbance when you received a ticket for having a headlight out on you car, admitting the light was out, yet saying you played tapes for them that it had only been out for a little while?<br /><br />The law is the law, right Gus? Except when you break the law, then a warning would suffice.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225029952820296174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post-33356114836102377962009-08-14T18:26:41.039-05:002009-08-14T18:26:41.039-05:00Yes. Even my mother, if she were living. Even your...Yes. Even my mother, if she were living. Even your mother.Gushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post-61219342094745221502009-08-14T17:52:22.187-05:002009-08-14T17:52:22.187-05:00I believe the year was 2005, only 4 1/2 years ago,...I believe the year was 2005, only 4 1/2 years ago, so I don't know how many have come on board since then. What I'm positive about is that the officers who were there were following exactly what Joe Marvin said. He and the officer who stopped me used exactly the same words to describe the havoc that such a turn would create, except a safe turn created no havoc at all.<br /><br />I suspect many of the officers knew their training was wrong, but what do you do when your boss tells you to do something a certain way? If you want to keep your job, you do it that way.<br /><br />Thanks for your comment.Gushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post-37862539743079104132009-08-14T15:16:00.805-05:002009-08-14T15:16:00.805-05:00You say at the end of your article that tickets no...You say at the end of your article that tickets not warnings should be issued. THANKS SHERIFF So much for discretion huh? Will you say "tickets only" when you or one of your friends get a ticket for violating this law?Frankerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09707817605281850252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post-62449230144715747032009-08-14T15:13:51.129-05:002009-08-14T15:13:51.129-05:00Correct me if I'm wrong Gus but MOST of the WP...Correct me if I'm wrong Gus but MOST of the WPD's officers who are in the patrol division and will be enforcing these laws weren't there for this little battle with Marvin. I think that these younger/newer officers will do a great job of enforcing the correct laws.Frankerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09707817605281850252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post-37920680244184836622009-08-14T11:19:00.952-05:002009-08-14T11:19:00.952-05:00Thanks, Troy.
At the time a Sheriff's Dept. s...Thanks, Troy.<br /><br />At the time a Sheriff's Dept. supervisor told me that he had "concerns" about Woodstock PD's enforcement against left turns into the TWLTL. <br /><br />Just imagine any efforts he might have made to get the issue addressed. First, climbing the chain-of-command at MCSD and keeping his fingers crossed that the Sheriff would go to police chief, maybe for a light lunch and discussion of the laws.<br /><br />No way that was going to happen, so the drivers continued to suffer.Gushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036550825708569102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095750659102120237.post-89405170134078328252009-08-14T09:49:06.601-05:002009-08-14T09:49:06.601-05:00Joe Marvin was NEVER A COP. He was the Woodstock O...Joe Marvin was NEVER A COP. He was the Woodstock Officer Friendly " (Community relations officer) and got the chiefs job when Pitzman and Beu got jammed up. Ask guys that knew him. He never worked the street and was just a political gladhander. <br /><br />Gus is right on the four-letter word "into", which permits safe left turns into the TWLTL. Even most of the Woodstock cops argued that it was legal. The State and County squads made the same manuver when pulling into oe out of businesses along rte 14 becasue they all knew it was designed to be used that way.Notawannabeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11352862461072525587noreply@blogger.com