High-tech stolen veh equipment

Now there's more reason to make the switch to PCSO. The Sheriff's Office just got 4 high-tech cameras & scanners for $20K each to scan up to 10,000 tags per shift. They're checked against a database of stolen vehicles and beep when you get a hit. The processor is in the cruiser trunk. Info on the tag appears on the deputy's laptop. (More are expected to arrive in the next fiscal year.)

Think that's amazaing? Wait there's more...Sheriff Jim Coats has this to say about it:

"Law enforcement has a responsibility to enforce laws and apprehend criminals."

At SPPD, we hear nothing of the sort!

Countering criticism about a potential invasion of privacy, the top cop added:

"This is just another tool for making our job easier. I don't see in any way where it even begins to infringe on someone's rights."

Applications for PCSO are available at the counter. Get in line behind me!

It amy be the newest and best high tech equipment, but it's old fashioned leadership. We'll have none of that at SPPD!

It's useless equipment at SPPD, we'd get a hit, go X50, and watch them laugh and drive off. We just wave at our code 10's, there's nothing we can do about it.

So true! So true!

Do what many have done. Since we aren't allowed by policy to actually catch stolen vehicles anymore, call ahead to a deputy friend. Then chase 'em into the waiting hands of the SO. A caught criminal is still caught.