Apad

Unregistered · 09-21-2016, 06:13 PM

What is everyone's opinion on APAD?

Unregistered · 09-21-2016, 08:00 PM

Awful, liberal program that was developed and taught by jailers.

Unregistered · 09-21-2016, 09:52 PM

So someone commits a misdemeanor. We sign them up for adult diversion. Possession of weed, battery, shop lifting. We write no report at all. After seven days they decide not to do any of the program. Nothing happens to them? And no report is written so it never happened? WTF is that? Sounds like a way to hide crime stats and give Bernie McCabe a break. Love jailers teaching it too, that was painful. Can we teach jailers how to manage inmates now? What a joke.

Unregistered · 09-27-2016, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by Unregistered

So someone commits a misdemeanor. We sign them up for adult diversion. Possession of weed, battery, shop lifting. We write no report at all. After seven days they decide not to do any of the program. Nothing happens to them? And no report is written so it never happened? WTF is that? Sounds like a way to hide crime stats and give Bernie McCabe a break. Love jailers teaching it too, that was painful. Can we teach jailers how to manage inmates now? What a joke.

Exactly, what the heck happens when someosomeone gets a APAD and then commits a murder soon after. Would going to jail have prevented that murder. It's a lawsuit waiting to happen

Unregistered · 09-27-2016, 02:56 PM

Its all about second chances......its the reason their is so much black on black crime, the arrest for a joint, or disorderly conduct.....The Schools have dumb downed discipline for the same reason, blacks are getting into to much trouble and we need to show improvement by just not counting stats. Juv's arrested 10 or 15 times for felonies, heaven forbid we do something about that! This liberal attempt at softening or hiding your arrest background because it effects you getting a job is a farce. How about reducing traffic fines for the otherwise law abiding citizen? You know the ones that actually pay taxes. We buy into this crap because it is cheaper than incarcerating and housing prisoners. Well the purpose of laws and arresting people should not be based on costs

Unregistered · 09-27-2016, 03:26 PM

"Well the purpose of laws and arresting people should not be based on costs"

Isn't that what 90% of the laws are on the books for, to take money from people when there is no victim harmed? Aren't all deputies just revenue collectors? If the purpose of laws should not be based on "costs", then most laws should be wiped off of the books.

Unregistered · 09-27-2016, 04:29 PM

Career criminals, and murder's are the highest cost to incarcerate. Ready to shorten their sentences?

Unregistered · 09-28-2016, 03:49 AM

Give the guy from the jail a break, I'm sure this wasn't his idea; he was just tasked with the responsibilty of implementing the program.

There are several issues with this program:

1) A deputy rolls up on a sig 38 in progress and utilizes force in apprehending the suspect, who is later determined to be eligible for the program. Are we not writing a report documenting the use of force?

2) A deputy arrests a suspect for battery and conducts a search incident to arrest and locates marijuana on the suspect's person. Suspect is then referred to Pre-Arrest Diversion, how do we have a search incident to arrest if there never was an arrest? Are we issuing DeLoreans now? I can't get fleet to fix my transmission, what happens when the flux capacitor goes out?

3) Sh^tbags from other counties will take advantage of this program, causing a spike in retail thefts in Pinellas County.

4) Victim is battered by suspect, victim requests copy of police report to file for an injunction against repeat violence, but there isn't a report.

5) Convicted felons are eligible for APAD if they don't have any felony arrests within 5 years. So a career criminal who serves a 5 year sentence is eligible for diversion the day he gets released.