So what did you guys do to that man on the bike?

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And it will be a huge settlement read the oath of office cant puck and choose what you want to enforce james come put your name on your beliefs dont hide

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And it will be a huge settlement read the oath of office cant puck and choose what you want to enforce james come put your name on your beliefs dont hide

Not James here, but what "oath of office" are you referring to?

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Ok mr obviously not law enforcement try google
Btw if you think a non party candidate will unseat the FSA PRESIDENT you have some issues no chance

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Ok mr obviously not law enforcement try google
Btw if you think a non party candidate will unseat the FSA PRESIDENT you have some issues no chance

Sorry, but no matter how many times you tell someone to google something, it still won't make it say something that you think it does. WHAT does the "oath of office" say about enforcing laws? Let me help you with that... it doesn't.

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I just went back and googled his stuff. He also says he will end all "I smell pot" traffic stops and searches, release inmates with only pot charges from the PCSO jail and refuse to allow St. Pete or Clearwater and all of the other local police from booking anyone with pot charges into the PCJ. It will be interesting to see if he can do all that too.

You can’t do all that. The Sheriff has no control over what charges other agencies in the county arrest people for. And as a deputy sheriff, you are a law enforcement officer. Unless there is a specific law that states otherwise, you can’t tell a deputy sheriff that they can’t charge someone with a crime if it is a Florida Law. Not just because you say so anyway. “I smell pot” is still PC to stop and search. Sorry James, recreational pot isn’t here yet. And it looks like the Florida Attorney General disagrees with that position as well.

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You can’t do all that. The Sheriff has no control over what charges other agencies in the county arrest people for. And as a deputy sheriff, you are a law enforcement officer. Unless there is a specific law that states otherwise, you can’t tell a deputy sheriff that they can’t charge someone with a crime if it is a Florida Law. Not just because you say so anyway. “I smell pot” is still PC to stop and search. Sorry James, recreational pot isn’t here yet. And it looks like the Florida Attorney General disagrees with that position as well.

You are 100% correct. He has no control over what other agencies arrest people for. But he can tell them he won't book them into his jail. If they want to keep them in Clearwater and St. Pete and transport them back and forth to court, they can arrest anyone they want any time they want. Also, a sheriff can tell his employees what to do and what not to do and terminate those who do not follow direct orders.

As far as probable cause, there is this....

https://www.wptv.com/news/local-news...elated-arrests

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News flash the lab here can determine the difference between hemp and cannabis to include thc content Sorry capt cannabis. Good luck punishing a deputy for making an arrest for a crime. That's called wrongful and is a civil tort, #bigmoneysettlement
Good luck mr not James but seems to know all about james
I really would love to see you debate

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News flash the lab here can determine the difference between hemp and cannabis to include thc content Sorry capt cannabis. Good luck punishing a deputy for making an arrest for a crime. That's called wrongful and is a civil tort, #bigmoneysettlement
Good luck mr not James but seems to know all about james
I really would love to see you debate

"Law enforcement authorities from Texas to Florida have said they don’t have tests that can differentiate between legal hemp and illegal marijuana, and the patchwork of testing standards is complicating the Farm Bill’s goal of allowing nationwide commerce for the new crop."

https://hempindustrydaily.com/usda-n...u-think-it-is/

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https://www.winknews.com/2019/08/22/...rida-hemp-law/

"The kits used by law enforcement can only test for the presence of cannabis, not for levels of THC, a high-inducing chemical. But THC levels are the key difference between hemp and marijuana, which are just two different strains of the same cannabis plant. Right now, police field tests cannot distinguish the two, and neither can state labs."

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https://cdn.winknews.com/wp-content/...EGAL-ALERT.pdf

Here is the alert from Sheriff Bob's FSA of which he is the president.

"Sheriffs should not assume that a positive field test provides probable cause to search or arrest; additional factors may be needed to satisfy local courts such as concealment of the product, the quantity and packaging of the product,
any contradictory statements, etc. Similarly, it is unlikely that drug detecting canines may be able to distinguish between
hemp and marijuana. Sheriffs should determine if their canines can detect hemp as opposed to marijuana. Assuming they cannot, additional factors aside from a canine alert may be needed to establish probable cause. There are field testing kits available from the Syndicate Alliance that can test for hemp, but validation of their reliability is still pending."