shanek
3rd July 2003, 07:12 PM
http://indyweek.com/durham/2003-07-02/cover.html
Chapel Hill Police Chief Gregg Jarvies says, "We are not an arm of the federal government." Years ago, when police departments were being asked to enforce immigration laws, he said the stance was the same.
As for local resolutions [prohibiting enforcement of the Patriot Act], Jarvies says they don't affect his department. "Our protocols are pretty clear, and we would not need that type of support to say no. We have an excellent working relationship with federal and state agencies within North Carolina, but we also have a very clear role within those relationships. It's very clear what we will and will not do," he said. "Any investigations pursuant to the Patriot Act would have to be undertaken by the federal agencies, not by the Chapel Hill Police Department."
That's not what the whole of the article is about, and it covers many other instances of civil disobedience of the Patroit Act by citizens, but I thought that an entire police department refusing to play along demanded attention.
Good for them.
Chapel Hill Police Chief Gregg Jarvies says, "We are not an arm of the federal government." Years ago, when police departments were being asked to enforce immigration laws, he said the stance was the same.
As for local resolutions [prohibiting enforcement of the Patriot Act], Jarvies says they don't affect his department. "Our protocols are pretty clear, and we would not need that type of support to say no. We have an excellent working relationship with federal and state agencies within North Carolina, but we also have a very clear role within those relationships. It's very clear what we will and will not do," he said. "Any investigations pursuant to the Patriot Act would have to be undertaken by the federal agencies, not by the Chapel Hill Police Department."
That's not what the whole of the article is about, and it covers many other instances of civil disobedience of the Patroit Act by citizens, but I thought that an entire police department refusing to play along demanded attention.
Good for them.