So, were the LEO's in attendance today at the Veto Ceremony of HB4145 violating any laws? [More]Or if not laws, how about rules regarding using the uniform and badge to promote political issues?
Cases in point, and I know different states have different rules, but I can't help thinking about David A. Kozycki removing his badge and taping over his shoulder patch, or perhaps more to the point, the suspension of Leroy Pyle:
Some police chiefs have attempted to suppress dissenting voices in their department. For example, in San Jose, former police chief Joseph McNamara wrote fund-raising letters for Handgun Control, Inc., on official city stationary, and claimed to represent what "every police officer" believed. In 1989, one of McNamara's officers, a firearms instructor named Leroy Pyle, was subpoenaed by the California legislature and legally required to testify before that body. Officer Pyle did so, on his own time, and out of uniform. The next day, Pyle was suspended from duty, and McNamara attempted to fire him.I'd love to see someone with knowledge on these matters address the points raised by Patrick Moore in the featured article, and then do something about them. Because if there's one group I'd like to see get what's coming to them, it's oath-breakers.
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A few years ago I attended a 'Public Safety' committee hearing in Sacramento, before California passed and enacted several new gun laws. Chairman of the committee was Tom Ammiano, gay assemblyman from San Francisco. Testifying in support of two of the bills were two L.A. Sheriffs deputies. I wondered at the time whether they were being paid their salaries to be there. I'm nearly certain they were, since they were in uniform.
One thing I'm certain of is that they were there speaking on behalf of their Sheriff, Lee Baca, who has since retired after pleading guilty to lying twice about his involvement in hiding a jail inmate from FBI investigators.
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