Interesting read about the Coburg Speed Trap if you don't know the story:
I'm posting 2 stories on the issue, one old (2004) and one fairly recent (2008)
1st with the old
http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95860
"The Coburg operation struck Prozanski as illegal and a blatant attempt to raise money rather than improve public safety."
"Hudson's department soon bought gear that seemed extravagant to Smith, such as Heckler & Koch MP5 machine guns with silencers, wristwatches with the Coburg police emblem, and baseball-style photo cards of the chief and his fellow officers.
The department, Smith said, also spent $10,000 a year to lease a computer simulator that trains officers how to handle armed confrontations -- this in a city reporting just 10 violent crimes in a recent three-year period."
"His two-man traffic team rumbled onto I-5 on gleaming Harley-Davidson and BMW motorcycles -- customized to hold AR-15 military rifles -- equipped with radar and ProLaser III speed-measurement guns."
Now with the recent:
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/345721_speedtrap02.html
I'm posting 2 stories on the issue, one old (2004) and one fairly recent (2008)
1st with the old
http://www.prisontalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95860
"The Coburg operation struck Prozanski as illegal and a blatant attempt to raise money rather than improve public safety."
"Hudson's department soon bought gear that seemed extravagant to Smith, such as Heckler & Koch MP5 machine guns with silencers, wristwatches with the Coburg police emblem, and baseball-style photo cards of the chief and his fellow officers.
The department, Smith said, also spent $10,000 a year to lease a computer simulator that trains officers how to handle armed confrontations -- this in a city reporting just 10 violent crimes in a recent three-year period."
"His two-man traffic team rumbled onto I-5 on gleaming Harley-Davidson and BMW motorcycles -- customized to hold AR-15 military rifles -- equipped with radar and ProLaser III speed-measurement guns."
Now with the recent:
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/345721_speedtrap02.html