11/29/2005
Bad Security gone to Seed
Miami Police Take New Tack Against Terror
Nov 28 9:28 PM US/Eastern
By CURT ANDERSON
Associated Press WriterMIAMI
Miami police announced Monday they will stage random shows of force at hotels, banks and other public places to keep terrorists guessing and remind people to be vigilant.
Deputy Police Chief Frank Fernandez said officers might, for example, surround a bank building, check the IDs of everyone going in and out and hand out leaflets about terror threats.
“This is an in-your-face type of strategy. It’s letting the terrorists know we are out there,” Fernandez said.
If there were ever a law enforcement agency looking to piss of and alienate the community, well I guess I might have figured Miami would have been on my list of candidates. Dade County does have a reputation to uphold.
This is about the dumbest idea and the surest way to ensure no citizen is going to think nice thoughts about your local police force. Sheer stupidity. Waste of time. Waste ot taxpayer dollars. And I bet the poor cops on the street are shaking their head wondering what the hell the upstream fools are thinking.
Filed by Ken at 6:28 pm under General
OK so they are not going to check ID’s but it still sounds alot to me like what we went through at the airports a few years ago. In your face krisnas handing out leaflets. I wonder if they will ask for donations?
We are talking Dade County. I’d expect a donut or a donation will go a long way towards smoothing travel. And hey, maybe we can arrange a first-hand report from Noded-south.