When Missoula police officers smarted off with some illegal speed entrapments, I was incensed.
I wrote this letter (below) to the Missoulian newspaper. Would you like to write one like it?
Tristan Scott of the Missoulian wrote a story, Crossing guard,
revealing that police are speed trapping near Saint Patrick Hospital.
The story highlights the difficulty we have in communicating. Tristan
called it a “sting.”
The proper word is entrapment. The area forces motorists to speed.
Officers then hand out citations, claiming that motorists should know
better.
All entrapments are illegal but police often mistake citizen leniency for
permission.
Illegal entrapments do not raise awareness nor do they decrease accidents. If
signs on such broad roads remain unchanged, accident rates will
remain unchanged. That's a communications problem.
Five officers on this one entrapment cost somewhere around $875 per day.
That figure could buy effective signs that would end accidents,
rebuild respect and last 20-years.
It was especially disappointing to see Tristan's story speak of a
“bipedal” officer. That suggests that there is also a unipedal
officer. Another goofy, uncommunicative title is “Quality of Life
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