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>>Yes, I agree. Many of the politicians are being politically correct, including Sheriffs. We have a Sheriff here who has never been a cop, and he is a very good politician. That is a dangerous combination. I'm all in favor of enforcing all the laws, and also for partnering with the Feds (ICE) on arresting and deporting illegals.
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>>Having said all that, I just hired in with the Memphis Police Department and on the second day has two meetings with the director on the issue of repeat offenders. During my "write-in" campaign I showed some statistics that we have over 17,000 people in Shelby County who have been arrested at least 10 times. That group accounts for over 250,000 arrests. If you assign a value of 100.00 per event, they have cost the taxpayers over 25 million in the last 20 years. I think that is a very conservative figure. I advocate what I call the "hot plate" approach to law enforcement. Most people only burn their hand once on a hot stove because they get a negative reward that is swift, certain and severe. Curtailing crime is the same. It's behavior modification 101.
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>See John, that approach would never work here in Canada. If you treated criminals like that, you might hurt their feelings.

Gee, I'd hate to do that!