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Alright, that was awesome! Deputy Eng puts a much-needed positive face on law enforcement with this behavior — it sounds like he hasn’t disconnected from “civilians” and is eager to folks about shared interests.

More cops like this, please!

Now THAT’s the kind of story I’d like to read about on a regular basis!

That’s my town. Too bad he is a rarity.

There are a few good and properly educated cops. Not a lot but they exist. Kinda’ like winning $25.00 on lotto.

People should send emails off to the Sheriffs department saying how much they appreciate hearing these kind of stories. The guy did right, he should get credit for it, so give him credit by telling his boss he did a good job.

I would, but there doesn’t seem to be a San Jose sheriff department and I don’t know what country he would have been from.

jcb,

Probably a Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputy.

http://www.sccgov.org/portal/site/sheriff/

*Sheriff slaps his head*

“New guy!”

There are more than a few good cops, it is just that the ass hole ones jet around. Also, the brass is to busy playing politics and cover your ass to stop them, plus the ” blue line” does not help.

I’m not usually one to nitpick about this sort of thing, but the headline for this article is very deceptive, Carlos. There are plenty of stories for which this is an appropriate headline, so in one of the few cases where the encounter was positive, it would have been nice to see a headline that fit better with the content.

Anyway, nitpicking done. Keep up the good work, Carlos.

@Hypocrisy rules…

I had the same idea for 1/3rd of a second. I think that is due to a conditioned response that every news story discussed on this site is a violation of rights of some sort. But then I recognized that he could mean many things. If the article was around Oct 20th I would take it in a different light. Same deal if there was news of a midway/carnival being covered by a photographer.

We can’t be blamed for that first thought though. Its conditioned in us to think of the worse.

The cops recommendation to go photograph a better safer and so damn public place no-one could claim that it could be used for terrorism would be a good policy. It would let the -authority figure- make contact with the photographer which would deliver the message that you are being monitored. That should be as far as it goes when it comes to a security concern.

I would expect (hope) it wouldn’t go further than normal customer service reminders about safety. “Don’t trip on a sign warning of -slippery when wet- while enjoying yourself.” That sort of stuff.

Makes me wonder which would cost more. The safety comment may defuse legal issues with injury from a fall, versus “You are a terrorist!” illegal arrest. I think the jury would award more to the injured. Sad.

Being aware of people and their actions is the guards duty. Passing judgment before investigating and thinking you have the powers of the FBI is not.

Do not take a high from this story. Be careful with SJPD ’cause they are not your friend. I can tell how bad SJPD is if you need.

There are many residents displayed signs such as NEVER MIND ABOUT DOG, BEWARE OF COP in San Jose.

Ha! That was brilliant on the officers part. He got the person to give up his name and address voluntary.

Think about it. This is the next great training in law enforcement. Good Cop with no Bad Cop.

“Hey, what are you doing? Oh, I like that too. Maybe we could talk sometime. What is your name and address.” (After you leave, cop does a search on your name, and put you in a data base).

End result, you have given up information you didn’t have too. You have been Punk’d! And you didn’t even know it! Bonus points.

Dave has shown that it’s OK to be nice, civil, polite and professional, even to cops.
You could even say he secretly punkd the cop and asserted his rights…

Security guards on the other hand. There’s no hope.
Just kidding… sort of.