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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>Kai,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>I am afraid you are correct.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>Christ Church tried this awhile back (see below).
If the UI tries this, they may end up being the unsuccessful defendants in
a Section 1983 civil rights action.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>W.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana>_____________________________</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=5>Interdiction of Wayne A. Fox
by <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> Police 0n <st1:date w:st="on" Month="5"
Day="6" Year="2004">May 6, 2004</st1:date>. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Re: Taking Photographs of Anselm House
(Headquarters of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>); Description and
Comments<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
size=5>Description<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>On <st1:date
w:st="on" Month="5" Day="6" Year="2004">Thursday, May 6, 2004</st1:date> at
around <st1:time w:st="on" Hour="11" Minute="0">11:00 am</st1:time>, I drove to
<st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State>
from my home on <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Mountain</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, parking near the public
library.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My objectives were to run
errands and to take some photographs of Anselm House, headquarters of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and associated organizations.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Anselm house is located at the southeast
corner of Washington and Fifth Streets in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The purpose of taking these photos was to preserve evidence relating to
tax and other matters that appertain to the building and adjuncts of Anselm
House and the organizations present there.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I am a 63 year old
Caucasian male.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My appearance on
May sixth was normal and not in any way indicative of criminal intentions,
associations, or vagrancy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Having
just showered before leaving home, I was clean and clean-shaven.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I wore clean, intact, free of holes or
rips, belted light blue jeans, a clean, light blue tee with a small mountain
scene and the words “Jasper, Canadian Rockies” stitched on the front, and hiking
boots whose original cost was in excess of $100.00.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I wore prescription Polaroid
glasses.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On my right wrist was a
one inch wide, flat copper band.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>This band is a bracelet decorated with images of elk and bear in very
shallow relief and supplies transdermal copper for health purposes.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My dark brown hair was of average length
and casually groomed.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I did not
wear a hat and I have no tattoos and no large normally visible scars.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I carried a digital
camera kit around my neck whose initial cost was in excess of $500.00.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I carried no other photographic
apparatus – no tripod, no light meter, no camera bag, etc.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>In front of and strapped around my waist was a black, medium-sized
European pouch/purse containing my wallet, checkbook, coin purses, etc.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I took seven
photographs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At all times while
actually shooting the photographs, I was on public property – either on a public
sidewalk or in a public alley.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At
no time did I enter any area where I was not legally permitted.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I did not take any photographs whose
principle subject was other than Anselm House and its adjuncts.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The first two of these photos were taken
from the public alley behind Anselm House.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The other five were taken from various positions on <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Washington
Street</st1:address></st1:Street>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>At all times during this entire described incident, I behaved in a normal
manner and also in an open, completely legal manner.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I made no sudden or erratic moves.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I went about my photographic chores and
attendant actions in a measured, deliberate, methodical manner.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>As I was finishing
taking the second photograph in the public alley running between Fifth and Sixth
Streets just east of Anselm House, a petite young woman pushing a baby carriage
with two toddlers in it turned into the alley from <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Fifth Street</st1:address></st1:Street>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I smiled at her and said “Hi.”<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She smiled and returned the
greeting.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She then walked with the
baby carriage into the parking byway just south of Anselm House and eventually
entered the building through a doorway on the south side of the building.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We exchanged no other words except the
short, friendly greetings.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>As I was taking the
fifth photo from the northwest corner of Washington & Streets, I noticed a
semi-portly, bald, Caucasian male wearing a dark green polo/golf type shirt,
belted dark slacks, and oxford type shoes walking west­ward toward
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Washington
Street</st1:address></st1:Street> near the corner on the south side of
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Fifth
Street</st1:address></st1:Street> next to the Anselm building.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This person appears as an incidental in
the fifth photograph.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>As I was taking the
sixth photo near the southwest corner of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State> and Fifth Streets, the person
described above approached me introduced himself as Blake Blakey, Jr.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He asked if he could help me.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I said, “No.”<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I clearly showed by my posture and my
concentrated attention to my camera and photographing chores that I was not
interested in any further interaction.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Blakey then started
to ask me questions including who I was and why I was taking photographs of the
Anselm House.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I told him he was
harassing me and asked him to stop.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Because I was waiting for my digital camera to reset and preparing to
take the final photo, a task requiring some concentration, I did not wish to be
interfered with.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I did not want to
speak at all with Blakey.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Blakey
continued asking me questions about what I was doing.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I again asked him to stop harassing me
and threatened to call the police.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>At that point Blakey
started to retreat.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, as I
was taking the seventh photo (it took a little while to frame the shot and make
appropriate camera adjustments), he again approached me asking questions, which
I ignored momentarily, though I considered such questions further harassment and
found such in the circumstances to be quite distracting, offensive, and
annoying.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I again asked him to stop
harassing me.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He asked if he should
call the police.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I said he was free
to do what he wished but that if he accused me of a crime to the police, I would
sue.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I then walked to the
Latah Federal Credit Union using the alley just east of <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Washington Street</st1:address></st1:Street> as
is my regular practice and made a transaction.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After that, I walked back toward
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Sixth
Street</st1:address></st1:Street> again using the same alley just east of
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Washington</st1:place></st1:State>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When I was between Seventh and Sixth
Streets, still in the alley, I saw a Moscow Police Cruiser turn into the alley
from <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Fifth
Street</st1:address></st1:Street>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>I turned south upon reaching the south side of Sixth Street in order to
buy a USA Today on Main Street near The Breakfast Club.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At all times during this entire episode,
I walked at a normal pace in a normal manner.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Just before I
reached the southeast corner at Washington and Sixth Streets a different police
cruiser pulled up alongside and an officer asked me asked me to stop.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This interdiction occurred approximately
15 minutes after I had taken the seventh photograph.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>An officer whose name I failed to
discover correctly, hereinafter called Officer One, emerged from the passenger
side of the cruiser and engaged me, ordering me to stop.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I clearly expressed my desire not to
interact with the officers.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Officer Corporal
Carl Womack shortly thereafter emerged from the driver side of the cruiser and
joined the two of us.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As we began
to engage in a discussion, a second Moscow Police cruiser stopped on the north
side of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Sixth
Street</st1:address></st1:Street> about 150 feet east of Washington and another
officer crossed to near where we three were standing.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This officer did not participate in the
conversation as such, but relayed information to the two other officers
apparently from radio contacts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He
stood behind the other two officers during the encounter at a distance of about
8 – 10 feet.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Although the third
officer did not participate directly in the discussion between the other two
police officers and myself, his behavior was not at all times, in my opinion,
appropriate.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This officer wore
heavy, short-cuffed, semi-gauntlet type gloves.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>While staring at me in a hostile manner,
several times he alternately made a fist with one hand while rubbing the fist
with the other hand. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Such gestures
were seen by me as threatening and intimidating.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I was under the
impression that this entire encounter was being recorded.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I started to leave
but Officer One indicated by his actions and words that I was not free to do
so.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was being involuntarily held
– custodial detention is, I believe, the technical term.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>A sometimes heated
discussion occurred between the officers and myself.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was still disturbed at Blakey’s rude,
distracting, intrusive behavior.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
was now disturbed at this illegal detention by the police officers.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I exhibited at times a somewhat
belligerent attitude.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was asked
to show identification.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
refused.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I asked if they were
investigating a crime.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I asked and
continued to ask what suspicion they had that I had committed any crime and, if
so, what crime.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Officer One
explained that someone from the Anselm building had reported that a “suspicious”
person had been taking pictures of their building and the officers were making
an investigation.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I asked again
whether they were investigating a crime.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Officer One immediately admitted that they did not know if a crime had
been committed or criminal activity had occurred.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He said they were stopping me and
questioning me in order to determine if a crime had been committed.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At no time during this entire episode
did Officer One even mention the possibility of any specific crime.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They had <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">no glimmering of an idea</B> whether any
crime had occurred or, if so, what crime.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>They were attempting a fishing expedition without any notion of what kind
of fish they were after or, in fact, any notion if there were any fish in the
water they were plying at all.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Despite this
admission near the outset of our encounter that the officers did not have any
objective, articulable evidence supporting suspicion that criminal activity had
occurred, they continued to demand identification, insisting that I had no
choice but to produce it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Officer
One again repeated, while continuing to hold me against my will, that they were
talking to me to determine if there was reason to suspect that a crime had, in
fact, been committed.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They appeared
(no pun intended) <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">completely</B> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">clueless </B>in this regard.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>At some point a
somewhat heated discussion took place about whether this encounter was a Terry
stop or not (see references 1, 2 and 7, below).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I said that if they had an articulable,
objectively based suspicion that I had been engaged in any criminal activity,
then I would show my identification.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Officer One had already admitted that they did not.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I further said that if I had entered the
Anselm building (which I did not), started taking pictures, was asked to leave,
then refused to do so, they would have a genuine suspicion that a crime had been
committed.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I told the officers that
I had been taking evidentiary photographs.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I continued to
refuse to produce identification.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Officer One asserted that Idaho Code gave law enforcement officers the
right to insist upon identification in the circumstances at issue.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>[Comment:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have not found any such Idaho Code
section applicable to these circumstances.]</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Officer Womack then
suggested that I had been taking photos of the federal building.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(I had not.)<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I asked him if he had any such
evidence.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He had none, although
later in the discussion he directly accused me of having taken photos of the
federal building.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I again asked him
what evidence he had that such was the case.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He could produce none.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I said that I did not appreciate being
lied to or words to that effect.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I pointed out that
it would not be a crime to actually photograph the federal building; that photos
of such buildings appeared on postcards, for example.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>[Comment: <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Were it the case that it was illegal to
photograph federal buildings, then millions of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Washington</st1:City> <st1:State
w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State></st1:place> tourists with cameras would be legally
open to be interrogated while being held in custodial detention.]</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>At least twice
during our discussion I pointed out that <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">it was not a crime</B> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">to take pictures from public property of a
building in plain public view</B> (see reference 3, below).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I pointed out that newspersons, private
investigators, and law enforcement personnel could and do take photos frequently
in such circumstances and that private citizens have the same rights.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>At some point during
the encounter I argued that if anyone had committed a crime, it was Blakey by
continuing to harass me after he had been asked to stop.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Officer Womack took visibly disturbed
umbrage at this claim.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He said that
the encounter could be interpreted that I was harassing Blakey.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Since I had not spoken to Blakey except
basically to indicate that I did not want to interact with him and to ask him to
stop harassing me, I was amazed.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>These absurdities uttered by Officer Womack caused the feelings that I
had had from almost the beginning of the encounter to change from mere suspicion
to very high probability.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I now
believed the officers were acting as <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">de
facto</I> agents for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> rather than as public law
enforcement officers pursuing a legitimate police matter within the purview of
their official duties and responsibilities.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I pointed out that
since there was no criminal activity alleged, it was the problem of the
personnel of the Anselm House to endeavor to discover my identity and
purpose.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I said that it was
inappropriate for the police department to be investigating a non-criminal
matter on behalf of Anselm house (see references 4 and 5, below).</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Several times
Officer One said that they were investigating a complaint by personnel at Anselm
house of a “suspicious” person taking photographs of Anselm House, and that
these people (Anselm House personnel) wanted to know who that person was and why
they were taking photographs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At no
time during the entire encounter did either officer offer an explanation or
description of what “suspicious” meant.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Again, I said that
it was inappropriate for the police department to be investigating a
non-criminal matter for Anselm house or words to that effect.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I again said that I was taking
evidentiary photographs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I said I
wanted to prevent the knowledge of my identification and motives from becoming
known to Anselm house personnel at that time.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I said I wanted to control the entire
manner in which my identity would be disclosed and the manner in which the
photographs would be used.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I said
that I wanted my use of the photographs to come as a surprise.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Our discussion of
Terry stops continued with me citing the elements that had to be present in
order for the police to involuntarily hold someone and to demand identification
– suspicion based on articulable, objective observations and determinations that
criminal activity had occurred, and further, that I had engaged in such
activity.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The offices obviously
lacked such described suspicion.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It
was clear that the officers were exasperated and frustrated at the lack of their
interrogation success. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was
extremely disturbed at being subjected to this illegal, intimidating,
threatening, oppressive, defamatory, sometimes bullying,
embarrassing-in-full-public-view at a busy intersection, time-wasting
exercise.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>At one point Officer
One offered to withhold my identity from the personnel at Anselm House, if I
showed identification.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I do not
know Officer One aside from this encounter.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He must have formed a very low opinion
of my intelligence.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Previous
experience leads me to believe that such assurances are meaningless.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A report would be written by the
officers, my name would be in it, and such a report would be available to anyone
to view upon request.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As a test of
his straight-forwardness, I asked Officer One if he would sign an affidavit to
such effect of non-revelation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He
appeared to agree.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Officer Womack
quickly interrupted at that point saying that a notary wasn’t
present.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I talked to the
officers about that the possibility that their pursuance of this matter would
lead to a 1983 (section of the federal civil rights law, see reference 6, below)
action and that I was surprised such actions had not been filed more often
before in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>I pointed out because of my previous experience as a paralegal that I was
familiar with criminal procedure.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
suggested further training for them in the proper limits of these kinds of
interdictions would be beneficial.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I said that I was
usually cooperative with law enforcement.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>And I am.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Had I been taking
photographs under any other conditions where I did not wish to preserve my
anonymity and motives, I would have been much more open and
informative.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>As an aside, I did
say I was not satisfied with the way the Moscow Police Department enforced
traffic laws.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Officer Womack then
asked a question suggesting I was sore about a recent traffic ticket.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I replied that I hadn’t had a traffic
ticket in over twenty years.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I said
my complaint was about motorists and others habitually (epidemically) not
stopping for stoplights and/or stop signs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>[<st1:date w:st="on" Month="5" Day="7" Year="2004">05-07-04</st1:date>
comment:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ironically, I see from
today’s <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Lewiston Morning Tribune</I>,
that Officer Womack responded to a two car accident on Thursday afternoon at
Sixth and Jackson Streets which was caused by a motorist running a red
light.]</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Suddenly, Officer
Womack said that I was free to go.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>I still had not produced any identification.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I do not know why I was dismissed.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Perhaps they had advice relayed to them
from the city attorney or they had made an identification through other means
(this seems to be the most probable alternative) or they had decided that they
were powerless to act because there had been no hint of an allegation of any
criminal activity engaged in by me.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Being told that I was now allowed to proceed was once more confirmation
that I had indeed been held against my will.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>During this
encounter, it would be fair to say that outside of his illegal detainment of me,
his insistence on his absolute right of seeing my identification, his obvious
desire to please the personnel at Anselm House, and his transparently fraudulent
offer not to reveal my identification if I presented such, the conduct of
Officer One was courteous, professional, and as relatively non-confrontative as
could be expected under the circumstances.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>The conduct of
Officer Womack did not always rise to the same standard.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At times Womack’s conduct was bullying,
combative, and untruthful.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Perhaps
such conduct is allowable, desirable, and/or even effective when dealing with
suspects.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In this case, since there
was an admission by the officers that they did not suspect that any particular
crime had been committed, a person suspected of any crime was not
present.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>After being told
that I could go on my way, I then walked to the south side of <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Main Street</st1:address></st1:Street> and then
walked northward.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I meet Ivan
Peterson on the south side of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Main
Street</st1:address></st1:Street> near the intersection with <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Fifth Street</st1:address></st1:Street>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I described briefly my encounter to
him.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>While we were discussing it, a
police cruiser came westward toward us on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Fifth Street</st1:address></st1:Street>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>An officer, it appeared to be the third
officer from the above described incident, and a woman were in it.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They stopped in the running lane of
Fifth Street at the intersection of Fifth and Main Streets for a short while
(but much longer than it would have taken had they simply turned left onto Main
Street as the cruiser’s turn signal indicated was their intention) and appeared
to be observing the discussion between Ivan and myself.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>At that point it
should have been more than abundantly clear to the police that I had not engaged
in any criminal activity and that neither my actions nor my identity were a
proper subject for an official police investigation, interest, or the
expenditure of police resources.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>There had been nothing in my behavior that would have even remotely
suggested criminal activity or motives to any objective observer.<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=5>This continuing activity and
expenditure of resources by the police reinforced my very strong belief that the
Moscow Police Department were now acting as <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">de facto</I> agents of Christ Church and not
for any legitimate public purpose or in pursuit of any matter of legitimate
police interest or responsibility.</FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>After finishing
talking with Ivan, I walked, continuing at a normal pace in a normal manner, a
short bit northward on <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Main
Street</st1:address></st1:Street> and bought a USA Today.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I then walked via <st1:place
w:st="on">Main</st1:place> and Third Streets to the Moscow Coop and looked at
the items in the take-out case.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
walked to the post office, retrieved our mail, paid a nine-cent postage due, and
walked to the library.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After that,
I walked to my car which was parked in front of the Episcopal Church across from
the library and drove home.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After
doing a few chores, I started to write this document.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
size=5>Comments<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>There are several
quite troubling aspects of this encounter.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>First, however, some
personal background may be appropriate to place this incident and the
invasiveness of it in proper perspective.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I have been engaged
in photographic endeavors more than forty years.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have taken many thousands of slides
and photographs not only in this country but several other countries.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have photographed, people, scenery,
structures, animals, birds, vegetation, assorted items of infrastructure,
etc.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some of my photographs have
appeared as evidence in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State> court proceedings.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I lived in
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Ethiopia</st1:place></st1:country-region> as a Peace Corps Volunteer
for almost two years.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ethiopian
security was much more rigorous than that presently the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United
States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The predominant religion of the area where I lived was Islam.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Muslims had/have some very restrictive
ideas about the taking of photographs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>While residing in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Ethiopia</st1:place></st1:country-region>, I took many slides and
photographs of people, places, etc.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Near the end of my tour of duty with the Peace Corps, I was honored by
the United States Information Agency who produced a one-man exhibition in
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Addis Ababa</st1:place></st1:City>, the
capitol, of about seventy to eighty of my Ethiopian photographs.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>On one trip during
the time I lived in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Ethiopia</st1:country-region>,
I traveled to <st1:country-region w:st="on">Kenya</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Uganda</st1:country-region>, and
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Tanzania</st1:country-region> (including <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Zanzibar</st1:place></st1:City> during this cold
war time that this island was a base for the Chinese Communist Navy).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I took many photographs in all these
places of many different subjects.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I visited <st1:City
w:st="on">Aden</st1:City>, South Arabia, which is now part of
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Yemen</st1:place></st1:country-region> three times.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On one of these occasions, the waiting
room of the airport was bombed by terrorists shortly before my arrival to the
same waiting room.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I also visited
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Djibouti</st1:country-region>, French Somaliland,
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Mogadishu</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Somalia</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All of these locations are predominantly
Islamic and, in addition, were subject to extreme security measures.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In all of these places, I took
photographs, sometimes with a very conspicuous 400 mm telephoto lens.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=5>Ironically, the morning of
<st1:date w:st="on" Month="5" Day="6" Year="2004">May 6, 2004</st1:date> in
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place> was a milestone.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>After legally and non-intrusively taking
photographs from a public alley and a public street of a building in open, plain
view – a building without any governmental security or any hint of significant
infrastructure function – this was the first time in my life I had ever even
been approached by any law enforcement or security personnel for taking
photographs!<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Fifteen minutes
after openly performing a completely legal photographic chore in a normal
manner, I found myself interdicted, questioned, and placed in custodial
detention by three police officers, one of whom was at times bullying, and
another who was at times making threatening gestures.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>There is something
wrong with this picture.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Stopping a
person:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; tab-stops: list .75in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=5>1.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=5>without an articulable, objectively based
suspicion that criminal activity has occurred and therefore without grounds to
believe that the person stopped had engaged in any criminal activity,</FONT></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; tab-stops: list .75in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=5>2.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=5>then demanding and insisting that they have
the right to see identification (and the stopped person has no choice but to
accede to that request, despite his objections), and </FONT></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; tab-stops: list .75in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=5>3.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=5>then continuing to hold involuntarily and
continuing to question the stopped person and continuing in full public view to
prolong the stigma of interdiction for the interdicted person by three officers
at a busy intersection</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>is a clear breach of
current allowable criminal procedure and civil rights law as found by the United
States Supreme Court.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>This breach is even
clearer considering that the officers openly admitted at the outset that they
had no articulable, objective facts on which to base an inference that criminal
activity had occurred.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They were
stopping an innocent person and demanding that that person give the officers
information which may on the off-chance be interpreted as suspicion that a crime
has been committed and that person committed it.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These are clear breaches of the Fourth
and Fifth Amendments.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I said words
to this effect to the officers.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
also pointed out that it was Blakey who had most likely committed a crime – he
continued to harass me/make a nuisance of himself/interfere with my legal and
legitimate photographic activities after I requested him to stop doing
so.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Officer Womack’s
insistence that the encounter between Blakey and me could be interpreted such
that I had harassed Blakey is quite revealing of his non-professional attitude
and his obvious desire to please <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> personnel.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is absurd to hold that when a
harassed person tells their harasser to stop and threatens to call law
enforcement, that such conduct itself is harassment.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>A question has been
asked immediately by almost everyone I have discussed this matter with:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Why are the personnel at Anselm House
(Christ Church) so paranoid about someone taking photographs from what is
obviously public property (public street, public alley) of their building which
is in plain public view?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Anybody
can legally look at it or walk by it at any time.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Anybody could photograph it on Sunday
when there is no one likely to be present.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>There is no law that
prevents Anselm House personnel from approaching anyone who is taking
photographs and asking questions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>There is no law that prevents them from standing a reasonable distance
away and simply observing.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However,
after the object of their curiosity signifies that they do not want to be asked
questions and clearly indicates that further interference by the interlopers
would be perceived as harassment, harassment should stop.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Under the circumstances at issue, the
continuation of such harassment by Blakey was most likely criminal act and a
certainly a civil tort.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Qualifier:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In making the following remarks and
asking the following questions about the dispatch function, I am not targeting
any particular police dispatcher.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
am concerned about departmental dispatching policy and procedures.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>A police dispatcher
must sometimes make hard decisions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>But some are easy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is
obvious that if a dispatcher receives a call indicating that an officer is down,
that officer needs assistance, that a murder has occurred, or that a robbery is
in progress, etc. an <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">immediate</B>
dispatch of proper police personnel is the absolutely correct action. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Closer to the present issue:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If some unknown person (or known
pedophile) was reported to be surreptitiously photographing school children or
someone was reported to be trespassing on posted private property while taking
photographs, then clearly that is legitimate cause for the dispatcher’s alarm
and the result should be an expeditious dispatch of police officers.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>On the other hand,
there are calls to the police dispatcher requiring the use of inquiry,
discretion, and tact.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A report of a
“suspicious” person performing an otherwise legal act should be a clear signal
to ask questions in order to gain more information – “suspiciousness” is a
highly subjective term, especially to untrained, non-law enforcement
persons.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Unless contrary to law or
endangering the public or themselves in some way, a person behaving in a normal
manner, taking photographs from a sidewalk of public street of a private,
commercial building not associated with any local, state, or federal function,
security or otherwise, is clearly not engaging in any criminal activity, but
engaging in a legitimate, legal activity protected by the First Amendment of the
United States Constitution.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Therefore, such a person is neither engaged in a matter that should
concern the police nor justify the use of police resources.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Hence, the following
questions are indicated.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Again,
these questions/comments are directed at departmental policy and procedure
rather than intended as a criticism of any individual dispatcher.)</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Why didn’t the
Moscow Police dispatcher upon hearing that a “suspicious” person was taking
photos of Anselm House ask a few questions?</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>For
example:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>What specific
behaviors were exhibited that caused the reporter of the incident to use the
term “suspicious” person?</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>If photos were being
taken of the Anselm House, where were the photos being taken from?</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Was the photographer
acting in any criminally threatening, abnormal, or dangerous manner while taking
the photographs?</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>What obligation did
Blakey think the photographer had to answer any questions put to him by
Blakey?</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Why did Blakey
continue to harass the photographer after being asked to stop?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Did it occur to the dispatcher that
possibly it was Blakey who was out of line or who committed a crime?</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Etc.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>A few judicious,
tactful questions by the dispatcher would have resulted in determining that no
criminal act had occurred or was even alleged, and therefore it was not a police
matter.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>An elementary knowledge of
well-publicized paparazzi law (it is not a crime to take photographs from
publicly owned property such as streets or alleys of a building in plain, public
view or of a person in plain, public view) should have led the dispatcher to
conclude that no criminal activity occurred.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Also, an elemental knowledge of Terry
Stop law on the part of the dispatcher or a request for assistance from a senior
officer present might have avoided the dispatch of personnel who could possibly
provoke an unnecessary incident which could be the basis for an expensive and
embarrassing 1983 action.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Experienced,
well-seasoned officers like Womack and Officer One certainly should have know
that the taking of photographs from open public property of a building in open,
plain, public view did not constitute a crime.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There were no objective facts suggesting
anything other than legal, normal behavior had occurred.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My observations, and inferences
therefrom at that time, convinced me that, in fact, the officers really did know
this, but continued to press for information to be relayed to the personnel at
Anselm House.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The public police
officers were at this point acting as private investigators using municipal
resources.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They were acting as
agents for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> and not as public
law enforcement officers.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>There is no
difference in this case between the police behavior and that of a road district
employee who snowplows or grades a private driveway or of a county clerk who
gives free copies of court files to a favored person.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Such actions may well be theft of
services under criminal law.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>The police have a
sometimes difficult job to do.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They
sometimes deal with very violent, unbalanced, impaired, dangerous, and/or
without-respect-for human-life persons.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Their lives and bodily security are always at risk.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Their work sometimes takes a horrible
toll on their family and personal lives and on their psyches.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They respond to threats of and the
actual occurrences of a broad assortment of crimes and other emergencies.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They are witnesses of some very grisly,
unpleasant matters.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Since 9/11,
police have important, challenging, and expanded security concerns and
duties.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Sometimes there is
too little time for officers to make an appropriate decision.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, if police beliefs of suspicion
are based on articulable, objective facts and reasonable inferences based
thereupon considering the entire situation given the officers’ observations and
knowledge:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; tab-stops: list .75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=5>1.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=5>that criminal activity has occurred, and
</FONT></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; tab-stops: list .75in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=5>2.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=5>that a given person may engaged in such
activity, </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>then it is certainly
reasonable, desirable, and legal for officers to stop that person, demand
identification, hold them against their will for a short while, and ask
questions until their suspicions are either confirmed to the extent of probable
cause or disconfirmed.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>However, until
circumstances arise where:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; tab-stops: list .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=5>1.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=5>there are articulable, objective observations
based on knowledge of the entire situation that give reason to believe that
criminal activity has occurred, and </FONT></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.75in; tab-stops: list .75in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo5"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=5>2.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=5>there are articulable, objective observations
based on knowledge of the entire situation that indicate there is reason to
believe person they are interdicting has engaged in that criminal
activity,</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>the police must be
quite circumspect and certainly act entirely within the current law for such
situations.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>In the face of the
lack of articulable, objective suspicions that criminal activity has occurred,
police officers can ask for identification, but the giving of such by the
interdicted party is completely voluntary.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The police can ask questions, but answering them by the interdicted party
them is voluntary.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In these
circumstances, the police may not hold someone against their will.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ordinary, lawful citizens against whom
there is no allegation of criminal behavior may not be harassed, held against
their will, and commanded to produce identification.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is an unpleasant experience with
adverse consequences, one of which is the loss of respect for and confidence in
the department and the officers involved.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Other adverse effects are the possibility of expensive litigation and of
unfavorable public relations for the police and for the entire community. This
is <st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State>, not <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Baghdad</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Iraq</st1:country-region></st1:place>.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>After Officer One
admitted that they had no articulable suspicion that I committed any crime or
that, in fact, any criminal activity had occurred at all, the interrogation
should have been terminated.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At
that point (or before) the officers had a duty to tell Anselm House personnel
that no crime had occurred and that the incident was not a matter upon which
they were allowed by law to expend any more police resources.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Merely openly taking photos in broad
daylight from open public property of a building in open, plain public view is
not a crime or even suggestive of criminal activity.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I submit that any
reasonably well trained officer(s) would know that he/she/they was/were legally
compelled to allow me to proceed on my way at the time an admission was made
that there were no articulable, objective grounds to suspect that any criminal
activity had occurred.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I believe
that both Officers One and Womack knew that it was illegal to continue holding
me against my will, continue to demand identification, and continue to ask
questions about why I was photographing Anselm House.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I believe that they were trying very
hard to please <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> personnel.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Another factor to be
considered in this incident was the timing.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This situation was not a murder in
progress or an emergency of any kind.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>There were no fleeing suspects.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>No split-second decisions were required.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>About 15 minutes had elapsed between the
taking of the last photograph and the interdiction by the police officers.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There was ample time for an officer to
meet with and to question Blakey.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>There was ample time to discover that no crime had been committed (except
possibly one by Blakey).<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There was
ample time to discover that Blakey was motivated by a private, frustrated
curiosity, and was not the anguished victim of any crime.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I try very hard not
to engage in any illegal acts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
hope I succeed.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I expect the same
attitude on the part of law enforcement personnel.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Questions myself and
others have asked about this incident:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Why did the
officers, most likely knowingly, continue their illegal conduct in this Anselm
House (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>) matter?</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Why did the officers
repeat during the encounter that the personnel at Anselm House wanted know who
was taking photos and why?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Why is
this legitimate police business?</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Why was the Moscow
Police Department expending public resources by obviously acting as a cat’s-paw
for Anselm House (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>)?</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Why were the police
trying to please the personnel at Anselm House (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>) even at the risk of generating a
1983 action?</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>In a small community
like <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>, it
is not unknown or even undesirable for the police to want to maintain good
relations with the citizenry by supplying certain information similar to that
requested by the personnel at Anselm House in this case.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They police are free to do this within
the constraints of the law.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>However, they may not engage in this kind of activity by committing civil
rights violations.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Also, when no
crime has been committed or the matter is outside police responsibility, police
may not act as private inquiry agents on city time using city resources.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Such behavior is clearly outside the
scope of police responsibility.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Such behavior would be committing a theft of public services.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Such behavior would be called
corruption.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I hope I am raising
several questions to which the public is entitled to know the answers.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I hope these answers are forthcoming
once this narrative is emailed to Moscow Police Chief Dan Weaver.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Perhaps the Chief Weaver should
seriously consider investing in a little Terry Stop training for all his
personnel.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The cost of such
training is much less than the cost of defending a 1983 action.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>If the combined
efforts of the headquarters staff of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType>
and the Moscow Police Department are meant to intimidate people from
photographing or videotaping the buildings associated with <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, their crude efforts most likely
will not succeed.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is not
unlikely that in the coming months many photographs/videotapes of the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> buildings and of adult Christ
Church Cult figures of interest will be both openly and surreptitiously
taken.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is not unlikely that
private citizens be taking photographs/videotapes.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is not unlikely that media outlets,
private investigators, and possibly law enforcement agencies will be exercising
their professional rights and pursuits by taking photographs/videotapes.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For one, I will be taking such
photographs/videotapes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These
photographs/videotapes taken by many different persons will have a variety of
purposes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some
photographs/videotapes will certainly appear in various widespread media,
including the internet. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some may
eventually appear in more formal venues.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>It is also not
unlikely that if other photographers/videotapers are treated by <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType>
personnel and the Moscow Police Department as I was, expensive and embarrassing
litigation will be spawned and adverse publicity for the City of <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> will be
generated.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>In the current issue
of <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Intelligence Report</I> from the
Southern Poverty Law Center, there is an article by Mark Potok entitled “Taliban
on the Palouse?”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT><A
href="http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=376&printable=1"><FONT
size=5>http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=376&printable=1</FONT></A></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>The article, among
other things, discusses <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType> and its attempt to take over
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The above described incident and others
relating to the non-prosecution of certain crimes associated with <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType>
entities and attendant persons could suggest that this attempted takeover by
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> is being knowingly
and perhaps enthusiastically abetted by the Moscow Police Department.</FONT><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><BR style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"
clear=all><FONT size=5>Suggestions for Avoiding Litigation in this
Case</FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I am a strong
believer in the Rule of Law as opposed to the Rule of Man.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have been successful raising issues in
and being affirmed by the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State> courts in such matters.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I intend to persuade the City of
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> to abide
by the Rule of Law.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have not
decided at this point what legal action to take with regard to the Moscow Police
Department, if any.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is not my
intention at this early stage to bring an action merely to enrich myself.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I am interested in ensuring that steps
are taken to prevent future occurrences of the kind of civil rights violations
described above.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>However, it is my
belief that incident described above and others similar to it indicate an acute
problem.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This problem presents a
serious threat to the quality of life on the Palouse, and it presents a threat
of needless harm and unpleasantness to many law abiding citizens.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Civil rights violations by police can
become epidemic, both in number and degree of seriousness, if not held in check
by a vigilant police command structure and/or private citizens.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hence, if no other satisfactory solution
can be found to illegal police conduct, then litigation must be considered as an
option.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The matter of the police
giving inappropriate assistance to persons and organizations is also an issue
that needs to be investigated, discussed, and prevented.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Below is an offer to
Police Chief Weaver and other city officials to settle this matter on behalf of
the city (but not <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Christ</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>) in a constructive manner,
hopefully beneficial to all.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This
proposal does not call for, but does not preclude, any admission of wrongdoing,
any apologies, and/or any disciplinary action.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>An immediate
condition of this offer is as follows:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>If, at any time
during the period between now and when the offer expires or when it is either
accepted or rejected, any harassment of or illegal conduct, by any member of the
Moscow Police Department or its authorized agents, is directed toward either my
wife or myself, such conduct will immediately terminate this offer.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For the purposes of this condition, I
will be the sole determiner of whether this condition has been
violated.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Note to any attorneys who might get
involved in this matter:</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
above offer of settlement represents the minimum conditions acceptable to
me.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please do not waste my time by
attempting to negotiate any substantial changes.</FONT></P><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><BR
style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always" clear=all></SPAN>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=5>Offer of
Settlement<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>I unequivocally
agree not to bring any legal action against the City of Moscow or any of its
personnel within the purview of the single, isolated incident described in the
above narrative if Moscow Police Chief Dan Weaver provides me with written
assurances within 18 (eighteen) calendar days of the dispatch of this narrative
that:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>[1]<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>All Moscow Police Department
officers who have any responsibility to investigate or respond to any criminal
matters will receive within the next 45 (forty-five) days cogent, up-to-date
refresher training in police procedure, especially on the basic principles found
in United States Supreme Court Fourth and Fifth Amendment criminal procedure
cases such as <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Terry</I> and its
progeny.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This training shall be
provided by a qualified, competent person or persons not currently employed by
the City of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>[2]<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Written policies and procedures are
set up to monitor and to attempt to insure that all Moscow Police personnel and
their authorized agents abide at all times by the material to be presented in
[1] above and within the law in general.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>This monitoring system shall be designed so that the entire departmental
command structure including the police chief are made aware of all alleged
infractions of this policy in a timely manner.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These policies and procedures shall
contain appropriate disciplinary measures for violations.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>[3]<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Written policies and procedures for
dispatching are reviewed and revised so as to attempt to reduce and/or to
prevent the dispatching of and the use of police resources for investigative
matters that are for private, non-criminal, non-police responsibility
matters.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>[4]<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Written policies and procedures are
set up to reduce and/or to prevent the use of any and all police resources for
investigative matters that are for private, non-criminal, non-police
responsibility purposes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>All police
personnel shall conscientiously act to insure that private citizens satisfy
their private curiosities and concerns about non-criminal, non-police
responsibility matters by expending their own energy and resources and not that
of the police department.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These
policies and procedures shall contain appropriate disciplinary measures for
violations.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>[5]<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>That neither my wife, Linda Kirk
Fox, nor myself be subjected to any further harassment of any kind by any member
of the Moscow Police Department or by any of their authorized agents.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>[6]<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>That in any interactions or
transactions with either my wife or myself, all members of the Moscow Police
Department or their authorized agents will conduct themselves honestly and
adhere scrupulously to the law as found in applicable regulations, ordinances,
statutes, and court case law.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>If all of the above
conditions are met then I have no further interest in pursuing this matter
through litigation with either the City of Moscow or any of its personnel.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, if any of the conditions above
are not promised, or promised but not met, then I reserve the right to pursue
any and all remedies including litigation seeking substantial monetary
damages.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>If this offer is not
accepted and/or the written assurances described herein are not made within 18
(eighteen) calendar days of the dispatch by email of this narrative to Chief
Weaver, then the offer is withdrawn.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><BR
style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always" clear=all></SPAN></B>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
size=5>References<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>1.<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Original Terry Stop
Case:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Terry v. <st1:State
w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></I>, 392 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> 1, 21 (1967)</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>“[I]n justifying
the particular intrusion the police officer must be able to point to specific
and articulable facts which, taken together with rational inferences from those
facts, reasonably warrant that intrusion…This demand for specificity in the
information upon which police action is predicated is the central teaching of
this Court’s Fourth Amendment jurisprudence… And simple “‘good faith on the part
of the arresting officer is not enough.’ . . . If subjective good faith alone
were the test, the protections of the Fourth Amendment would
evaporate…”</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>2.<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Further Terry Ruling:
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">United
States</I></st1:country-region><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> v.
Cortez</I>, 449 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> 411 (1981)</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>''In determining
what cause is sufficient to authorize police to stop a person, the totality of
the circumstances - the whole picture - must be taken into account. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Based upon that whole picture the
detaining [449 <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> 411, 412]<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>officers must have a
particularized and objective basis for suspecting the particular person stopped
of criminal activity. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The process
of assessing all of the circumstances does not deal with hard certainties, but
with probabilities, and the evidence collected must be weighed as understood by
those versed in the field of law enforcement. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Also, the process must raise a suspicion
that the particular individual being stopped is engaged in
wrongdoing.”</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: list .5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo2"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=5>3.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=5><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Legal
Handbook for Photographers</I>, Bert P. Krages II, Attorney at Law (<st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Amherst</st1:place></st1:City> Media,
2002)</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>The general rule
in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United
States</st1:place></st1:country-region> is that anyone may take photographs of
whatever they want when they are in a public place or places where they have
permission to take photographs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Absent a specific legal prohibition such as a statute or ordinance, you
are legally entitled to take photographs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Examples of places that are traditionally considered public are streets,
sidewalks, and public parks.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Property owners may legally prohibit photography on their premises but
have no right to prohibit others from photographing their property from other
locations…</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>There are some
exceptions to the general rule. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A
significant one is that commanders of military installations can prohibit
photographs of specific areas when they deem it necessary to protect national
security. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The U.S. Department of
Energy can also prohibit photography of designated nuclear facilities although
the publicly visible areas of nuclear facilities are usually not designated as
such...</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>The government can
restrict photography only if an overriding government interest can be
shown…</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Members of the
public have a very limited scope of privacy rights when they are in public
places. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Basically, anyone can be
photographed without their consent except when they have secluded themselves in
places where they have a reasonable expectation of privacy such as dressing
rooms, restrooms, medical facilities, and inside their homes…</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Despite
misconceptions to the contrary, the following subjects can almost always be
photographed lawfully from public places:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>accident and fire scenes, children, celebrities, bridges and other
infrastructure, residential and commercial buildings, industrial facilities and
public utilities, transportation facilities (e.g., airports), Superfund sites,
criminal activities, law enforcement officers…</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Taking a
photograph is not a terrorist act nor can a business legitimately assert that
taking a photograph of a subject in public view infringes on its trade
secrets…</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>On occasion, law
enforcement officers may object to photography but most understand that people
have the right to take photographs and do not interfere with photographers.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>They do have the right to keep you
away from areas where you may impede their activities or endanger safety.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, they do not have the legal
right to prohibit you from taking photographs from other locations…</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>They have limited
rights to bother, question, or detain You.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Although anyone
has the right to approach a person in a public place and ask questions,
persistent and unwanted conduct done without a legitimate purpose is a crime in
many states if it causes serious annoyance.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You are under no obligation to answer
such questions in any state and do not have to disclose your identity or the
purpose of your photography.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If the
conduct goes beyond mere questioning, all states have laws that make coercion
and harassment criminal offenses…</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Sometimes agents
acting for entities such as owners of industrial plants and shopping malls may
ask you to hand over your film. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Absent a court order, private parties
have no right to confiscate your film. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Taking your film directly or indirectly
by threatening to use force or call a law enforcement agency can constitute
criminal offenses such as theft and coercion.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It can likewise constitute a civil tort
such as conversion. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Law enforcement
officers may have the authority to seize film when making an arrest but
otherwise must obtain a court order…</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>If someone has
threatened, intimidated, or detained you because you were taking photographs,
they may be liable for crimes such as kidnapping, coercion, and theft. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In such cases, you should report them to
the police.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You may also have civil
remedies against such persons and their employers. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The torts for which you may be entitled
to compensation include assault, conversion, false imprisonment, and violation
of your constitutional rights…</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: -0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo2"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=5>4.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=5>Impropriety of using police resources pursuing
private matters:</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=5><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Idaho</I></st1:place></st1:State><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> Code 59-702</I>, Ethics in
Government</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">59-702.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>POLICY AND PURPOSE.</B> <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is hereby declared that the position
of a public official at all levels of government is a public trust and it is in
the public interest to:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(1)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Protect the integrity of government
throughout the state of <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State> while at the same time facilitating
recruitment and retention of personnel needed within government;</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(2)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Assure independence, impartiality
and honesty of public officials in governmental functions;</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(3)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Inform citizens of the existence of
personal interests which may present a conflict of interest between an
official's public trust and private concerns;</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(4)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Prevent public office from being
used for personal gain contrary to the public interest;</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(5)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Prevent special interests from
unduly influencing governmental action; and</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(6)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Assure that governmental functions
and policies reflect, to the maximum extent possible, the public
interest.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo2"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=5>5.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=5>Impropriety of using police resources pursuing
private matters:</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=5><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Idaho Code 18-2402</I>, Theft
[Emphasis added.]</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">18-2402.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>DEFINITIONS.</B> <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The following definitions are applicable
to this chapter:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(1)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>"Appropriate." <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To "appropriate" property of another to
oneself or a third person means:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(a)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>To exercise control over it, or to
aid a third person to exercise control over it, permanently or for so extended a
period or under such circumstances as to acquire the major portion of its
economic value or benefit; or</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(b)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>To dispose of the property for the
benefit of oneself or a third person.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(2)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>"Deception" means knowingly
to:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(a)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Create or confirm another's
impression which is false and which the offender does not believe to be true;
or</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(b)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Fail to correct a false impression
which the offender previously has created or confirmed; or</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(c)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Prevent another from acquiring
information pertinent to the disposition of the property involved; or</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(d)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Sell or otherwise transfer or
encumber property, failing to disclose a lien, adverse claim, or other legal
impediment to the enjoyment of the property whether such impediment is or is not
valid, or is or is not a matter of official record; or </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(e)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Promise performance which the
offender does not intend to perform or knows will not be performed. Failure to
perform, standing alone, is not evidence that the offender did not intend to
perform.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(3)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>"Deprive." To "deprive" another of
property means:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(a)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>To withhold it or cause it to be
withheld from him permanently or for so extended a period or under such
circumstances that the major portion of its economic value or benefit is lost to
him; or</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=5>(b)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>To dispose of the property in such manner
or under such circumstances as to render it unlikely that an owner will recover
such property.<o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(4)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>"Obtain" means:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(a)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>In relation to property, to bring
about a transfer of interest or possession, whether to the offender or to
another; and</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 1in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(b)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>In relation to labor or <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">services</B>, to secure the performance
thereof.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(5)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>"Obtains or exerts control" over
property, includes, but is not limited to, the taking, carrying away, or the
sale, conveyance, or transfer of title to, or interest in, or possession of
property.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(6)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>"Owner." When property is taken,
obtained or withheld by one (1) person from another person, an owner thereof
means any person who has a right to possession thereof superior to that of the
taker, obtainer or withholder.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(7)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>"Person" means an individual,
corporation, association, public or private corporation, city or other
municipality, county, state agency or the state of <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State>.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(8)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>"Property" means anything of value.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Property includes real estate,
money, commercial instruments, admission or transportation tickets, written
instruments representing or embodying rights concerning anything of value, labor
or <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">services</B>, or otherwise of value
to the owner; things growing on, affixed to, or found on land, or part of or
affixed to any building; electricity, gas, steam, and water; birds, animals and
fish, which ordinarily are kept in a state of confinement; food and drink;
samples, cultures, microorganisms, specimens, records, recordings, documents,
blueprints, drawings, maps, and whole or partial copies, descriptions,
photographs, prototypes or models thereof, or any other articles, materials,
devices, substances and whole or partial copies, descriptions, photographs,
prototypes or models thereof which constitute, represent, evidence, reflect or
record a secret scientific, technical, merchandising, production or management
information, design, process, procedure, formula, invention, or
improvement.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(9)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>"<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Service</B>" includes, but is not limited
to, labor, <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">professional service</B>,
transportation service, the supplying of hotel accommodations, restaurant
services, entertainment, (a communication system) the supplying of equipment for
use, and the supplying of commodities of a public utility nature such as gas,
electricity, steam and water. A ticket or equivalent instrument which evidences
a right to receive a service is not in itself service but constitutes property
within the meaning of subsection (8) of this section.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>(10)<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>"Stolen property" means property over which
control has been obtained by theft…</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>6.<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>Damages allowed by federal
civil rights statute:</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=5><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Title 42, Chapter 21, Subchapter
I, Section 1983</I>.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=5>Section. 1983. - Civil action
for deprivation of rights. <o:p></o:p></FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=5>Every person who,
under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any
State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be
subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the
jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities
secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an
action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except
that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission
taken in such officer's judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be
granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was
unavailable. For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable
exclusively to the <st1:State w:st="on">District of Columbia</st1:State> shall
be considered to be a statute of the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">District of Columbia</st1:place></st1:State>.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in; tab-stops: 7.5in"
class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in; tab-stops: 7.5in"
class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P
style="TEXT-INDENT: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in 7.5in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo6"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore"><FONT size=5>7.</FONT><SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=5>Fourth and Fifth Amendments,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">United
States</I></st1:place></st1:country-region><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> Constitution</I></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: .5in 7.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=5><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>[Emphasis Added.]</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in; tab-stops: 7.5in"
class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt; tab-stops: 7.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=5>Fourth Amendment:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The right
of the people <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">to be secure in their
persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and
seizures</B>, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon
probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing
the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt; tab-stops: 7.5in" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt; tab-stops: 7.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=5>Fifth Amendment:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No person
shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a
presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land
or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or
public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice
put in jeopardy of life or limb; <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">nor
shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be
deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law</B>; nor
shall private property be taken for public use, without just
compensation.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in; tab-stops: 7.5in"
class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in; tab-stops: 7.5in"
class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in; tab-stops: 7.5in" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=5>This document was finalized, proofread, and emailed on <st1:date
w:st="on" Month="5" Day="16" Year="2004">Sunday, May 16,
2004</st1:date>.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in; tab-stops: 7.5in"
class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in; tab-stops: 7.5in"
class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=5><IMG border=0 src="cid:5D6CCEEE5B4941E38CC3ABEE31422E08@LocalHost"
width=244 height=69 v:shapes="_x0000_i1025"></FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=5>Wayne A. Fox</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><FONT size=5>1009 Karen
Lane</FONT></st1:address></st1:Street></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><st1:address
w:st="on"><FONT size=5><st1:Street w:st="on">P.O. Box</st1:Street>
9421</FONT></st1:address></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><st1:place
w:st="on"><FONT size=5><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">ID</st1:State><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><st1:PostalCode w:st="on">83843</st1:PostalCode></FONT></st1:place></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT
size=5> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=5>(208) 882-7975</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><A
href="mailto:waf@moscow.com"><FONT size=5>waf@moscow.com</FONT></A></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0.5in 0pt 0in; tab-stops: 7.5in"
class=MsoNormal><o:p><FONT size=5> </FONT></o:p></P></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana></FONT> </DIV>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=fotopro63@hotmail.com href="mailto:fotopro63@hotmail.com">Kai
Eiselein</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 16, 2010 9:56
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] UI
security</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>My guess is that Allied - Barton will be engaging in vital
security missions such as preventing people with cameras from lawfully
photographing the publicly funded buildings and grounds of the
university.<BR> <BR>Their reasoning will be, "We are in the post 9-11
era."<BR> <BR><BR> <BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:vision2020-request@moscow.com">vision2020-request@moscow.com</A><BR>>
Subject: Vision2020 Digest, Vol 50, Issue 92<BR>> To:
vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:20:03 -0700<BR>>
<BR>> Send Vision2020 mailing list submissions to<BR>>
vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> <BR>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the
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http://mailman.fsr.com/mailman/listinfo/vision2020<BR>> or, via email, send
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managing the list at<BR>> vision2020-owner@moscow.com<BR>> <BR>> When
replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>> than
"Re: Contents of Vision2020 digest..."<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Today's
Topics:<BR>> <BR>> 1. Idaho, US HIghway 12, and Temporary Restrainig
Orders<BR>> (Moscow Cares)<BR>> 2. Re: Daily News OUR VIEW: UI's disdain
for citizens whofund it<BR>> is appalling (lfalen)<BR>> 3. Re: Daily
News OUR VIEW: UI's disdain for citizens whofund it<BR>> is appalling
(lfalen)<BR>> 4. Daily News OUR VIEW: UI's disdain for citizens who fund it
is<BR>> appalling (Garrett Clevenger)<BR>> 5. Re: Daily News OUR VIEW:
UI's disdain for citizenswho fund it<BR>> is appalling (Warren
Hayman)<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>>
<BR>> Message: 1<BR>> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:55:16 -0700
(PDT)<BR>> From: "Moscow Cares" <MoscowCares@moscow.com><BR>>
Subject: [Vision2020] Idaho, US HIghway 12, and Temporary Restrainig<BR>>
Orders<BR>> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <Vision2020@moscow.com><BR>>
Cc: chicory@wildblue.net, Kathy Judson <ponysnpups@gmail.com><BR>>
Message-ID:
<9c4ee092e6c76db920aba0971ce62c90.squirrel@secure.fsr.com><BR>>
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1<BR>> <BR>> Greetings
Visionaires -<BR>> <BR>> The "Idaho Transportation Department,
Exxon-Mobil, and Highway 12" portion<BR>> of the "Moscow Cares" website has
been updated with:<BR>> <BR>>
-----------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Motion
for Temporary Restraining Order and/or/ Temporary Injunction filed<BR>> in
Idaho County by Linwood Laughy, Karfen Hendrickson, and Peter Grubb on<BR>>
August 16, 2010<BR>> <BR>>
http://www.MoscowCares.com/Highway12/TRO_Motion_LauHen_081610.htm<BR>>
<BR>> -----------------------------------------------------<BR>>
<BR>> Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .<BR>> <BR>> "Moscow
Cares"<BR>> http://www.MoscowCares.com<BR>> <BR>> Tom Hansen<BR>>
Moscow, Idaho<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 2<BR>> Date: Mon,
16 Aug 2010 18:56:11 -0700<BR>> From: lfalen
<lfalen@turbonet.com><BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Daily News OUR
VIEW: UI's disdain for<BR>> citizens whofund it is appalling<BR>> To:
"Art Deco" <deco@moscow.com>, "Vision 2020"<BR>>
<vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Cc: lrozen@dnews.com<BR>> Message-ID:
<e6dc73a1639ee2dd684ebc629d4baf70@turbonet.com><BR>> Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="utf-8"<BR>> <BR>> The SBOE is not doing any better
of a job now than they did under Hoover. What good is a board that rubber
stamps anything that the administration wants?<BR>> Roger<BR>>
-----Original message-----<BR>> From: "Art Deco" deco@moscow.com<BR>>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:17:52 -0700<BR>> To: "Vision 2020"
vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Daily News OUR VIEW:
UI's disdain for citizens whofund it is appalling<BR>> <BR>> > I
agree that the whole process that evolved here was/is inappropriate for a
public institution for which transparency, fiscal responsibility, and
accountability is more than just a reasonable expectation. <BR>> >
<BR>> > The process was wrong and it has led to an decision that is
clearly wrong for a number of reasons.<BR>> > <BR>> > However,
Mues is not the only culprit.<BR>> > <BR>> > Based on materials
and other information made available to me, I agree that Mues is severely
under qualified for the position which he now occupies. Not only that but it
appears that his original hire was prompted more by some external pressures
than by his qualifications, meager as they are; it seems that elevating him to
and establishing him in his present position was former UI President White's
way of giving a final finger to the UI on his way out.<BR>> > <BR>>
> However, the total fault doesn't not rest alone with Mues.<BR>> >
<BR>> > Where is present UI's president's oversight? Did he not
understand the financial, community relations/economy, and efficacy of the
results of this decision? How could this proposal even get to the SBOE in the
first place?<BR>> > <BR>> > And to the SBOE: If you do not want to
take the time and effort to scrutinize decisions very carefully, the get the
hell off the board and let some more conscientious take your place.<BR>>
> <BR>> > <BR>> > Wayne A. Fox<BR>> > 1009 Karen
Lane<BR>> > PO Box 9421<BR>> > Moscow, ID 83843<BR>> >
<BR>> > waf@moscow.com<BR>> > 208 882-7975<BR>> > <BR>>
> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> > From: Saundra Lund <BR>>
> To: vision2020@moscow.com <BR>> > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010
8:52 AM<BR>> > Subject: [Vision2020] Daily News OUR VIEW: UI's disdain
for citizens whofund it is appalling<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> >
Many thanks to the friend who sent this to me!<BR>> > <BR>> >
<BR>> > <BR>> > I think this editorial hits the nail squarely on
the head: Mues is not only utterly unqualified for his position at the UI, he
is also fundamentally unsuited to work for a public institution where public
accountability & transparency are crucial. This is just the most recent in
a string of sneaky decisions that track back to him where those outside of the
administration are kept in the dark before -- after decisions -- are made. I
can just see Mues sitting behind his desk at the UI rubbing his hands together
in glee at the coup of keeping the whole AlliedBarton issue secret until it
was too late for anyone to have any effective input.<BR>> > <BR>>
> <BR>> > <BR>> > I agree with the editorial that while this
kind of crapola is suitable at a private college, it is wholly inappropriate
at a public institution where even UI's top administrators are accountable to
those who pay their salaries, and that would be we-the-taxpayers.<BR>> >
<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Further, there's something grossly
obscene about the UI's decision to pay a private security contractor nearly
$400K during these tough financial times where student fees were just jacked
up 9.5%, programs have been cut into the bone, severe understaffing of all but
the top level of administration is rampant, and all faculty & staff but
those making less than a living wage in Idaho - a paltry $22,360 - were forced
to take a very real pay cut in the form of mandatory furloughs.<BR>> >
<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Saundra
Lund<BR>> > <BR>> > Moscow, ID<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>>
> <BR>> > The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak
out for themselves.<BR>> > <BR>> > ~ Jane Goodall<BR>> >
<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> >
-----------------------------------<BR>> > <BR>> > OUR VIEW: UI's
disdain for citizens who fund it is appalling<BR>> > <BR>> >
Posted on: Monday, August 16, 2010<BR>> > <BR>> > We apparently
are too stupid to consider properly how the University of Idaho plans to spend
our money. <BR>> > <BR>> > The university is trying to upgrade its
security services, and it turns out that is going to cost a lot more money,
some $300,000 more, than it took last year when it was all handled by the
Moscow Police Department. <BR>> > <BR>> > What is the necessity
for that upgrade? What dire risks are facing our local institution of higher
learning to require this substantial increase in spending of public tax
dollars. It must be pretty important, considering the budget-cutting going on
throughout government, including our colleges and universities.<BR>> >
<BR>> > When Daily News reporter Holly Bowen asked that question
Tuesday, before the increase had been approved, she was told the UI was "not
making anyone available." There would be no comment on this big increase in
state spending until after Thursday's meeting of the Idaho State Board of
Education where the proposal was to be considered, approved and funded.
<BR>> > <BR>> > After that meeting - where the proposal was indeed
approved - Lloyd Mues, UI vice president for finance and administration,
explained pompously and vacuously, "The absolute best thing we can do in a
process like this, as with any of them, is all of that negotiation and all of
that communication is pretty private." <BR>> > <BR>> > Gee, Mr.
Mues, we thought the UI was pretty public, actually. There are many pretty
private colleges around here, but not the UI.<BR>> > <BR>> > But
what about those serious security threats we have to pay $300,000 a year to
stop? <BR>> > <BR>> > Mues again: "Every now and then, someone
will decide they want to drive across the Administration Building lawn in a
four-wheel drive." He apparently was perfectly serious.<BR>> > <BR>>
> So, will a heavily armed vehicular deterrence team be roaming
campus?<BR>> > <BR>> > No, it turns out this expenditure will pay
for one to three unarmed security guards to roam campus on foot around the
clock. <BR>> > <BR>> > It's no wonder the university didn't want
the press or taxpayers asking serious questions about this proposal before it
was approved. <BR>> > <BR>> > - Lee Rozen, for the editorial
board<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> >
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Message: 3<BR>> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:14:07 -0700<BR>> From: lfalen
<lfalen@turbonet.com><BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Daily News OUR
VIEW: UI's disdain for<BR>> citizens whofund it is appalling<BR>> To:
"Saundra Lund" <v2020@ssl.fastmail.fm>, "'Art Deco'"<BR>>
<deco@moscow.com>, "'Vision 2020'" <vision2020@moscow.com><BR>>
Cc: lrozen@dnews.com<BR>> Message-ID:
<283dff534f949480521b5b27ad786a64@turbonet.com><BR>> Content-Type:
text/plain; charset="utf-8"<BR>> <BR>> The UI is being illegal in not
taking minutes and making them available to the public. The UI regularly
refuses to supply information under the FOI law. They till you to take it to
the District Court, knowing that most people do not have the money to do that.
This is why I have tried(with no success) to get enforcement moved to the
attorney General.<BR>> Roger<BR>> -----Original message-----<BR>>
From: "Saundra Lund" v2020@ssl.fastmail.fm<BR>> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010
11:53:51 -0700<BR>> To: "'Art Deco'" deco@moscow.com, "'Vision 2020'"
vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Daily News OUR VIEW:
UI's disdain for citizens whofund it is appalling<BR>> <BR>> > Hi
Wayne,<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > I agree that
Mues isn't the only culprit, but I'm more familiar with his<BR>> >
mindset than I am with that of others since I've actually spoken to Mues
in<BR>> > person. I provided him with information straight from the UI
about the<BR>> > steep decrease in UI payments for retiree health costs.
His response was<BR>> > that the info we'd received "had" to be wrong
and that he'd check into it<BR>> > and provide us with the "correct"
information. Almost a year later, I'm<BR>> > still waiting. The only
conclusion I can draw from that is the data<BR>> > received directly
from the UI was, in fact, accurate, and the UI's claim<BR>> > about
retiree health care costs being responsible for the shockingly<BR>> >
escalating employee premiums (particularly for employees with families)
for<BR>> > reduced coverage was a load of crapola.<BR>> > <BR>>
> <BR>> > <BR>> > During the same meeting, Mues also informed
me that he was responsible for<BR>> > telling the BAG (Benefits Advisory
Group) not to take meeting minutes - he<BR>> > stated minutes had been
kept prior to his tenure. This was during the same<BR>> > time the UI
was trying to extort $100 from me (at $25/hour) to "locate" what<BR>> >
were non-existent records and another $50 (1000 pages at $0.05 per page)
to<BR>> > copy those same non-existent records.<BR>> > <BR>>
> <BR>> > <BR>> > I will add, however, that Rose Huskey & I
attempted to bring our concerns to<BR>> > Dr. Nellis' attention shortly
after he arrived. Clearly, he was<BR>> > uninterested in Mues' history
of thwarting transparency and accountability<BR>> > then, and he is
apparently uninterested now.<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>>
> Inquiring minds want to know why over the past few years the UI
has<BR>> > accumulated quite the record of contracting with non-local
right wing whack<BR>> > jobs that always wind up soaking the UI, UI
employees, and the taxpayers for<BR>> > far more than expected rather
than with local entities (i.e., MPD) and<BR>> > companies (i.e., Regence
BSI) where there might be some genuine<BR>> > accountability and
interest in providing quality service for a fair cost.<BR>> > <BR>>
> <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Saundra
Lund<BR>> > <BR>> > Moscow, ID<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>>
> <BR>> > The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for
good people to do<BR>> > nothing.<BR>> > <BR>> > ~ Edmund
Burke<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > ***** Original
material contained herein is Copyright 2010 through life plus<BR>> > 70
years, Saundra Lund. Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce
outside<BR>> > the Vision 2020 forum without the express written
permission of the<BR>> > author.*****<BR>> > <BR>> >
<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > From:
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<BR>>
> On Behalf Of Art Deco<BR>> > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 10:18
AM<BR>> > To: Vision 2020<BR>> > Cc: lrozen@dnews.com<BR>> >
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Daily News OUR VIEW: UI's disdain for
citizens<BR>> > whofund it is appalling<BR>> > <BR>> >
<BR>> > <BR>> > I agree that the whole process that evolved here
was/is inappropriate for a<BR>> > public institution for which
transparency, fiscal responsibility, and<BR>> > accountability is more
than just a reasonable expectation. <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> >
<BR>> > The process was wrong and it has led to an decision that is
clearly wrong<BR>> > for a number of reasons.<BR>> > <BR>> >
<BR>> > <BR>> > However, Mues is not the only culprit.<BR>>
> <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Based on materials and other
information made available to me, I agree that<BR>> > Mues is severely
under qualified for the position which he now occupies.<BR>> > Not only
that but it appears that his original hire was prompted more by<BR>> >
some external pressures than by his qualifications, meager as they are;
it<BR>> > seems that elevating him to and establishing him in his
present position was<BR>> > former UI President White's way of giving a
final finger to the UI on his<BR>> > way out.<BR>> > <BR>> >
<BR>> > <BR>> > However, the total fault doesn't not rest alone
with Mues.<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Where is
present UI's president's oversight? Did he not understand the<BR>> >
financial, community relations/economy, and efficacy of the results of
this<BR>> > decision? How could this proposal even get to the SBOE in
the first place?<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > And to
the SBOE: If you do not want to take the time and effort to<BR>> >
scrutinize decisions very carefully, the get the hell off the board and
let<BR>> > some more conscientious take your place.<BR>> >
<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Wayne A. Fox<BR>>
> 1009 Karen Lane<BR>> > PO Box 9421<BR>> > Moscow, ID
83843<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> >
waf@moscow.com<BR>> > 208 882-7975<BR>> > <BR>> > -----
Original Message ----- <BR>> > <BR>> > From: Saundra Lund
<mailto:v2020@ssl.fastmail.fm> <BR>> > <BR>> > To:
vision2020@moscow.com <BR>> > <BR>> > Sent: Monday, August 16,
2010 8:52 AM<BR>> > <BR>> > Subject: [Vision2020] Daily News OUR
VIEW: UI's disdain for citizens whofund<BR>> > it is appalling<BR>>
> <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Many thanks to the friend who
sent this to me!<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > I
think this editorial hits the nail squarely on the head: Mues is not
only<BR>> > utterly unqualified for his position at the UI, he is also
fundamentally<BR>> > unsuited to work for a public institution where
public accountability &<BR>> > transparency are crucial. This is
just the most recent in a string of<BR>> > sneaky decisions that track
back to him where those outside of the<BR>> > administration are kept in
the dark before -- after decisions -- are made.<BR>> > I can just see
Mues sitting behind his desk at the UI rubbing his hands<BR>> > together
in glee at the coup of keeping the whole AlliedBarton issue secret<BR>>
> until it was too late for anyone to have any effective input.<BR>>
> <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > I agree with the editorial that
while this kind of crapola is suitable at a<BR>> > private college, it
is wholly inappropriate at a public institution where<BR>> > even UI's
top administrators are accountable to those who pay their<BR>> >
salaries, and that would be we-the-taxpayers.<BR>> > <BR>> >
<BR>> > <BR>> > Further, there's something grossly obscene about
the UI's decision to pay a<BR>> > private security contractor nearly
$400K during these tough financial times<BR>> > where student fees were
just jacked up 9.5%, programs have been cut into the<BR>> > bone, severe
understaffing of all but the top level of administration is<BR>> >
rampant, and all faculty & staff but those making less than a living wage
in<BR>> > Idaho - a paltry $22,360 - were forced to take a very real pay
cut in the<BR>> > form of mandatory furloughs.<BR>> > <BR>>
> <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > Saundra
Lund<BR>> > <BR>> > Moscow, ID<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>>
> <BR>> > The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak
out for<BR>> > themselves.<BR>> > <BR>> > ~ Jane
Goodall<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> >
-----------------------------------<BR>> > <BR>> > OUR VIEW: UI's
disdain for citizens who fund it is appalling<BR>> > <BR>> >
Posted on: Monday, August 16, 2010<BR>> > <BR>> > We apparently
are too stupid to consider properly how the University of<BR>> > Idaho
plans to spend our money. <BR>> > <BR>> > The university is trying
to upgrade its security services, and it turns out<BR>> > that is going
to cost a lot more money, some $300,000 more, than it took<BR>> > last
year when it was all handled by the Moscow Police Department. <BR>> >
<BR>> > What is the necessity for that upgrade? What dire risks are
facing our local<BR>> > institution of higher learning to require this
substantial increase in<BR>> > spending of public tax dollars. It must
be pretty important, considering the<BR>> > budget-cutting going on
throughout government, including our colleges and<BR>> >
universities.<BR>> > <BR>> > When Daily News reporter Holly Bowen
asked that question Tuesday, before the<BR>> > increase had been
approved, she was told the UI was "not making anyone<BR>> > available."
There would be no comment on this big increase in state spending<BR>> >
until after Thursday's meeting of the Idaho State Board of Education
where<BR>> > the proposal was to be considered, approved and funded.
<BR>> > <BR>> > After that meeting - where the proposal was indeed
approved - Lloyd Mues, UI<BR>> > vice president for finance and
administration, explained pompously and<BR>> > vacuously, "The absolute
best thing we can do in a process like this, as<BR>> > with any of them,
is all of that negotiation and all of that communication<BR>> > is
pretty private." <BR>> > <BR>> > Gee, Mr. Mues, we thought the UI
was pretty public, actually. There are many<BR>> > pretty private
colleges around here, but not the UI.<BR>> > <BR>> > But what
about those serious security threats we have to pay $300,000 a year<BR>>
> to stop? <BR>> > <BR>> > Mues again: "Every now and then,
someone will decide they want to drive<BR>> > across the Administration
Building lawn in a four-wheel drive." He<BR>> > apparently was perfectly
serious.<BR>> > <BR>> > So, will a heavily armed vehicular
deterrence team be roaming campus?<BR>> > <BR>> > No, it turns out
this expenditure will pay for one to three unarmed security<BR>> >
guards to roam campus on foot around the clock. <BR>> > <BR>> >
It's no wonder the university didn't want the press or taxpayers
asking<BR>> > serious questions about this proposal before it was
approved. <BR>> > <BR>> > - Lee Rozen, for the editorial
board<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> >
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------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 4<BR>> Date: Mon,
16 Aug 2010 22:00:34 -0500 (CDT)<BR>> From: Garrett Clevenger
<garrettmc@verizon.net><BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] Daily News OUR
VIEW: UI's disdain for citizens<BR>> who fund it is appalling<BR>> To:
vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> Message-ID:
<681757619.205960.1282014034952.JavaMail.root@vznit170066><BR>>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8<BR>> <BR>> Saundra
writes:<BR>> <BR>> "Mues is not only utterly unqualified for his
position at the UI, he is also fundamentally unsuited to work for a public
institution where public accountability & transparency are
crucial"<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> It's particularly frustrating considering
the UI knew there was community interest in the outcome of the security
decision. It seems they didn't want any input folks may have provided if we
knew the potential for this decision.<BR>> <BR>> Sounds like the city
council's Hawkins deal!<BR>> <BR>> btw, Mues is also the guy who gutted
Wheatland Express's bus service, and why there is no summer bus anymore. I
guess rent-a-cops are more important than public transit...<BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> gclev<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 5<BR>> Date: Mon,
16 Aug 2010 20:20:09 -0700<BR>> From: "Warren Hayman"
<whayman@roadrunner.com><BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Daily News
OUR VIEW: UI's disdain for<BR>> citizenswho fund it is appalling<BR>>
To: "Garrett Clevenger" <garrettmc@verizon.net>,<BR>>
<vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Message-ID:
<FF4A3E1DF1394D2CAD748C25767EFB05@Homeboy><BR>> Content-Type:
text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";<BR>>
reply-type=original<BR>> <BR>> A question: who was behind the RV life on
wheels (or whatever-- can't <BR>> remember the name exactly) in the shift
down to LCSC?<BR>> <BR>> Warren Hayman<BR>> <BR>> ----- Original
Message ----- <BR>> From: "Garrett Clevenger"
<garrettmc@verizon.net><BR>> To:
<vision2020@moscow.com><BR>> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 8:00
PM<BR>> Subject: [Vision2020] Daily News OUR VIEW: UI's disdain for
citizenswho fund <BR>> it is appalling<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> >
Saundra writes:<BR>> ><BR>> > "Mues is not only utterly
unqualified for his position at the UI, he is <BR>> > also fundamentally
unsuited to work for a public institution where public <BR>> >
accountability & transparency are crucial"<BR>> ><BR>>
><BR>> > It's particularly frustrating considering the UI knew there
was community <BR>> > interest in the outcome of the security decision.
It seems they didn't <BR>> > want any input folks may have provided if
we knew the potential for this <BR>> > decision.<BR>> ><BR>>
> Sounds like the city council's Hawkins deal!<BR>> ><BR>> >
btw, Mues is also the guy who gutted Wheatland Express's bus service, and
<BR>> > why there is no summer bus anymore. I guess rent-a-cops are more
<BR>> > important than public transit...<BR>> ><BR>>
><BR>> > gclev<BR>> ><BR>> >
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