Dutch cops let man off the hook(er)

[visioneast]

Dutch cops let man off the hook(er)

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - When Dutch police stopped a car for a broken headlight and noticed the driver was accompanied by a prostitute, they gave him a break — and let him pay the traffic fine in cash rather than sending the ticket to his home.

"In the spirit of Christmas ... the man was allowed to leave the police station euro50 ($75) poorer but with an easy heart," a statement by Utrecht police Friday said.

The 40-year-old man, whose identity wasn't released, acknowledged the woman was a street prostitute after being stopped Thursday evening, the statement said.

Regulated prostitution in brothels is legal here, while street prostitution is illegal.

The officer wrote the man a ticket for the headlight and said it would arrive in an official police envelope.

The man "wanted to pay immediately because otherwise his wife could have seen that he was ticketed on the Europalaan (a well known pickup strip) in Utrecht, with all the consequences that would bring," the statement said.

After the man begged for mercy, the officer relented and took him to a nearby station to pay cash, it said.

Utrecht police spokeswoman Ellen de Heer said the statement was intended to show that police aren't the unbending rule-followers they are often made out to be.

"We have some feeling for people's individual situations," she said.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071214/ap_on_fe_st/odd_christmas_spirit

 

[smackyo]

now that is how you endear yourself to the public and gain their trust, and co-operation. not by a taser to the abdomen if they don't instantly obey a command that is barked at them.

 

[visioneast]

now that is how you endear yourself to the public and gain their trust, and co-operation. not by a taser to the abdomen if they don't instantly obey a command that is barked at them.

In Canada, RCMP would have just tasered the guy, probably the girl, too... and then call the guy's wife.

 

[smackyo]

In Canada, RCMP would have just tasered the guy, probably the girl, too... and then call the guy's wife.

lol, more than likely. matter of fact thats exactly how i picture it going down.

 

[ma1234]

My only question is: Why is this newsworthy?

 

[visioneast]

lol, more than likely. matter of fact thats exactly how i picture it going down.

It seems that many of us don't have much faith in Canadian cops.

My only question is: Why is this newsworthy?

To show that there are actually good cops out there.

 

[smackyo]

it was pantherdash or one of his croonies was saying "why don't we ever hear about the police doing a good job." well here's an example. the police actually using their head and not forgetting that yes indeed, they themselves are human to.