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Good Samaritans Tickets Police - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 2nd May, 2007 - 6:35pm
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Idaho Good Samaritans Who Pulled Victim to Shore Get $85 Tickets
Good Samaritans Get Tickets From The Police
We surely know the laws of the land must be fulfilled, but was it the right timing?
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| TWIN FALLS, Idaho - Canoeist Dennis Bohrn and his companions were stunned when they saw a woman jump off the Perrine Bridge, her body landing near them in the Snake River. Many in the group were crying by the time they managed to reach the woman and paddle her body to shore. So Bohrn was shocked when an officer walked up and instead of thanking or comforting the group last Sunday, wrote out a couple of $85 tickets for failing to have life jackets on board either of the two canoes. "The body was right there," said the 58-year-old Twin Falls resident. "A girl deputy was trying to console everybody. Then a sergeant walked up. He said, 'I see you don't have any life jackets so I am going to give you a citation.' It seemed a little cold." Twin Falls County Sheriff Wayne Tousley said he stands by the deputy's decision, although he added, "Could it have been done at another time? He had a discretion." |
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Totally uncalled for, and in the circumstances it seems very unfair that something like this be even mentioned.
It is right that they should have had the life jackets, but surely in this set of circumstances a warning would have sufficed?
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