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Newshawk: http://www.novembercoalition.org
Pubdate: Wed, 07 Mar 2012
Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal (FL)
Copyright: 2012 News-Journal Corporation
Contact:
Website: http://www.news-journalonline.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/700
Authors: Raymond M. Warren and Michael Chitwood
Note: Chitwood is Daytona Beach police chief.
HOW FAR CAN POLICE GO?
On Jan. 17, Circuit Judge Joe Will dropped drug charges against David
Beauprez of Daytona Beach. The ruling came after officers testified
that they had told Beauprez's mother that someone had called 911 from
her home. In fact, the police were acting on an anonymous tip that
there were drugs in the house. Once inside, officers testified, the
mother consented to a search -- but the woman said that the police
did not ask permission before they opened a drawer in which drugs and
paraphernalia were found. Will found that because officers used
deception to gain entry, they were not credible.
Daytona Beach Police Chief Michael Chitwood, in a Feb. 21 letter,
said that Will could have easily dismissed the charges without
calling the officers' fundamental honesty into question. Today, we
present Port Orange attorney Raymond M. Warren's defense of the
judge's ruling, and Chitwood's explanation of why deception can
sometimes be a crucial crime-fighting tool.
Judge Was Right To Question Credibility
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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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