Posted: Jan 17, 2011 9:33 am
I think this is completely normal, definitely no reason for the officer to be fired that's just a rediculous notion.
It happens all the time, if I want my ex-g/f to leave me alone I can have her served by police with a formal no-trespassing warning, which is what happened here. The priest was going to tell them after mass but they left so he called the police to tell them because he obviously did not want them returning again. You can disagree with the priest saying they are not welcome all you want that has no bearing on the fact that the officer is just doing his job.
They did not get cited at all... a citation is a summons. All that has happened here is the police officer had been informed that the church wanted to issue a no-tresspass against these people and they were to be informed of this. As far as I know police can pull you over with no intent to give you a citation.
It happens all the time, if I want my ex-g/f to leave me alone I can have her served by police with a formal no-trespassing warning, which is what happened here. The priest was going to tell them after mass but they left so he called the police to tell them because he obviously did not want them returning again. You can disagree with the priest saying they are not welcome all you want that has no bearing on the fact that the officer is just doing his job.
They did not get cited at all... a citation is a summons. All that has happened here is the police officer had been informed that the church wanted to issue a no-tresspass against these people and they were to be informed of this. As far as I know police can pull you over with no intent to give you a citation.