Pasco (FL) sheriff created program that monitors and harasses families.
[FAC NOTE: Yesterday’s Tampa Bay Times ran a story that sent chills down my spine. Having experience with the registry, I know what it’s like to live with a microscope up my ass, but having a mainstream news outlet publish the details of a police program designed to harass and entrap others feels almost vindicating. I’ve been describing this exact life for years – few believe it can happen]
Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco took office in 2011 with a bold plan: to create a cutting-edge intelligence program that could stop crime before it happened.
What he actually built was a system to continuously monitor and harass Pasco County residents, a Tampa Bay Times investigation has found.
First the Sheriff’s Office generates lists of people it considers likely to break the law, based on arrest histories, unspecified intelligence and arbitrary decisions by police analysts.
Then it sends deputies to find and interrogate anyone whose name appears, often without probable cause, a search warrant or evidence of a specific crime.
They swarm homes in the middle of the night, waking families and embarrassing people in front of their neighbors. They write tickets for missing mailbox numbers and overgrown grass, saddling residents with court dates and fines. They come again and again, making arrests for any reason they can.
One former deputy described the directive like this: “Make their lives miserable until they move or sue.”
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This Pasco Co Sheriff is just ridiculous!
Wish I could say I was surprised to read this. Florida… Just saying.
Only a matter of time until every county does this. They increase restrictions to see who can get away with the most. It wouldn’t surprise me if they tried to round up people and put them on closed military bases. I for one will not live like this for another 20 years. Things need to change.
I have trained people to do what I do. No charge bc I too am on the registry. I harness salons and barber shops in the name of candidates that challenge elective positions like this sheriff. It works! We need to engage and help others to engage. My name is Robert Curtis YouTube “Sharp-N-Go mini” I will equip and train those interested free of charge to support our cause.
It just goes to show the POS society for which we live in today.
“Instead of being reactive,” he said, “we are going to be proactive.”
Just like the preeminent and anticipatory nature of the registry.
This sheriff’s flawed ideology and group think is what makes their ignorance so dangerous.
Wow! There are no words. How is this even constitutional? This seems like something the ACLU should get involved in and sue this sheriff. Very scary.
This is nothing more than profiling, abusive harassment and abuse of power.
Who does this asshole think he is. Clearly he has a savior complex or perhaps is just a sick stocker who gets off on doing it those who have already suffered at the force of the system so that just makes him sadistic bully – “perfect” for Florida law enforcement!
Make sure his name is on that list and unfortunately ever deputy they send because that is illegal.
I believe this kind of action should be taken to court and challenged. It seem that the sheriff is playing with the law, cops giving citations for the code enforcement officer, so why have code enforcement. Even officer, during them for a great number of violations, where the probable cause. I known people over there and god help them.
“Make their lives miserable till they move or sue”
I guess they don’t believe that these people who are “prone to commit crimes” are going to retaliate with violence.
Keep on pushing buttons, i want to see an uprising.
How did we get from the Constitution where Freedom and Liberty is paramount, to this type of policing, where trampling of people’s rights are done without retaliation? A class action lawsuit by these people needs to be brought against the County.
Screw these people. Cheers to those on the force who resigned and are part of a lawsuit against this Nocco idiot.
This is a case of police procedures stepping all over the constitutional rights of people. And not enough people are fighting it. I’m willing to bet that the few families who said they didn’t mind the police check ups were most likely BULLIED by the cops to say only positive things about their tactics. Total bullshit.
You know Kathleen when the City of Chicago/ Orland Park did this to Dad because they didn’t like the “Beater” cars he moved back and forth he sued them and won. More people should take these jerks on.
Oh Geeze!..Another SHIITAKE AWARD NEEDS TO BE AWARDED!
So, their overall Modus Operandi, is to create Algorithmic ‘Behaviors’, in order to Predict The FUTURE!?!?!?
Well, HELL, Lets all Donate some money to this BOZO, Handcuff Him, Send him to a Casino, and we ALL WILL BE MILLIONAIRES, Right?
That is what this BOZO, is stating!
Think about it!
Wow, this is one of the most well investigated articles on policing I’ve read. Wish we could give The Tampa Bay Times kudos on doing a thorough job!
James
As a Kindly Reminder, THE MEDIA, at large, is only BENEFICENT of ITSELF!
Remember, their revenue generation is based on selling advertisements….There SHOULD NEVER BE KUDOS TO THE MEDIA, AT LARGE….They are the DEMONS…whether positive or negative….”May you watch out for the doo-doo, you may step in!”
Never TRUST THEM!..They Spin things to their liking at every nano-second to benefit themselves!
“First they came for the ‘sex offenders’….”
Since that has been so successful, “law enforcement” has expanded their Gestapo-like tactics to the general population.
That first pic of Narco looks like a Hitler youth recruitment ad.
Considering Pasco is 90% white, the number of black people targeted in this article is grossly disproportionate. It seems Narco has a hard-on for people of color. Maybe the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) should investigate. Perhaps a BLM “march” would shine some light on this white devil.
I don’t know if the SCLC has picked it up yet, but The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center has picked it up and getting the word out there.
Such a policy can only breed bullies and cowards (the same thing). I’d bet 98% of Pasco SO deputies would call for backup if a clerk refused to sell them a doughnut, and are likely absolutely worthless in actual violent situations.
NOTHING NEW. DONE HERE TOO. THEY VIOLATE THE LAW. I DON’T KNOW WHY I PAY TAXES? I DON’T GET ANY POLICE HELP?
I don’t know why you do either – I don’t. Taxation without representation is un-American and therefore a true American would not pay. Since we are not considered citizens (as we do not have full rights being American untouchables) we are being oppressed.
It is insanity to support a system/government who is actively hostile against you and yet will not allow you the opportunity to leave the country.
That is simply bulling of someone with their hands tied – chicken shit PIGS! What kind of fool would pay to be abused? Why – why would you?