Are the police harassing us?

DREW T

Depends.

If your car is unroadworthy then I expect the Police detective noticed when he visited your house. Just doing his job. If your car is unroadworthy to the degree that it is worthy of a ticket then that is what the rest of us would expect him to do.

As for your son it seems to me that he should consider talking to the Police as his behaviour could be considered suspicious.

rickinnocal

"At 25 we can not force him to call and we will certainly not "rat " on our son."

OK, then you live with the consequences. You know who refers to helping the police catch criminals as "ratting"?

Other criminals.

If your son was not an accomplice, why would he not want criminals punished for their crime? If you're not criminals, why would you want to help them get away with it?

If the cops had a legal reason to pull you over, and the tickets were legitimate, then you live with them.

You're refusing to co-operate with the police in an investigation. That is BOUND to make them assume that you're at least criminally inclined yourself, even if not actively involved. Expect to see a LOT of the police in the future.

What you describe is not harrassment. They don't know where your son is, but they DO know where you are - so expect them to keep in close touch.

Richard

markeen

No...it's wise to go an get it done especially when he is suspected or they think he might have information about the robery. Its not called "rat" out if your son could be involved in it. That would make you accomplises. You should just get it over with. And serving in Iraq is irrevelant...that doesnt automatically make you a man or innocent or immune to the laws of society. Cooperate..thats the best choice.

BOYD H

Yes.

stenobrachius

I think your son should talk to a lawyer to protect his own interests, even if he is just a "person of interest" in a case.

The lawyer can also advise you whether the cops have stepped outside of the law.

Hillary

I don't think that would qualify as harassment if they ticketed you for stuff that was actually illegal. Harassment happens when you're not doing anything illegal and the cops bother you for no reason -- here, the cops have every right to try to get in contact with your son, especially if he's dodging them and has valuable information about a crime.

I understand you don't want to "rat" your son out, but if he did something wrong, then you should want to see justice done.

If he didn't do anything, and he's such a fine and upstanding young man and such a good citizen, then he should want to talk to the police to take care of the situation. Someone who served our country so bravely shouldn't be afraid to tell the cops what he knows, especially if it will stop them from coming to your home.

It doesn't seem to me like the cops are just going to forget about it and leave you alone, robberies are serious business. And frankly, they have no reason to stop coming to your home when they think that your son has information about a crime.

Destrier

Yes.

BELLE

YES

Jennifer

Yes you are being harrassed! Contact an attorney!

pat c

Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
No doubt about it

Family Guy Fan

Yes, you are being harassed.

Diane M

Yes you are being harassed and you need to contact the Internal Affairs Department of your local police department and also the ACLU who will be happy to represent you.

Opalinah

I would say so. I would try going over the detective's head and complaining, otherwise call your lawyer!

Dan D

Carry one of those cell phones in your car and have one readily available near your front door. Try to record them. It would be worth the expense to buy a couple of these devices. Cheaper than fines. These guys are breaking the law. It's time for you to turn cop.

Al Mac Wheel

The police have the right to lie to suspects and families of suspects when they are investigating some crime. You, as family of suspect, do not have the right to lie or interfere with the police investigation. Perhaps you need to help your son get a good lawyer.

You have a civic responsibility to inform both your son about the police interest, which you have done so, and to give the contact information where your son resides to the police.

If you have refused to tell the detective how to find your son, then you are interfering with a police investigation, which is a serious crime. You could go to jail for that.

You also have a responsibility to go to the superior officers of the police & describe what happened that you think is harrassment, then let internal police take care of any bad conduct.

If you have nothing wrong with your car, then they cannot find anything to write tickets on.

RATZ

Sounds like it to me. Talk to a lawyer.

Wyoming Rider

You are definitely being harassed.

This statement:
"The detective told us if we have our son call him or call when he is there that he will leave us alone."
is proof of harassment.

You need to hire an attorney.

You also need to get one of those MP3 players that has voice recording capabilities just in case of further incidents. If you could have captured that comment by the detective, you could easily prove harassment.

Hiring the attorney will probably put a stop to this, but you never know.

Here is more taxpayer money being wasted --- this time on paying damages to you for this harassment.

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