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Old 06-12-2014, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by elchivito View Post
Some years ago a fellow started a religious retreat on property bordering mine. He used a road that borders my land for a half mile to access his. graded dirt. He had delivery trucks coming in on thursdays, driving too fast. On fridays he'd have a for-hire bus come in loaded with true believers. Again, driving WAY too fast. Although a dedicated road, the county wouldn't help. I posted signs, I asked the property owner to tell his customers to slow down, all to no avail.
Finally in frustration I followed the bus, empty on his way out, got the pertinent numbers off of it with a picture and called the sheriff. They issued a ticket to the bus company. The company called to verify it with me. I had no idea the sheriff would disclose the complainant but they did. The manager of the bus company said they had a firm employee rule, one ticket and you're fired. I asked for the driver's name and they gave it to me.
Some days later the guy called up and began verbally abusing my wife over the phone, making all sorts of threats about wouldn't it be too bad if somebody took a pot shot at those nice looking horses. She didn't know who he was so handed the phone to me. I let him rant and then calmly said look pal, you've just threatened violence against my property and home in your own name. You've lost your job, do you want to go to jail as well? Rest assured if anyone from this point forward causes any unpleasantness to me, my family or my property, I'm giving the cops YOUR name and phone number. I never heard from the douchebag again.
Press charges on the bastid.
The sheriff or the cops are known to give out your PII (personal identifiable information) like Santa Claus passes out candy canes. One case I'm aware of involved someone whose car was hit in a parking lot by another motorist who then drove off (hit and run). The victim knew someone on the inside with local police department who ran a license plate check for them and gave up the perpetrator's home address. The victim then began to stake out the perpetrator's home (stalking?). Of course this situation could have easily become heated between the parties involved.

The cops are not supposed to hand out PII on people but apparently, if you have the right contacts on the inside, they will give you up to anyone.
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