Buttermilk
Member
While we have been watching the political wranglings of both parties, the Dept. of Homeland Security has been slowly turning the screws on each of our states to comply with their REAL ID-compliant drivers license program. Quoting from todays' issue of The Patriot Post,"According to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, any state that has not sought a compliance extension by the end of March will see their residents subject to additional screening at airports." That is an outright threat to illegal hassles by a government agency.
As an officer, I am very well aware of the NCIC (National Crime Information Center),established 1967, that all of us officers use when we run checks on persons we have stopped. The NCIC has been in use for many years and is generally a very swift gathering of information for an officer in the field. We are talking seconds here folks!
Also, several years ago, all officers were required to attend a course that made us aware of the fact that there were certain abuses of the public citizens privacy that could be done and the harsh circumstances that could befall an officer found guilty of abuses of this system. And it has been enforced with offending officers suffering termination and other legal recourse.
Further, each state has its' own Crime Information Center for information only in their state.
When Googled, the NCIC front page states this,"NCIC is a computerized index of criminal justice information (i.e.- criminal record history information, fugitives, stolen properties, missing persons). It is available To Federal, state, and local law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies and is operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year."
REAL ID is another attempt to gather all information on a private citizen, into a Federal agency, under the guise of national security. This is completely redundant and unnecessary and another intrusion into our private lives! All that information is already out there and what this boils down to is another agency wanting more power over our lives and privacy. We are talking millions and millions of dollars to start a new program that is already out there. Unnecessary waste and further invasion of the government into our lives.
This is a further sign of the lack of cooperation by already existing federal agencies already under the roof of Homeland Security.
To further quote from the Patriot Post,"Forty six states have requested a compliance extension, while four states-Montana, New Hampshire, Maine, and South Carolina-have not." GOD BLESS THOSE STATES!!
This is the time to call or write your Senators and Congressmen at both the state and federal levels. Put some fire under their feet and some steel in their backbone and strenghthen their resolve to stop this unnecessary waste.
This program can be stopped!!!!!!
Please view the PatriotPost.us at http://patriotpost.us/ and then click on Homeland Security front: REAL hassles
As an officer, I am very well aware of the NCIC (National Crime Information Center),established 1967, that all of us officers use when we run checks on persons we have stopped. The NCIC has been in use for many years and is generally a very swift gathering of information for an officer in the field. We are talking seconds here folks!
Also, several years ago, all officers were required to attend a course that made us aware of the fact that there were certain abuses of the public citizens privacy that could be done and the harsh circumstances that could befall an officer found guilty of abuses of this system. And it has been enforced with offending officers suffering termination and other legal recourse.
Further, each state has its' own Crime Information Center for information only in their state.
When Googled, the NCIC front page states this,"NCIC is a computerized index of criminal justice information (i.e.- criminal record history information, fugitives, stolen properties, missing persons). It is available To Federal, state, and local law enforcement and other criminal justice agencies and is operational 24 hours a day, 365 days a year."
REAL ID is another attempt to gather all information on a private citizen, into a Federal agency, under the guise of national security. This is completely redundant and unnecessary and another intrusion into our private lives! All that information is already out there and what this boils down to is another agency wanting more power over our lives and privacy. We are talking millions and millions of dollars to start a new program that is already out there. Unnecessary waste and further invasion of the government into our lives.
This is a further sign of the lack of cooperation by already existing federal agencies already under the roof of Homeland Security.
To further quote from the Patriot Post,"Forty six states have requested a compliance extension, while four states-Montana, New Hampshire, Maine, and South Carolina-have not." GOD BLESS THOSE STATES!!
This is the time to call or write your Senators and Congressmen at both the state and federal levels. Put some fire under their feet and some steel in their backbone and strenghthen their resolve to stop this unnecessary waste.
This program can be stopped!!!!!!
Please view the PatriotPost.us at http://patriotpost.us/ and then click on Homeland Security front: REAL hassles
