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Hired officers. chief sullivan joins me on the phone now. chief, you were hired after one officer was caught using a racial slur and a few years before that, there was talk of speed traps and racial profiling. your department turned to polygraph tests. what kind of questions do you ask job applicants. >> theres several questions. have they ever committed a racial motive of any kind against an individual or society. it has to do your criminal history or drug abuse or alcohol abuse. >> do you outr...

Lesson. >> so, what about that common courtesy of flashing headlights at an oncoming driver to warn about speed traps? it is actually banned in some places. laws in new jersey, new york, ohio, pennsylvania, tennessee, virginia, and florida, allow headlight flashing. while other states like arizona and alaska forbid it. >> interesting. >> uh-huh. >> every state, like most issues. this issue divided our facebook fans as well. >> we asked you should someone who warns oncoming motorists of a speed t...

School district required to check them out background check. >> they only asked for felony convictions. >> bill: only felonies? >> this didnt need to be listed. >> bill: that sounds pretty stupid, right? >> you would think they would want to know. i think they are trying to get rid of like you drove 85 in a 55 type convictions. in any event, dont you feel a little bad for her? she turned her life around. she gets a legitimate job. >> bill: thats a good point. >> the reporter is embarrassing her....

I dont want to be on the side of the speeders but they get you sometimes you are going like 5 or 6 miles per hour over the hour. >> bill: grabbing them. >> she tries to warn people and they arrest her and they claim that obstruction of justice. but then the next day they dont charge her with that because it turns out thats not a legit charge for this in texas. they charge her withstanding in a public road when there is a private sidewalk right nearby. >> bill: i think that might be a misdemeanor...

School district required to check them out background check. >> they only asked for felony convictions. >> bill: only felonies? >> this didnt need to be listed. >> bill: that sounds pretty stupid, right? >> you would think they would want to know. i think they are trying to get rid of like you drove 85 in a 55 type convictions. in any event, dont you feel a little bad for her? she turned her life around. she gets a legitimate job. >> bill: thats a good point. >> the reporter is embarrassing her....

School district required to check them out background check. >> they only asked for felony convictions. >> bill: only felonies? >> this didnt need to be listed. >> bill: that sounds pretty stupid, right? >> you would think they would want to know. i think they are trying to get rid of like you drove 85 in a 55 type convictions. in any event, dont you feel a little bad for her? she turned her life around. she gets a legitimate job. >> bill: thats a good point. >> the reporter is embarrassing her....

I dont want to be on the side of the speeders but they get you sometimes you are going like 5 or 6 miles per hour over the hour. >> bill: grabbing them. >> she tries to warn people and they arrest her and they claim that obstruction of justice. but then the next day they dont charge her with that because it turns out thats not a legit charge for this in texas. they charge her withstanding in a public road when there is a private sidewalk right nearby. >> bill: i think that might be a misdemeanor...

I dont want to be on the side of the speeders but they get you sometimes you are going like 5 or 6 miles per hour over the hour. >> bill: grabbing them. >> she tries to warn people and they arrest her and they claim that obstruction of justice. but then the next day they dont charge her with that because it turns out thats not a legit charge for this in texas. they charge her withstanding in a public road when there is a private sidewalk right nearby. >> bill: i think that might be a misdemeanor...

Educate the public. when a police officer approaches you about something that they believe to be inappropriate, inch proper and a violation of law, then an obstructing justice and impeding the administration of justice is indeed a violation of law just as if she were out on the sidewalk. and creating a public disturbance. jon: hold on a minute. they didnt charge her with obstruction of justice because they continue. isnt the alleged purpose of speed traps to encourage people to slow down and fol...

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