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28
Jul
FMCSR Week 5: Reporting
Access is privilege. Privilege is trust. A teenager gets a job at the local hardware store and is issued keys to open cabinets with high value items. He is being trusted with a privileged access necessary for job performance. Police […]
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21
Jul
FMCSR Week 4: Training
Prior to the economic downturn this nation has faced the last five years, police department training budgets were large. Many police agencies have had to slash training costs and reduce training time in order to meet minimum staffing requirements. Police […]
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14
Jul
FMCSR Week 3: Legal Authority
Truth 1: federal law is enforced by the federal government only, except when States are mandated or authorized to share concurrent authority. Truth 2: interstate commerce is big business and highly protected in the United States. A quick internet search […]
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07
Jul
FMCSR Week 2: Philosophical Authority
Imagine these scenarios… One Monday morning you walk into your local train station for your daily commute to Chicago and there is an immigration checkpoint set up by the city police department. Your failure to carry your birth certificate and […]
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30
Jun
FMCSR Week 1: The Problem
Over the next several weeks, the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association will embark on a journey to address an issue that has long been a divisive wedge between the Illinois State Police and local law enforcement, and between local law enforcement […]
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23
Jun
The First of July
Truckers beware. Many of you have already renewed your flat weight registration which expires at the stroke of midnight on July 1st. Others of you are looking at that pending bill and wondering how to pay for it. Flat weight […]
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16
Jun
Bombing
We’ve all seen them. They’re everywhere once construction season kicks off in the spring. The cops call them “bombers” and the industry calls them dump wagons or dump trailers. Pick whatever moniker you like, but they are probably one of […]
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09
Jun
The Length Arm of the Law
There is a concept in the law that is probably better understood by teenagers than police officers and truckers. When you were growing up, authorities in your life set rules….maybe it was your parents or a teacher. These rules were […]
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02
Jun
Available Scales
If something is available, it is ready for immediate use. The mere presence of something does not make it available. Tomorrow you need to go to the bank to make a deposit. The building is there. The sign says “BANK”. […]
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26
May
Exemplary Police Work #2
Law enforcement in Illinois has produced a very taboo word….profiling. In 2003, former Illinois State Senator Barack Obama introduced SB0030 (later ratified as PA 93-0209) to combat potential racial profiling by police officers in exchange for primary enforcement of the […]
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