Pasco Sheriff Sued for targeted harassment under “predictive policing program”.
Several individuals filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against Paco County Sheriff, Chris Nocco for repeatedly harassing them, not because of what they did, but what they “predicted” a family member might do.
Essentially, what the Pasco Sheriff did was create a “list” and then send his deputies out to their homes to surveil them at all hours of the day and night looking for petty offenses to fine or arrest them for.
When you read through the lawsuit (which is linked below), you might get a tinge of PTSD from your own experience being monitored as a person required to register as a sex offender. No individual should be subjected to harassment like this.
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An update:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-sheriff-office-letter-prolific-offenders-accountability-crime
Just like the Judge that sentences a Sex Offender and reads them the Jimmy Ryce Act (even though the judge is not a mental health practitioner/professional) to the ‘Boss Hogg’ Nocco who also wants to Predict the Future!
This changes the fundamental Legal Treatise of ‘Beyond a Reasonable Doubt” to ‘Mere Suspicion’….
So, therefore, We have a bunch of ‘Ms Cleos’ running the Jurisprudence System!
‘Toto, Glad I do not live in FLORI-DUH, back to Kansas’
Hmm, seems this worthless Sheriff should have paid attention to SCOTUS’ ruling in Florida v. Jardines (https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/569/1/). Both he and his subordinate deputies actively and repeatedly violated established constitutional law. Oops! That’s almost certainly going to cost them a bit. They will probably claim “open fields” (which may be the case for scaling the fence) but Jardines gives exactly matching examples as what these yahoos did.
I hope PCSO and the County itself get bled dry.
A tinge of Minority Report here it appears by the “good” (cough) sheriff. Jardines is settled law, but, unfortunately, SCOTUS has also said LE does not have to know the law either when interacting with the citizenry and can blow sunshine of what the law is in their mind vs reality. Ignorance may be bliss in LE’s minds, but will come with a $$ price they will pay which will ultimately cost the taxpayer in the end. Easier to ask for forgiveness in their minds than permission. Way to go there Sheriff Buford T. Justice!
We do not want to see Nocco removed from office. We have to hope that the civil suit that was filed progresses through the federal court system.
A victory for the plaintiffs in the 11th Federal circuit would apply to all of us here in Florida. Here in Florida, a victory even at the DCA level only applies in THAT district.
If the sheriff is removed from office and the suit is dismissed then there’s no legal precedent set that we could use in OUR fight against the myriad of RSO laws and lists here in Florida.
That’s potentially the thing that Gaetz and all the cronies like him are after.
He likely won’t be removed from office.
If removed and subsequently dismissed, then look at amending the complaint and refile against his employer, the county, who is responsible for his actions as an employee of the county. They can’t really believe they are unaware of his actions. This could follow the same path through the courts for what would be possibly the same positive results if found as such.
This sheriff is subject to removal from his job because of these illegal tactics, according to Rep. Gaetz.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-rep-gaetz-calls-on-gov-desantis-to-remove-sheriff-for-using-intelligence-program-to-predict-crime
Pascos’ finest!
hiding evidence and sexual battery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnN-9zsPrNs