Greenbay PD Chief Bans Crime

[willie]

That's right. The chief is concerned that criminals might suffer frostbite and hypothermia should they venture out to commit crime. Hence he is banning crime to protect them. Is Wisconsin a nanny state?

[TAZ]

Nanny state, maybe. Apparently employing a CLEO with frost bitten brain tissue yes.

[Stephanie B]

That's right. The chief is concerned that criminals might suffer frostbite and hypothermia should they venture out to commit crime. Hence he is banning crime to protect them. Is Wisconsin a nanny state?
How does one ban illegal activity? Isn’t that a double-negative?

[willie]

Not in Wisconsin.

[JRB]

I'd like to think that this was simply a 'sense of humor' sort of thing. It probably isn't.

At least my Bn S3 has a sense of humor.. this is a cropped picture of an email he forwarded from HQDA this morning:

[txdpd]

Or maybe he just has a sense of humor. Stranger things have happened.

[Sal Picante]

He was a few Miller's short of a 6-pack with breakfast this morning...

;)

[Peally]

Not every single little thing on the planet is something to get outraged over. The chief is half intelligent, against the wishes of local schools he's fully for armed folks on campuses. He engages with the community on the regular. I dare say he gives a shit. He gets it.




Relax, Francis. Fuck's sake.

[txdpd]

Not every single little thing on the planet is something to get outraged over. The chief is half intelligent, against the wishes of local schools he's fully for armed folks on campuses. He engages with the community on the regular. I dare say he gives a shit. He gets it.




Relax, Francis. Fuck's sake.

That common sense stuff isn't allowed around here.

https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/police-chief-cancels-crime-in-green-bay-due-to-weather/1737509951

Here's a link to a news story in case anyone wants to bother to read what was really posted.

[txdpd]

double tap

[BehindBlueI's]

Faced with the record-breaking cold weather that is fast approaching, the Green Bay Police Department is taking the unprecedented step of cancelling all criminal activities in the City of Green Bay until further notice. Green Bay Police Chief Andrew Smith was quoted as saying, “With the wind chill warnings, we simply cannot have any criminals putting themselves in harm’s way at those temperatures. If we didn’t speak out against this, it is simply not fair to the criminals, and I am not willing to risk it.”

Forbidden until further official notice are all criminal activities including retail thefts, automobile thefts (including the stealing of cars with the keys inside), and all manner of violent crime. With the ban on all criminal activities, crooks, criminals and miscreants of all kinds are hereby put on notice that failure to comply will result in citations, arrests, or even jail time. This official ban on illegal activities will continue until the official criminal activity ban is rescinded formally by the Police Department. Please monitor our Facebook site for any updates.

“We care about everyone in our community, including those that choose to break the law,” said Green Bay Police Chief Andrew Smith. “Avoiding crime and criminal activities are especially important during periods of inclement weather. Also, during all other times.”
Temperatures and wind chills are expected to be at least 35 below zero, which can freeze skin and cause frostbite in just a few minutes. With a salute to the Noblesville Police Department.

https://www.wthr.com/article/noblesville-police-ban-illegal-activity-during-cold-spell


Noblesville police ban illegal activity during cold spell

Wisconsin is just the Family Guy to Indiana's Simpsons.

[Paul Blackburn]

The standard must be very low for PD Chiefs...

[RoyGBiv]

Sweet baby Jesus... That certainly was intended to be humor. No?

I laughed.

Thanks txdpd for the link. I was scratching my head thinking "Where's the link in the OP? Everybody else seems to have seen it."

[BehindBlueI's]

Sweet baby Jesus... That certainly was intended to be humor. No?

I laughed.


Of course it's humor. Even as literal minded as I am, I instantly got it was supposed to be funny. And a copy of Noblesville PD's announcement.

[Default.mp3]

Poe's law strikes again.

[SeriousStudent]

I remember when jlw 's boss cancelled Valentine's Day due to bad weather. I thought that was hysterically funny.

Both the Sheriff and Chief Weems were on the national news. Some people were outraged then as well. I laughed so hard I almost pulled a muscle.

https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-sheriff-cancels-valentine-day-due-weather/nR57FlT1BUt1F6lwZ2IyxI/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1AzTts1_-o

[RJ]

I remember when jlw 's boss cancelled Valentine's Day due to bad weather. I thought that was hysterically funny.

Both the Sheriff and Chief Weems were on the national news. Some people were outraged then as well. I laughed so hard I almost pulled a muscle.

https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-sheriff-cancels-valentine-day-due-weather/nR57FlT1BUt1F6lwZ2IyxI/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1AzTts1_-o

That’s good, but I still like the llama story:

https://www.13wmaz.com/article/news/local/oconee-county-sheriffs-office-they-always-get-their-llama/382449036

[SeriousStudent]

True, the Llama story ranked right up there. But let's not forget going to lunch at Dairy Queen, and coming back to the station with multiple felony theft arrests.

"Can a man simply not enjoy his medium Blizzard in peace??"

[Norville]

Obviously intended to be humor, and pretty funny.

I’m not native to Wisconsin, things ar a little different here but this is good one.

[Peally]

Sweet baby Jesus... That certainly was intended to be humor. No?

Don't let that stop some of the kneejerk tools here from getting angry.

[awp_101]

Relax, Francis. Fuck's sake.

Feel free to save this for future use...

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4392/36151790260_4530eb239d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/X5BnJC)

[Lex Luthier]

Being practically a next door neighbor, and a keen observer of upper Midwest culture, I'd say the chief was being rather wildly humorous. It can be a little dry here, and that is often the point.

[willie]

You mean he really can't ban crime? Damn. Then he might not care a rat's ass about criminals either. Shit.