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 Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" 
#15815312 - 02/15/12 09:31 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Under a new initiative announced this week by the New Orleans Police Department, private residences will also become the home of massive orange stickers that’ll alert neighbors, “Hey, don’t worry. There might be drugs here.”
New Orleans Police Chief Ronal Serpas revealed to the media this week that the NOPD will soon be responding to allegations of drug activity with a campaign that some feel will create more problems than it could solve. Acting on citizen tips provided to the New Orleans Crimestroppers Inc website, the NOPD will now descend on homes
The decal, an octagonal, stop sign-shaped adhesive, reads in large lettering, “N.O.P.D.” In a much smaller font, the emblem continues, “…has served a narcotic related warrant or checked this residence as a result of a Crimestroppers hotline citizen’s tip.”
"We're going to start placarding every house that we do a search warrant on," Serpas explained to reporters. "Neighbors will spot it and see it and know we did go to that house, we did follow up on that Crimestoppers tip…which will hopefully encourage more,” he added.
The stickers won’t be reserved for only legitimate drug dens, though. Any tip supplied through the free, anonymous Crimestropper hotline that is followed through by law enforcement will land the house in question to host a sticker. Even if a warrant isn’t served and police simply knock on the door — and even if no drugs are found.
What’s more, citizens are encouraged to supply tips on the Crimestoppers website with a reward that can exceed into the thousands. The process is completely anonymous and can be done online or over the phone. Crimestoppers Executive Director Darlene Cusanza tells the New Orleans Times-Picayune that the organization gets around 7,000 tips each year. Serpas adds that number of viable tips went up last year by 11 percent.
"People are willing communicate with our department through Crimestoppers," explains the chief.
But while law enforcement believes that the stickers will do more good than harm, others aren’t so certain. Some say it will infringe on privacy, personal rights and also open up a whole new option for mischievous pranksters looking to peeve pesky neighbors.
Serpas insists that the stickers will relieve worried citizens concerned with neighborhood narcotic trafficking, though. “What we wanted to do is give back to that relationship because many times we actually go out on those cases and the public doesn’t know that we actually follow up on a complaint.” Others, however, are worried that the branding infringes on how authorities can label citizens that haven’t engaged in criminal activity, and also how cops can tiptoe around the Fourth Amendment. Although the sticker wouldn’t constitute a search and seizure of private property, it can cause homeowners to become agitated over police placing large, shiny stickers on their home, even if they’ve committed no crime.
"This is like a scarlet letter tattooed onto the homes of otherwise innocent people, giving them no presumption of innocence," says American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana Executive Director Marjorie Esman. "People who have not even been arrested, let alone tried or convicted, will be singled out and have their homes marked,” she tells NOLA’s Times-Picayune.
Authorities have fired back that the massive stickers could be removed at any time. “When our officers finish the work that they do on that house, they will put this on the house for a period of time until someone takes it off,” ’explains Chief Serpas. In turn, it prompts Esman to ask another question: "If anyone can take it off at any time, then what's the point? Why should taxpayers' money be spent on something that can just be peeled off right away."
“What about everybody else that lives in that home? What about the other family members who are completely innocent of wrong doing? Is it fair to them to have their house singled out for all the world to see? It serves no useful criminal purpose and it can cause grave damage to innocent people,” she adds.
Previously, Chief Serpas applied the idea to the city of Nashville, Tennessee, where homes were branded with a similar sticker. There, the emblems were two feet wide and neon green.
http://rt.com/usa/news/sticker-new-orleans-house-425/
Slapping a big orange sticker on homes where warrants were served or a Crimestoppers tip was investigated? I'm with the "create more problems than it will solve" gang. I can see all kinds of potential for abuse and exposure and branding of innocent people here.
[exnews}"We're going to start placarding every house that we do a search warrant on," Serpas explained to reporters. "Neighbors will spot it and see it and know we did go to that house, we did follow up on that Crimestoppers tip…which will hopefully encourage more,” he added.
To show they're doing their job?
THESE FUCKERS ARE NUTS!!!
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 dysphoria
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: cinic] 4
#15815360 - 02/15/12 09:42 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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i would personally start driving around in neighborhoods until i found a police cruiser parked at home, write down the address, go home and call in an anonymous tip of massive drug dealings, human trafficking, and maybe some scat cp.
the double upshot here, beyond the obvious slapping the police in the face with their own stupid orange stickers...is that you would inevitably catch a small percentage of corrupt cops with questionable or downright illegal shit in their house.
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: dysphoria]
#15815391 - 02/15/12 09:48 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
What’s more, citizens are encouraged to supply tips on the Crimestoppers website with a reward that can exceed into the thousands. The process is completely anonymous and can be done online or over the phone.
This will be so much fun to abuse
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: dysphoria] 1
#15815409 - 02/15/12 09:50 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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why not start making anonymous tips to crime stoppers and give up all the piggies houses?
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Dest
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: FlusH]
#15815440 - 02/15/12 09:55 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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They are just doing work as the dealers advertising lackeys now.
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cinic
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: Dest]
#15815456 - 02/15/12 09:57 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
Dest said:
They are just doing work as the dealers advertising lackeys now.
AHAHAHAH
iF I LIVED in new orleans
IM GOING TO GO LOOKING
FOR THE STICKERED HOUSES
AHAHAHA like i would of
looked for the bitch
with the scarlet letter
you knew shes putting out
ahahah love it!!
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yutaka
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: FlusH]
#15815510 - 02/15/12 10:07 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
FlusH said:
why not start making anonymous tips to crime stoppers and give up all the piggies houses?
Quick, let's get 4chan on this!
Haha.
What an asinine idea. What property owner or building owner isn't going to remove this garbage the moment they notice it?
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: yutaka]
#15815522 - 02/15/12 10:08 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Anonymous online tip line?
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Celestial Traveler
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: Beefy1]
#15815584 - 02/15/12 10:17 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Aww man fuck the poll, I wanted to pick both 
Either way this is a fucking stupid idea. Whatever genius came up with this plan should be checked for drugs themselves, and subsequently have their property marked with one of these orange stickers.
I'm sure this will be used for prank purposes as well (I probably would use it for this if I lived in New Orleans).
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: yutaka]
#15815623 - 02/15/12 10:26 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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yutaka said:
Quick, let's get 4chan on this!
That would be hilarious. All the lulz that could be had for great justice. Imagine "reporting" the mayor's house, and the houses of every member of the city council.
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: nooneman]
#15815813 - 02/15/12 11:03 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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If i lived there id start calling in tips on all the cops houses and give them a taste of there own bullshit!
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cinic
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: four20west]
#15815833 - 02/15/12 11:07 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
four20west said:
If i lived there id start calling in tips on all the cops houses and give them a taste of there own bullshit!
fucking right?
me too..
I'd call on random people
just to fuck the system.
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Meteloides
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: four20west]
#15815836 - 02/15/12 11:07 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Let's start counterfeiting the stickers and just putting them on every house.
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: cinic]
#15815891 - 02/15/12 11:20 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Wow, this totally doesn't sound like an opportunity to stigmatize people you don't like for no good reason!
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: cinic]
#15816062 - 02/15/12 11:50 PM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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So what if a bunch of people just start trolling it and sent in a ton of anonymous tips for a random house or 2 on every block... won't that kinda render the entire crimestoppers anonymous tip system useless if people tip off tons of houses at random? Or would that just be giving them an excuse to search any house they want if they all have a "tip" about them?
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: Meteloides]
#15816188 - 02/16/12 12:19 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Meteloides said:
Let's start counterfeiting the stickers and just putting them on every house.
read my mind
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: jboredone]
#15816364 - 02/16/12 12:59 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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you can't make this shit
up folks!!!
I saw some fuck posting up a fucking sign
on my shit id shoot the fucker for
tresspassing
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: cinic] 1
#15816447 - 02/16/12 01:19 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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Dude that's awesome!!! Finally, an easy way to find out who's holding!
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: ch1ck3n.s0up]
#15816563 - 02/16/12 01:43 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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ch1ck3n.s0up said:
Dude that's awesome!!! Finally, an easy way to find out who's holding!
Now we just need them to add more detail and include WHICH drugs are supposedly being sold from said location.
Imagine driving around a random neighborhood and being able to shop around for whatever drug you like via the little stickers on the door. Oh look, this house DMT! 
This is free advertisement in essence.
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Re: Cops to sticker New Orleans homes with a 'Scarlet Letter' “Hey, There might be drugs here" [Re: Celestial Traveler] 2
#15816581 - 02/16/12 01:47 AM (1 year, 3 months ago) |
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what is it,the drug holocaust?
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