...until they kicked out Bradley Jardis.

A cop who has the balls to honor his oath and not arrest people who haven't harmed anyone (a police officer I can actually respect.)

And what does Jack Cole do?

apathyonline.net/2010/...oral-laws/

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Dear Bradley Jardis, I have tried but am unable to reach you by telephone. It has come to LEAP’s atten tion from the below blog entry, that you have cho sen to vio late the oath you took on join ing the police depart ment; to enforce all the laws of the fed eral and state gov ern ments in which your police depart ment has juris dic tion. And worse, you are call ing on other law enforce ment offi cials to vio late their oaths of office. This is the oppo site of what LEAP requires of our rep re sen ta tives. We have always said that we will in no way ask that any law enforcer decline to do his or her duty by refus ing to enforce the laws as they are cur rently recorded. That would be uneth i cal and wrong. What we do call on them for is take action on their off-duty time to help us change those laws. Because you have so bla tantly stepped over that line, your actions have caused peo ple to lose respect for our orga ni za tion, which leads to a loss of our cred i bil ity within the pub lic, the media and the pol i cy mak ers; the very peo ple whom we are try ing to con vince to change these laws. The Exec u tive Board of Law Enforce ment Against Pro hi bi tion was made aware of your actions in their Jan u ary 22, 2010 Board meet ing. They were unan i mous in their deci sion that you must no longer rep re sent Law Enforce ment Against Pro hi bi tion while espous ing this belief. As Exec u tive Direc tor of LEAP, I there fore am noti fy ing you that, effec tively imme di ately, you are to stop refer ring to your self as a speaker for or mem ber of LEAP in your pub li ca tions, inter views, and pub lic or pri vate addresses. Sin cerely, Jack A. Cole Exec u tive Direc tor Law Enforce ment Against Pro hi bi tion 121 Mys tic Avenue, Med ford, MA 02155 (781) 393‑6985 LEAP Office (781) 393 2964 FAX (781) 396‑0183 Home Office (617) 792‑3877 Cell jack a cole [at] leap [dot] cc www.leap.cc

Wow, so a police officer does the right thing...what LEAP's goal is...and decides not to arrest people who aren't hurting anyone...and what does this organization do?

Kick him out.

What a bunch of cowards. An officer decides he is going to start living the principle that LEAP espouses, and he is ejected from the organization.

The people in charge of this organization should be ashamed of themselves.

I always thought Police officers have the right to exercise *discretion* in the execution their duties.

Don't laws say things like an officer *MAY* arrest....
I may be wrong but I don't think laws say a officer *MUST* arrest...

Correct me If I am wrong.

He might find a home here www.citizensopposingpr...ition.org/

LEAP is an organization of current and former law enforcers who believe that by fighting a war on drugs the government has increased the problems of society and made them far worse. We believe a system of legalized regulation rather than prohibition is a less harmful, more ethical and a more effective public policy. We have convinced many people of our beliefs and as a result we have a large membership.

Due to the fact that we are law enforcers who in our work have honored our oaths to uphold the law, we have credibility with the public, media, and policymakers. It is only because of our credibility that an estimated 80% of participants in our 5,500 venues have agreed with LEAP's goals.

Many police officers daily exercise personal discretion in accordance with their beliefs about the fatally flawed drug laws, particularly in cases of medical cannabis patients, who deserve compassion-not arrest.

But Bradley Jardis was not exercising personal, private discretion when he circulated over the Internet a statement announcing his intent to violate his oath of office by refusing to enforce a law, and his intent to convince other law enforcers to do the same. The headline directly above this announcement read, "From Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Member Brad Jardis."

Bradley wrote that his actions are based on his interpretation of the New Hampshire Constitution. We do not believe the Constitutionality of any laws can or should be decided by individual police officers. That task should be left up to the judiciary.

LEAP will only be able to achieve its goals by recruiting ever more law enforcers to our ranks. Most police officers, who agree with LEAP that the laws must change, would never join an organization calling for this kind of disobedience of law. Thus, we have had to respectfully part ways with Bradley.

Bradley has done quite a bit to help LEAP in the past and, despite our divergent approaches, we wish him the best of luck in his effort to change these terrible laws.

Thanks for the clarification Jack. It's much appreciated.

I see you point.

Peace.

Sorry to hear this Mr Cole. I cant agree or disagree with Bradleys actions, nor your reasons for parting ways . It is what it is . All we can do is move forward.

Thanks for your explaination Mr. Cole.

People are getting too worked up over this. LEAP had a valid and perfectly logical reason for letting Jardis go, and people should leave it at that.