BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) – They fought to save a life, and now they say they’ll fight the fine.
It all revolves around the rescue of a deer trapped in icy water Thursday night.
Alex DeMetrick reports that good deed was rewarded with tickets.
Strangers banded together to pull a deer out of the freezing water of the Patapsco River on Thursday night.
“We seen the deer going under,” said Khalil Abusakran. “It couldn’t maintain. It was starting to freeze, and it was really getting bad.”
Abusakran brought a raft, and Jim Hart joined him.
“We had oars and shovels to break the ice, for the deer to get out,” Abusakran said.
But in the excited aftermath of the rescue, a Natural Resources Police officer on the scene wrote both men a ticket.
“And he didn’t say anything,” Jim Hart said. “We went in and out of the water numerous times. He didn’t stop us at all.”
They say they were ticketed for not wearing life vests, although both are over the age for mandatory use of flotation devices.
“No, we didn’t have life vests on, but we’re not 16-years-old,” Abusakran said. “There were personal floating devices in the boat.”
Natural Resources Police would not go on camera, but told WJZ the rescuers were warned they would be violating Maryland law.
The ticket itself doesn’t check off any specific violation, just a $90 fine.
They’ll fight it in court, as they fought for the deer.
The two men ticketed say they will fight the citations at a court hearing in Annapolis set for Feb. 18.
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Thanks to those who resciued the deer. i suppose if it would have been a person a ticket would not have been issued. this is waht is wrong in the world today, you try to be nice and helpful and you get punished but if you commit murder you get a slap on the wrist.
December 17, 2010 at 1:34 pm | | Report comment
So I guess Lennie Skutnick got a ticket too when he jumped in the Potomac
He didn’t have a life vest either.
December 17, 2010 at 7:08 pm | | Report comment
Good thing it was not in md. waters.
December 17, 2010 at 10:59 pm
I wonder if they fined that Sullenberger guy after he landed his plane into the Hudson. I don’t think he was wearing a life jacket when he got out.
December 19, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Oh, heck, if they would have jumped in to save the deer they wouldn’t have been fined. But since they were in a boat, they violated a regulation and, tsk, tsk, we can’t have such!
December 19, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Hope that officer never has to struggle in those waters. You’ll have to let him know how sorry you are that you can’t help him since you have no life vests!
December 20, 2010 at 6:45 pm
The cop probably threw the deer in the lake to begin with.
December 17, 2010 at 7:36 pm | | Report comment
lolll good one
December 18, 2010 at 9:49 pm
hear, hear!
December 19, 2010 at 12:04 pm
How about throwing the cop in the lake? With a flotation device, of course.
December 19, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Apt,
Yes, a cast iron one.
December 19, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Thank you for saving the deer. You did the right thing.
“If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.”
St. Francis of Assisi
December 17, 2010 at 7:50 pm | | Report comment
Amen , Janet, my feelings exactly! St. Francis of Assisi was a man of wisdom and discernment. I wonder if he was the person who also wrote how Apathy and indifference is worse than hatred. No disrespect intended toward the officer- but I think in certain situations, one needs to bend towards the direction of the Heart and not always toward the left side of the brain.
December 18, 2010 at 9:38 pm
jesus, let the deer die. overpopulation of deer in the US cause thousands of car accidents every year, killing hundreds. the deer clearly walked into the water, let him stay in there. would be a totally different story if those men would have drowned or died trying to save the animal.
December 19, 2010 at 12:54 am
Overpopulation of deer cause car accidents? Not the roads or cars, right.
December 19, 2010 at 9:39 am
The deer were doing just fine before the earth became overpopulated with humans
December 19, 2010 at 11:43 am
Perfect!
December 19, 2010 at 12:32 pm
To condo, y where u born
December 19, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Condom,
I propose you lessen the population by one. Take a condom ( small one will fit your hear), slip it over you head and breathe deeply.
December 19, 2010 at 3:07 pm
I wonder if this group of false do gooders will save the zebras from the next cheetahs’ attack in the plains of Africa. This is nature, I would have let the stupid deer drown that dumb prick
December 19, 2010 at 11:44 pm
I too thank those who saved the deer from a cold and watery death. They showed true compassion, integrity and willingness to save a struggling soul. They should be given a medal, not a fine. We need more like people willing to get out of themselves long enough to help others, animal and human. We need more people like these rescuers in this world. I would have done the same and would also fight the fine.
“The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: That’s the essence of inhumanity.” George Bernard Shaw
“The greatness if a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated”. Gandhi
December 22, 2010 at 7:00 pm
IBAD JUDGE MENT CALL , GIVE CREDTI TO THE PEOPLE WHO GOT THE DEER OUT !OF THE ICE !! I DONT RELIY ON ANY COPS . DONT CALL 911 CALL 711 THEY ARE ALWAYS AT THE SEVEN ELEVEN STORES GETTING FREE COFFE !!
December 17, 2010 at 8:26 pm | | Report comment
Did you really have to work long and hard in coming up with and typing out this post?
December 19, 2010 at 11:28 am
D.N.R. new meaning Deer NEGLECTING REJECTS
December 22, 2010 at 10:32 am
Like the old saying goes, “No good deed goes unpunished”
December 18, 2010 at 7:54 pm | | Report comment
You mean “No good deer goes unrescued.”
December 19, 2010 at 10:05 am
Oh Tracy, that is my favorite saying. It’s so true.
December 19, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Now I remember why cops sometimes get called “pigs”. What a disgusting display of bureaucratic evil on the part of that worthless excuse for a LEO. He should be fired just for being such an a-hole.
December 18, 2010 at 8:26 pm | | Report comment
Unfortunately, you are EXACTLY RIGHT.
They are at the option to not enforce. they get a kick from the power trip and the money.
December 18, 2010 at 9:17 pm
it was not a cop
December 19, 2010 at 7:47 am
My friend, if people be fire for t-h-a-t reason, there will be many office-holders out of job.
Many in quite high places.
December 19, 2010 at 12:44 pm
sorry Jimmy King I have to disagree. if the POS has a gun, a tin shield, funny clothes, and over-inflated ego, a mushroomed head from self-promotion and some stupid sense that they are above the law, they are a cop. Period!!!!!! a ticket was issued. only cops or their henchmen issue those!!!!
December 19, 2010 at 12:52 pm
A government is only as smart as the people running it. If the people voted for stupid politicians who hired stupid police officers, then we should not be surprise if this kind of stupidity happen.
December 20, 2010 at 5:10 am
THEY DID THE RIGHT THING! WHEN THEY GOT THE TICKETS, THEY SHOULD HAVE PUSHED THE GUY IN AND REFUSED TO HELP CAUSE THEY HAD NO LIFE VESTS, THEN, WHEN HE DID GET OUT, (AND YOU KNOW HE WOULD) THEY SHOULD HAVE PLACED THE GUY UNDER CITIZEN’S ARREST FOR SWIMMING WITHOUT ONE HIMSELF!
December 18, 2010 at 8:57 pm | | Report comment
oh by the way, there IS a law that states that you must wear a life jacket if the water is colder than 50 degrees F. regardless of how old or how good a swimmer you are. Oh yea, its called hypothermia.
December 19, 2010 at 12:58 am | | Report comment
You are an antagonist and a pathetic one at that. There is NO LAW that says adults need a life jacket in this situation. Grow up. Head on back to Media matters and argue just to hear yourself argue. Friggin troll.
December 19, 2010 at 8:09 am
Awesome analysis Dan! Bravo Zulu (extremely well done to you!).
December 19, 2010 at 9:56 am
Neither of you figured out that Mike was being humorous… the Law is hypothermia.
December 20, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Sorry state of affairs when the authorities simply lack common sense. Now the good samaratines have to waste time going to court, and the ticketing could deter others from undertaking efforts to be good samaratins in the future. Hopefully, senior authorities will offer an apology and the Court will throw the tickets out — if that could be done before the good samaritans have to waste their time going to court in the first place, all the better.
December 19, 2010 at 6:37 am | | Report comment
And a Bravo Zulu to Bruce for posting the perfect “where do we go from here” solution to the problem!
December 19, 2010 at 10:00 am
Next time they see the officer,throw him in the water.Don’t think he will have enough brain to know how to swim.
December 19, 2010 at 7:34 am | | Report comment
The natural resources officer shuld have been helping – not watching – them.
Then he gives them a ticket ! Another example of a little bit of “ticket power” going to a non thinker dufus’s head.
December 19, 2010 at 8:34 am | | Report comment
You have that right. People help others or in this case an endangered animal and get ticketed. Murder somebody and you go free. If they were in and out of the boat several times in the adventure to save the deer, the warden could have reminded them to put on the life jackets. In my state they just have to be in the boat.
December 19, 2010 at 12:09 pm | | Report comment
I will donate money to help pay for the fines or the court cost…. Whos with me?
December 19, 2010 at 12:13 pm | | Report comment
I think that’s a great idea. I live in California butI would be willing to help pay the fine of htese two heroes.
December 19, 2010 at 1:18 pm
Send me the ticket and I will pay it and send the guys life vests and rope to carry for next time. Good job guys!
December 19, 2010 at 1:31 pm | | Report comment
We don’t need to be paying these fines for them, what we need is the people to take back this country and get rid of these government agencies that have nothing better to do than think up ways to fine us, tax us, and control us!
December 20, 2010 at 5:18 am
It was truly a good deed. Government often gets things wrong, but we seem to want more and more government.
December 19, 2010 at 6:45 pm | | Report comment
No good deed goes unpunished. In a socialist state.
December 19, 2010 at 9:21 pm | | Report comment
This limp-wristed lefty “natural resources police officer” should be fired and given a 15 minute dunking in the ice water to cool of the ardor of his “Cause.”
December 20, 2010 at 7:02 am | | Report comment
a pit bull attacked my dog and torn half her face off. animal control came, and the man put his hands on his hips and told me he should give me a ticket. My dog did not have a license. I through she did have a license.
I was thinking people doing animal control had a heart, but after this I am not sure. The man seem to have a cold heart.
Thanks guys for helping that poor deer. So sorry you were treated so bad for doing something good.
March 21, 2011 at 10:17 am | | Report comment
I hope that there is more to this story than what is said….. I cannot believe that a police officer would give a ticket to this man for saving the life of a deer! It does seem that he was punished for doing the right thing. And that is terrible!
December 17, 2010 at 1:50 pm | | Report comment
Amazing that you can’t imagine that. Are you living in the USA? Blindfolded or so?
I don’t mean that wrong. But America is the sickest place in the world…Criminals govern the country and animal rescuers are punished…interesting…
December 17, 2010 at 7:54 pm | | Report comment
I hear ya .But apparently you haven’t traveled to other countries …. this is not the sickest place in the world … please … a bit of an over statement
December 17, 2010 at 8:04 pm
I can think of sicker places to be – like living in a country that cuts women’s noses off, beats them to death, mutilates their private parts, kills all girl babies, decapitates and mutilates people. Amazing that you can’t imagine that but it does exist. I don’t see that taking place in the USA. While it may be true that criminals govern the country, we can do something about that – it’s called voting them out of office. When that fails, we have a Revolution. Give me America any day.
December 17, 2010 at 8:13 pm
I agree with Helene and as far as GoldenFoxx comment, the reason why we dont have alot of these treacherous type things happen in our country is because lower level crime like Mr. Arrogant Policeman are put out on public display to be ashamed of themselves for acting innapropriatly. If the lower level issues like this are not taken care of immediatly it moves on to higher levels of crime to what you have mentioned.
December 17, 2010 at 8:59 pm
Helene, You’re right. The bad guys are laughing at us because we have their Trojan Horse in our Whitehouse. To call him a traitor is to insinuate he was once on our sde.
“Vienes una tormente!” – Warning to Sarah Connell ending the first ‘Terminator’ movie.
December 17, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Just a little note. Criminals govern EVERY country. Even yours, I’ll bet!!
December 17, 2010 at 11:51 pm
my son and his girl friend are the two carrying the deer in the photo, the dnr cops were called to help but we were wrong, they did nothing but stood there making smart comments, laughing, and writting tickets. this is why there is so little respect for the dnr cops from the outdoorsman and waterman in here maryland, this was a chance for the dnr to do the right thing and maybe change there image a little but they blew it i think they must trade there brains in for there badges
January 2, 2011 at 9:43 am
And people wonder why nobody wants to help people in various situations anymore. Everything is illegal, you are probably breaking some law right now and dont even know it.
December 17, 2010 at 8:43 pm | | Report comment
Guest, there is always more to a story than what is told! Unfortunately you never hear the whole thing!
December 17, 2010 at 8:59 pm | | Report comment
Several things , we do not live in a free country. That concept went out the window many decades ago. Then those that think we can get the crooks out of office. Good luck. All we have a choice of is what brand of crook.
This same thing happened with Katrina. Many folks went down with to NO with boats but fish and game gave them tickets for trying to get people off their roof tops without life vest.
We need a revolution.
December 17, 2010 at 9:31 pm | | Report comment
These guys were not policemen, but conservation officers. C.O.’s don’t know the law any more than a pig knows about Sunday.
December 17, 2010 at 9:40 pm | | Report comment
I ran a major river rafting operation years ago. The State conservation officers were huge pains who went around ticketing rafters for dubious “violations”. I assume it was to generate enough income to keep their jobs. The last thing on their mind was doing anything to preserve the flora and fauna. Meanwhile, if something serious or dangerous broke out, they made themselves scarce. Our opinion of them was not high. I dealt with local PD and park service rangers, and they were always great. These clowns walked around with scowls and were not helpful.
December 17, 2010 at 10:54 pm
Yea, you experienced the problem with government. Those in government don’t have a clue as to how they are paid or where the money comes from. We need to cut government at all levels. Vote Conservative! I don’t have an answer other than that. Government is too damn big, too stupid and too intrusive in the lives of all Americans.
December 18, 2010 at 12:53 am
The weren’t really fined it’s just the new good human tax. Don’t you know you have to pay the gov’t for the right to do anything.
December 17, 2010 at 10:29 pm | | Report comment
Present day enforcement officers are the new Tax collectors of our society…where have you been?
December 17, 2010 at 10:35 pm | | Report comment
It’s not a police officer.It’s somebody that checks if your fish is legal or if you are using a gas motor instead of electric.
December 17, 2010 at 10:39 pm | | Report comment
The cops all over including any low life creep that can issue tickets are doing just that. What a crock and the coward didn’t even have the cajones to step into the drink and help. He oughta be fired and sued for false arrest!
December 17, 2010 at 11:16 pm | | Report comment
It is interesting to hear everyone complain about America. First of all there are millions of people dying to get in here everyday, so if you don’t like it then please leave.
I know deer are cute and fuzzy but you don’t see people rushing to save other people anymore. I understand you don’t want it to suffer but you need to think before you react. I work in public safety and see way to many people hurt or killed over an animal that gets out fine.
Whether or not the officer was right is a different story. Personally I would have been a little upset at people in freezing water with no life jacket but would not have fined them. . .maybe a little side lecture on the dangers and what to do.
Please stop blaming America for everything. If this country was not free you would not have this forum to express yourself in. You have it way to good, if you don’t believe me next time you are on your plush vacation in the caribbean try to leave the resort and see real poverty.
Gob blee and Merry Christmas.
December 17, 2010 at 11:22 pm | | Report comment
Only in Crocodile Dundee do the animals shoot back. Trying to save “someone” could result in you getting shot, but trying to save Bambi you need not worry about getting shoto–unless this C.O. shoots youi.
December 17, 2010 at 11:39 pm
I would rush to save someone even if it meant risking my life.
God always blesses those who give free and more to those who die saving another person. I am sorry you don’t know Jesus and all his many blessings.
December 18, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Millions of people wanting to come to the USA? Yeah, from third-world countries. We’re number 37 in health care and our kids are among the most poorly educated among industrialized nations. One in five of our kids is fed thanks to Food Stamps. Our economy is worse than any country in Europe, regardless of what the media would have us believe. We’re freakin’ bankrupt and lucky that we’re among the few countries that prints its own money via its own central bank backed by little more than the good faith of the government. (And we’re seeing just how much faith we can put in this bunch.) How many Scandinavians are clamoring to enter the US? No, this country is not what our media wants us to believe. We’re not No.1 anymore (except in the sale of toxic debt still cleverly marketed by our banksters) and we’re sinking faster than you seem to realize.
December 18, 2010 at 5:21 pm
“Personally I would have been a little upset at people in freezing water with no life jacket but would not have fined them. . .maybe a little side lecture on the dangers and what to do.”"
The idea that Americans need to be lectured by the government is just as offensive as giving out a ticket.
December 19, 2010 at 12:27 am
If this would have taken place in Oakland CA the cop would have shot the deer numerous times and then issue tickets.
December 17, 2010 at 11:29 pm | | Report comment
I’ve spent 37 years on the job and I will be the first person to say that the officer who wrote that citation shamed the badge they wear.
December 17, 2010 at 11:30 pm | | Report comment
the only shame traditionalman is that you even made a comment not knowing the situation
December 19, 2010 at 1:22 pm
As a former county cop in MD, I say that If this guy got a ticket for no vest, it’s absurd. In an exigent situation like this, I am sure 100% of the people would be thinking “rescue” first before the word “vest.” Did the guy even have a vest with him? What happened to “good judgment” on the part of the current crop of officers?
December 17, 2010 at 2:05 pm | | Report comment
Typical case of a cop with no common sense, too much authority, and a penchant for revenue enhancement. Can we all say the word STUPID? I hope the judge in this particular case chastises the cop!
December 17, 2010 at 7:06 pm | | Report comment
Why not fine the cop for taking up court time, and pay the two men $90 each for saving the deer. That would be righteous justice. The cop will think twice about writing a frivolous ticket. It’s authority gone wild!
December 17, 2010 at 7:20 pm
chuck, if you are a cop, you are an embarrassment for even making such a comment. were you there? do you know the truth? I pray that you are retired or at least on your way
December 19, 2010 at 1:26 pm
I’m a cop and the decision of that cop is an embarassment for all of us. Throw him under the ice instead of the deer.
December 18, 2010 at 1:29 am | | Report comment
Our wonderful endless tax dollars going to work again, to employ a moron, this officer should be fired for just plain stupidity. And the lack of getting proper treatment for an animal. If he didn’t participate and just stood there watching, then he should be charged with cruelty to animals. Fire his ass!!!!
December 18, 2010 at 4:15 am | | Report comment
If they have to pay a $90.00 fine, let me know, I will pay for them! Coming from a law enforcement family ( md state police and secret service) I am sorry! My wife would jump in to save a mouse.
December 18, 2010 at 4:16 am | | Report comment
My wife would scream and want me to kill it.
December 18, 2010 at 5:35 am
I’ve never yet met a cop who let common sense get in the way of exercising his authority.
December 18, 2010 at 6:46 am | | Report comment
Hum…Must have been arrested before….NOT all Officers of the Law are as blatantly ignorent as this person. So lets not toss a broad blanket over all Law Enforcement becuase yet another ignorant badge happy wanta be slip through the process.
December 18, 2010 at 12:20 pm
the above story is typical for democrat run states, you get what you voted for, the officer is only ding what the law states, clear and simple, next time you vote, remember goverment intrusion.
December 18, 2010 at 6:50 am | | Report comment
Unbelievable. Only in Maryland would you get a TICKET for doing the right thing. They let murderers, rapists and child moletstors roam the streets free, but save a defenseless animal and they fine you. Cop must have been waiting for the deer to drown so he could get a free meal. Hope the judge throws the ticket at the cop.
December 17, 2010 at 2:20 pm | | Report comment
THIS IS INSANE…WE ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT IT AT WORK AND THINK THAT COP NEEDS TO FIND SOMETHING BETTER TO DO…HE IS TAHT SCARED TO CHASE AFTER THE BAD GUYS THAT HE HAS TO GIVE SOMEONE DOING A GOOD DEAD AT CHRISTMAS TIME A TICKET FOR NOT WEARING A VEST. I HOPE THAT COP LOOSES HIS JOB.
December 17, 2010 at 2:36 pm | | Report comment
I hope your grammar improves.
December 18, 2010 at 2:05 am | | Report comment
Classic John N…LMAO!
December 18, 2010 at 2:34 am
This is the nanny state most of you voted for. My response would have been to throw the officer in the water and make sure he doesn’t get out.
December 18, 2010 at 6:54 am | | Report comment
I agree
December 18, 2010 at 7:17 am
Sadly in the state of Indiana, it has been my experience that you have to take and pass a special prick test to be DN|R.
December 18, 2010 at 7:21 am
Hats off to the rescuers. It is so hard to believe a police officer could be that heartless. Where does the police pride and caring come in. A civilan does a good deed and he gets a ticket. I hope the officer has time to think about what he did to humanity.
December 17, 2010 at 3:13 pm | | Report comment
Kim…you give the police officer too much credit.
December 18, 2010 at 9:05 am | | Report comment
Remember…. this is a “Natural Resources Officer” Not Police. Not even a real job. Just a government position to keep a looser who can’t find a real job off the street
December 18, 2010 at 9:13 am | | Report comment
“Natural Resources Officer” Another example of a phony public sector job created to “stimulate” the economy. Really sad and pathetic. If we wasn’t a police officer, why didn’t they just not give him their ID’s. Don’t they have the right to refuse because of who he was?
December 18, 2010 at 10:54 am
The officers in Maryland are sworn officers with the same authority as state police. Please do not debase the officer for doing thier sworn duty, The judge is the authority on this and not all information is presented here. The officer may not have liked things and may not even show for the hearing. It is a thankless job and they do a great job with the limited resources they have, BTW, I am not an officer or related to one.
December 18, 2010 at 11:07 am
Fish cops are generally have at least one degree and well educated in the sciences far more so than the average college graduate. Generally speaking he knows what he is doing far more than a couple of fools who risk their lives for a lousy dear. Had this situation gone bad he would have been the one to supervise the recovery of the bodies and tagging the remains.
December 18, 2010 at 11:21 am
Wow – You sure have a miserable outlook on life. Sounds like you deserve it.
December 18, 2010 at 12:33 pm
JP, “sworn officers” with sworn duty is still no excuse for a lack of common sense
December 18, 2010 at 11:23 am
kingfish20815, you make good points. But the officer’s issuing a ticket after the fact wouldn’t have saved the rescuers’ lives, nor is it likely to deter kind people in the future. Had he been concerned with being effective rather than being officious, he should have stopped them, or required them to don their life presevers, as soon as he became aware of the situation. Issuing a ticket after the fact is just silly, to put it mildly.
December 18, 2010 at 11:51 am
Only thing those guys did wrong was pass up an easy shot.
December 18, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Wolud the same officer give a ticket if he was the one saved in the same manner? And if he didn’t give a ticket, would he have been reprimanded for not doing so? I mean it is his “Sworn Duty”?
December 18, 2010 at 12:08 pm
Hats off to the rescuers indeed. I am an avid hunter, and would have done the exact same thing to save that little white tail. Before I accepted one ticket from that jerk off cop, he would have had to write one more ticket. I would have thrown his dumb a$$ in the water. Report the stupid cop to PETA !!!
December 18, 2010 at 9:57 am | | Report comment
The fact that the “natural resources officer” did not participate in the rescue effort shows that he was there on the scene only to find a reason to write someone a ticket. Your tax money at work, kids!
December 18, 2010 at 11:07 am
The problem with your statement is that he realistically could have had the men arrested for all sorts of things. The ticket, which I am sure he knew is going to be tossed out, was a warning more than anything.
In many venues, it is illegal to interfere with wild animals in distress. That deer, in struggling, could have swamped the raft and/or kicked the mess out of the men (and a deer can kick you hard enough to kill). I knew people who thought it was smart to rescue “sick” raccoons and other small animals, only to spend weeks getting rabies shots because they got bit during the rescue.
Think about it–how many beached whales actually survive the “aid” provided by well-meaning people who are actually interfering with an act of nature?
December 18, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Islia,
If you read the other comments posted here you would realize the real issues are about freedom and common sense. Most of us do not want to live in a police state or nanny state. The officer abused his power when he ticketed the rescuers using the police powers of the state to back him up.
I applaud those who stand for freedom and have to admit their funny comments have left me rolling with laughter
December 18, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Dragonfire has been a bad boy this year. He’s full of too much anger and needs to give up hunting and take up yoga.
December 18, 2010 at 11:56 am
Islia,
Nonsense. I have rescued many animals, including a Great Blue Heron who was caught in about 50′ of fishing line some idiot left hooked into a tree. Yes he could have poked my eyes out or worse but I did it carefully, and I still watch him out my back window in our cove 3 years later. I hope if you are ever in trouble someone takes a chance to help you, even though you are too arrogant to help one of God’s creatures.
December 18, 2010 at 11:58 pm
It’s all about the MONEY!!!
December 18, 2010 at 10:12 am | | Report comment
no he was just another ass who has way too much pwer for his intelligence level and showed it with steller ziel
December 18, 2010 at 10:42 am | | Report comment
As you are just another idiot who cannot even spell stellar or zeal. While its true this clown needed to be pushed in to save the deer, you shouldnt question someone elses intellect without even being able to spell basic words
December 18, 2010 at 11:40 am
shouldn’t lol
December 18, 2010 at 12:04 pm
“Steller ziel”? Are you German?
December 18, 2010 at 12:08 pm
The natural resources police officer is obviously inept and lacks common sense; his Supervisor should have a session with him and explain the difference between the “Letter of the Law” and the “Spirit of the Law.” Big difference!!
December 18, 2010 at 10:51 am | | Report comment
He is no cop… just throw the ticket away.
December 18, 2010 at 11:30 am | | Report comment
When are folks going to wise up and realize there are no more “Police Officers” or as we remember “Peace Officers”. Today they are all “REVENUE OFFICERS” and their sole task is to collect monies for their masters.
December 18, 2010 at 11:43 am | | Report comment
This Officer should be fired!! He is a joke to the profession…
December 18, 2010 at 12:03 pm | | Report comment
the rescuers were a resource for a make work government agency. What happened to the motto, “to serve and protect”. Why didn’t the donut fetcher get in and help?
December 18, 2010 at 12:09 pm | | Report comment
Well bless you rescuers, glad to see if my poopsy oopsy pomaranian was drowning could count on you, as for the police I wish you would stop me from saving someone or something from drowning in front on my eyes.
December 17, 2010 at 3:27 pm | | Report comment
As usual no good deed goes unpunished. Where the hell has common sense run off to anyway?
December 18, 2010 at 1:12 pm | | Report comment
You can’t call it “common sense” any more because it’s too rare, like a superpower.
December 18, 2010 at 5:13 pm
The JERK must have a quota nto fill. Not only are the heros wet and frozen, they must be inconvienced by making a court appearance. I;d help finance a suit of the ???officer??? What a dope.
December 18, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Kidnapped by liberals.
December 18, 2010 at 5:56 pm
we have idiots in government
December 18, 2010 at 1:29 pm | | Report comment
We have idiots everywhere. It’s just that the idiots in government are more visible and more of a nuisance.
December 18, 2010 at 4:21 pm
Yup starting in the white house
December 18, 2010 at 5:06 pm
Throw the pig cop in the icy water and see if he would like rescued.
December 18, 2010 at 2:14 pm | | Report comment
Not a bad idea!
December 18, 2010 at 4:56 pm
I’m with Doug.
December 18, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Sorry ossifer, you’ll have to wait to be rescued.. Johnny has to run down to the supply store to get a lifejacket. Just hang tight, he’ll be back in an hour or two..
December 18, 2010 at 6:49 pm
BARNEY FIFE COPS>>>>YUCK!!
December 18, 2010 at 3:04 pm | | Report comment
at least barney fife had a heart.
December 18, 2010 at 4:40 pm
The government sux.
December 18, 2010 at 3:34 pm | | Report comment
ONLY IN THE NEW AMERICA.
PEOPLE GET PUNISHED FOR SAVING A DROWNING DEER,
AND THE 99ers DROWNING, GET NO HELP.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL ,,,,,,,,
December 18, 2010 at 4:03 pm | | Report comment
And the 99ers get no help? Are the first 99 chopped liver? Give us a number Ken. Where is it we finally become decent people?
December 18, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Ken, what in the world are you taking about. Do you read the biases newspapers or watch the alphabet soup news broad casts?? 99 week is no help?????? What is the magic number? Are you smart enough to figure it out> I don’t think so.
December 18, 2010 at 5:48 pm
Obviously trained by the Maryland State Troopers who thought video tapping an arrest was the same as a one way phone tap. Stupid cops are everywhere in this state. Print the cop’s name so we can start a petition to have him suspended / fired for incompetence.
December 18, 2010 at 4:18 pm | | Report comment
Maybe that natural resources police officer will get fired just before Christmas!
December 18, 2010 at 4:41 pm | | Report comment
Cut the budget of the “natural resources” department by 50%. I’m sure we can get by with 50% less tax-payer funded stupidity.
December 18, 2010 at 4:54 pm | | Report comment
Q:you know why they bury cops three times deeper than us when they die?
A: because deep down theyre good people.
December 18, 2010 at 4:55 pm | | Report comment
If when trying to save the deer these men get hurt and/or into some sort of trouble and then have to call in rescue personel at tens of thousands of cost to taxpayers…is it smart or worth it to save the deer then?
…and after they saved the deer, what if the next day it walks in front of a truck? or is shot by a hunter for its food value? see, if the animal was a domestic dog or cat then the saved animal would generally be back in a safe home away from harm. Even if it was a cow, its a valuable animal, so it wouldn’t be then set free after its rescue.
People need to think about things instead of jumping in feet first because of emotions. What if one or both of these men got injured and couldn’t work and support his family anymore? Did either of them even consider that possibility? Then they become a huge burden on society…just for the life of a deer that is one of hundreds of millions in the wild. Actually the deer population is growing so fast and out of control that people are being killed in car accidents because hunting has decreased as an American pastime.
Just saying, use reason and think before acting upon your emotions. Didn’t everyone get mad about the guys who got stranded hiking on a mountain in a snow storm and had to be rescued at thousands of dollars in municipal costs? Is this really so different.
Shoot the deer so it doesn’t suffer then use it to feed people in the homeless shelter…make more sense?
…and the cop was just following the law and also doing his job and also acquiring revenue for your city that keeps your taxes down. If he was mistaken about the lifevest rule then the men will be found not guilty. If you don’t like the rule then change the law, don’t take the easy way out and blame the cop.
Just my 2 cents.
December 18, 2010 at 5:49 pm | | Report comment
so if a person is struggling in the water dont go save them, they may get drunk that night drive and kill a family??? and if the cop was following the law and just doing his job, why wasnt the citation filled out properly??? just my 2 cents
December 18, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Following Ted’s stupid liberal idea, soldiers should not be allowed to carry a weapon because it could go off and hurt someone. Don’t play football because you could get injured. No basketball either – you could get an elbow in the eye. Don’t leave the house – it’s dangerous out there! Government sucks the life out of everything
December 18, 2010 at 6:33 pm
“…and the cop was just following the law and also doing his job and also acquiring revenue for your city that keeps your taxes down. ” Yeah, the Nazi’s said they were only doing their job as well. How about considering the spirit of the law as well as the letter of the law. GET GOVERNMENT OUT OF OUR FACE.
December 18, 2010 at 6:56 pm
This is a good friend of mine’s husband who saved this deer along with another man not pictured. They were on that bridge and helping that deer for hours yesterday. They called the police and they did nothing but give him a ticket. They called D&R and they came and told them to let the deer drown. I am so glad to have friends like these who are animals lovers. His wife is actually a dog grooming, and they care for animals all day. They’re good people and its ridiculous that they are getting fined when trying to do that right thing. Hopefully it’ll get thrown out in court.
December 17, 2010 at 4:05 pm | | Report comment
Ask for a jury trial. No jury of real people would ever convict them.
December 18, 2010 at 6:13 am | | Report comment
I hope the people given the ticket file a multi-million damage suit against the officer who gave them the ticket & against the organization that hired that officer.
December 18, 2010 at 1:45 pm
Exactly. What the heck was the gov’t guy thinking?
December 18, 2010 at 3:23 pm
This happens when we elect corrupt politicians who use their armed enforcers to collect yet another unjust tax. Fight the ticket and toss out everyone in office until this type of offensive use of power comes to an end.
December 18, 2010 at 12:20 pm | | Report comment
This cop has to be a liberal moron
December 18, 2010 at 12:26 pm
@DW: Strange, I was thinking he must be a GOP fascist NAZI. Look, I can insult too!
December 18, 2010 at 12:43 pm
The cop must be a conservative moron
December 18, 2010 at 2:05 pm
I was thinking he was a liberal, probably one of those Obama-Reid-Pelosi supporters.
December 18, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Laws such as these and those who enforce them are typically “progressives”, NOT Conservatives or true liberals. The Democratic party and moderate Republicans are “Progressives”. People really need to quit this left, right, Conservative and Liberal blame game. It is the Progressives that are destroying this country and taking our freedoms.
December 18, 2010 at 2:47 pm
To: HippieG
Conservatives don’t do that.
Must have been a facist Obama TSA officer or Socialist Union Leader.
December 18, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Brandon, the NAZIS were socialists. It is in their acronym.
last I checked, socialists are on the left.
December 18, 2010 at 3:00 pm
DW- your “liberal moron” is redundant.
Carbon Black- Nazi far right- Communist far left- end of at the same place so what was your point?
The rescuers acted in the traditional American manner and merit honor. The cop should hang his head in shame.
December 18, 2010 at 4:31 pm
lew………NAZIs were socialist………………
from Wikipedia:
The National Socialist German Workers’ Party (German: About this sound Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (help·info), abbreviated NSDAP), commonly known in English as the Nazi Party (from the German Nazi, abbreviated from the pronunciation of Nationalsozialist[5]), was a political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945. It was known as the German Workers’ Party (DAP) prior to a change of name in 192
December 18, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Frank- Hitler was a fascist; hence the NAZI Party was far right by definition. “Once in power Adolf Hitler turned Germany into a fascist state. Fascist was originally used to describe the government of Benito Mussolini in Italy. Mussolini’s fascist one-party state emphasized patriotism, national unity, hatred of communism, admiration of military values and unquestioning obedience. Hitler was deeply influenced by Mussolini’s Italy and his Germany shared many of the same characteristics.”
December 18, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Frank- to avoid arguing definitions, my original question “so what was your point? was that it makes no difference. From the political center, travel far left on the political circle or far right and one ends at the same place at the bottom, dictatorship.
December 19, 2010 at 12:06 am
The Nazi party was not “to the right” as we think of it today. They wern’t commies but they were far from modern American conservatives. They believed in total government control but allowed certain sections of the economy to have private ownership. This sounds more like modern liberal or progressive ideas to me.
Hitler was a big believer in universal health care. Look it up if you don’t believe me.
December 19, 2010 at 12:33 am
God Bless them Katie. They are good men!! God loves his creatures or HE would not have made them for us to care for. Animal Lover
December 18, 2010 at 12:55 pm | | Report comment
He must want us to eat animals. Otherwise, He wouldn’t have made them out of meat!!
December 18, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Here is the glitch for you all. If someone had put that animal in the water on purpose…no amount of effort would have been spared to rescue it and the person would have been charged with a criminal offense. See the difference in mind set? LE including DNR cannot knowingly allow an animal to suffer. So the DNR coward was also in the wrong a he did absolutely nothing. I reiterate, dereliction of duty as well as violating the very laws he is suppose to uphold.
December 18, 2010 at 1:11 pm | | Report comment
would have been better to just let it drown and ask for a permit for it…nothing like fresh jerky
December 18, 2010 at 2:14 pm
That was a deer trap.. Throw a deer in the ice water and cite whoever saves it.
December 18, 2010 at 6:03 pm
that was dumb
December 19, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Katie I would get the News People on this, to shame the system on a rediculous fine.
December 18, 2010 at 3:25 pm | | Report comment
katie please thank them for myself and my daughter who works tirelessly for a wild life hospital as an unpaid volunteer!! also tell them that i will pay the fine if it is imposed.
December 18, 2010 at 5:05 pm | | Report comment
OMG….if there is really such a thing as karma, your friends will enjoy the blessings from this true act of kindness and mercy. This says all you need to know about what kind of people they are.
“let the deer drown?” my god what have we come to?
December 18, 2010 at 8:52 pm | | Report comment
I hope everone will get the name and address of the rescuers and send them a buck or two. And I hope everyone will get the name and badge number of the jerk of an officer and demand his removal! I know I will!
December 17, 2010 at 4:26 pm | | Report comment
Leave them a “buck or two”…no pun intended.
I’m sue they could use the “doe”. But this time…pun fully intended
One idiot office doesn’t represent all the police. They should throw that clown into the river and demand that anyone who saves him has dry suit, life jacket, and proper training before allowing them to risk their lives to save him. See if he gives a rat’s ass about that when HE is the one about to drown.
December 17, 2010 at 8:16 pm | | Report comment
Yeah, I’m not entirely sure attempted murder is the correct response. Hammurabi’s era is long over, dude.
December 18, 2010 at 9:26 am
i agree. 1st of all, regardless of the law, doing the right thing shouldnt be punished. secondly, ask for a hury trial. no group of people would convict. third–i hope the resource officer is fired, loses his home when he cant afford mortgage. then is forced to live under a bridge and eat random roadkill. then one nite he falls asleep under said bridge, rolls into Patapsco river and drowns. that would be my Xmas wish.
December 18, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Eric – get a grip. I hope you don’t take every rant so literally…
December 18, 2010 at 1:47 pm
I hardly think that the officers actions support his being fired. Who knows, maybe last week he saved a baby from a burning building. Geez people, quit the rush to judgment. He may be new to the force and doesn’t quite know all the rules and regulations yet. Who knows?
December 18, 2010 at 2:21 pm | | Report comment
I think he should be fired for stupidity
December 18, 2010 at 2:40 pm
He obviously has a complete lack of sense and humanity–we don’t need any more evidence, he should be fired ASAP for being such a lousy human being!
December 18, 2010 at 5:48 pm
I think what they did was awesome… that police officer should be ashamed
December 17, 2010 at 4:40 pm | | Report comment
The BIG question is “Why didn’t the officer help them?”. Better yet if he would have been doing the right thing, they would have been assisting him. That’s such a shame!
December 17, 2010 at 7:24 pm | | Report comment
mIKE it has been judged by the supreme court that a police officer has no obligation to help any person in an emergency
and no matter what any officer tells you the police officer cannot stop you from helping someone else in an emergency, you might get a ticket from the idiot cops like this one but most will just step aside and do nothing
you seriously think a cop is going to do anything to not get that big ol taxpayer paid pension
December 18, 2010 at 2:14 am
lol. an officer that actually helps?! In Maryland? LMAO. The only way they ‘help’ is by writing tickets to bring in revenue
December 18, 2010 at 11:51 am
There comes a time when law enforcement need to look the other way.
December 17, 2010 at 4:42 pm | | Report comment
There comes a time when idiots need to be fired. Most LEO are good people, this person is a moron, the state should revoke his commission.
December 18, 2010 at 9:02 am | | Report comment
Agreed, John. There comes a time when names need to be named so we know which of our neighbors are absolute idiots.
December 18, 2010 at 12:16 pm
I am really shocked that these men would get a ticket for saving the deers life. What is the officer jealous that he didnt get the attention for saving the deer so to punish the 2 gentleman hes giving them a ticket? What nerve. But to these 2 men a personal thanks for what you did you are a wonderful example of what is right with people today!
December 17, 2010 at 4:43 pm | | Report comment
BINGO! You win the prize, that’s exactly the reason. Too lazy, scared or unconcerned to help out, so he had to validate his own existence by writing TRUE HEROES a ticket. Talk about a waste of life, he should be working for the federal government. O wait, he already is.
December 18, 2010 at 10:52 am | | Report comment
Thanks guys for saving this deer. And to the officer who fined them really? Was it necessary What if it was your son or daughter or a family pet would it be different?
December 17, 2010 at 4:43 pm | | Report comment
Just wondering about this life vest rule…Does it apply when saving a person drowning, or should we wait til a life vest materializes before saving the person?
Not clear on the rule, but it’s absurd to be required to wear a vest when acting in an emergency.
December 17, 2010 at 4:43 pm | | Report comment
Its manditory that there are enough life jackets for anyone aboard and under the legal age must be wearing it at all times. But in all honesty would you risk a wild animal fighting and pulling you overboard in freezing waters because it doesnt comprehend you are there to help? Those guys put themselves and every bystander, in uniform and not, in potentially great danger and thats what no one seems to understand or care about! If the animal wasnt as rundown and ill as it was it would have fought and defended itself from humans.
December 17, 2010 at 7:34 pm | | Report comment
And this affects you personally in what way?
Moron….
December 17, 2010 at 7:52 pm
Gee Henry….
I can see your point but sheesh!
Seems to me your heart must be kinda tiny to be THAT unmoved and critical of such kindness and courage.
Time to revisit the Grinch to learn a few kindergarten lessons.
December 17, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Actually Deborah, I have been in EMS for over 20 years, my wife, brother and several cousins have been in law enforcement for over 30 years, I volunteer at the SPCA whenever I have the time and I’ve worked with the Humane Society for over 10 years so please do not mistake my realistic point of view as anything but that. There is a difference between saving a life and risking several others and an age at which you should know the difference! You may think I’m a grinch but I wont hold that against you, I know what kind of a person I am and I feel no shame about that. And I definitly dont support the “witch hunt” brewing for the officer that was doing his job!
December 17, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Henry, grow a heart. If that was your pet or your fat ass drowning, I bet you would be very grateful if someone risks their own life to rescue you. You sound like a typical Barney Fife, everything by the book. No time for common sense. Nitwit…
December 17, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Skeeter? Really, are you a muppet? I have a perfectly functioning heart, perhaps if you had ever read a book that didnt have pop-ups you would have a better understanding for reality vs Disney. I have done more good and helped more people AND animals than you could ever dream of helping!
December 17, 2010 at 8:36 pm
What ever happened to the concept of personally assuming the risk? I’ll tell you what happened…we all became children in need of a governing mommy and daddy. If I want to take the risk to jump into a lake or river to rescue an animal…I’m a grown adult and I made the decision as a grown adult. I’m not asking anyone to risk their lives if run into problems, that’s their choice as well. Instead, we have a nanny-state that compels us to obey. We truly are a nation of children with a growing stack of rules and laws for every footstep we take. Snap out of it henry.
December 17, 2010 at 9:03 pm
Henry, it must be you who didn’t read the article. It clearly says there were life jackets in the boat, and that no one was of the age required to need one. Please get a grip….
December 17, 2010 at 9:13 pm
So it sounds to me like if your house gets broken into or your car gets stolen or someone needs emergency medical help you dont need to call 911 you can handle it yourself otherwise its just the “nanny-state” stepping in where they arent needed right? I hope you dont drive home with a taillight out tonight!
December 17, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Joe I didnt have to read the article, I was there!
December 17, 2010 at 9:17 pm
The more you keep on going Henry the more everyone is right about you. You have no heart. If they choose to take a boat out on the river and pull out an animal who are you to tell them they can’t. I really don’t care who you are or what you claim to be, because all you appear to be from your comments here is Henry the heartless.
December 17, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Henry, Thank you for your years of service and for your intelligent comments. Robert J. Sciolino I agree that we have lost all personal accountability. However, do you actually think if these ‘rescuers’ would have been pulled into the water by the deer they would not have screamed for help? And the civil servants who everyone is so eager to bash tonight would have been the ones to save them.
December 17, 2010 at 11:02 pm
Henry, If I was allowed to carry a gun and use it to defend myself and my family I wouldn’t need to call the police. Unfortunately, the police hold a monopoly on defense–they are the only ones who can shoot an offender and get away with it. As for fire and EMS, both thrive in the private sector throughout the country.
December 17, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Let’s pretend, for a moment, that the DNR officer is the one drowning…would he still ticket his rescuers?
Sadly, I think he probably would…
December 18, 2010 at 12:08 am
Look, a deer is not a pet. In many parts of the states they are over populated. Risking your life for a deer, is insane. If one of the men fell into the water the Officer would have gone into save the person, putting his life at risk. For an over grown Rat, sorry tasty overgrown Rat.
How anyone can through equivalence of a deer to a family pet is beyond me. Even still, when it comes down to a human life, even a family pet is chattel. And, yes we have 4 cats and a dog, which get taken very good care of. But I would not put my life in great risk for one. I have a family to feed and raise.
December 18, 2010 at 12:41 am
@Henry…you have apparently been in the business too long and it would appear that you have sided with the strict by the book approach.
Without common sense and the ability to differentiate between POSSIBLE and PROBABLE folks like you cause death because of a legalistic inaction.
I myself have had an unusual number of events where I have saved lives(mostly from auto accidents). The one that comes to mind was the pickup truck that went off the road and was sinking on its side in the creek. The guy(who was high come to find out) could not lift the door open to get out. I had to jump about 10 feet from the bank landing on his driver door…by the time I got the door open he had about 6 inches of air left.
I took a risk but the other option was to let him drown. Sure I realize he could have freaked out and pulled me under water with him. But what kind of person could live with themselves saying “well I didn’t have safety gear so I didn’t try”?
I think God said it best “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
Dying in the attempt to save another is far better than living as a coward.
December 18, 2010 at 1:18 am
Understandable,but I would have done the same thing and I got a deer this hunting season! Are you not endangering yourself when you enlist in the military? Would you get a fine for enlisting in the military? Just something to think about. These people did good!!
December 18, 2010 at 1:38 am
Sure, the bystanders might die from the shock to the system of seeing someone do something so stupid as put something else’s life first.
December 18, 2010 at 6:50 am
Henry is Barney Fife reincarnated! Keep your bullet in your shirt pocket, Henry!
December 18, 2010 at 7:35 am
Henry, you are a moral coward. You are glad there exist regulations for you to hide behind in the event you are called upon to do the right thing. This way, you get to stand safely on the sidelines protected from making a decision that may involve some spine.
December 18, 2010 at 9:08 am
This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever read. They put bystanders in great danger by saving a sick, drowning deer? And the deer would have attacked and killed them all had it not been so sick? You MUST be a cop. Only a cop would think in such a backwards “public safety was endangered” way.
December 18, 2010 at 9:34 am
I understand your new age logic, but I do miss the old days, before the days of fear of litigation madness set in, when the police officer would have likely taken charge of the situation and lead the way to saving the dear and then later received a letter of accommodation for the act. Now days the police dress in military garb and look like commandos when they respond to a traffic problem. I repeat, I do miss the old days. JMHO.
December 18, 2010 at 9:46 am
I think everyone is being to hard on Henry. I am no fan of government or the current political situation, but I think many have blurred that sentiment with this story. A deer is not worth risking your life over. Not if you look at it from a realistic point of view. The guys that did save the deer did what they felt best, and I honestly don’t blame them. It was an act of kindness, and in this world, that is a welcome thing. However…. if one of them would have ended up in the water, then what? You can say that was his decision all day, but it doesn’t change the fact that someone is going in after him. So, I kind of see Henry’s point, and he is right. I also think that since there was a happy ending in this one, that the authority on the scene should have just let it go. This story would be completely different then.
December 18, 2010 at 9:57 am
“So it sounds to me like if your house gets broken into or your car gets stolen or someone needs emergency medical help you dont need to call 911 you can handle it yourself otherwise its just the “nanny-state” stepping in where they arent needed right? I hope you dont drive home with a taillight out tonight!”
YES that is EXACTLY how it should be. Upholding right and wrong is the duty of the CITIZEN. NOT THE POLICE.
the job of the police is to “take over” for the citizen when they arrive to handle formal arrest transport and court proceedings.
the police are WAY WAY overstepping their bounds in today’s society because we are a nation of sheeple.
If My house gets broken into I DEAL WITH THE PERPETRATOR MYSELF and then call the police to haul him away and file a report.
If someone steals my car. I GO FIND MY CAR and then call the police to take the perpetrator away.
If someone breaks into my car the police do NOTHING except take my report with the slim hope that if there is another arrest it might be linked to my car (even the even the officer taking the report said not likely)
so now I have live uplink camera’s in my car and a live GPS tracking system. Break into my car and YOUR PICTURE WILL be on the news the next day.
WE THE PEOPLE. not WE THE POLICE is how our constitution starts.
its the duty of CITIZENS FIRST to right wrong police SECOND. Distant Second.
why do you think we have a 2nd amendment. its not just about guns but ANY ARMS including your fists and its about more than rebelling against government.
SO please explain to me how he was “doing his job” I would have told him to F OFF and refused to take the ticket.
I would rather be arrested (and resist) than even so much as recognize his authority.
December 18, 2010 at 11:38 am
Yes. These do-gooders rescued “Bambi” by endangering human lives. It’s nice that the deer’s alive but it could have as easily died and taken several humans with it.
December 18, 2010 at 12:22 pm
You are a moron and a idiot
December 18, 2010 at 12:32 pm
Well Henry, looks like you are full of boasting. I was in LE over 20 years and have a newsflash for you….there are variables to every situation. You cannot tell if that animal was too rundown to defend itself simply because it was floundering in the water. Ice water weakens you within seconds…even animals. Or didn’t you learn that in your shelter work? The fact the DNR officer stood by and said did nothing is dereliction of duty. Btw: I have been in animal rescue for some 20+ years as a volunteer. I do know just a little about it. A citation was out of line and power tripping.
December 18, 2010 at 12:59 pm
henry you admitted you were there, sounds like thou doust object too vehemently to the whole incident. do you have two less tickets in that little ticket book of yours???
December 18, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Gee, Henry…if I’m ever in trouble and need someone compassionate to help me and care for me…please don’t be there. You’re one courageous, selfless specimen of something that’s almost human.
December 18, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Ok, now my BS meter is pegged. First, “Henry” knows everything about everything. Then when logic is applied, it’s “I don’t need to read the article, I was there!”.
Sorry Henry, no you weren’t. As a professional that you state you are, you would be writing reports all day. While I am not a spelling nazi, your lack of spelling skills indicates you are likely pretty young, or stupid, and not in the habit of writing, which debunks you being in any of these professions.
Lastly, if you had “been there”, that would have been the first thing you said, not the last after you lost the argument. You ARE a loser.
December 18, 2010 at 1:44 am | | Report comment
Thanks Thomas Anderson, you stated the same conclusion I came to after that B.S. artist Henry. He’s a troll, or if he is such a professional, he should quit before his selfish authoritarian attitude causes the death of someone. He reminds me of the NY EMTs that refused to assist a pregnant woman while in line at a bakery, and the Pittsburgh EMTs that refused to walk up a snowy driveway to assist a father dying of a heart attack in front of his children, instead telling dispatch the victim should have walked to him! Well, both EMTs were fired, and the NY EMT ended up shot dead in a night club. Karma, Henry, karma.
December 18, 2010 at 4:01 am
The DNR officer probably wrote them the tickets to cover his butt. He most likely intentionally omitted the offense so that when they went to court it would be thrown out summarily. While I don’t know that I’d put myself in harm’s way for wildlife that is overpopulated to begin with, I admire the guys’ dedication to saving the deer. Glad nobody was injured or killed.
December 17, 2010 at 4:46 pm | | Report comment
This is so crazy these men were doing a good deed and then they get fined for it. What has this state come too, people can get away with killing dogs or cats but when someone saves a deer they are in thr wrong, the officer that gave them a fine should be punished for his actions
December 17, 2010 at 4:46 pm | | Report comment
I think the police often forget that they are public servants. Their job is to keep us safe from others, and maintain order. That used to be the reason people picked these types of careers. Now a days, more often than not, the police I’ve encountered are bullies working for a paycheck and a nice retirement. Power trippers are ugly and have a cold heart. I bet no ticket would be given if you were pulling him out of the drink.
December 17, 2010 at 4:47 pm | | Report comment
Thank you for your entirely uninformed opinion, Pizza Princess. Is that anchovies I smell or that YOU????
December 19, 2010 at 3:26 am | | Report comment
Now, if the policeman was in a boat & he had on a vest but fell overboard, would the gentlemen, if they were close by, not be allowed to save him? Would they be ticketed if they tried to save him and they were not wearing a vest. I hope all animal lovers will steip forward, appear in court and pay these gentlemen’s fines. Kudos and heartfelt thanks to these 2 gentlemen.
December 17, 2010 at 4:49 pm | | Report comment
I just hope that WJZ will follow up after the court date. I would like to find out how this turns out. I’m sure I’m not the only one.
December 17, 2010 at 4:50 pm | | Report comment
I agree Pat!
December 17, 2010 at 5:01 pm | | Report comment
There won’t be a court date. There’s no charge on the citation, hence nothing to put on the docket. The citation will be voided.
December 17, 2010 at 7:08 pm | | Report comment
So what was this Public Servant’s point exactly?
December 19, 2010 at 1:06 pm
Ok, people a deer and a child is two different thing. A deer is a animal and a child is a person. Risking life for a child is understandable, not a deer, People like this should be locked up for being stupid, I hope that they have to pay the fine and all the court fee’s that go with it.
December 17, 2010 at 4:50 pm | | Report comment
Suppose it was your dog out there. Would you just let it die or try to save it?
December 17, 2010 at 4:56 pm | | Report comment
I would let it die. A dog life is not wrath as much as a humans life. As a firefighter we do not go in to a burning house to save a dog, we go in a burning house to save people. A dog or a deer is not wrath dieing over…….
December 17, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Steven, I am beginning to think SERIOUSLY about whom I would rescue. The deer and the dog are already in one category. You are edging toward a different one.
December 17, 2010 at 11:16 pm
Steven i think more of my dogs than most people if you and one of my dogs were both drownding guess who would be saved
December 18, 2010 at 12:38 pm
I’d throw you in to save it for me.
December 19, 2010 at 3:32 am
That’s about the dumbest statement I’ve read in quite some time. Why should anyone be fined or locked up for doing something like this? Who cares if they risked their own well-being. That’s their choice and they have the freedom to make that choice. Good grief. Whoever wrote a tickey for that is the idiot who needs to be locked up. More government intrusion telling people what they can and can’t do.
December 17, 2010 at 4:57 pm | | Report comment
But Steven, who I guess is saying he is a fireman, believes a pet/animal is not “wrath dieing for” Could he me “worth dying” for?
Spelling again … I’ll be.
December 18, 2010 at 11:01 pm
I don’t think it was stupid at all. As the article said “Good Samaritan” meaning they wanted to do the right thing, whether a child or an animal, they didn’t want to see it suffer. More people should be so kind.
December 17, 2010 at 5:01 pm | | Report comment
Steven,
I hope that YOU, not your dog, fall through the ice one day and I hope that I’m there on the scene so that I can watch YOU drown.
December 17, 2010 at 5:05 pm | | Report comment
LOL!!!!
December 17, 2010 at 7:29 pm
That is really sick Harry. Demented!
December 18, 2010 at 12:33 pm
ITalk about being heartless, I suppose if it were your pet you would let it die as well….
December 17, 2010 at 5:21 pm | | Report comment
Wow your an idiot.
December 17, 2010 at 7:27 pm | | Report comment
It comes down to how much one values a viable life. Sorry, but I don’t buy the human vs animal selection in this case if I’m not personally involved. As far as the officers and rescuers who fetch people from the ice are concerned, they didn’t accept their jobs at the point of a knife or other coercion. It’s no different than the good men and women volunteering to fight for the United States.
It’s just like the stupid seat belt laws for adults, taking away our choices, saving no money, and making us more like the Sheeple we deserve to be if this charge isn’t fought.
Wake the hell up, please!
December 18, 2010 at 1:06 pm | | Report comment
Wow….DNR needs to retrain their officers I see!!!! Before you hand out tickets for something that was NOT illegal in any way, shape or form, you need to know the law you jackwagon!
December 17, 2010 at 4:52 pm | | Report comment
these men should not have to waste their time even going to court,how ridiculous, the department of rejects, thats how i see it.
December 17, 2010 at 4:54 pm | | Report comment
My brother in law helped rescue this deer. We were watching fromn the bridge. They got it out, warmed it with blankets and took it to the park to be released. DNR told them to let it die. I praise these men who were out in the bitter cold saving a life. Way to go guys. I wish there were more people like you in the world.
December 17, 2010 at 4:54 pm | | Report comment
Amen! It’s a living creature with feelings as well even if not human. If you have a heart you would have tried to save it someway, somehow! I would never forgive myself if I walked away from an animal who I could have at least tried to help! Karen your brother in law should be praised…God bless him!
December 17, 2010 at 5:00 pm | | Report comment
Amen… again!
December 17, 2010 at 7:06 pm | | Report comment
Rebecca,
One would think that Natural Resources police would see the brevity of the situation in which the compassionate citizens saved the life of the deer. Hello.. it is the Holiday Season, who would let Rudolph drown? However, this is yet another instance of police abuse of power. If the officer did not even have the ability to identify the specific charge in the violation he issued, he certainly did not have the right to impose a fine. The is a blatant abuse of power and should be dismissed before it comes to trial by the officer’s supervisor.
December 17, 2010 at 4:55 pm | | Report comment
its crazy.. Kahlil and the other guy were within 3ft in the boat and DNR made them come back. so my son SCOTT BRYANT is the one whom actually Lassoed the deer and pulled her to the shore and up the bank. we all then put our coats and some other brought blankets and warmed the deer they carried her up and transported her to the park and let her go. DNR said to me” LET MOTHER NATURE DUE HER JOB, LET THE DEER DIE” that is INHUMANE.. she was freezing and suffering. Here my son is a deer hunter but even he couldnt watch her drown and die. I would think someone who works for DNR THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES should care and respect nature. EVEN THE POLICE WOMAN ON THE SCENE TRIED TO HELP THE BOYS.. DNR TOOK AWAY HER AUTHORITY.. SAID IT WAS THIER JURISDICTION.. unreal..
December 17, 2010 at 4:57 pm | | Report comment
also. the boys had a throw device and two of our life vests on the site. they werent wearing them but we had them..
December 17, 2010 at 4:59 pm | | Report comment
Honestly? If the deer fell in the river, it WAS Mother Nature doing her job. While the young men’s hearts were in the right place, they interfered with a natural occurrence.
What will likely happen is that the deer will end up dying of starvation or, as many have said, at rifle point. Most cities have to stage planned kills because when the deers have no place to go in a city setting, they go into people’s yards and into the parks and into other places where they can spread disease.
December 18, 2010 at 3:12 pm | | Report comment
If the news media and PR wouldn’t get in the way, the proper thing for the DNR officer to do would have been to shoot the deer and stop the “rescue.” To the casual observer who wants to do things to make them feel better, it seems inhumane, but the fact is the deer will die anyway. Deer have an extremely high metabolism. That means the energy expended trying to stay warm and fight off the “rescuers” will probably cause it to starve, and deer deal very poorly with stress. Just stressing a deer can kill it. I’ve spent 15 years managing wildlife and I can tell you that you can’t “save” a deer, you can only be compassionate and put them out of their misery. The second reason the DNR officer should have shot the deer was to protect the lives of the rescuers that would need to be called to save the “rescuers” if they became trapped. A deer’s life is not worth a humans.
December 19, 2010 at 7:16 am | | Report comment
What is wrong with this officer? It was a beautiful and heart-warming story about courageous men saving a deer in distress. This officer must be the same one the shot the dog at the park because he must hate animals or was abused in his early life.
December 17, 2010 at 4:58 pm | | Report comment
The officer’s record needs to be checked to see if there are other instances where he abused his authority. We don’t need people like this working for Natural Resources. I wouldn’t be surprised if this officer stays up at night shining his badge.
December 17, 2010 at 5:19 pm | | Report comment
I’m sure, even after being issued the ridiculous ticket, those same young men wouldn’t hesitate to do the same thing again. I applaud them. A wonderful story not involving a shooting or murder is a nice change!
December 17, 2010 at 4:59 pm | | Report comment
lol hopefully it is your car that hits the deer and not mine
December 19, 2010 at 7:50 am | | Report comment
So let’s see. You save the deer, and then the hunters shoot and kill it. Seems odd to me.
December 17, 2010 at 5:01 pm | | Report comment
Uh, let me explain something to you, and I’ll hopefully dumb it down enough for you to understand it. Hunters don’t torture animals and make them suffer. These two men didn’t want the deer to suffer. Secondly, only a small fraction of deer are shot by hunters.
Do you want to make any more insipid observations?
December 18, 2010 at 1:52 am | | Report comment
Most deer are hit by minivans from Kansas…
December 19, 2010 at 12:44 am
Baitlaw if you dont see the difference you are not to bright.
December 18, 2010 at 12:43 pm | | Report comment
just like a cop unintellagent and disrespctful self centered and like to couse as much trouble as they can for you
December 17, 2010 at 5:01 pm | | Report comment
@Sherry–I whole heartedly agree.
December 17, 2010 at 5:03 pm | | Report comment
whats up with this police officer? what if it had been a child.
December 17, 2010 at 5:03 pm | | Report comment
rules is rules
December 17, 2010 at 8:29 pm | | Report comment
I’d rather live in a society surrounded the morals of these guys, rather than the police state the idiot DNA cop envisions. Get a life dude, you should have been running out to get hot coffee for these guys rather than reaching for your ticket book. It’s obious by the responses posted who f’d up here. Beer’s on me guys
December 17, 2010 at 5:05 pm | | Report comment
OMG……STOP wasting the taxpayer’s money on something so ignorant. Come on now……..Yes WTZ news….please keep up on this story.
December 17, 2010 at 5:10 pm | | Report comment
WOW! It seems that ” No good deed goes unpunished!” definitely applies here. That NRP officer should be ashamed of the way he reacted to the caring thing those men did. If they were that selfless concerning a wild animal, just imagine the lengths they would go to for another human being. Kudos to Mr. Abusakran, and Mr. Hart! They are TRUE heroes in my opinion! I only hope that the judge hearing their cases disputing the fines feels the same way… Pam
December 17, 2010 at 5:11 pm | | Report comment
No, it’s “No good Deer goes unpunished.” Typical bureaucratic authoritarian egotistic Police State mentality. Welcome to Obamamania. Heil Pelosi, Heil Ried.
December 18, 2010 at 12:31 am | | Report comment
Just for a moment, imagine if the ending hadn’t been so happy, that the rescuers themselves had become stranded. No doubt people would be criticizing this officer for not having done something. As I see it, the guy was stuck in a Catch-22 situation.
December 17, 2010 at 5:19 pm | | Report comment
But, it DIDN’T happen that way. What if what if what if? Stop looking for a reason to NOT do the right thing. I would have tried to rescue the deer, and after being ticketed, I would have tried to DROWN the idiot in uniform.
December 17, 2010 at 8:32 pm | | Report comment
Was the officer attempting to waterboard the dear, and the rescuers were interfering in national security?
Perhaps someone is so intoxicated with his authority he is unable to wield it responsibly.
So many questions.
December 17, 2010 at 9:49 pm
Is their ever a point when some things are over board I can’t say that those good ppl did anything wrong the officer just watched while they did the right thing if anything he should get some type of trouble
December 17, 2010 at 5:21 pm | | Report comment
Ve must alvays be FOLLOWING ORDERS!! Don’t you understanding?
Heil Obmaa!
December 18, 2010 at 12:34 am | | Report comment
This is what happens when we live in a country with too many laws!
December 17, 2010 at 5:22 pm | | Report comment
Wrong. This is what happens when you live in a country with too many cops.
December 18, 2010 at 6:53 am | | Report comment
The cold heartedness of some cops never ceases to amaze me! He must have needed to make quota, and not thinking clearly, cuz these guys were over the age of 18, and NOT REQUIRED to wear a life jacket. DUH! Go find some ILLEGAL hunters/ poachers, and leave good guys like those men alone!
December 17, 2010 at 5:22 pm | | Report comment
DNR has attitude issues. they would rather have the deer die. The rescuerers desirve a metel not a fine. Sheila
December 17, 2010 at 5:40 pm | | Report comment
Real cop don’t write that kind of ticket.
December 17, 2010 at 5:49 pm | | Report comment
Has this state gone down that much that cops have nothing better to do but to ticket people actually doing good? Mr./Mrs Officer I think you need to leave them alone and go on these corners where people are selling drugs. I shook my head at this. This is a shame on cops and citizens in Maryland. And I think its bad that a 18 year girl has to say this. Man its a shame.
December 17, 2010 at 5:23 pm | | Report comment
But what if it was a person would they have got one for that too
December 17, 2010 at 5:24 pm | | Report comment
It makes you wonder if those 2 guys would have gotten a ticket for helpiing someone from DNR, if they were in the same boat….. Mmmm
Give me a break!
December 17, 2010 at 5:28 pm | | Report comment
how could ANYONE be so HEARTLESS as to give a ticket to someone doing good for another life…cop must have had a quota to make or must be a real miserable person. cop needs to spend time in icy waters…HATS OFF TO THE HEROES…GOD KNOWS YOUR HEART.PATHETIC, SIMPLY ABSURD…
December 17, 2010 at 5:29 pm | | Report comment
I agree , these cops are incompetent and should be fired. If there was a real threat to citizens they wouldn’t know what to do. Thewy would probably pee in their pants like a bunch of babies.
December 17, 2010 at 5:39 pm | | Report comment
The State of Maryland at work once again. I know that they are in a bad way for finances. BUT please these men were over 18 and saving a life. The only one who can decide when a life ends is God. They were doing what I would have done. I just don’t understand you can do anything to a puppy and not have a ticket or fine and that angers me to no end but do the right thing and get punished for it to Wow what have we come to!!
For Steven your the one who is unfortunate here how do you sleep at night with that type of opinion I hope that you learn something from this even if it is only to keep your unpopular opinion to yourself
December 17, 2010 at 5:29 pm | | Report comment
@Charles Hawkins: That is a great question. maybe the cops would have tried to find something else to ticket them on if they were saving a human. Who knows?
December 17, 2010 at 5:30 pm | | Report comment
The sad part is that they might not have to pay the ticket but might have to pay court cost……sad, sad, sad!!!!!!!!
December 17, 2010 at 5:32 pm | | Report comment
This is a prime example of “no good deed goes unpunished.” These good samaritans saved an animal and broke no laws – yet were ticketed. HUH??!! What possibly could be the motivation of the officer… certainly it wasn’t the law. What has happened to common sense and civility in our society?
December 17, 2010 at 5:32 pm | | Report comment
Well said Kathy I agree. I wish I knew what was happening in this society where you get punished for good now too!!
December 17, 2010 at 5:35 pm | | Report comment
MIKE & KAREN
With so much negativity in this world, what a breath of fresh air to hear about people with so much compassion. And how does our state reward these good deeds…tickets and court dates. Lighten up Maryland, be thankful and rewarding to people who demonstrate compassion and good deeds!!!!!! We need more people like them,Good Job we are proud of you and will stand behind you on Feb.18th.
December 17, 2010 at 5:36 pm | | Report comment
Balls No one jumped into the water and you didn’t listen to the story they turned the deer loose so how do you know what happened. Your opinion is very negative and no one is voicing hatred of authority so you need to get over it
December 17, 2010 at 5:39 pm | | Report comment
would anyone be interested in setting up a fund to cover the cost of these tickets and the lost day of work ( for when they have to go to court) for these guys? we can probably do it thru the tv station no wonder people don’t want to do anything that we used to consider just the right thing to do i think we should all help to “pay it forward”
December 17, 2010 at 5:41 pm | | Report comment
susan let me know I don’t know how much I could do but I agree we should do something keep me posted
December 17, 2010 at 5:45 pm | | Report comment
If common sense fails to prevail… I would be willing to make a contribution . See the post by GG…. encouraging
December 17, 2010 at 6:12 pm | | Report comment
These men had risked their lives to save the deer that would have died if these men hadn’t come along. And yet they get a ticket? That’s completely ridiculus! What has the world come to? Running around saying “promote the death of wildlife?” that’s what it seems like to me. It’ll be funny when that cop says “I was just having an off day when I wrote that ticket.” Because that is completely unacceptable. Hypothermia kills; and these men risked it for an animal. That’s a hero.
December 17, 2010 at 5:46 pm | | Report comment
just another sign of the times, the officer shows no common sense like much of the world today!
December 19, 2010 at 9:31 am | | Report comment
The officer needs to have a heart, come forward and offer to pay the fine!!
December 17, 2010 at 5:51 pm | | Report comment
DNR Really? Go stop underage party’s or drug usage within the State Parks don’t need to ticket someone for doing what is right for once!
December 17, 2010 at 5:53 pm | | Report comment
Just goes to show that some people around this time of year have nothing better to do the rain on others parade. Maybe the Cop should have done something. I know a few who would. Please don’t call him an officer because he didn’t have the courage to help them men help this animal.
December 17, 2010 at 5:55 pm | | Report comment
Hey, how many frigging names do you need, Hammerhead??
December 19, 2010 at 3:34 am | | Report comment
If reason fails to prevail… and these tickets are not invalidated within the system (given no statutes were broken), I likewise would be willing to send in a donation, if the station sets up an account for these men. I thank heavens for the humanity of these men. They are true, altruistic heroes.
December 17, 2010 at 6:02 pm | | Report comment
Actually, if the ticketed people were to contact the officers’ supervisor, they may get somewhere . There is the possibility that the tickets were issued erroneously, especially if no box was checked off……and the PROPER personal flotation devices were on board the raft for each person. If this is the case, it may never have to go to court. Sign me…..someone who knows.
December 17, 2010 at 6:02 pm | | Report comment
Thanks GG… valuable information
December 17, 2010 at 6:10 pm | | Report comment
Kathy…I wish people would realize that all the name calling gets people no where. Officers have a job to do; they are human and make mistakes; it may also be that they were correct in issuing citations, but that the recipients don’t understand the charges or choose to publicly deny fault. Either way, those saying the officers should lose their jobs are going overboard (no pun intended)…..this is something NOT worth losing a job over. I guess there are a lot of folks who think they are perfect. And, either way, going to court is the accused’s chance to tell their side of the story.
December 17, 2010 at 7:39 pm
the box was checked off. the supervisor will not disagree with a good ticket.
December 17, 2010 at 7:53 pm | | Report comment
Tar. Feathers.
What would Sam Adams do?
December 17, 2010 at 6:04 pm | | Report comment
Street level bureaucrats! They do not know how to think for themselves.
December 17, 2010 at 6:05 pm | | Report comment
No good deed ever goes unpunished. What a jerk.
December 17, 2010 at 6:06 pm | | Report comment
Pingback: Good Samaritans fined for saving life
All of you idiots who support an expanded role for government. This is what you’re signing up for.
December 17, 2010 at 6:08 pm | | Report comment
Our present condition, achieved in a manner unprecedented in the history of nations, illustrates the American idea that governments rest upon the consent of the governed, and that it is the right of the people to alter or abolish governments whenever they become destructive of the ends for which they were established.
Thomas Jefferson
December 17, 2010 at 6:09 pm | | Report comment
So what are we waiting for Jones?
December 17, 2010 at 6:12 pm | | Report comment
Would love to buy you a beer for that one…..I think it needs to come to that. The cop is probably someones cousin, uncle, or kid….maybe even a result of needing to hire in certain demographics.
December 17, 2010 at 6:17 pm | | Report comment
Just another money grab by cash starved communities issued by a cop who will retire on 3/4 of his salary in 10 years to enjoy it for another 40.
December 17, 2010 at 6:09 pm | | Report comment
I bet he’s a Democrat
December 17, 2010 at 6:10 pm | | Report comment
The deer is a Democ-rat? I bet he changes his loyalty tomorrow Didn’t end up on the spit, and can go work with Santa again!!
December 18, 2010 at 12:37 am | | Report comment
No, the ticket writing cop is a Republican. That’s almost certain.
December 18, 2010 at 6:54 am
If these indeed are the facts of the case, the officer should not be in a position to serve the public. Jerk.
December 17, 2010 at 6:11 pm | | Report comment
Sanctimonious POS.
December 17, 2010 at 6:12 pm | | Report comment
Consider the fact that such a rescue would draw media attention and subsequent , possible questioning of a wildlife officer’s overlooking (potential overlooking) of the law if he/she didn’t acknowledge an infraction of water safety regulations.
But, in writing the ticket, it happened to be void by an “innocent” mistake in filling it out. This is only theory that plays IF LurkerBee’s assertion is correct that a ticket must cite a charge.
December 17, 2010 at 6:12 pm | | Report comment
km
Thanks for your analysis. It makes perfect common sense. I’m betting that that’s exactly what happened.
But I’m really glad that the article occasioned the outpouring of good will expressed in most of the comments, even though they’re probably misdirected.
December 18, 2010 at 9:09 am | | Report comment
The Grinch is alive and well in Merry-Land
December 17, 2010 at 6:12 pm | | Report comment
You think that is bad? Just try to deal with the Marine Police in your every day work!! I am absolutely NOT suprised.
December 17, 2010 at 6:12 pm | | Report comment
Oh, dear. As Howie Carr of Boston Radio says – No good deed goes unpunished.
My thoughts are w/these men and grateful nothing happened to them in the process of saving the deer.
December 17, 2010 at 6:12 pm | | Report comment
Oh, dear. As Howie Carr of Boston Radio says – No good deed goes unpunished.
My thoughts are w/these men and grateful nothing happened to them in the process of saving the deer.
December 17, 2010 at 6:13 pm | | Report comment
Hey, generally when you get divorced, you lose the names, too.
December 19, 2010 at 1:48 pm | | Report comment
What a worthless excuse for a cop, and they wonder why people don’t respect them.
December 17, 2010 at 6:14 pm | | Report comment
“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.” ~ Will Durant
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December 17, 2010 at 6:15 pm | | Report comment
Nothing else better to do then fine good samaritans during the holiday season…. good job rent-a-cop!!
December 17, 2010 at 6:15 pm | | Report comment
They need to fire the officer who had such poor judgement as to write these tickets. The person does have enough basic mental capacity to be in that job.
December 17, 2010 at 6:17 pm | | Report comment
How ’bout:
The two men throw the consy in the water; and tell him;
“Sorry Can’t get you out we’d be breaking a regulation!”
PINHEAD!!!
December 17, 2010 at 6:17 pm | | Report comment
Is there a law in Connect-the-cut that you HAVE to hump your sister?
December 19, 2010 at 1:45 pm | | Report comment
What an idiot what a jerk the state should give it to the cop to use as toliet paper
December 17, 2010 at 6:17 pm | | Report comment
Dumb & Dumber!. Just unbelievable an insensitive dumb azz person is on the state payroll………..oops, most are in this catagory. Had it been a child, would they give a ticket? Hope the judge throws it out and fires this idiot.
December 17, 2010 at 6:28 pm | | Report comment
I’m still so pizzed at this idiot officer I cannot calm down. This was an emergency
and two life loving people worked to get this deer out of the freezing water. I only wish in my heart I could come up there and pistol whip this dumb, stupid, idiot officer for being such an animal hater. Dam, I only wish I could say how I really feel. This man prob. couldn’t walk when I get through with him crying Uncle.
December 17, 2010 at 6:45 pm
Bunch of government robots – stand around and watch you do something noble the whole time looking for something they can write up a ticket for – would have been appropriate to throw this useless piece of trash in the river.
December 17, 2010 at 6:18 pm | | Report comment
I cannot stand officiousness on the part of bureaucrats. Just because they can Lord it over us doesn’t mean they should. What the jerk even bothering to help with the rescue? Methinks not.
December 17, 2010 at 6:18 pm | | Report comment
This is rediculas at least they did something unlike DNR if they wanted to take the risk then let them! they are a hero to everyone else and the police had no excuse to do what they did this close to the holiday!
December 17, 2010 at 6:21 pm | | Report comment
I STILL want my Country Back.
December 17, 2010 at 6:21 pm | | Report comment
Just keep electing democrats who come up with kind of shiite!ALL “social” laws dating to 1964 should be repealed and be be subjected to an electronic referendum via the internet.A “committees of Correspondence” if you will.That’s how the decision to conduct the revolution of 1776 came about.
December 17, 2010 at 6:21 pm | | Report comment
What makes you think a fascist cop is a Democrat? The part of god, guns, wars, tax cuts for the obscenely rich, too many police, everyone in prison, security, security, security, is the Republican party.
December 18, 2010 at 6:56 am | | Report comment
As a Minarchist this it is easy to see why he would blame “liberals”. Typically speaking it is usually “liberals” that get stupid, idiotic laws passed, saying all the while… “It’s for the children”. what goes unnoticed by many of the neocons, is that they are the ones who back the police state, which is the arm of government that enforces stupid laws. Both sides blame one another, but the fact of the matter they are both one in the same.
Until the people of this country fight for individual FREEDOM and individual RESPONSIBILITY, in just the same ways as these men are fighting, then, it will only get worse. MUCH MUCH WORSE.
December 18, 2010 at 3:26 pm
FIRE HIM!!!!!!
December 17, 2010 at 6:22 pm | | Report comment
Another instance of government gone berserk.
December 17, 2010 at 6:22 pm | | Report comment
I suppose the officer could worry that he would be seen on the news and called on the carpet for not writing a fine. This in mind, I hope he forgot to check a box on purpose, knowing it would void the ticket. It is ridiculous, at any rate. They should get a reward, not a fine.
December 17, 2010 at 6:23 pm | | Report comment
Well, how much can we put YOU down for, Big Time?? Put your money where your mouth is. In my PANTS!
December 19, 2010 at 3:39 am | | Report comment
i am hoping that when copper fall in ice next time no deer help him for rescue!
December 17, 2010 at 6:23 pm | | Report comment
What the hell is a “natural resources police officer”…..what agency does this twerp work for..???
What is the email address and web site of his superiors and who funds this out of control beaurocracy????
December 17, 2010 at 6:25 pm | | Report comment
I do not know for certain, but I assume they’re under the guises of the DNR. I’ll be writing as well…. once I’m able to determine the correct agency to contact.
December 17, 2010 at 6:31 pm | | Report comment
DNR is I think Forestry. My neighbors son worked at a state park and he was DNR
December 17, 2010 at 6:40 pm | | Report comment
DNR needs to put their boots cause the s++t is getting deep
December 17, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Reveal his name. He won’t be working in the same job any more.
December 17, 2010 at 6:25 pm | | Report comment
wow1 that’s just heartless.
December 17, 2010 at 6:26 pm | | Report comment
I hope this idiot is not allowed to have weapon. He would make a good officer “Fife”. I just read that another glittering jewel of colossal ignorance that is a natural resource officer has been arrested have sex with a 13 year old.
God help us.
December 17, 2010 at 6:27 pm | | Report comment
I don’t believe we have such idiots as public servants in this country.Even if they were breaking the law I would have looked the other way and not said a word.
December 17, 2010 at 6:28 pm | | Report comment
In the case of an emergency, there are no laws that can be broken. Were they supposed to stand by and let the animal die? What if it had been a child? Would the officer give a ticket for the same reason, while it’s life & death? I can’t find enough mean words to say to this idiot and remain a lady.
December 17, 2010 at 6:36 pm | | Report comment
Ah, American justice at work again. I swear common sense has died in America.
December 17, 2010 at 6:29 pm | | Report comment
Trust me, a citation needs a charge recorded on it for it to be valid. A citation lacking a charge is a citation asserting nothing. Without that charge, the courts have no way of knowing what to put on the docket, so chargeless tickets are automatically voided. When the citation referenced in this story is forwarded to the District Court’s Data Entry department, the clerk who receives it will enter the info on it into the Mainframe, with the note stating no charge was recorded & it needs to be voided. After the void is approved, it is removed from the system. If these gentlemen pay the ticket before this happens, they will automatically receive a full refund.
December 17, 2010 at 6:30 pm | | Report comment
Power in the wrong hands okay!.
December 17, 2010 at 6:30 pm | | Report comment
We have too many cops and not enough vigilantes
December 17, 2010 at 6:30 pm | | Report comment
Why did DNR come ? The officer should file a complaint against the wanna be DNR officer. You guys are gonna get a blessing for being heros. Right on! You saved Rudolph. Merry Christmas. The Grinch needs to get a lessen in heroism.
December 17, 2010 at 6:30 pm | | Report comment
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/nrp/contact.html
December 17, 2010 at 6:31 pm | | Report comment
Thanks, Juanita! I figured it was the DNR!!
December 17, 2010 at 6:34 pm | | Report comment
How about ICE?? Do you know THAT website, Chica????
December 19, 2010 at 3:40 am | | Report comment
Have you had enough government yet?
December 17, 2010 at 6:32 pm | | Report comment
We need to get ride of these snot bag little Hitlers who think putting a badge on makes them a god. We need real men with some common sense. Of course the guy could be following a a directive from management to maximize the number of tickets to grow revenue and meet his quota. Who knows?
December 17, 2010 at 6:32 pm | | Report comment
unfortuanley its always the idiots who are in power….. Just look at the president and house and senate.
December 17, 2010 at 6:32 pm | | Report comment
The revolution will be started by some bee ess like this.
December 17, 2010 at 6:33 pm | | Report comment
Not as dangerous as idiots with internet access Burt!
December 17, 2010 at 6:33 pm | | Report comment
Should have let natural selection occur.
Too many deer anyway.
December 17, 2010 at 6:33 pm | | Report comment
Too many people, too. Maybe someone will consider that thought if you are ever in need of emergency services.
December 17, 2010 at 6:49 pm | | Report comment
What a jerk! Would they have been fined if it had been a person instead of a deer? They saved a life, whether it be an animal or human, these two men should be commended.
December 17, 2010 at 6:33 pm | | Report comment
This is what the MD waterman have to put up with everyday!! But its never publicized!!
December 17, 2010 at 6:48 pm | | Report comment
should have thrown the stupid officer into the water – and keep on throwing him back
December 17, 2010 at 6:33 pm | | Report comment
Seriously people spell check! You just sound like idiots when everyday words are spelled so wrong!
December 17, 2010 at 6:36 pm | | Report comment
And Liberals STILL wonder why Conservatives want a small government that will leave the public alone…
December 17, 2010 at 6:37 pm | | Report comment
The right left paradigm…the ultimate con, with the American sheeple, the mark.
RESEARCH BUILDING 7…THEN TRY TO THINK
December 17, 2010 at 6:48 pm | | Report comment
So why do conservatives always want lots of security, lots of police, more prisons, and big government spending lots of money on the military? I suppose it’s because they believe in civil rights, civil liberties, and small government?
December 18, 2010 at 6:58 am | | Report comment
In the peoples republic of Maryland, they elect the fascist democrats all the time. Then are surprised to find they have no rights left.
December 17, 2010 at 6:38 pm | | Report comment
Why didn’t the officer assist?, instead of writing a ticket. They should publish his name so every one could send him a LOVE note!
December 17, 2010 at 6:39 pm | | Report comment
See if I ever go into icy water to save a f——g natural resources officer. Revolution now.
December 17, 2010 at 6:41 pm | | Report comment
Between this and the plainclothes cop that pulled a gun on the biker with the helmet cam, sure seems like MD is a friggin nanny police state..
December 17, 2010 at 6:41 pm | | Report comment
Nice name.
December 19, 2010 at 3:43 am | | Report comment
redcobra, THANK YOU!! What would have happened if that deer fought and pulled someone overboard??? For you bleeding hearts out there, humans take priority over animals, just the way life goes. To sit here and try to say an officer wouldnt “help” a deer so they probably wouldnt help a human is ridiculous (thats the correct spelling!) Guess what kids, you cant treat a wild animal for hypothermia so protect your kids from hearing this but, Bambi didnt make it through the night!
December 17, 2010 at 6:41 pm | | Report comment
I would put my hoof down if I had to shell out that doe.
December 17, 2010 at 6:42 pm | | Report comment
fail
December 17, 2010 at 6:48 pm | | Report comment
Priceless comment. Well done, Buck.
December 17, 2010 at 6:53 pm | | Report comment
buck… such a good comment that my friend from san diego emailed it to me in orlando. haha!
December 17, 2010 at 7:23 pm | | Report comment
NAZISM …
RESEARCH BUILDING 7…THEN TRY TO THINK.
December 17, 2010 at 6:46 pm | | Report comment
Was a ticket also issued to the deer for not wearing a life preserver? That officer needs more training before being unleashed on good citizens, IMHO.
December 17, 2010 at 6:48 pm | | Report comment
STOP GLOBAL WARMING! http://www.M4GW.com
December 17, 2010 at 6:49 pm | | Report comment
Publish the officer’s name and let’s see if we can get a picture and shame him/her into another profession.
December 17, 2010 at 6:49 pm | | Report comment
A better idea: How about painting a bullseye on his forehead.
December 17, 2010 at 6:56 pm | | Report comment
Excellent idea, Jeremy… If he thought it right to
issue the ticket he should have no problem making
his identity known.
December 17, 2010 at 7:02 pm | | Report comment
They were fined because overpaid underwoked .gov officials don’t like it when the public does their job for them.
Probably a union issue too.
December 17, 2010 at 6:50 pm | | Report comment
Ok I hope you libs , {which is probably who rescued the deer}, are starting to see the result of a government run wild!
Quit voting for these idiots! Vote common sense !
December 17, 2010 at 6:50 pm | | Report comment
Welcome to facist Amerika. Just a fine and NO specific violation? That man needs a new job.
December 17, 2010 at 6:51 pm | | Report comment
No….He needs hunted down and dragged out into the street.
December 17, 2010 at 6:57 pm | | Report comment
“A natural resources police officer,” i.e., a low grade moron in a green county jacket. Throw that idiot in the lake and as he drowns, tell him “tough luck,” he’s going to die because you don’t have a life vest and don’t want a ticket.
December 17, 2010 at 6:51 pm | | Report comment
Excellent!
December 17, 2010 at 6:58 pm | | Report comment
I’m really starting to hate the goverment and all its fools.
December 17, 2010 at 6:52 pm | | Report comment
There’s a pretty wide range of responses and sentiments here… Bottom line… whether or not you believe the actions of these men were justified , wise, and humane – or cavalier and stupid, they most certainly did not break any laws. Enough said. The rest could be debated for the next 10 centuries.
December 17, 2010 at 6:53 pm | | Report comment
apparently the resources officer had to justify being there and doing nothing….so he wrote tickets instead
December 17, 2010 at 6:53 pm | | Report comment
I think you may have nailed it!
December 17, 2010 at 6:57 pm | | Report comment
I don’t think this will ever make it to court.
December 17, 2010 at 6:59 pm
It makes me burning mad that this evil government bureaucrat
has to spoil a good rescue story with this nonsense!! The man
who wrote them a ticket should be fired immediately! I’m going to
write a letter to demand exactly that! Fire this guy! Those guys
should be given a medal for being a hero for their daring rescue!!
I hope Animal Planet will do a story on them right away!
December 17, 2010 at 6:54 pm | | Report comment
Pay the fine or they will ruin your credit, stop you from working and put you on a no-fly list.
Welcome to the police state.
December 17, 2010 at 6:54 pm | | Report comment
everyone should send an email to the DNR at customerservice@dnr.state.md.us tell them what an outage this is and that DNR should rescind these citations!
December 17, 2010 at 6:55 pm | | Report comment
Thank you for the e-mail address. I sent a message asking that the officer receive a psych eval ASAP. He’s clearly a pathetic little man and such people pose a threat to everyone when allowed to carry a badge and gun.
December 19, 2010 at 5:06 pm | | Report comment
A wanna be cop could only make to game management.
December 17, 2010 at 6:57 pm | | Report comment
His previous employment was parking lot enforcement.
December 17, 2010 at 6:58 pm | | Report comment
Sheesh. The police officer should be publicly flogged until he renounces his stupidity.
December 17, 2010 at 6:58 pm | | Report comment
Typcal government employee. Nothing to see here folks, let’s keep moving along.
December 17, 2010 at 6:59 pm | | Report comment
I know where a government cut to save money can come from, one less natural resources police officer should save something!
December 17, 2010 at 7:00 pm | | Report comment
WELCOME TO THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF MARYLAND. “YOU GET THE THE GOVERNMENT YOU DESERVE”
December 17, 2010 at 7:00 pm | | Report comment
What does Gov. O’Malley say about this? Is he proud of that NRO?
December 17, 2010 at 7:00 pm | | Report comment
The officer should have been helping the rescue effort. Even if all he did was get on the radio and call for support, it would have been helping. Instead, he watched, did nothing, and wrote a ticket to reward people for risking their lives to save a suffering creature. Shame!
December 17, 2010 at 7:02 pm | | Report comment
They should have thrown the natural resources police officer in the water and let him drown.
December 17, 2010 at 7:03 pm | | Report comment
Everybody should write letters to get the evil ticket writer fired. Our tax dollars
don’t need to be funding somebody who would do that!! Let’s also contact
Animal Planet so they can do a story on these brave heros! GIVE THEM A
MEDAL – they are HEROS!!
December 17, 2010 at 7:03 pm | | Report comment
I thank the two men that saved the deer and I curse the idiot that gave them a ticket.
The next election, how about trying voting freedom first?
Clutch
December 17, 2010 at 7:04 pm | | Report comment
Yup! we had a FISH COP in our area take away a young racoon that had been rescued when its mother was killed on the highway, kid had raised it for months, very friendly – BUT IT”S AGAINST THE LAW so he SHOT IT!
December 17, 2010 at 7:04 pm | | Report comment
Venison is good eatin!
December 17, 2010 at 7:06 pm | | Report comment
The officer should be fired. Simple. Society has no use for him.
December 17, 2010 at 7:08 pm | | Report comment
No good deed shall go unpunished. Merry Christmas
Now you know why so many people just look the other way.
December 17, 2010 at 7:12 pm | | Report comment
Game wardens like that give all a bad name. What an a$$.
December 17, 2010 at 7:14 pm | | Report comment
Fire the useless cop, here is a fine example of excess government
December 17, 2010 at 7:15 pm | | Report comment
I agree, fire the officer. Why should we pay for someone so counterproductive?
December 17, 2010 at 7:16 pm | | Report comment
WHY DIDN’T THE OFFICER HELP THEM !!??
December 17, 2010 at 7:17 pm | | Report comment
They should have taken the “officer” back out there and left him in the icy water to drowned. Then it truly would have been a win-win situation.
December 17, 2010 at 7:21 pm | | Report comment
Should you be masturbating so much at your age?? Are your parents circus geeks??
December 19, 2010 at 3:45 am | | Report comment
Endless bureacrats giving out absurd fines, yet another violation of our rights. Add it to the list of gov’t violations of our right:
They violate the 1st Amendment by placing protesters in cages, banning books like “America Deceived II” and censoring the internet.
They violate the 2nd Amendment by confiscating guns.
They violate the 4th and 5th Amendment by molesting airline passengers.
They violate the entire Constitution by starting undeclared wars for foreign countries.
Impeach Obama and sweep out the Congress, except Ron Paul.
(Last link of Banned Book):
http://www.iuniverse.com/Bookstore/BookDetail.aspx?BookId=SKU-000190526
December 17, 2010 at 7:21 pm | | Report comment
Let the DNR know how you feel about it.
John R. Griffin, Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
580 Taylor Avenue
Tawes State Office Building
Annapolis, MD 21401
December 17, 2010 at 7:22 pm | | Report comment
The underlying problem here is that we are rapidly becoming a police state. Why do we have “natural resources police”, and why are they telling adults what they can or can’t do as long as they are not violating someones rights. When the government begins to acts like a nanny then it is time to take back control. I guess Louis and Clark would be in jail if they lived today…
December 17, 2010 at 7:23 pm | | Report comment
The whole idea of police was “to protect and serve.” Apparently, along the way that’s been trampled on and replaced with “to rule the streets and harass citizens.” Frankly, we could have that with ’50s-style street gangs – they were also very good at keeping undesirables out of the neighborhood while simultaneously shaking down the locals – but at least we didn’t have to pay for them a salary to harass us. More and more it seems like “police” are an idea that just doesn’t work, and we might be better off with neighbors looking out for neighbors.
December 17, 2010 at 7:26 pm | | Report comment
Its just anothe way of O’Malley Man soaking the people of Maryland for money. What if it had been a human in the freezing waters. Would those guys be ticketed for saving a life without a life vest????
December 17, 2010 at 7:28 pm | | Report comment
YES they would have been tickets and maybe arrested for “obstruction of justice” when the police said you should have let US do the savings. its already happened.
December 18, 2010 at 11:52 am | | Report comment
Typical hotbed of East Coast liberal idiocy run amuck. Throw the idiot “officer” in the icy water and if he gets close to shore, kick him back in. Moron.
December 17, 2010 at 7:31 pm | | Report comment
It was an Auditor waiting for Rudolph to drown.
December 17, 2010 at 7:32 pm | | Report comment
Extortion by the overpaid underwoked gov’t officials. Probably a union issue. They will distroy our republic within next 15 years. People do not see it and I urge you to talk to immigrants who left communist countries and came to the USA before 1990. They remember “Patriot Act” over there… Talk to them, please. Already 4th ammendment is violated every day by TSA, Big sis and other agencies violate our free speach freedom. During Katrina, 2nd ammendment was cancelled in New Orealns, …and so on. They are idiots with power. They will defend their jobs, because they do not qualify for any job in private sector. They are very dangerous, because that’s how Stalin, Hitler, Amin and other dictators rulled.
December 17, 2010 at 7:34 pm | | Report comment
Always remember “No good deed goes unpunished.”
December 17, 2010 at 7:36 pm | | Report comment
for all the concerned citizens bashing the police officer, try saving a life of a PERSON that is freezing from the cold and homeless. These officers risk their lives daily from people making bad decisions
December 17, 2010 at 7:43 pm | | Report comment
He could have given them each a warning or told them in advance to put on the floatation devices. Sometimes you need to show common sense, but you have to have some.
Now because of his actions, every DNR officer will be looked at as ticket crazy.
December 17, 2010 at 8:16 pm | | Report comment
The cops I know spend their time collecting from the bars that serve underage kids, shaking down brothels, and planting drugs on minorities.
December 18, 2010 at 7:01 am | | Report comment
it was michael vick.
December 17, 2010 at 7:46 pm | | Report comment
yet….michael vick will get a puppy.
December 17, 2010 at 7:48 pm | | Report comment
F the DNR officer behind this…he really should be embarrassed over this story. Sure hope he doesn’t fall through the ice somehow one day while these fine folks are around…after all, all they’d be able to do is look at him and say sorry but we can’t help you, we don’t have a life jacket.
Huge thanks to the wonderful people who put their own safety on the line to save this helpless deer…you’ve helped restore a little bit of my faith in humanity. The DNR officer…not so much.
December 17, 2010 at 7:49 pm | | Report comment
You vote moron democrats into office over and over and this is the result. Brain dead civil servants.. Servants? That is a laugh. These people are your masters.
December 17, 2010 at 7:50 pm | | Report comment
Just tell me who the idiot was that wrote the ticket and where he lives and I will personally go to his house and beat him half to death with a life vest.
December 17, 2010 at 7:51 pm | | Report comment
Probably not smart to threaten an officer…
December 17, 2010 at 10:06 pm | | Report comment
Barney Fife is alive and well…
December 17, 2010 at 7:52 pm | | Report comment
a LEO that can’t help but be a prick for no reason
he needs to go
December 17, 2010 at 7:53 pm | | Report comment
Revenue. As simple as that.
December 17, 2010 at 7:54 pm | | Report comment
God you people on the east coast just let yourself get run over by the left wing nut jobs that force stupid laws on you! Take control of your state!!! Get your freedom back!
December 17, 2010 at 7:55 pm | | Report comment
It is a good thing the cop is a civil servant. He is obviously too stupid to hold a real job. — No common sense. He should be in Congress
December 17, 2010 at 7:57 pm | | Report comment
Police state more laws every year keep pushing and we will push back
December 17, 2010 at 7:58 pm | | Report comment
We have a new winner for the Officer Barney Fife award for the year. Ask yourself whether Andy Griffith would have written that ticket or not.
December 17, 2010 at 7:59 pm | | Report comment
1. Talk to a lawyer and get ready to sue the beauracrat for malicious prosecution.
December 17, 2010 at 8:03 pm | | Report comment
THIS IS WHY PEOPLE HATE LAW ENFORCEMENT!
YOU ALL HAVE BEEN O’MALLEYED.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM SOUTH FLORIDA.
December 17, 2010 at 8:03 pm | | Report comment
Good for them and the cop should shove his ticket where the sun don’t shine! That sounds like the People’s Republic of Maryland.
December 17, 2010 at 8:04 pm | | Report comment
Ridiculous. Kind of thing that gives law enforcement a bad name. Now that it’s made the news I bet they don’t have t pay anything.
December 17, 2010 at 8:04 pm | | Report comment
fxxxxxing pig
December 17, 2010 at 8:08 pm | | Report comment
I’ll gladly contribute if the police officer gets fired for not helping them.
December 17, 2010 at 8:09 pm | | Report comment
No good deed goes unpunished. Would you please publicize the name of DNR’s finest officer?
December 17, 2010 at 8:09 pm | | Report comment
Keep the deer and fire the ass.
My thanks for the rescue—Rudolph
December 17, 2010 at 8:10 pm | | Report comment
that story is an example of types of people……the rescuer and the ticket writer…guess who is the real animal in the story….
December 17, 2010 at 8:13 pm | | Report comment
Call for DNR Director’s job. Isn’t the Director responsible to keep wannabee’s from getting badges to make everyone bow to them now because they got picked on when they where in high school?
December 17, 2010 at 8:13 pm | | Report comment
Was it Officer As Swipe by any chance that wrote that? He has relatives all over Massachusetts too..
December 17, 2010 at 8:15 pm | | Report comment
Here we are writing a ticket and having a Marxist Law enforcement officier de;iversuch.
The Life is more important than the stupid life jacket……
December 17, 2010 at 8:17 pm | | Report comment
Welcome to liberal dominated government. The government thinks for you so you don’t have to do it for yourself. However, if you do think for yourself, you will be fined.
December 17, 2010 at 8:19 pm | | Report comment
Folks,
Expect more of this. The sheeple of this nation have allowed government ot control every aspect of their lives. Perhaps if the liberals who wanted more cops on the street start feeling the effects of unneeded enforcement, then we can get things changed. If not, get ready for more. This is just the beginning.
December 17, 2010 at 8:20 pm | | Report comment
I wonder if the idiot officer has kids. Maybe one day they’ll be playing around by the icy lake, fall in, and we’ll see who’s gonna have time to put on a life vest to save them.
“Help” says Mentally Ill Natural Resources Officer’s kids.
“Don’t worry. Just stay there kids… let me find some life vests first and I’ll be back… since I don’t want to BE TICKETED!” says rescuers.
Who are you hiring over there in MD??? Nit-Wits?
December 17, 2010 at 8:20 pm | | Report comment
We all know why they got the ticket. The officer was a coward who was going to let the deer die. He was shown up for what he was.
December 17, 2010 at 8:21 pm | | Report comment
No good deed goes unpunished.
December 17, 2010 at 8:22 pm | | Report comment
US citizens love the feminized nanny-state they live in. Any so-called freedom that you think you have will soon no longer exist because of it. Merry Christmas id10ts….
December 17, 2010 at 8:22 pm | | Report comment
Now you people understand how hunters feel about the new crop of liberal socialist game wardens who look for ways to run hunters out of the woods. These officers grew up on PETA, HSUS, Greenpeace and have found out a way to make hunters pay. And pay we do. Obscure laws we never knew existed are suddenly brought into action by these thugs. My buddy was written a ticket two weeks ago for hunting on private land without WRITTEN PERMISSION. The landowner gave him oral permission to hunt there, but the game warden saw him as he was driving past, pulled over and wrote him a ticket saying he didn’t care that the farmer gave him oral permission, it had to be in writing.
December 17, 2010 at 8:24 pm | | Report comment
is america filling with imbecilles? idiot cop … fire him!
December 17, 2010 at 8:25 pm | | Report comment
Did you ever think that this mught be one of Santa’s young reindeer? You might have just saved Christmas!!!
December 17, 2010 at 8:25 pm | | Report comment
When will the authorities whom we give the power to act, use some common sense and make reasonable judgments?
December 17, 2010 at 8:28 pm | | Report comment
Jordan Lake State Park in North Carolina a couple years ago gives us another example. My uncle, aunt, and cousins were having a picnic on the shores of Lake Jordan. My uncle and cousins were fishing and everything was going fine until my uncle went back to the car for more beer. He left the fishing poles laying on the blanket. My aunt moved the poles off the blanket to get ready to eat. Two game wardens had been watching them with binoculars from a nearby thicket. You guessed it; they wrote her a ticket for fishing without a license.
December 17, 2010 at 8:28 pm | | Report comment
I see a lot of people calling this the “Cops” or “Police”. The article states a Natural Resource officer. There is a difference. Actually, Fish and Game has far more expanded and intrusive powers than City or County police. I’m sure this bleeding heart was bored, and mad that the fine rescuers subverted natural selection.
December 17, 2010 at 8:30 pm | | Report comment
If you are an illegal alien with no ID, the game wardens will leave you alone. Illegal aliens get a free ride with fish and game violations. Even hunting, they get off free. United States Code, Section 8, make possession of a firearm by an illegal alien a felony. Not one illegal alien has been charged with this in Maryland in the past year.
Big brother is here people. He aint going away unless we act which, due to the apathetic nature of the sheep in this country, won’t happen.
December 17, 2010 at 8:31 pm | | Report comment
Quite down, nazi boy. No one is taking away your right to shoot your gun, or your mouth.
December 18, 2010 at 7:03 am | | Report comment
Go back to “planet b” Fat. You are so out in left field, you just don’t belong on our planet.
December 18, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Exactly right Johnny. Apathetic people have allowed this country to be taken over by goose stepping, brown shirts.
December 18, 2010 at 12:41 pm | | Report comment
well in reality that law is illegal and should NOT be enforced. illegal aliens have a a secondment right too.
THE CONSTITUTION APPLIES TO HOW WE BEHAVE. it does not state that UNITED STATES CITIZENS have the right to bear arms. it RECOGNIZES that the right to bear arms in an inalienable RIGHT OF PEOPLE.
so I am glad that is one law they do not enforce.
December 18, 2010 at 1:46 pm | | Report comment
That’s what happens when you totally embarrass an inept and incompetent socialist government worker like that ‘natural resources’ jerk who should have been doing his job and saving that deer himself.
December 17, 2010 at 8:32 pm | | Report comment
Cops and police and game wardens are all the same these days. Empowered to arrest you whenever they want to for any reason.
December 17, 2010 at 8:33 pm | | Report comment
Thank God for guys like that who rescued a helpless animal. For the jerk who issued the ticket…..shove it up your a..!!!
December 17, 2010 at 8:33 pm | | Report comment
This dumb#ss DNR cop will quit inside a month. Who would ever want to work with such a loser?
December 17, 2010 at 8:34 pm | | Report comment
THIS IS WHY COPS DONT GET A LOT OF RESPECT !!! IT TAKES ONE GOOFY COP TO DO THIS . THIS PUTS A BAD TASTE IN THE PUBLICS EYES ON THE POLICE DEPT !!!
December 17, 2010 at 8:35 pm | | Report comment
A waste of tax dollars…oh wait! MD is primarily Democrats….never mind.
December 17, 2010 at 8:36 pm | | Report comment
Someone should give the cop a ticket for lacking common decency.
December 17, 2010 at 8:37 pm | | Report comment
Unfortunately, the DNR officer is still alive. Too bad they did not throw his dumb, sorry ass into the icy waters and let him drown. Pure idiocy.
December 17, 2010 at 8:37 pm | | Report comment
MfrCA–you should eat your own young
December 17, 2010 at 8:39 pm | | Report comment
Kudos to the rescuers for helping the animal even though it meant putting themselves in considerable danger. And two thumbs down for the officer who needs to be reprimanded IMO.
December 17, 2010 at 8:41 pm | | Report comment
Answer: If you find a natural resources officer drowning in freezing water, then just let them drown in the icy water.
December 17, 2010 at 8:43 pm | | Report comment
You can understand the reason why we have the ‘regulations’ we have since you don’t want a rescue operation turning into something that requires another rescue operations but when there is an immediate threat of danger to someone or something you have to do what you have to do.
I guess the bean counter would of let the deer drown. Or would he write it a ticket?
December 17, 2010 at 8:46 pm | | Report comment
Just imagine if it were an illegal alien out there. Not only would the ticket writer probably of jumped in to help but we’d of had thousands of dollars of medical treatment help on scene.
No one deserves to die in a situation that can be prevented; deer or otherwise.
But I can guarantee you no tickets would of been issued for the rescue of an illegal.
These are the exact types of bean counters in government that need to find new minimum wage jobs since we can’t afford to pay these mindless morons running around with ticket books.
December 17, 2010 at 8:44 pm | | Report comment
The article said they had oars and shovels. The oar should have been used on the cop and the shovel to dug the ditch for the body. Death to the New World Order. We are not your slaves. The Tribulation starts the day Palestine is recognized as a nation. It will happen in 2011. The Rapture comes first.
December 17, 2010 at 8:44 pm | | Report comment
No good deed goes unpunished!
December 17, 2010 at 8:45 pm | | Report comment
AMERIKA SUCKS!!!! How’s that New World Order & Policed State Working out for everyone.. Enjoy.
December 17, 2010 at 8:46 pm | | Report comment
Small brain/lot of power makes for a dumba$$ government employee.
December 17, 2010 at 8:46 pm | | Report comment
Some 10 year old girls here found a seal pup on the beach unattended and took it home and put it in their bathtub. Their Dad comes home and makes them take it back, naturally. Somebody sees them and calls Fish and Wildlife to assist the still unattended pup. Two armed agents go to their girls’ door and makes a huge deal taking everyone’s ID and they got a ticket and court date. The guy was threatening a felony arrest too. Unbelievable. Not sure I’d help one of them if they fell through the ice.
December 17, 2010 at 8:47 pm | | Report comment
I don’t always think about sex. Somethings I think about OVERTHROWING THE GOVERNMENT! They should have beat this government axxhole with an axe handle!
December 17, 2010 at 8:47 pm | | Report comment
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The day is coming when out of control cops will be hoping for good Samaritans. The few that are out of control with power are making it hard to like the good ones.
December 17, 2010 at 9:00 pm | | Report comment
I wish I was a conservative lawyer and could defend these men in court.
I hope someone will step up and provide a legal defense pro bono.
December 17, 2010 at 9:06 pm | | Report comment
i say lets throw the cop in the river, maybe he will get some common sense ! what a dirt bag,
December 17, 2010 at 9:07 pm | | Report comment
That sap should be looking for poachers. These guys didn’t deserve citations at $90 a crack.
December 17, 2010 at 9:09 pm | | Report comment
Reading through these comments is scary. Most of you people have not for a clue what is going on. The USA is over. The ONE WORLD GOVT is here. We are in the end times of the Bible. The riots in Greece, Ireland, Italy, UK, and France will be here soon. The illuminati have bankrupted each nation to subdue it. Don’t believe me? Try this link http://www.itanimulli.com
Everything is a deception. All terrorism inside the US including 9/11 was done by our own govt. TSA pat downs and excesive tickets are just ways to keep you down. Jesus is the only thing that matters and he will be coming back soon.
December 17, 2010 at 9:17 pm | | Report comment
Tim – a year or two ago I would have said that you are nuts but with what I have see, heard and read, anything is possible, I have no doubt that people controlled by the uber rich are controlling things from behind the curtains and we have lost our nation. I have no doubt that it is not a question of if we are going to have another bloddy revolution, the question is when. They are pushing teh American people and something has to give. Just remember what they are doing. The radicals are now at the top controlling things and they are agitating the people to revolt as in Greece. As Communist Van Jones, one of Obama’s bussies has said – it is top down, botttom up and inside out. Every last thing that is happening from inflation to the dollar dropping and everything else we are going through is being done to us on purpose and it is Obama, Congress and a whole bunch of radicals.
December 17, 2010 at 9:33 pm | | Report comment
Hi and thank you for commenting. Three years ago inwould have said I was nuts too, lol. Read the book of Daniel. In ch7 it describes the one world govt which lasts for 7 years. The Tribulation starts in Daniel 9:27 with a 7 year covenant. The contents of that covenant are in Revelation 11:1-2. Israel gets the right to build their third temple and Palestine gets Jerusalem. What is the top subject at the UN? Forcing Israel back to it’s 1967 borders and recognizing Palestine as a nation. The very day that happens (and it will be in 2011) the Tribulation starts. The 42 month is the key because the treaty is for 84 months (seven 360 day years). The treaty is broken at the midpoint when the Antichrist goes intotje temple and claims to be God – the abomination that causes desolation. We are in a 70 year countdown from May 14, 1948. That means achrist returns in 2018 but you have to come back 7 years for the Tribulation which is 2011. The Rapture of the church has to happen before the Trib. The rooms of Isaiah 26:19-21 are the same ones in John 14:1-3. I Corinth 15:51-55, 1 Thess 4:16-18, Song of Solomon 2:8-13. Things are about to get crazy and in Hosea 4:6 God says his people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
December 17, 2010 at 10:16 pm
Reading through these comments IS scary. Yours proves the point.
December 18, 2010 at 7:04 am | | Report comment
No good deed goes unpunished.
December 17, 2010 at 9:21 pm | | Report comment
This is crazy. What have we become when we have tickets being written for saving a deer from drowning, for kids operating a lemonaide stand, children getting expelled for a piece of candy – have our government officials gone mad? People we have to do something to stop the tyranny that we are now living under on so many levels.
December 17, 2010 at 9:22 pm | | Report comment
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Welcome to MD, the most taxed and least represented state in the union. The police here are neutered in all aspects – except collecting fines. Speed traps, vehicular minutiae, nuisance fines, etc. Heaven help you if you need to report a crime. I’ve actually had to chase police who were running away so they didn’t have to file paperwork. What they did to these people doesn’t surprise me in the least.
December 17, 2010 at 9:27 pm | | Report comment
Bawlimore Cops are all related to each other… Let it go.
December 17, 2010 at 9:28 pm | | Report comment
LOL – next time, put a noose around the deer’s neck and drag it out and enjoy the venison. Unbelievable.
December 17, 2010 at 9:31 pm | | Report comment
Another victimless “crime” with which the state can fill its coffers. Yay….they’ll be able to hire more tax feeders to find even more outrageous ways to pilfer your money.
December 17, 2010 at 9:35 pm | | Report comment
Don’t pay the ticket. Make them take up the offense.
December 17, 2010 at 9:38 pm | | Report comment
Barney Fife is alive and well in Baltimore County…………….
December 17, 2010 at 9:41 pm | | Report comment
Let’s get the fact it appears the citation is for no life vest on the boa, which it does not matter your age it is a law you need on for each passenger on the boat. The headline could have read 2 men die trying to rescue a deer. Yes it was very nice of them to risk their lives doing this deed ,BUT they also put the lives of public safety at risk by not being prepared . Calling the communications number only ties up the public safety personnel from doing their job. Would you call 911 if you were not happy with the county police did something that you do not agree with?
December 17, 2010 at 9:48 pm | | Report comment
From Atlas Shrugged – 1957
Dr. Ferris is the government worker and Mr. Rearden is the industrialist.
“Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed?”, said Dr. Ferris. “We want them broken. You’d better get it straight that it’s not a bunch of boy scouts you’re up against—then you’ll know that this is not the age of beautiful gestures. We’re after power and we mean it. You fellows were pikers, but we know the real trick, and you’d better get wise to it. There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law abiding citizens? What’s there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted—and you create a nation of law-breakers—and then you cash in on guilt. Now that’s the system, Mr. Rearden, that’s the game, and once you understand it, you’ll be much easier to deal with.”
‘Nuff said
December 17, 2010 at 9:52 pm | | Report comment
Find the loser who wrote the ticket and kill him. It’s time we trim the herd, starting with jerk-o law enforcement. All liberals are next.
December 17, 2010 at 9:53 pm | | Report comment
The Peoples Republic of Maryland- This is what has moved thousands like us to West by God Virginia
December 17, 2010 at 9:57 pm | | Report comment
Deer are evil, but this is going a bit far. I guess this is why they used to call them pigs back in the 60s.
December 17, 2010 at 9:59 pm | | Report comment
A natural resources police officer. Well, folks, that says it all. The over reaching government with its myriad of bureaucracies has stolen our freedom. These mindless faceless idiots with the power of their own little domain are making our lives miserable. It’s time to revolt! Off with their heads! Take our country back!
December 17, 2010 at 10:01 pm | | Report comment
Our government officials run amok – no common sense, just a feeling of power.
December 17, 2010 at 10:03 pm | | Report comment
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Local law enforcement think they are junior G-Men. Some men & women are cool, but the majority are power-tripping fools, using some half-baked zero-tolerance policy instead of common sense and discretion. They don’t follow the Consitution and they aren’t on the side of the People. Their as bright as mall cops and have the same lack of integrity.
December 17, 2010 at 10:08 pm | | Report comment
Throw the officer in the water, tickets and all.
December 17, 2010 at 10:11 pm | | Report comment
I sure miss America…
December 17, 2010 at 10:17 pm | | Report comment
This is a cop who needs to be tasered and left in an alley with a sign around his neck, “DO NOT RESCUE”.
December 17, 2010 at 10:18 pm | | Report comment
First of all the men supposibly got a ticket for not wearing a life jacket, but they were of age and did have two flotation devices in the boat with them, they were in a rubber boat. Officer Miller, the DNR that wrote the tickets and the fire department were just standing around waiting for the deer to drown, so we took action. Miller said “That the men were risking their lives to save an animal that will get hit by a car anyway”.
December 17, 2010 at 10:18 pm | | Report comment
And this DNR officer is probably the same one that is getting 20 calls a day about all the deer eating everybody’s plants and gardens and running in front of their cars.
December 17, 2010 at 10:21 pm | | Report comment
Eco-systems are carefully balanced systems. I’m sure it’s heartbreaking to see, but if an animal is dying of natural causes, humans shouldn’t intervene. Where will these rescuers be when this deer doesn’t have enough food to make it through the winter?
Now obviously these people had their hearts in the right place. But they should take a cue from the US Parks Service. If an animal is dying in Yellowstone or any other national park BECAUSE OF HUMANS (hit by car, fed non-native poisonous food) they intervene. But if humans did not cause their distress, they will not rescue the animals.
December 17, 2010 at 10:22 pm | | Report comment
Ticketing these guys is wrong on SOOO many levels.
Is this dear not a “Natural Resource” of the people of Maryland and the United States? By what right does DNR allow a natural resource to be destroyed?
Let it die? Do these idiots at DNR comprehend how many 100K’s and MILLIONS we spend in this country to save helpless animals every year? We should never try to rescue beached whales? Or pull mother ducks and her ducklings from a sewer? or spend all kinds of time and resources trying to find a duck that had been pierced by a blunted arrow?
Let nature go without interference? Not me! God gave me intelligence to know hen to let nature do her job and when to interfere? Let nature do her job? So nobody better mow their lawns anymore. They’re interfering with nature. I shouldn’t have picked up that pigeon low those many years ago and nursed it back to health because I was interfering with nature? And we’d all better let our pets go too!! The only time we’re going to be safe from interfering with nature is when we give up fire and the wheel and climb back up into the trees.Where’s PETA to crawl up this cops backside?? Oh yeah. No political power trip here.
So it sounds like this DNR cop was just standing there and watching thse deer die? Charming, just charming.
Kudos to these GOOD Samaritans!
Godspeed
December 17, 2010 at 10:24 pm | | Report comment
I want to add that Kai Johnson is a coward for not giving his opinion of the situation. Or is it the cowardace of his boss who would not let him. Get some balls Kai. The least you could have said was that the cop punished good behavior.
December 17, 2010 at 10:26 pm | | Report comment
That cop should be doing something more useful like standing on the side of the road with a speed gun. Hearing about cops like this makes me proud to be a taxpayer in Maryland! O’Malley must be so happy …
December 17, 2010 at 10:30 pm | | Report comment
“And he didn’t say anything,” Jim Hart said. “We went in and out of the water numerous times. He didn’t stop us at all.”
They say they were ticketed for not wearing life vests, although both are over the age for mandatory use of flotation devices.”
-Why didnt he simply stop them first instead of the ticket?
December 17, 2010 at 10:31 pm | | Report comment
Used to be the police were on OUR side … now they are the enemy. They’ve made that clear by this and countless other episodes around the country in recent years. All they care about is their JOBS and their REVENUE. Everything else doesn’t mean squat to them.
December 17, 2010 at 10:33 pm | | Report comment
I have an idea that would make the local authority less eager to pony up bogus charges, wasting energy and resources so frivolously.
Axe this officer’s job in the next budget review to lessen the burden on the taxpayers.
Why wasn’t he doing the job of preserving this animal’s life?
He should be canned for that, alone.
December 17, 2010 at 10:34 pm | | Report comment
They should have put the officer under the ice, it is exactly what he deserved.
PHUCK these government drones.
Ron Reale
realetybytes.com
December 17, 2010 at 10:35 pm | | Report comment
Reversing the incident, lets say it was the park ranger that was in the water and these two brave men came to his rescue, I just wonder if the non common sense officer would of issued a citation to those hero’s. Folks are country is in such bad shape, I honestly believe the public servants and the military would turn on the American public. Parents, school systems, and government have excused the common sense rule of living. It’s bye bye America and it’s happening fast.
December 17, 2010 at 10:36 pm | | Report comment
Spot on Jeme.
December 18, 2010 at 12:37 pm | | Report comment
Mall cop in woods strikes again
December 17, 2010 at 10:36 pm | | Report comment
Suppose the men had fallen in during the rescue attempt and could not escape from the icey water just like the deer. Suppose they had drowned who would be responsible then and who would pay the rescue and ambulance bill for them ?
December 17, 2010 at 10:43 pm | | Report comment
I wonder if they would still be cited if it was a human instead of a deer?
December 17, 2010 at 10:45 pm | | Report comment
He’s not a cop.He just checks to see if your fish is legal and your motor boat.I blame O’malley—People’s Repubiic of Md.
December 17, 2010 at 10:51 pm | | Report comment
These guys are HEROES.
December 17, 2010 at 10:51 pm | | Report comment
I hope that worthless revenue pig dies a horrible death.
December 17, 2010 at 10:53 pm | | Report comment
I wonder if the officer would have issued a ticket if it was a person in those icy waters… Maked you think twice before getting all heroic up in Maryland without the proper floatation device.
December 17, 2010 at 10:56 pm | | Report comment
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what exactly does a natural resourse “officer’ do except check the size of your crabs.
December 17, 2010 at 10:56 pm | | Report comment
Funny, I thought that was the TSA’s mission!
December 17, 2010 at 11:10 pm | | Report comment
That is the kind of guy I need for my company, http://scrabblecheat.com
A tear comes to my eye when I think of the cruel type needed to stand there while people risk their lives for a good cause and then give them tickets.
I need him for my site bad.
December 17, 2010 at 10:58 pm | | Report comment
I am so glad I left the East Coast years ago and never came back. Big Brother is always watching you. Ready with that ticket book. I have lived out west since the 1970′s and have gotten one ticket. Huge difference in lifestyles. I have no regrets.
Merry Christmas to the deer.
December 17, 2010 at 10:58 pm | | Report comment
These government bozos keep this s__t up and some of them are going to find their a_ses shot off.
December 17, 2010 at 11:07 pm | | Report comment
“Natural Resources Police Officer”? Ha! No such thing. That’s a tree-hugger with a badge. Abolish the positions and save some tax money.
December 17, 2010 at 11:11 pm | | Report comment
This is what happens in a state run by liberals! Insanity!
December 17, 2010 at 11:11 pm | | Report comment
Want to give someone at the Maryland DNR Police a piece of your mind, go here;
http://www.dbm.state.md.us/phonebook/OfficeSub.asp?OID=1975
December 17, 2010 at 11:16 pm | | Report comment
Overwhelmingly, most people are good… these rescuers, the police, clergy, teachers, physicians… our neighbors, family members, friends. This officer is probably a decent man…. albeit misguided or confused. This needs to be further investigated, but I don’t know that it requires him to be fired… and certainly it doesn’t deserve calling for him to be tossed in to drown. [ I understand the anger and frustration over what happened... I feel it too, but calling for the officer to be tossed in to drown is beyond the pale.] I doubt that this will make it to court, but suspect that it will be remedied beforehand, so long as they didn’t break any statutes. But even sad situations such as these can serve as valuable learning experiences. It provides the DNR with an opportunity to re-evaluate training & education (both law and social), protocols and procedures. But based upon the story as written, these rescuers are heroes who should be thanked… not penalized.
December 17, 2010 at 11:16 pm | | Report comment
That cop is about a spineless, worthless, no good for nothing sorry ass excuse for a human being that I ever saw. They should fire him and ship him off to another state because he is a total embarresment to the state of Maryland!!!!! Thank god for the guys that saved that deer’s life. You guys are great!!
December 17, 2010 at 11:28 pm | | Report comment
Cities and counties are ticketing anything and everything to get money. Field and game just gave Santa Barbara a $400,000.00 fine for killing a Salamander on a county job. That’s what you get for voting in an Endangered Species Act.
December 17, 2010 at 11:29 pm | | Report comment
….. and after your citation is repealed don’t hesitate to have your lawyer put the gestapo wannabe behind bars where he belongs!
December 17, 2010 at 11:40 pm | | Report comment
The cop is a worthless POS. End of discussion.
December 17, 2010 at 11:52 pm | | Report comment
The one man who got the ticket Kahlil abusakran is my uncle we are so proud of him for saving the deer, just one thing to the police officer a 90.00 ticket for saving a deer but if it was something like beating a dog to death someone would get away with that but saving a deer give me a break, don’t you guys have something better to do then to give my uncle a ticket for suck a great thing.
December 18, 2010 at 12:07 am | | Report comment
Deer are like rodents where I’m from, but it was a nice thing to do. The cop is obviously an idiot. Standard new piggy, hire the stupid people to protect our rights …makes it easier to turn us into a police state because they can’t think for themselves.
December 18, 2010 at 12:10 am | | Report comment
Deer, dear!
They should have saved him for the freezer.
But modern day Obamamania Police State Orwellian Think Police would never let you do that.
Not unless you pay your Police State Save A Deer Tax, first.
It wasn’t Bambi, was it?
December 18, 2010 at 12:16 am | | Report comment
Know why there are no feral cats in Red China, nor any black dogs in the Ilocano section except on chains in Lahaina, Maui? I think you know the reason.
You just need the right adobo recipet, vinegar, shoyu, garlic and oil.
Next, the Red Chinese will bring us “Soylent Green.”
In nice small packages, of course.
Some day, I shall have to learn how to skin a cat.
December 18, 2010 at 12:21 am | | Report comment
SO JUST WHY WASN’T AMERICAN GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON FINED FOR EXACTLY THAT? BY KING GEORGE’S MARSHALS?
December 18, 2010 at 12:26 am | | Report comment
David
The TSA is looking for people with that attitude.
December 18, 2010 at 12:28 am | | Report comment
Send him to the North Pole or to the South Pole or to China…………….
December 18, 2010 at 12:33 am | | Report comment
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Typical government. An officer with control but without an ounce of brains or common sense writes a ticket for heroes. He has a job, insurance and overtime I bet. He/she doesn’t have an ounce of brains. When are these government types going to have to pay for stupidity?
It is up to us–the American public. Don’t put up with this BS anymore.
December 18, 2010 at 12:42 am | | Report comment
But did they have a proper hygenic deer jerky permit???
December 18, 2010 at 12:55 am | | Report comment
Sounds like a zero tolerance ticket (this of course equates to zero intelligence on the officer).
December 18, 2010 at 1:22 am | | Report comment
An intelligence test is required to become a cop. If you are smarter than a turnip, you won’t be hired.
December 18, 2010 at 1:25 am | | Report comment
When is it time for the pigs to rot in hell where they belong?
December 18, 2010 at 1:39 am | | Report comment
When your mother quits humping donkeys.
December 19, 2010 at 3:54 am | | Report comment
How much you want to bet that bop is a Democrat?
December 18, 2010 at 1:40 am | | Report comment
That “officer” should be suspended for improper judgment and bringing his department into disrepute.
Sounds more like the mentality of a parking meter maid gone mad.
December 18, 2010 at 1:43 am | | Report comment
And this guy is paid from our tax dollars. What a waste of resources! This is one good reason why we need to limit our taxes.
Worthless goverment position.
December 18, 2010 at 1:47 am | | Report comment
Typical for Maryland cops… Total FAIL
December 18, 2010 at 1:53 am | | Report comment
It’s a stupid law that requires adults to wear liifejackets or be fined and the legislators that passed that law are idiots. So is the cop that fined the rescuers. Henry you are a big baby and a whiner. America did not get to be the great country it is because our forefathers had to wear seat belts and life jackets.
December 18, 2010 at 1:58 am | | Report comment
Hehry is a cop, says he was there and is defending the ticket writer. You were the joker that wrote the ticket weren’t you Hemry?
December 18, 2010 at 2:17 am | | Report comment
Now the guy that wrote that ticket is a prime example of what a real dewsh is.
December 18, 2010 at 2:24 am | | Report comment
They hire morons that have no ability to think or use common sense for the common good in situations such as these. This is happening all over the country, we the people are the enemy because the socialist government needs to steal our resources to fund their anti-American projects. You can find stories such as these all over the United States. They want your money, so they hire morons who they convince to write out tickets while they sit on their thumbs.
December 18, 2010 at 2:33 am | | Report comment
They should have used those tickets to get a fire going to warm that deer up.
Seriously, most of these dumb a$$ laws are nothing more than revenue generators for counties and states.
That cop should lose his job for this. He’s clearly unfit to “Protect and Serve”; actually, he’s too stupid.
December 18, 2010 at 2:39 am | | Report comment
I got a parking ticket the other day. I parked next to a parking meter, and I paid the meter. Trouble is… they cleaned the streets that day and fined everyone who was parked there. They didn’t have to warn us… they are the government.
When I went to pay the fine of $50… the website ended with “Revenue Department”.
Don’t you get it?!?!?!
Most of these fines are A SOURCE OF REVENUE for them.
It’s not about stopping you from doing something… it’s about the government putting more money in their pockets any way they can.
Our entire government has become a joke.
There are 100 layers… From president down to alderman.
So many layers in fact… that they need to set up ridiculous rules (like trip wires) so we will definitely trip them and end up having to owe them money.
Our government is a joke… on every level.
Nothing more needs to be said.
December 18, 2010 at 2:41 am | | Report comment
Gotta close that budget gap somehow
December 18, 2010 at 2:44 am | | Report comment
OK Tom, next time you get robbed or in a traffic acident, call a hippie
December 18, 2010 at 3:27 am | | Report comment
Cops are idiots. They shoulda tied a large rock to his brainwashed neck and tossed him in !
December 18, 2010 at 4:01 am | | Report comment
You people in Maryland are to damn close to DC. You vote in a bunch of politicians to create a nanny state and the letter of the law, not the intent, a bureaucrat with power does not use “common sense.”
I know you Democrats who voted in the likes of Coons don’t want to see the connection, but until you can – this is the “common senselessness” you have asked for. Government running your life-from the dyes and sweeteners in your breakfast to the amount of water in your toilet to the kind of light bulb you turn put when you ge to sleep at night.
December 18, 2010 at 4:49 am | | Report comment
MUST HAVE BEEN A LIBERAL DEMOCRATE RENT-A-BOYSCOUT COP
December 18, 2010 at 4:56 am | | Report comment
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One good thing, besides the deer being saved , is reading that most feel that issuing these men tickets was idiotic. It’s refreshing to read that most folks have their heads on straight.
December 18, 2010 at 5:56 am | | Report comment
Yet another super dumb cop. Pigs one and all. Maybe he will drown in icy water while a deer watches from shore.
December 18, 2010 at 6:06 am | | Report comment
Man that is almost as stupid as arresting someone for growing flowers.
End prohibition NOW!
December 18, 2010 at 6:13 am | | Report comment
” natural resources police officer” LOL! Wannabe BPD. And NOW we know why this yeahoo flunked the psychological testing to become any MD LEO.
December 18, 2010 at 6:16 am | | Report comment
Just another Barney Fife sticking his chest out in the Land of the Fee and the Home of the Rave.
December 18, 2010 at 6:19 am | | Report comment
Fire that idiotic cop. Next time it could be a person trapped in freezing water with that moron standing there with his little ticket book. Some people are simply too dumb to be given power of any type of power.
December 18, 2010 at 6:41 am | | Report comment
ASSHAT
December 18, 2010 at 6:55 am | | Report comment
Conservation officers are little Nazi inforcers of Obama type laws meant to control us. They don’t care about nature or the animals that live on our lands; it is all about control people!
December 18, 2010 at 6:58 am | | Report comment
Government’s finest. He’ll probably end up as a professional groper for the TSA.
December 18, 2010 at 6:59 am | | Report comment
Welcome to the insanity of MD life. Anything to try to “steal” a dollar from a citizien!
December 18, 2010 at 7:16 am | | Report comment
It sounds like this cop is acting on some kind of prejudice be it race or personal issues. I would insist on an investigation by internal affairs.
December 18, 2010 at 7:17 am | | Report comment
Nazis. Welcome to the Police State.
December 18, 2010 at 7:31 am | | Report comment
Another cases of a pinhead civil servant who has no common sense.
Thank googness the government minions are looking out for us.
Where would we be without them?
December 18, 2010 at 7:34 am | | Report comment
there is to much government
December 18, 2010 at 7:37 am | | Report comment
Ehh… What a Maroon Doc!
Merry Christmas to all!
December 18, 2010 at 7:41 am | | Report comment
Thank you so much you awesome heros for saving a dear deers life. You risked your life and health to save an innocent animal! How wonderful. this is the best news I heard in a while. As for the moron cop, you should have trown the ticket and him in the icy water and see if he wanted to be rescued and reconsider the ticket. Almost all of us here will go to court and fight the ticket with and for you!
December 18, 2010 at 7:44 am | | Report comment
This story is a little like my brother’s situation. He works hard and provides for his wife and child. Wife is unhappy. Wife files for divorce with government (ironically “Family Court”). A government employee, a judge, automatically, though my brother is legally innocent, takes from my brother his son, eighteen years of his income, and most of his stuff, while giving him loads of debt. Lesson: do not get a marriage license.
December 18, 2010 at 7:48 am | | Report comment
I’ll bet the ticket writer voted 4 obama & is a democrat. Complete and total inconsistency. Had this been an illegal alien these folks would have been hailed as heroes & given awards. They (the rescuers) should claim the deer was an illegal and in a sanctuary city. Problem solved. bho (& democrats) are heartless, gutless cowards.
December 18, 2010 at 7:49 am | | Report comment
Maryland DNR = Do Nothing Right and Do Not Rescue.
I capsized a sailboat one November at Deep Creek Lake Md. about 200 yards from a crowded DNR Visitors Center. Visitors waved at us as we sat freezing on top of the capsized boat for a half hour until a kind fisherman took my family off. Later I asked at the DNR center if they knew about the capsized sailboat and they said yes. It seems numerous visitors told them about it. The center had two DNR boats at their dock; one even said Rescue on it in foot tall letters. I guess this is why at Deep Creek Lake the DNR rangers are referred to as “Janitors With A Gun”.
December 18, 2010 at 7:53 am | | Report comment
Well God bless those men for saving the life of one of God’s creatures. Sadly, no good deed goes unpunished.
December 18, 2010 at 7:58 am | | Report comment
Notice the paper omits the officer’s name.The officer may be a metrosexual or woman motivated by jealousy – unable to do manly heroic acts – to achieve a revenue quota.
December 18, 2010 at 8:04 am | | Report comment
This is part of the reason why we need to slim government. Just as with the TSA, government goons think they are doing a good job if they follow process, rather than use their judgement. Their whole system is about process. Imagine how bad it would be if the government were twice as big. . . . That’s how Europe is. Let’s not go there.
December 18, 2010 at 8:06 am | | Report comment
Officer Stupid to the rescue.
December 18, 2010 at 8:09 am | | Report comment
Sounds like a good case for jury nullification:
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/zenger/nullification.html
December 18, 2010 at 8:10 am | | Report comment
A large number of these guys are just bullies. About the only thing one can do in cases like this is retribution. You have his name, you can easily obtain his home address, and you have all the time in the world.
December 18, 2010 at 8:13 am | | Report comment
Fire the idiot enviro wacko cop. It’s people like this that need to be removed from any sort of public service.
December 18, 2010 at 8:14 am | | Report comment
Can’t anyone be a good Samaritan anymore without worry of lawsuits, being taken to court. What’s this world coming to. No good. Glad to see there are still people who care and are willing to show that they care. These guys are heroes in my book. I’d like to see follow-up to see how this turns out.
December 18, 2010 at 8:15 am | | Report comment
Should we really have expected something different from a government skank?
December 18, 2010 at 8:15 am | | Report comment
That officer should be ashamed of himself for what he did. I’ll bet if it was a box of Glazed Doughnuts on that ice, he’d be in there in a heartbeat.
December 18, 2010 at 8:20 am | | Report comment
This ticket was for one thing, thinking outside groupthought.
December 18, 2010 at 8:22 am | | Report comment
No good deed goes unpunished.
December 18, 2010 at 8:24 am | | Report comment
Rules are rules! If the deer had been wearing a life jacket none of this would have happened!
December 18, 2010 at 8:26 am | | Report comment
The DNR officer was trying to let these idiots work themselves out of the gene pool. Had I been there, I would have stabbed the deer in the neck, dragged it home, then ate it…
December 18, 2010 at 8:27 am | | Report comment
Must have been a jewish officer…the deer wasn’t kosher…………
December 18, 2010 at 8:30 am | | Report comment
No good deed will go unpunished by Baltimore County evidently. Maybe the greenies are right about the environmental threats if this is an example of the “natural resources officer” at work.
December 18, 2010 at 8:32 am | | Report comment
The game official shoujld be fired immediately for being incompetent and for embarassing the entire State of Maryland. When I first read this story, I thought it was some kind of joke.
December 18, 2010 at 8:34 am | | Report comment
Why must people in power throw their weight around? A good deed was done, and the officer made no attempt to stop the men. If they were in danger afterward, why not during the rescue. We have got to reign in this nanny state mentality. We need to recapture the freedoms our forefathers fought for. We are doing to our people with laws and regulations what the USSR did to their people with guns, only more slowly and insidiously
December 18, 2010 at 8:34 am | | Report comment
I think the problem is that deer are considered a nuisance. But that does not explain why a citation was issued for a statute that was not violated. Both were “consenting adults,” not kids. I think the officer was trying to get his brownie points for bringing in money.
December 18, 2010 at 8:48 am | | Report comment
Seems to me this “game warden” is ready to be elected to the U.S. Congress!
Can someone be fired for being stupid?
December 18, 2010 at 8:49 am | | Report comment
SUE COP THE SOB COP
Repeat SUE the Him personaly !!!!
Rule of Law dot Com Randy Kelton
December 18, 2010 at 8:50 am | | Report comment
Why did the natural resources police officer just stand there and not help? Guess a deer is not a natural resources? Or was he/she on a break?
Further proof the government is hurting for money when an official issues a stupid fine.
December 18, 2010 at 8:53 am | | Report comment
Our fine liberal MaryLand gubmint at work. “Natural resources”…to a gubmint employee natural resources are green and pictures of dead white men on them.
December 18, 2010 at 8:54 am | | Report comment
I pray that this officer never finds himself in need of rescuing with no one but the guys he ticketed for this to help. I would have been right there in the raft with them to help that deer! And if it turns out that they actually have to pay the $90 fine, I’ll throw in a $20 of my own to help them! And I’m sure there are others who would do the same thing. These guys should not have to pay a red cent from thier own pocket for this!
December 18, 2010 at 8:55 am | | Report comment
Way to go Barney. Looks like Sherriff Taylor has some splanin to do.
December 18, 2010 at 8:56 am | | Report comment
The officer should be fired. He obviously has nothing better to do and is therefore an unnecessary use of taxpayer dollars.
December 18, 2010 at 9:04 am | | Report comment
If you think we do NOT have too much government, and the government we have is abusive and dangerous, then understand this story.
This is beyond idiocy! The Peoples’ Republic of Maryland is out of control with it’s Liberal nonsense.
HMH, Mt. Airy, MD
December 18, 2010 at 9:09 am | | Report comment
The time has come to defund these environmental enforcement departments. It’s obvious they are a complete squander of resources.
December 18, 2010 at 9:09 am | | Report comment
They should have thrown the cop and his ticket book into the water.
December 18, 2010 at 9:14 am | | Report comment
Had they offered to share the venison with the officer they may not have gotten a ticket.
December 18, 2010 at 9:14 am | | Report comment
Henry, you are a moral coward. You are glad there exist regulations for you to hide behind in the event you are called upon to do the right thing. This way, you get to stand safely on the sidelines protected from making a decision that may involve some spine. Was the cop writing the ticket related to you? He seemed to have the same mindset.
December 18, 2010 at 9:16 am | | Report comment
You goverment idiot a work
December 18, 2010 at 9:18 am | | Report comment
This moron cop deserves the turd annual award of the year.
What a moron!
December 18, 2010 at 9:18 am | | Report comment
I’m sorry, but if anyone here knew the story of the Good Samaritan, he was helping a fellow human being, not an animal… not that I don’t love animals as much as the next guy, but come on…
December 18, 2010 at 9:24 am | | Report comment
Ive known a few policemen. One lives across the street. If you hear the way they talk about civilians you would be shocked. It really is an us agaisnt them mentality. They really believe all civilians are criminals that just havnt had the chance yet. They have a military mindset that reminded me how troops viewed Iraqies and Afgans when i was in the military. The few times ive been pulled over they talked down to me, belittled me and tried to provoke me to say something. In my opinion it is getting worse. So if you do a good deed, you get a ticket. If you try to help someone getting kicked on a bus, you get arrested with them and sued. If you wait on the police, they take forever and you might be dead by the time they get to you yet if you own a gun and protect your family your put into jail. Well i will continue to help people, animals and myself and to h-ll with the what our para-military police think. You would think im some big liberal leftest the way im talking. No im a rrepublican and alot of us are getting tired of it not being our country, not being allowed to be free to do something like helping a poor deer. Are a few policemen ok? Sure. But the overall attitude of most of them stink yet we must praise them or look like we hate the police. So thats my rant on this subject.
December 18, 2010 at 9:27 am | | Report comment
Hey, the liberals have almost made it a crime to become wealthy from creating jobs, why shouldn’t some left-wing Barney Fife make it a crime to save a deer from drowning?
December 18, 2010 at 9:28 am | | Report comment
Years ago, police throught of themselves as “Peace Officers” who kept the peace. Now they have the mentality of “Law Enforcement Officers”. It is their job, they are taught, to by God enforce the law without using their brain. Big difference.
December 18, 2010 at 9:34 am | | Report comment
I have several friends who are county deputies in Illinois and one who is the same in Wisconsin. Every single one of them will tell you they have no use for these Natural Resource Officers. They think most if not all of them let the authority they are given go to their head and abuse it constantly. Do not equate these guys or what they do with real police officers.
December 18, 2010 at 9:38 am | | Report comment
Those jerks are no more than glorified Park or Forest Rangers who have now been allowed to carry weapons. These seudo policemen basically have no training as police officers, let alone the intelligence of what we would expect of our policemen. Those fine gentlemen who rescued the deer should go to court with a huge entourage of like minded citizens and fight this and humiliate the idiot who issued the ticket.
I guess that idiot is lucky these good sameritans didn’t thow that idiot in the freezing water to die along with the deer.
December 18, 2010 at 9:38 am | | Report comment
Government employees are supposed to be public servants, not tyrants. Keep up the noise about this until that DNR agent is fired – he is not fit to serve.
December 18, 2010 at 9:41 am | | Report comment
Thank you, Rescuers, for helping “Bambi”!! Hooray, hooray! Glad you will fight the ticket on the grounds that you broke no laws and that the law did not apply in this case (over 16 years old). If I were an attorney, I would represent you pro-bono! I am a nurse, though, and appreciate your successful efforts in saving this little creature”s valuable life! Hope you all are doing well today and recovering from the ordeal. Bravo, bravo!! Well done!!
December 18, 2010 at 9:42 am | | Report comment
Ahhhh, go save an alligator, Bonnie Bedpan.
December 19, 2010 at 1:38 pm | | Report comment
AND OF COURSE:
The deaf, dumb and mute “Officer” will get time off to attend court at the public’s expense while these two good men will pay for it all.
HOW DUMB DOES ONE HAVE TO BE TO BE AN ‘OFFICER OF THE LAW”?
December 18, 2010 at 9:43 am | | Report comment
I think you would be MORE than qualified. Why? Thinking of applying?
December 19, 2010 at 1:40 pm | | Report comment
If the adults were assuming the risk to themselves for this deer, they shoudn’t be fined. They weren’t really ‘boating’ and the guy knew it. To ticket them for not wearing floation devices is moronic.
But if anyone got into trouble during the course of this, the first thing that someone would do is to call 911 and demand ‘help’ from emergency personnel…who would be required to try to save them, at risk to themselves. You can’t blow that part off.
December 18, 2010 at 9:43 am | | Report comment
LMAO …. good for the officer …. stupid deer
December 18, 2010 at 9:46 am | | Report comment
Governor’s office email is Governor@gov.state.md.us
December 18, 2010 at 9:47 am | | Report comment
Didn’t the BTK killer have the same kind of job and the same kind of attitude.
December 18, 2010 at 9:48 am | | Report comment
The police officer should be fired for not asking and encouraging the two men to wear the life jacket. what a jerk for giving them a ticket after the fact.
December 18, 2010 at 9:49 am | | Report comment
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Nice job guys! Isn’t looking out and protecting wildlife part of the job? Why didn’t the DNR Official lend and hand? Find a new line of work you fool!!
December 18, 2010 at 9:53 am | | Report comment
Why not ticket the deer?
December 18, 2010 at 9:55 am | | Report comment
risk your own life for a deer???? IDIOT’S……………and the ranger should be fired for stupidity!!!!
December 18, 2010 at 9:58 am | | Report comment
ITS NOT A REAL COP! its DNR, a ‘bunny cop’! in my experience they are as a group a bunch of power tripping dorks who view their role in the world as making people suffer for enjoying the outdoors. I have had several experiences in several states and NEVER found one of them to be ‘professional’. I am not a bit surprised.
December 18, 2010 at 9:59 am | | Report comment
QUESTION IS EVEN IF THE PERSON IN ICY WATER, WILL THE GOOD SAMARITANS RESCUING THE PERSON FROM FREEZING WATER……WILL POLICE OFFICER ISSUE THE GOOD SAMARITANS THE TICKETS???????? IS IT AN EMERGENCY ISSUE…IS THE PRIORITY OF SAFETY ISSUE TO SAVE THEIR LIVES……IMAGE IF THE POLICE OFFICER IN THE ICY WATER WILL WE LEAVE AN OFFICER ALONE AND LET POLICE OFFICER DYING…..THINK TWICE…….
December 18, 2010 at 10:02 am | | Report comment
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Don’t be so quick to rush to judgment. On the Potomac River, it is MANDATORTY that you WEAR a life vest during the winter months, REGARDLESS OF AGE, not just have them in the boat. I suspect that this may be the case ON THE Patapcso as well. We might not like the laws, but just like speeding laws they are there to protect us and the police from having to put their own lives at risk saving fools without common sense. Nature is a cruel mistress, and this was simply an example of natural selection.
December 18, 2010 at 10:10 am | | Report comment
As a former (retired/disabled) Police Officer the most important attributes of being a cop are:
Common Sense
and knowing when not to see something.
December 18, 2010 at 10:13 am | | Report comment
Rarely is anything black or white, totally right or totally wrong.
A ticket for doing what you believe is ‘the right thing to do’, that doesn’t place anyone else in danger – No. Would the DNR officer be expected to attempt to rescue them if things went wrong – yes. Would I hold it against him/her if their attempt did not include jumping in the freezing water to do so – no.
We need police, EMS, firefighters, Coast Guard, and so on but there should be a point at which we look at just how the person ended up in their predicament. Jumping into a freezing river to rescue someone who did not choose to be there is one thing, doing the same for someone who went in intentionally is another.
You face choices, make your decision, and hopefully do what is right (not what is legal, not what is smart, not what others would expect of you).
It’s not often we get to make a decision that doesn’t have some negative or unintended consequences. Not my quote, and I wish I could remember who said it, but ” you have to decide which regret you want to live with”.
The rescuers of the deer made their choice and they did a good thing. The DNR officer made their choice, I’m not impressed but I don’t have to see that face in the mirror every morning.
What choice would the officer have made if things went wrong for the rescuers – we’ll never know.
You pays your dime, you takes your chances.
December 18, 2010 at 10:40 am | | Report comment
Off the pigs!
December 18, 2010 at 10:42 am | | Report comment
I hope that so-called Law Enforcement Officer falls in the drink, and some Good Samaritan throws him an anchor.
December 18, 2010 at 10:42 am | | Report comment
Everyone needs to send their thoughts to them here
deprm@baltimorecountymd.gov
This kind of childish gestapo type thinking needs to be eliminated.
We always need to remind the powers that be that we are the boss.
We all need to ban together or we will all end up in their concentration camps.
December 18, 2010 at 10:43 am | | Report comment
Yup concentration camps. If the alien abductions and New World Order don’t get you first. Paranoid conspiracy freak.
December 18, 2010 at 11:13 am | | Report comment
You are blind and ignorant. Go have a beer and watch a football game.
December 18, 2010 at 11:36 am
Keystone Conservation Cops strike again.
Hey, man, don’t touch my junk…or my deer.
December 18, 2010 at 10:46 am | | Report comment
The reporter should have published the name and address of this idiot officer so the rest of us could harrass and publically humiliate him.
December 18, 2010 at 10:49 am | | Report comment
I don’t think cops ever had a high average I.Q., but this just reinforces my belief that it is dropping like a rock!
December 18, 2010 at 10:50 am | | Report comment
Well, you obviously are qualified to judge low I.Q., using yourself as a standard, Wolfman Dumbrowski.
December 19, 2010 at 1:35 pm | | Report comment
hmmm… the officer sounds like an American Taliban.
December 18, 2010 at 10:51 am | | Report comment
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We need to research and find the officer that did this, we need his phone number so we can put it here. Come on people let’s do some research and find it.
I found this story on drudge.
Where did you find it?
http://www.supersites123.com
December 18, 2010 at 10:58 am | | Report comment
STEVEN, THE WILDLIFE OFFICER ARE AND ANYONE ELSE WHO HAVE NO VALUE FOR ANY ANY ANY LIFE ARE
“LAME LOOOOOOOOOOOOSSERRRSSSS”
December 18, 2010 at 10:58 am | | Report comment
Fire the officer. What a nitwit!!
December 18, 2010 at 10:58 am | | Report comment
Perfect example of the State enforcing it’s will on the people, just because it can.
December 18, 2010 at 10:59 am | | Report comment
Let’s find this guys phone number and put it here.
Merry Christmas loser!!!
December 18, 2010 at 11:00 am | | Report comment
If I was in the water and they rescued me and got fined, I’d throw the stupid policeman into the water and let him float for awhile—just like the other chunks of ice. Will these public servants of ours ever grow brains?
December 18, 2010 at 11:01 am | | Report comment
Headlines: 2 people drown in deer rescue!!
December 18, 2010 at 11:03 am | | Report comment
Irony is that they’d probably be better off paying the fine. After court costs, they may end up paying more than the ticket itself.
December 18, 2010 at 11:06 am | | Report comment
You can see the care and concern of the DNR officer for the welfare of the rescue party. Not once did he warn them of personal endangerment and/or try to stop them. After the first time he saw them, they were in ‘violation?’ yet he allowed them to continue the rescue thus continually breaking the law. The DNR officer should be reprimanded for his blatant behavior. grrr
December 18, 2010 at 11:08 am | | Report comment
My question is……. What type of person would even think of giving these guys a ticket for some supposed violation of a trivial rule? Answer….Only a government employee/bureaucrat! This is the type of mentality you get when government is in charge, follow the rules and with no common sense. Do we really want these types of people running health care and every other aspect of our lives?
December 18, 2010 at 11:09 am | | Report comment
It’s a short drive from the Nanny State to a Police State….before long, you’ll get a $90 ticket for possessing a Big Mac or a can of Coke.
Mark my words!
December 18, 2010 at 11:10 am | | Report comment
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December 18, 2010 at 11:18 am | | Report comment
I have an idea for a new TV action series:
“Tales of the Natural Resources Officers”
Tonight, another story from the files of the Natural Resources Officers! Dah dah dah DAH!!
December 18, 2010 at 11:22 am | | Report comment
This is just another example expanded government reglators that hire people that are too stupid to get a real job His Supervosor should be fired for having this idiot on the job
December 18, 2010 at 11:23 am | | Report comment
You folks in Maryland have to be the nuttiest people in America. Asking what if this were a child? As if that is any comparison. It wasn’t a child, it wasn’t human Telling other folks you would like to see them DROWN! That’s a special kind of idiot right there. It was a freakin; deer, of which there is no shortage by any means.
They risked their life for a lousy deer? That’s their business, the DNR should have given them a ticket for being the dumbest people walking upright, not some silly violation. Comparing these fellas to ‘heroes’? You folks wouldn’t recognize a hero. It certainly isn’t these fellas. Take some time and use your brain. This just reinforces why I would never go to Maryland for any reason whatsoever. If these letters are any indication, it’s the lunatic asylum of America. Stay clueless.
December 18, 2010 at 11:26 am | | Report comment
Regardless of the few comments that support our loving government the numbers show that you are by far the minority. We are all sick and tired of this government. Bush, Obama it doesn’t matter, we are sick of you all, go away and leave us alone. Let us be free Americans!!! We will defend our country, both foreign and domestic. GOT IT!!!
December 18, 2010 at 11:26 am | | Report comment
Gee, I can’t wait until the Government talkes over my health care. You can expect the same exact service.
December 18, 2010 at 11:28 am | | Report comment
Nice.
December 18, 2010 at 11:33 am | | Report comment
Great you risked your life to save a rat. it will now go in and cause all kinds of property damage. if you really wanted to help it you should have let the cop shoot it.
December 18, 2010 at 11:39 am | | Report comment
Discretion of the cornerstone of good law enforcement and that weenie dropped the ball on discretion.
December 18, 2010 at 11:43 am | | Report comment
Let’s see what the judge says, maybe he/she will slip into a black robe and do something American for a change.
December 18, 2010 at 11:46 am | | Report comment
This is so typical of Law Enforcement Officers here in Maryland. If this Officer really cared he/she should have helped save the deer.
December 18, 2010 at 11:46 am | | Report comment
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Dragonfire is a bad boy this year. He needs to give up hunting and take up yoga.
December 18, 2010 at 11:51 am | | Report comment
Couple of things.
1. The officer didn’t stop them.
2. He wrote the ticket but… didn’t note a violation
Giving the guy a break I am just say’n… He knows it will get tossed out, yet he wanted to let the rescuers know they’d done something both appreciated yet dangerous.
If he’d have left and something bad would have happened – flotations devices don’t save anyone from hypothermia that would have been irresponsible and wrong of him… writing the ticket might keep someone alone, by themselves seeing the same thing from going into frigid water to save an animal – otherwise I don’t know.
It just doesn’t add up. Why wait for the rescue, why not say anything? then write a bogus ticket and walk away?
December 18, 2010 at 11:54 am | | Report comment
What a Bum Hole; Be ironic if he fell in next week and not a life preserver for a 100 miles!
The rescuer’s shhould be congratulated and rewarded not fined.
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December 18, 2010 at 11:56 am | | Report comment
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Maybe there will be poetic justice some day and this ticket writing person will fall in to a frozen pond, the same men come by and say… “wait we’ll be right back, we have to get our life vests first!”
December 18, 2010 at 11:57 am | | Report comment
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Putting the validity of the ticket aside.
What most of you are missing is that this event could have ended very badly. Let’s say one of rescuers got in trouble then this would have resulted in a 911 call, dozens of EMS, police, and firefighters would have sent to the scene. What if one of the rescuers died? Is a deer worth a human life? What if a traffic accident or fire happened while fire fighters on this scene and cannot respond to a more urgent call?
December 18, 2010 at 11:58 am | | Report comment
we dont make law and order based on STRAW ARGUMENTS OF WHAT “”MIGHT” HAPPEN.
What might happen is your opinion.
What WOULD hav happened is a living thing would have suffered a horrible death.
Why dont YOU jump in freezing water and drown See if YOU want to be rescued.
We have LAWS and ORDER in our CIVILZIED SOCIETY (that you dont seem to be part of) that does not want people and animals to suffer gruesome deaths.
December 18, 2010 at 9:24 pm | | Report comment
Let’s all camp in front of this revenue officers home and film everything he does. When he doesn’t use his turn signal, or spits on the ground, or doesn’t have his hands at 10 & 2, we will give the video to the “other” revenue officers and demand he be written multiple tickets.
December 18, 2010 at 11:59 am | | Report comment
This is what you get with OBAMA, it is what you get with the left – control vereyone and everything
December 18, 2010 at 11:59 am | | Report comment
He probably got the job because the TSA wanted someone smarter.
December 18, 2010 at 12:00 pm | | Report comment
Seriously?!?! Just reading the headline told me that this had to have occurred in some blue-state enclave of idiots… What has happened to common sense? Just as when trying to help PEOPLE – it’s not about “compassion” but rather about doing as we’re told by those “in charge.” Liberalism truly is a mental disorder.
December 18, 2010 at 12:05 pm | | Report comment
Some people need to learn the difference between “dear” and the real thing “deer” that was rescued.
December 18, 2010 at 12:05 pm | | Report comment
its the barny fife syndrome
December 18, 2010 at 12:06 pm | | Report comment
What’s funny is that after court costs are tacked on, the state of city gov’t that oversaw this farce will have to account for this ahole. Who pays gov’t? Taxpayers. Waste of time and resources.
December 18, 2010 at 12:13 pm | | Report comment
No good deed ever goes unpunished.
As for the Natural Resources Officer…If he did witness the rescue and did not participate I believe I would contact the District Attorneys Office and see about filing a complaint of Deleliction of Duty against the Officer.
December 18, 2010 at 12:15 pm | | Report comment
What I want to know is, how did the NRP officer(?) get there in the first place? Did someone call him?
December 18, 2010 at 12:17 pm | | Report comment
This ticket is Bush’s fault.
December 18, 2010 at 12:19 pm | | Report comment
The Government hires idiots. Bureaucrats become dumb over time and instead of becoming more well versed with their duties they become dull because they have no motivation to excel. Police or park ranger this ticket writer must be fired and fined. Common sense is not part of the qualification requirements to get the job of a police officer in Baltimore County.
December 18, 2010 at 12:20 pm | | Report comment
Now you people understand how hunters feel about the new crop of liberal socialist game wardens who look for ways to run hunters out of the woods. These officers grew up on PETA, HSUS, Greenpeace and have found out a way to make hunters pay. And pay we do. Obscure laws we never knew existed are suddenly brought into action by these thugs. My buddy was written a ticket two weeks ago for hunting on private land without WRITTEN PERMISSION. The landowner gave him oral permission to hunt there, but the game warden saw him as he was driving past, pulled over and wrote him a ticket saying he didn’t care that the farmer gave him oral permission, it had to be in writing.
December 18, 2010 at 12:21 pm | | Report comment
No offense marked? Just a fine?
I don’t think that should be allowed.
Just generating revenue? Yeah, that sounds more like it!!!
Neither was of the age where they were required to wear life jackets, so what is the bureaucrats excuse?
December 18, 2010 at 12:24 pm | | Report comment
It is YOUR fault the cops can now stop you for any reason they want. I just read about some dude who was stopped and then frisked because he had a pro-second amendment sticker on his vehicle. Funny, the same liberals who are sickened by what the DNR officer did yesterday, applaud gun owners being harassed. What they don’t realize is once the wolf is in the door it if very hard to get it out
December 18, 2010 at 12:25 pm | | Report comment
Wow, another police officer who doesn’t know how to properly use his/her authority. What a shock.
December 18, 2010 at 12:27 pm | | Report comment
The Elves save Rudolph, and the Grinch has a lump of coal for a heart.
December 18, 2010 at 12:28 pm | | Report comment
Things like the Patriot Act, DREAM Act, putting 100,000 more cops on the street (clinton), gun control, etc are all about controlling people and making America a socialist society. Liberals laugh at this, but it gives them pause to think when DNR officers write someone a ticket, The ATF is getting ready to require mandatory reporting of gun sales along the border for the first time in history. If they end up doing this, then it will spread. You better do something about this America, right now.
December 18, 2010 at 12:28 pm | | Report comment
Wow – This kind of story gives cops a bad name. When cops are so dumb that they only can think in binary terms, they should not be on the force. This officer appears to be that dumb. Officer Simpleton.
December 18, 2010 at 12:28 pm | | Report comment
America, before it evolved into a police state, allowed personal respondibility to keep morality within society. Wife beaters, unruly children, and common criminals were often times dealt with by society, not the cops. In 1950s America, someone wouldn’t cuss in front of women or children for instance. If they did, they were dealt with immediately and harshley. Now we call the cops for everything because we don’t want to get our hands dirty. The result is a lack of morality and virtue within society. Our own fault. Good luck getting that wolf out!!!!!!
December 18, 2010 at 12:34 pm | | Report comment
You can file this one under:”How to make a Conservative”
December 18, 2010 at 12:48 pm | | Report comment
Nothing more pathetic than a minor bureaucrat functionary with a little authority….nothing will happen to him.
December 18, 2010 at 12:48 pm | | Report comment
Nanny state alert! The idea that the government can fine you for not wearing a life vest is the same idea behind the government being able to fine you for not wearing a seat belt or a helmet when riding a motorcycle – that the government has some measure of control or authority over your body. If you want to assume the risk of jumping in a river without a life vest or not wearing a seat belt, then you should be free to do so, provided that in the event you get injured and insurance won’t cover you or won’t cover all your expenses, that you don’t try to secure taxpayer dollars to pay for your recovery and/or long-term disability.
December 18, 2010 at 12:51 pm | | Report comment
RIDICULOUS! This is your liberal society people. Following procedures and forget about your innate common sense.
That game officer can go to helll as far as I’m concerned!
Alternative outcome – Rescuers die trying to save deer. Had their families sued afterwords…then they could go to hell. However, that’s not what happened…so go to hell game warden!
December 18, 2010 at 12:51 pm | | Report comment
Welcome to the blue state, if this had happened in a red state, they would have gotten a medal for their efforts. This is why I left Maryland, unfortunately I ended up in California where there are even more idiots that ban the happy meal in San Francisco. The people of this country spoke loud and clear last month, stay the hell out of people’s business. I can’t wait until 2012 when the rest of these politically correct morons are tossed out of office. We have become the laughing stock of the world with idiots like Polisi and Reed running the show. It is the peoples turn, go Tea Party, keep up the pressure.
December 18, 2010 at 12:57 pm | | Report comment
Nothing dumber than the average cop. NEVER involve the law if you can handle it personally because justice is not only blind but usually exceedingly stupid.
December 18, 2010 at 1:07 pm | | Report comment
Venison, the other red meat.
December 18, 2010 at 1:12 pm | | Report comment
Welcome to a Marxist country where governments are out of control with their tyrannical,oppressive and dictatorial control.
I read this a few day ago and tried to sum it up here best I could remember. Just in case you forget, remember how these Marxist Democrats called conservatives psychos, terrorists etc. The article went on to describe what they see as happening because of the dollar devaluation going on. I believe it was Kitco I read it on and then again something about it in a blog.
These Mobsters have forgotten about their taxpayers (Mobsters call them the psychos- terrorists-taxpayers) having their day. They are forgetting about all the veterans, rednecks, cowboys, bubba’s, hunters and conservatives that all own protection and hunting equipment. One day the Mobsters psychoa-terrorista-taxpayera population will get really upset when they can’t buy food or have shelter from the cold. These Mobsters will hire foreign soldiers to come in and take care of their rioting taxpayer-psycho-terrorists and then the fun will start.
This is a scary thought but I am afraid it will be true sooner than later. God bless each of you in the coming days.
December 18, 2010 at 1:20 pm | | Report comment
So if they wore the safety vest, everything would be OK?
I think that low life would find another way to show his existence.
Government employee attitude syndrome.
December 18, 2010 at 1:30 pm | | Report comment
I’m amazed by the level of stupidity of people who put their own life or property at risk to try to save a useless animal! A similar such idiotic person almost killed herself, me and my whole family when she stopped in the middle lane of a hiway to avoid hitting a goose. I had to ubruptly change lanes to avoid smashing into her at 60mph. The goose changed lanes walking right in front of me and died anyway. I wouldn’t have risked getting the sniffles to save a rodent with long legs (a deer). I won’t be cruel to them but there’s a big difference in the level of common sense. Some have it, some don’t.
December 18, 2010 at 1:30 pm | | Report comment
No your a moron who does not know how to drive. PLEASE turn over your keys to someone more responsible and STOP DRIVING.
it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to be aware of your surrounding and to have ENOUGH DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE LADY IN FRONT OF YOU TO AVOID A COLLISION.
if you had to take that kind of action to avoid her YOU WERE TOO CLOSE. that is YOUR FAULT
you have any idea how much DAMAGE a goose can do to a car at 60mph? the ACCIDENT it could cause?
I bet you are so stupid a driver you were not even AWARE of what was left and right of you when you swerved to avoid her.
its morons like you that cause accidents.
December 18, 2010 at 1:54 pm | | Report comment
Chris Taylor. Only a stupid liberal gets as mad as you are and thinks they know things about something they couldn’t possibly know anything about. You probably think animals have rights and the same value as a human life. In my opinion that makes you part of the soft underbelly of this country. People who can’t function outside their VERY small area of knowledge. Your opinions are completly stupid, inacurate and, like you, are invalid. In other words you’re so wrong about the world you don’t realy count.
BTW the goose didn’t do a thing to my Suburban because I’m smart enough to drive a vehical that will protect me and my family against imbeciles like that woman and you who couldn’t think your way out of a wet paper bag.
December 18, 2010 at 11:18 pm
Welllllllll, that did NOT surprise me being that DNR and other state wildlife agencies such as NJ DEP, NY state DEC, Colorado DOW, Fish and Games, Fish and Wildlife are all run by hunters and these kinds of humans do not like animals and do not like those who love animals and wants to save them. I know many people who were ticketed for being kind to animals by game warden or instances of having their beloved wild animals they have rescued and taken to their homes to become part of the family , be viciously taken from them by game warden and “set free” so hunters can have game animals to kill. It’s too bad that heartless killers dictates are wildlife and would even condemn those who wants to save them. Thank you for being such a hero to the deer and risking your lives , lets hope the ticket will be dropped.
December 18, 2010 at 1:34 pm | | Report comment
Government will do anything to make a “Buck” when the people are trying to save a Buck
December 18, 2010 at 1:39 pm | | Report comment
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December 18, 2010 at 1:46 pm | | Report comment
Your TAX dollars at work !
December 18, 2010 at 1:49 pm | | Report comment
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The officer that issued the tickets must first be exposed and humiliated with public ridicule. Reporters outside his home and lots and lots of really negative attack ads about what a sleazy little weazel he really is. Then he should be fired!!! This BS behaviour should no longer be tolerated.
December 18, 2010 at 1:54 pm | | Report comment
I offer my thanks and gratitude those folk were there and willing to help save a life. I sure hope that whomever will be/have the authority to take action in this also has some common sense and compassion. And we wonder why more and more people “don’t want to get involved”. If we don’t value all life than do we really value life?
December 18, 2010 at 1:57 pm | | Report comment
DW, “liberal moron” aren’t you rudundant?
December 18, 2010 at 1:58 pm | | Report comment
Mars Needs Women and Maryland Needs Revenue!!!
December 18, 2010 at 2:07 pm | | Report comment
For heaven’s sake, folks!!! Humanity has to pop into our realm of thinking from time to time, don’t you think? In Michigan, a Fire Department boat and helicopter spent several house rescuing a coyote spotted floating on a patch of ice hundreds of yards out on Lake Michigan this morning. Hopefully the judge in this case has a bit of common sense and will throw this ticket in the round file. But you can’t always count on their common sense, either.
December 18, 2010 at 2:27 pm | | Report comment
Sorry ass cop. I spit on your honor
December 18, 2010 at 2:31 pm | | Report comment
Sorry ass wanker. I spit on your mother, the camel.
December 19, 2010 at 1:31 pm | | Report comment
I’m sure we’ll hear about the “what if’s” that will be supplied by the government enforcers for the endangerment to human life in the attempt to rescue the deer. Typical response of government lovers. The bottom line is this ticketing was just plain wrong and had this cop been an actual Peace Officer instead of a law enforcement officer the ticketing would have never happened. This can still be stopped though. It’s up to a DA to actually prosecute and the DA does have discretion. Watch to see what the DA’s office does. That will tell you who needs to be removed from office or not.
December 18, 2010 at 2:34 pm | | Report comment
Why wasn’t that Natural Resources Police Officer trying to rescue the deer? Isn’t that HIS JOB? Why aren’t you in the news media going after him and questioning him as to WHY HE ALLOWED CIVILIANS TO RISK THEIR LIVES TO DO HIS JOB. IS HE A COWARD?
40 years ago – police were given a personal background check. Investigators would interview the people from their home town and get an idea of the person. Now police are simply given a psychological test (which any sociopath can ace). Hence- we have sociopaths in uniform who do things like “watch” someone “commit” a minor crime- then ticket them after the fact: instead of saying, you need a life vest – or – this is an emergency – just go ahead.
December 18, 2010 at 2:51 pm | | Report comment
It’s not his job to risk his life to save a stupid deer Joel! You can think all you want about him giving them a ticket but he was smart enough to NOT risk his life to save a deer.
December 18, 2010 at 11:22 pm | | Report comment
Why wasn’t that Natural Resources Police Officer trying to rescue the deer? Isn’t that HIS JOB? Why aren’t you in the news media going after him and questioning him as to WHY HE ALLOWED CIVILIANS TO RISK THEIR LIVES TO DO HIS JOB. IS HE A COWARD?
December 18, 2010 at 2:53 pm | | Report comment
I’m amazed at the caliber of person they’re pinning badges on these days. Good grief!!! Hire the mentally handicapped, but don’t give them authority to arrest people.
December 18, 2010 at 3:02 pm | | Report comment
Government gone wild under good ole liberal maryland elitist control issues all the bureaucrats there have !
LM
December 18, 2010 at 3:07 pm | | Report comment
This is all about Money, just like NY small businesses are leaving the state because of high taxes, the county needs to find any way they can to make revenue. It’s pretty cheap to make money off of good Samaritans..
December 18, 2010 at 3:08 pm | | Report comment
They should have refused the ticket and made him arrest them. Then they could have sued for a false arrest.
December 18, 2010 at 3:08 pm | | Report comment
That moron of a DNR blowhard needs to loose his badge. Surely, there are plenty of people with better judgement in the state of Maryland who could use that job.
December 18, 2010 at 3:09 pm | | Report comment
Has to be a M.O.M. appointee who gave the ticket. Obviously another state employee taking up space and oxygen under the current DEM regime. Sounds like a good candidate for forlough
December 18, 2010 at 3:09 pm | | Report comment
Maryland used to be “the land of pleasant living”. Now is is the land of high taxes, high fees and fines.
December 18, 2010 at 3:16 pm | | Report comment
it always bothers me that the name of people like the law enforcement officer are rarely published. Whether its a school principal who suspends a student for drawing gi jow with a gun, or an idiot officer who tickets these rescuers the names need to be published on the “laughing Page” of the news paper so everyone can see who these misfits and dumbed down public servents are.
December 18, 2010 at 3:36 pm | | Report comment
Fascism is most government, not least.
December 18, 2010 at 3:54 pm | | Report comment
Can somebody post the name of the DNR officer so we know who to laugh at when this thing gets thrown out of court. I guess there are Barney Fife’s everywhere. Great Job Guys!!
December 18, 2010 at 3:57 pm | | Report comment
Revolution!
December 18, 2010 at 3:59 pm | | Report comment
That is the People’s Republic of Maryland. Democrat-ruled since Agnew and with an Iron Fist!
December 18, 2010 at 4:00 pm | | Report comment
We need to REMOVE at least HALF of our government at almost EVERY LEVEL.
And make sure the purge includes those, who like the clown that issued the ticket, respect the people and the Constitution they serve, the least!
December 18, 2010 at 4:11 pm | | Report comment
The oars and paddles should have been used on the DNR officer that wrote the ticket.
December 18, 2010 at 4:16 pm | | Report comment
Sadly, there are people at this time of season who become more agitated or miserable. I can’t think of another reason why a police officer wouldn’t use good judgment and just make sure that everyone returned safely from the icy water.
December 18, 2010 at 4:23 pm | | Report comment
The cop is lacking intelligence. When i encounter mentally challenged cops I enjoy beating them and locking them to a tree with their own cuffs.
December 18, 2010 at 4:25 pm | | Report comment
Government gone wild!!! Idiots.
December 18, 2010 at 4:29 pm | | Report comment
Too bad the cops are in a elected office and have to face the local voters every couple of years or so. Bet that might put a different ending to the story.
December 18, 2010 at 4:30 pm | | Report comment
Remember now, if one of these “cops” falls into the water, don’t go in to save him, he might give you a ticket after you get him out.
December 18, 2010 at 4:33 pm | | Report comment
Someone please publish the name of the moron who wrote the ticket.
December 18, 2010 at 4:37 pm | | Report comment
We couldn’t get THAT moron’s name, so we’re publishing one of equal “moronicity”.
“Guy Macher”.
December 19, 2010 at 1:29 pm | | Report comment
Pretty dumb to risk one’s life for a deer. these 2 men ricked theirs and potentially the people that would have to come rescue them.
December 18, 2010 at 4:40 pm | | Report comment
The average person in this country is decent and has a heart. I thank the men who rescued the deer. They no doubt are excellent people. For anyone who thinks it’s okay to let an animal suffer and die when one is in a position to help, you need to be reminded that porpoises have come to the air of drowning people and have shielded humans from shark attack. It’s a shame the officer apparently suffers from a psychological disorder. (It’s not just a lack of compassion on his part.) This is a small man who needs the power of his position to feel important — and that makes him a danger to society. We don’t need such people in positions of power.He should be relieved of his duties immediately for that reason, plus not knowing the law.
December 18, 2010 at 4:42 pm | | Report comment
Surprised? Same thing happened after Katrina, except FEMA prevented people from saving many “human” lives.
December 18, 2010 at 4:51 pm | | Report comment
You’re all dead wrong!!! The cop failed to use discretion in deciding whether or not to issue the summons. Period. It has nothing to do with what political party he belongs to. DISCRETION
December 18, 2010 at 4:53 pm | | Report comment
Let’s hope a TV news station is allowed in the courthouse. Let’s get a look at this misfit officer. Someday he’ll be a useful idiot for the New World Order, probably working in a homeland concentration camp or on the street intimidating decent, law-abiding citizens who have the courage to stand up for their rights, if they still have any.
December 18, 2010 at 4:56 pm | | Report comment
Everyone knows that the Maryland Department of Natural Resources only cares about killing animals; not saving them. They are avid supporters of hunting first and foremost. Resources for hunters is all they care about. Disgusting.
December 18, 2010 at 4:57 pm | | Report comment
We must get the officer’s name. We must know what he looks like. He should be publicly shamed for dishonoring other officers of the law who do the right thing and risk their lives. This officer who issued the rescuers of the deer a ticket is mentally and spiritually twisted and needs to be relived of his duties immediately. If not, his supervisor needs to go too. News media — stay on this story!
December 18, 2010 at 5:04 pm | | Report comment
We lived on the Wolf River in Weyauwega, Wisconsin in 1989-91 and found out firsthand how the frustrated little thugs in the state conservation department make themselves feel superiort by abusing their authority.
It’s the “Click It or Ticket” mentality.
December 18, 2010 at 5:05 pm | | Report comment
Had it been an illegal alien pulled from the water, the rescuers would have streets named after them.
December 18, 2010 at 5:07 pm | | Report comment
that is sooooo civil servant of him…. there should be a mandatory intelligence test for these people and mandatory sterilization if they fail …
December 18, 2010 at 5:37 pm | | Report comment
We need to name the names of the IDIOT DNR officer. Stupid idiot of a government servant. More interested in a quota and being some big shot government employee than he is about using his (lack of) intelligence. I just wish I could write what I really ting about him.
December 18, 2010 at 5:39 pm | | Report comment
When will u people learn. Police are not on your side. They police go only to pick up in a crime area, they do not prevent. They tell u anything u say can and will be used ( not for you) but against u. Police are people who have less than a high school education and are trained as such.
December 18, 2010 at 5:42 pm | | Report comment
Here in Wisconsin our DNR treats people this way too.!!! do a good deed and get a fine.
December 18, 2010 at 5:56 pm | | Report comment
Islia, enjoy hell.
We are to be good stewards of the land. There are those who’re idiots, and they shouldn’t be involved in anything outside eating cheeto’s and watching tv…but you think its ok to just stand by and watch….
This officer should have received a baseball bat upside the head from another interested party. Illegal to help a distressed animal? Who are the ANIMALS here?
December 18, 2010 at 5:59 pm | | Report comment
i bet he is a liberal cop.
December 18, 2010 at 6:00 pm | | Report comment
Did that cop ride the short bus and lick the windows? What an idiot
December 18, 2010 at 6:01 pm | | Report comment
Seeing a cop that makes decisions like that carrying a gun is a scary thought.
December 18, 2010 at 6:17 pm | | Report comment
I do not think that it matters what kind of animal it was. When human beings see suffering, it is natural to want to help. Did it make more sense to ignore this animal? Yes, probably so. Could this have been a tragedy? Yes, most certainly. But I do not think that law enforcement should be in the business of punishing people when they act heroically, and everything ends well. There is such a thing as common sense, and the recognition of goodness in others. What these people did was a good thing, although a little foolish. The officer made a poor decision. Trust me on this, we do not want to create apathy in the citizenry. We don’t want to turn off our heroic and noble tendencies because we might be fined, or accused of breaking the law for doing a good thing. You don’t want to create an “I don’t give a sh!t mentality when it comes to caring about others.”
December 18, 2010 at 6:23 pm | | Report comment
bravo. well said
December 18, 2010 at 8:54 pm | | Report comment
So Baltimores new slogan “Get In on It!” means Get in on all the ridiculous and unnecessary taxpayer funded government jobs, like Natural Resource Police.
December 18, 2010 at 6:34 pm | | Report comment
The cop is impotent. Can’t get an erection at home, so he tries to compensate by writing tickets.
December 18, 2010 at 6:50 pm | | Report comment
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I agree with most of you all. Probably should have called 911 and had the officer arrested that gave you a ticket. Reason: He was interfering with a rescue. If we tax payers had the fire dept to do the rescue it would have cost hundreds of dollars and no one would have been arrested. They would have been given a metal for bravery in the line of duty. What a crock of a police officer. Throw him in jail for awhile and see how he likes it.
December 18, 2010 at 7:19 pm | | Report comment
What the hell kind of “natural resources” officer issues a $90 ticket to deer rescuers, and not a week before Christmas? Oh yeah, a GUBMINT natural resources police officer. The 2010 elections is only the beginning of driving the morons out of gubmint! Actually, I just thought of another good place to start…
December 18, 2010 at 7:22 pm | | Report comment
I don’t believe the deer was wearing a floatation device. Was it ticketed too?
December 18, 2010 at 7:24 pm | | Report comment
I’m surprised the cop didn’t site the deer. After all – it didn’t have a flotation device either.
December 18, 2010 at 7:27 pm | | Report comment
Give the deer a flake of hay. Give the rescuers a hot toddy. Fire the officer.
December 18, 2010 at 7:29 pm | | Report comment
that is why they call them PIGs!!!!!
December 18, 2010 at 7:31 pm | | Report comment
These “rogue government employees” make me think of Germany in the 30′s.
December 18, 2010 at 7:38 pm | | Report comment
As someone who has also pulled deer out of dangerous situations, I can say that it is not an easy task to pull a deer out of the water. It takes thought, stubbornness and a lot of work. It takes very little thought or work to be a mindless individual who takes no thought about what is going on around them and who refuses to see and marvel at the heroic efforts being exhibited by the men who helped pull this deer out at some peril to themselves; just mindlessly writing a needless and unwarranted ticket.
It is very much the same kind of mindless drivel that happened this week when so many people talked about the appropriateness of showing the video clip of the school board shooting but not many talked about the heroic actions of a lady who tried to knock the gun out of the mans hands. The security guard was hailed as a hero but the woman was not and the men who actually sat there and watched their colleague try to save them and made no effort to save themselves.
The story does nothing to relate any scorn and ridicule that should have been immediately heaped upon the officer by those watching. It does not talk about any disciplinary actions the officers superiors are hopefully contemplating. And the article almost makes the rescue of the deer by the men to be of secondary nature and possibly something not to do in the future as you might get ticketed by robotic officers instead of praised by your fellow man.
Yes, truly more going on here than meets the eye.
December 18, 2010 at 7:38 pm | | Report comment
Barney Fife at it again
December 18, 2010 at 8:02 pm | | Report comment
A Natural Resources Police Officer? Interesting that he didn’t try to help save this Natural Resource. Typical tree cop. Writes tickets with vigor, but won’t go out of his way to help the animals he was sworn to Serve and Protect.
December 18, 2010 at 8:04 pm | | Report comment
blue state morons
December 18, 2010 at 8:22 pm | | Report comment
I think that any person that would risk there own life to save a deer or any other animal should be put in jail for being stupid. As a fireman I would have to come rescue you if you fell in the clod water. And then you are putting me and my follow firefighters at risk, It is one thing if you ( a human) would just fell in by accident. But by you putting your self there by saving a deer ( a animal) it is stupid. It is an animal. We do not go in to a burning house to save a dog only to save people.
December 18, 2010 at 8:26 pm | | Report comment
Maryland is an interesting State. Out in the West, the clown would of been thrown in the river – along with his ticket book… And then we’d would of made a citizen’s arrest for going in the river without a life preserver…
December 18, 2010 at 8:37 pm | | Report comment
If they can’t get out of the tickets we can all send them a dollar and pay for their ‘good deed.’ Jeez, what a dope of a cop. (I have also spent my life in law enforcment and my husband is a retired police officer). Get some common sense pal…..I get that they probably SHOULD have used a PFD, but seriously…..to you guys who saved the deer: what an act of mercy….many blessings to you!!! we saw it on TV out here…..
December 18, 2010 at 8:42 pm | | Report comment
Boys become cops, Men serve in the Military.
December 18, 2010 at 9:01 pm | | Report comment
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As a taxpaying Marylander, I wonder who hires people like this Natural Resources Officer. I wonder…did he get his hands dirty? Did he get his boots or uniform wet?
Probably not. This department of the Maryland administration is supposed to preserve and protect wildlife. What excuse was this officer providing after he issued the ticket? Dumb, dumber and dumbest!
December 18, 2010 at 9:20 pm | | Report comment
give everyone the officerc’s rname, and he will be disciplined
December 18, 2010 at 9:24 pm | | Report comment
I’m glad George Washington didn’t get a ticked when he crossed the Delaware without a life jacket.
December 18, 2010 at 9:28 pm | | Report comment
I hate the fact that in this country and countries around the world, there is a company who makes money by fining people and getting them in trouble. I don’t like that they have a certain amount of revenue they need to bring in to keep their jobs, and there for look for every pointless thing they can fine for. We call this corperation the police department.
December 18, 2010 at 9:49 pm | | Report comment
How about firing the cop for being a moron?
December 18, 2010 at 9:54 pm | | Report comment
So the public servant COWARD sat on his butt while the citizens saved the deer? Mr. Public Servant, come on down to Texas and we’ll show you what it means to be a man.
December 18, 2010 at 9:56 pm | | Report comment
Maybe there will be a job opening very soon for someone worthy of being a law enforcement officer.
December 18, 2010 at 9:57 pm | | Report comment
Thank goodness I live in Texas. Down here, the public servants would be in the water working side by side with the citizens to save the animal. God Bless Texas. I feel sorry for ya’ll up in Coward Country.
December 18, 2010 at 9:58 pm | | Report comment
Right after the cop gave me a ticket for failing to wear a life preserver, he’d have to issue me another one for littering.
December 18, 2010 at 10:00 pm | | Report comment
Is it possible they checked and found out these guys were Republicans with a few dollars left in their bank accounts?
December 18, 2010 at 10:01 pm | | Report comment
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Save the deer, drown the pig
December 18, 2010 at 10:05 pm | | Report comment
Save the deer. Hump your mother.
December 19, 2010 at 1:26 pm | | Report comment
Hunters have been at the recieving end of this type of behavior for years now. Resource officers and Game Wardens are become ever more liberal. They look for ANY chance to write someone a ticket, especially hunters. Perhaps this will help to wake the liberals up to what has been happening for a long time now. If it can happen to a good ole boy redneck, it can happen to a libera. Why folks don’t join together and vote out RINOs and liberals I don’t know.
December 18, 2010 at 10:12 pm | | Report comment
The clown that issued the ticket may have been one of the cast in POLICE ACADEMY
December 18, 2010 at 10:12 pm | | Report comment
A cop can pretty much write you a ticket or arrest you for one of hundreds of obscure violations. We have let this happen as a nation due to our apathy. Trying to get the wolf out of the door is going to be hard, and quite frankly I don’t believe the American people have the appetite or gumption for what it will take to bring things back to a sane leve. We need about a quarter of the police that we have now coupled with a bunch of personal responsibility to right the listing ship. Don’t think we can recover from the pit we dug ourselves.
December 18, 2010 at 10:15 pm | | Report comment
Most illegal aliens caught fishing or hunting illegally are either let go or written a ticket they don’t intend to enforce. If the alien doesn’t pay the ticket, it is usually dismissed without predjuce. You or I on the other hand, would be looking at a warrant served by a SWAT team if we failed to pay. The double standard is amazing and scary. America, wake up!!!!!
December 18, 2010 at 10:18 pm | | Report comment
Don’t you just love government and police unions? When are we going to get our priorities straight, for Lord’s sake.
December 18, 2010 at 10:27 pm | | Report comment
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December 18, 2010 at 10:56 pm | | Report comment
God Smiled today, as many of us, thank you.
December 18, 2010 at 11:00 pm | | Report comment
Haha, look at all these “clear thinking” monday morning quarterbacks. If you were there, you would have just watched the whole thing, and then nodded like sheep when the cop handed out the tickets. Don’t lie.
December 18, 2010 at 11:10 pm | | Report comment
The problem is that the cop will still have his cushy retirement in the end and will never lose his job. The basic problem with this country is that Law Enforcement personnel are NEVER held personally liable.
If good Samaritans fight the ticket they lose a day of work, the Pig gets overtime pay and they get the tax bill – Whom is the joke on?
December 18, 2010 at 11:13 pm | | Report comment
Save the deer….kill the PIG!
December 18, 2010 at 11:13 pm | | Report comment
CO guy. What a dip. No common sense.
December 18, 2010 at 11:15 pm | | Report comment
What a stupid moron. There’s a place for idiots like that.
December 18, 2010 at 11:19 pm | | Report comment
F U Gestapo pigs !
December 18, 2010 at 11:24 pm | | Report comment
I’d have thrown any one of you cop haters in to save that deer and then walked away, satisfied that I’d done MY part.
December 18, 2010 at 11:33 pm | | Report comment
Yep, just another pig. There are more and more of them – reminds me why we must always fight Facism.
December 18, 2010 at 11:38 pm | | Report comment
Contact information for Natural Resources police…
Contact: Sgt. A.A. Windemuth
410-260-8850 office | 410-713-8449 cell
awindemuth@dnr.state.md.us
December 18, 2010 at 11:40 pm | | Report comment
Typical brain dead police routine. No ability to make a judgement call.
December 18, 2010 at 11:44 pm | | Report comment
Maryland just beat out Mississippi for the title “The Armpit of the Nation.” Congratulation!
December 18, 2010 at 11:47 pm | | Report comment
I predict that this pompous, arrogant sorry excuse for a DNR officer will be found dead in the woods for harassing hunters for not wearing orange underwear.
December 19, 2010 at 12:06 am | | Report comment
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I want to see a picture of the officer……
December 19, 2010 at 12:16 am | | Report comment
After saving the deer, it is a shame you did not kill the pig. One less agent of the devil. No loss what-so-ever. Next time, do better. Next time, kill the useless eater cop.
December 19, 2010 at 12:27 am | | Report comment
In my experience there are two kinds of cops.
The first is a good person who wants to help his/her fellow human.
The second is a jerk who tries to make a problem where none exist.
Unfortunatly, most of the cops I’ve met are the second kind.
December 19, 2010 at 12:39 am | | Report comment
That’s why the pigs have a target on their backs. This is reminiscent of Columbine when the heroic, last-responders waited outside until the mayhem ended with the deaths of over a dozen civilians. And did you hear the pigs just murdered a man in California for watering a neighbor’s lawn. I’ve done that a million times!
December 19, 2010 at 1:27 am | | Report comment
Talk about an official who couldn’t see the forest for the trees.
Pikers like that are why the words “I’m from the Government an I’m here to help.” don’t tend ot get the reaction they should.
December 19, 2010 at 1:51 am | | Report comment
In Seattle everyone is wondering why nobody stepped in to stop the pregnant girl from getting beaten by teenage girls. The bus passengers probably didn’t have life vests so couldn’t stand up while the bus was in motion.
December 19, 2010 at 2:05 am | | Report comment
They should not pay these tickets and fight these tickets in Court.
Then they should do everything possible to get this A$$ Hole Fired.
Who in the HELL does this natural resources police officer think he is?
His Boss should absolutely fire this officer for being such an A$$ Hole and if his boss takes his part then he should be FIRED ALSO.
SO MOTE IT BE…
December 19, 2010 at 2:50 am | | Report comment
The story was going to get out and imagine the cop losing his job for not writing the ticket. If it were a baby that lived through an abortion in Chicago, Illinois, just toss it into the sink and let it die, or you will go to jail. Forget a lousy ticket, if you tried to save the baby, you’ll do hard time. Didn’t it say in the Bible, that at the end of times things were backwards? What’s good is bad, what’s bad is good?
December 19, 2010 at 3:32 am | | Report comment
So typical of this country! You go above and beyond your duty, and get punished at the end. Isn’t it the same if you see somebody bleeding on the road and stop to help, and then get sued because “you didn’t follow the protocol”?! It’s just so sad!..
December 19, 2010 at 4:17 am | | Report comment
a wisconsin DNR officer punched a hole in a childs plastic swimming pool I keep a heater in for the winter to provide a source of water for animals. There was no ordinance being violated and his actions were based purely on personal and arbitrary motives. He didn’t like it. After seeing this story I see Wisconsin isn’t the only state where DNR stands for Damn Near Russian!
December 19, 2010 at 5:39 am | | Report comment
Hopefully a judge with common sense will prevail and throw this out. What a waste of taxpayer $$
December 19, 2010 at 5:40 am | | Report comment
Now why did I think of that verse from the Bible about calling good evil and evil good???
December 19, 2010 at 6:31 am | | Report comment
No good deed goes unpunished…
December 19, 2010 at 6:55 am | | Report comment
Natural Recourses Police Officer?? Sounds like a Federal Rent-A-Cop. Bet he wouldn’t be giving a ticket to these brave men if that was him in the water or a family member.
This is only the beginning of what is in store for us, U.S., when this administration is through with us. The UN will be in charge and our so-called Constitutional rights to the freedom we fought for will be history.
I was a law enforcement officer and this is one of the reasons I quit, too many badge heavy Federal cops tell me to do things I thought of as immoral..
I’ll bet this little SOB doesn’t have any friends outside of the Dept. either.
December 19, 2010 at 7:00 am | | Report comment
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i have the utmost respect for the majority of public safety personnel, but this is a clear cut example of poor screening, management, training and procedure. yeah, they’ll probably beat the charge (then again its gun grabbing, free speech is a crime Maryland so ya never know), but who compensates them for their time away from work to address these ludicrous fines?
December 19, 2010 at 7:09 am | | Report comment
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Congratuatlions on doing the right thing. Here is your punishment. This is sounding more and more familiar as we navigate the waters of the Bizzarre Sea.
We all lose our freedoms when government enacts laws to ‘protect’ us.
December 19, 2010 at 7:39 am | | Report comment
Hey, just keep voting in more of those nice, liberal, open minded politicians and you can count on more of this type of stuff.
December 19, 2010 at 7:53 am | | Report comment
They did what they thought they should do at the risk of losing their own life, now pay the fine and shut-up.
December 19, 2010 at 8:00 am | | Report comment
When this cop falls in the river throw him the life vest and let him get himself out of the river. Then fine him for swimming without a life jacket.
December 19, 2010 at 8:20 am | | Report comment
Is it required to have an IQ of less than 70 to be a DNR policeman? Apparently so if this story is to be believed. I think its another excellent argument for downsizing state and federal government agancies.
December 19, 2010 at 8:34 am | | Report comment
Sounds like the aforementioned natural resources police officer is qualified to be a TSA employee.
December 19, 2010 at 8:54 am | | Report comment
If the police officer just stood by and watched while the law was being broken, couldn’t he be charged with “Aiding and Abetting”?
December 19, 2010 at 9:02 am | | Report comment
And Cops, Game Wardens, etc. wonder why they get bad marks. This is an example of an ABSOLUTE PANSY! It is little stuff like this that leads to major abuses of power. I hope this game warden’s name becomes mud in that town, and that the citizens show up in overwhelming support at the court house for these folks! I have shared the story on Facebook to help out the cause.
December 19, 2010 at 9:06 am | | Report comment
I suppose the DNR would have written themselves a ticket if they would have had to perform the rescue. Jealous they did not get the spotlight.
December 19, 2010 at 9:07 am | | Report comment
Even though in the wild it is survival of the fittest you did a good thing, The deer may live a long and healthy life. Or, it may be hit by a car or truck next week. Of course it could supply food for a hungry family. Have a family of it’s own and supply food for many years. Either way it was a good thing.
Either way it was a good thing to do. Fight the ticket.
December 19, 2010 at 9:08 am | | Report comment
just doin my job. it’s my job to write tickets. i’m just a lil cog in the big wheel of big mindless gubmint bureaucracy and we aren’t trained to think we are just trained to protect the integrity of the process of big gubmint. i mean if i didn’t write a ticket this time then tomorrow we have 50 other people trying to rescue a deer from the water, then the next day, 500, then the next, 5000. you see i’m here from the gubmint and i’m here to protect you from yourself. you just don’t know how hard my job is either, sometimes people die and do you know how hard it is to collect a ticket from someone who has died, believe me it’s a lot harder than getting a dead person to vote for barney frank.
December 19, 2010 at 9:19 am | | Report comment
You people are fools for attempting something so dangerous for a deer. Firefighters and paramedics spend years training for water and swift water rescues.
Furthermore, it’s a deer, not a person. You didn’t save a ‘life’. You’re not ‘heroes’ (the most overused word in the English language). You’re half-wits that could have died for an animal.
I hope the judge uses some commonsense and sends you a message by upholding the ticket to use some yourselves. Half-wits.
December 19, 2010 at 9:46 am | | Report comment
This is what happens when you give a complete dolt a little authority.
After they beat the fine, they should find a way to sue the guy’s pants off him.
December 19, 2010 at 9:52 am | | Report comment
Ah leave the poor guy alone. If he had any brains or a life, he would be in a different field of work.
December 19, 2010 at 10:17 am | | Report comment
Ahh, Once again fine work from the Peoples Republic of Maryland
December 19, 2010 at 9:54 am | | Report comment
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You guys did the right thing….. I thank you for helping the deer.
December 19, 2010 at 10:10 am | | Report comment
Yet another person in “law-enforcement” who had his lunch money stolen growing up and is now able to be powerful.
December 19, 2010 at 10:15 am | | Report comment
If justice and reason doesn’t prevail in court, where someone with a
head on their shoulders sits, and this case is not thrown out, remind
me never to go to, or shop in, Baltimore.
After seeing this, I would NEVER want to give that city one cent of
my money.
Of all the black hearted NERVE !!!
Any city that is that desperate to extract money from it’s citizens,
can’t be all good, if this fine is imposed.
It appears there certainly IS something rotten in the city of Baltimore,
and I would start looking at the Dept. of Natural Resource’s Police
Department for where the stench is emanating from. Certainly a
Grinch resides there.
December 19, 2010 at 10:28 am | | Report comment
The Officer is a Moron. He should have been helping instead of writing that stupid ticket.
December 19, 2010 at 10:30 am | | Report comment
Monday i am going to call every Natural resourse office in the state of Maryland and voice my displeasure. they must find out stupid mistakes have consequences. The can only deter future good samatarins in the future if this is let stand.
December 19, 2010 at 10:30 am | | Report comment
This is the worst written story ever. Just awful.
December 19, 2010 at 10:35 am | | Report comment
This has to be one o the most insane reasons for a ticket I have ever heard of. That stupid ticket issuer should have to pay these courageous men for their time AND the time they have to take off of work to fight this ticket. Come on Mr. Natural Ranger, you did not do your job. They did it for you. Show a little appreciation
December 19, 2010 at 10:39 am | | Report comment
It is a deer trap (vs. speed trap)
December 19, 2010 at 10:44 am | | Report comment
All this fuss over a deer. There are way too many of them around to begin with. The two dimbulbs should have let it drown.
December 19, 2010 at 10:46 am | | Report comment
I could care less about the deer. What really frosts me is this: “natural resources police officer”. REALLY?!?!?! A uniform division of self-righteous enviro-nazis?!?! I’m guessing these people either can’t make it as real cops and/or their fascist bureaucrat friends are creating jobs so some otherwise useless college degrees can be said to have been worth it.
December 19, 2010 at 10:48 am | | Report comment
MD DNR official had a perspective based in reality ……Over 900 deer are legally harvested daily (95,000 per year) in MD alone during deer season, and the deer population is growing annually. Though I’m sure the good Samaritans were well intentioned, putting their lives at risk and potentially ruining the lives of their spouses, children and other family members for a deer that could be legally killed the moment it ran into the woods is not well thought out.. Had it been a person it would be understandable. Deer aren’t people. We slaughter over 100 million pigs per year in the US, and they are supposed to be intelligent animals. It’s just reality. That being said, watching a deer drown would be tough for anyone….but you should.
December 19, 2010 at 10:49 am | | Report comment
There are too many good, intelligent people out of work. The officer who wrote this ticket has demonstrated he lacks both judgment and common sense. This is really a good news story in that the officer who wrote the ticket should be out of a job and he seems to be announcing that to the world. Give his job to someone who deserves it.
December 19, 2010 at 10:54 am | | Report comment
It’s hard for me to believe that a man (and I use the word lightly) can justify what that park policeman did. Maybe he gets a piece of the action from the tickets? That wouldn’t surprise me one bit. Kudos to the guys who rescued that poor critter. I hope that they are not discouraged from ever doing it again.
December 19, 2010 at 10:56 am | | Report comment
It would be fitting it the judge called the cop in at the same time, ripped him a new one and dismissed the fines.
December 19, 2010 at 11:17 am | | Report comment
I know what the violation was. Exposing the natural resources officer’s cowardice for not doing anything while everyone else did.
December 19, 2010 at 11:27 am | | Report comment
The game warden is a horse’s ass.
December 19, 2010 at 11:43 am | | Report comment
How did we get so calloused and stupid?
December 19, 2010 at 11:54 am | | Report comment
The little badge-wearer stands by, watching these people risking life and limb to pull a deer out of freezing waters, silently working out his plan to pull out his ticket book when they finish. Making the final pronouncement upon their efforts he issues illegal tickets.
December 19, 2010 at 11:55 am | | Report comment
hunt the officers down and with enough people, throw the cop in the icy water
December 19, 2010 at 12:23 pm | | Report comment
Maybe the deer had been a guest of the a branch of the Kennedy clan, and they were, just going to take a report the next morning.
December 19, 2010 at 12:26 pm | | Report comment
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A bell rang for some wonderful people who earned their wings that day. It remained silent, however, for the one person on the scene who watched and waited, hoping to earn his tail and horns.
December 19, 2010 at 12:37 pm | | Report comment
At this point the “officer” should have been grabbed by his arms and legs and tossed into the water
December 19, 2010 at 12:37 pm | | Report comment
Don’t blame the cops. This Natural Resource officer is what cops call cop wannabes, like animal control officers. I’m sure real cops cringe when they
read about absurd actions like this.
December 19, 2010 at 12:56 pm | | Report comment
Sounds like a typical democRat.
December 19, 2010 at 12:58 pm | | Report comment
This is what’s wrong with our society. Wayyyy too full of morons…..and those with badges are the very worst.
December 19, 2010 at 1:13 pm | | Report comment
By now it’s hardly necessary to offer examples of “government out of control” at the federal level. But here we see that government can be just as intrusive, unfair, and downright insane at the local level. This kind of official behavior has got to stop, folks, or we are doomed as a free country.
December 19, 2010 at 1:42 pm | | Report comment
This is where people with brains not greater than saying “do you want fries with that” end up… law enforcement and government work.
The best and brightest don’t work in either… and please save your “serve and protect” BS… I see more and more “officers” with a jack boot attitude harassing people these days than being the friendly neighborhood officer you can depend on.
Rather than helping these folks… this idiot goes and issues tickets that won’t stand up in court.
December 19, 2010 at 1:48 pm | | Report comment
Instead of writing a ticket, the NR officer could have gotten off his lazy duff and helped them. He should find a pink slip in his Christmas stocking.
December 19, 2010 at 1:58 pm | | Report comment
Sometimes you’re hoping for Andy Taylor, but Get Barney Fife instead.
December 19, 2010 at 2:00 pm | | Report comment
Barney Fife should write himself a ticket for aiding and abetting since he sat there and watched and never stop them.
December 19, 2010 at 2:07 pm | | Report comment
It is hard to believe that people don’t trust or like the government. Obviously this single-cell life form should be replaced by someone who might appreciate the job.
December 19, 2010 at 2:09 pm | | Report comment
common sense is dead!!!!!
December 19, 2010 at 2:10 pm | | Report comment
Welcome to a simple interaction with the government. I can’t wait until we have ObamaCare so that we can all be treated like this when in need of health care. “Um… you don’t get the health care – you haven’t been eating the way we want you to eat. Oh, and here is your fine for not obeying ObamaCare.” Finally, Utopia!!!
December 19, 2010 at 2:12 pm | | Report comment
Weren’t democrats swept from office in the 2010 election for increasing government intursion into the rights and lives of the citizens? How does this conincide with government “of, by and for The People?
December 19, 2010 at 2:15 pm | | Report comment
The officer did the community a favor by ticketing the two men for this foolish act, reminding others that it’s not wise to jump in the water to save a wild animal that’s going to die anyway. Hypothermia or just being alone without a parent deer will do the job.
If these guys were alone, one or both could have died in the freezing water. Fortunately there was this officer on the scene monitoring the situation. The problem is that next time someone may follow their example and may not be so lucky. The ticket is a good reminder.
The officer didn’t write the law, so don’t blame him for enforcing it. That law is clear that there be no human interactions with wild animals (other than what is allowed, such as hunting). The officer was faced with breaking the law by helping them, or leaving the scene in which case he was abandoning two persons in what might have later been in a life threatening situation. He chose to stay and keep an eye on the two, so if they got in trouble and needed help he was there. He made the right call.
The two idiots will be lucky if they don’t come down with Lyme disease. If they do they’ll probable sue the officer for not warning them.
December 19, 2010 at 2:16 pm | | Report comment
I would have waited until the deer drowned then taken it for processing. Deer steaks, burgers, and jerky are YUMMY!
Plus, MD has a massive overpopulation of deer, so a real favor would have been letting mother nature run its course then beefing it.
The ticket, however, is just stupid.
December 19, 2010 at 2:38 pm | | Report comment
Mike, you’re all heart. [insert rolleyes]
December 19, 2010 at 2:56 pm | | Report comment
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Typical police-thug mentality. A pox on all forms of cops!
December 19, 2010 at 3:08 pm | | Report comment
The police are good for nothing donut eating thugs! Too busy harassing the working class while the illegals are pouring over the borders and dealers are shooting up the hoods. But hey the working to the least effort to suck money out of for fat piggy.
December 19, 2010 at 3:09 pm | | Report comment
What a jerk. I work in Animal Services and if I’d shown up on the scene and saw people trying to save the deer I’d have jumped in to assist – since the ones with the boat obviously cared more than the wildlife officer. He should be reprimanded for writing them a ticket. I hope Santa puts some coal in his stinky stocking.
December 19, 2010 at 3:14 pm | | Report comment
The ticking officer should be fired
December 19, 2010 at 3:41 pm | | Report comment
This is a perfect example of someone who needs to feel their job is important and that they are needed. If you have to go as far as giving these people tickets after all they did to save a deer than obviously you aren’t needed much. Your job mean very little.
December 19, 2010 at 3:43 pm | | Report comment
This is a absolute outrage! This officier is a idiot! How could you ticket someone for saving a life. Would that officier rather see this deer suffer and die. I think these guys should be rewarded and not with a fine.
December 19, 2010 at 3:59 pm | | Report comment
IDIOCY is a regular product of the government. They should have tossed him in the freezing water.
December 19, 2010 at 4:05 pm | | Report comment
IDIOT!
December 19, 2010 at 4:07 pm | | Report comment
Now you people understand how hunters feel about the new crop of liberal socialist game wardens who look for ways to run hunters out of the woods. These officers grew up on PETA, HSUS, Greenpeace and have found out a way to make hunters pay. And pay we do. Obscure laws we never knew existed are suddenly brought into action by these thugs. My buddy was written a ticket two weeks ago for hunting on private land without WRITTEN PERMISSION. The landowner gave him oral permission to hunt there, but the game warden saw him as he was driving past, pulled over and wrote him a ticket saying he didn’t care that the farmer gave him oral permission, it had to be in writing
December 19, 2010 at 4:10 pm | | Report comment
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I really want to see a follow-up to this story. I want to see what the court does. If there’s a single functioning brain anywhere in the Maryland Court System, that ticket-writer should be on his knees, begging to have his incompetence forgiven.
December 19, 2010 at 4:25 pm | | Report comment
It sounds to me that the so called officer, is beyond competent, Since he blatantly created his own version of law, He needs to be “civilianized!!
December 19, 2010 at 4:28 pm | | Report comment
Did they issue General Washington a ticket when he crossed the Potomac?
December 19, 2010 at 4:39 pm | | Report comment
“No disrespect intended toward the officer- but I think in certain situations, one needs to bend towards the direction of the Heart and not always toward the left side of the brain.”
Based on the article it sounds like the officer
was trying to prove how long another part of his body was,
not using his brain or his heart.
Little men try to compensate in other ways.
Reality Check
December 19, 2010 at 4:57 pm | | Report comment
OFFICER HAS MORE BADGE THAN BRAINS. I’LL BET HE VOTED FOR OBAMA.
December 19, 2010 at 5:12 pm | | Report comment
Those park ranger/cops are issued a new ticket book every time they go out. Can’t come back without writing one. I’ve run into these idiots on trails here in WA. You’d just love to toss them off the ridges.
December 19, 2010 at 5:37 pm | | Report comment
Typical Liberal.
December 19, 2010 at 5:40 pm | | Report comment
Small minded cop with small male equipment.
Cowardly cop – too much a little baby to help.
But what a big brave man he was to fine them for not having a life vest.
December 19, 2010 at 5:40 pm | | Report comment
So this officer was there, didn’t help, yet issued the teachers a ticket after they recede the deer. Obviously this guy does not possess the common sense required to be a competent police officer. He should be fired. What an example for Govt Regulation!
December 19, 2010 at 5:41 pm | | Report comment
What an idiotic officer!
December 19, 2010 at 5:43 pm | | Report comment
No good ‘deer’ goes unpunished.
December 19, 2010 at 5:54 pm | | Report comment
What ever happened to good judgement? I would mark the officer down on his next performance evaluation.
December 19, 2010 at 5:54 pm | | Report comment
And, eriously? Do these two “officers” really wonder why the perception of gov’t employment doesn’t peak beyond dufuss?
December 19, 2010 at 5:56 pm | | Report comment
Throw he cop in the water and then let someone get him out.
December 19, 2010 at 6:05 pm | | Report comment
God, I swear we live in the dumbest country on the planet.
December 19, 2010 at 6:17 pm | | Report comment
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Throw the warden thrugh the ice, take the deer home and eat it.
December 19, 2010 at 6:37 pm | | Report comment
It is so great to live in the great state of Owe’Malleyville. Just another way for this goof ball governor to make a buck…no pun intended.
December 19, 2010 at 6:42 pm | | Report comment
Does anyone– ANYONE– still think that govt today isn’t the enemy of any and all sane people? Fire and jail the cop and revoke his pension.
December 19, 2010 at 6:48 pm | | Report comment
“The ticket itself doesn’t check off any specific violation, just a $90 fine.”
Can you say, “revenue generation”?
December 19, 2010 at 6:55 pm | | Report comment
This is a bogus ticket and the OFFICER should be ashamed of himself..Ole Scrooge himself. Perhaps he was looking to fill his freezer and the Rescuers of the deer Foiled his plans. FIGHT THAT TICKET!!!
December 19, 2010 at 7:09 pm | | Report comment
It is so embarrassing to live in MD. Where the heck is this country headed that you can’t even save the life of an animal without fear of being punished for it?
December 19, 2010 at 7:10 pm | | Report comment
If this is the complete story, and if the people were truly ticketed for try to save the deet from a life or death situation, then shame on the police. Naturally, this being Baltimore County Md., they will probably say it the deer was a Democrat and it was Bushs fault for the deer being place into that terrible situation. Where is Al Gore when we need him. To much Global Warming going on in Md.
December 19, 2010 at 7:12 pm | | Report comment
A deer will someday crash into yje nitwits car ( they bum who gave the ticket) and well all laugh oue butts off at this waste of skin.
December 19, 2010 at 7:16 pm | | Report comment
Cop needs a kick in the a$$!
December 19, 2010 at 7:40 pm | | Report comment
This kind of ridiculous “legal” garbage happens all too often in the Northeast! NY is exceptionally flawed with its “hidden restrictions” and gotchas.
But there’s hope! Life is more reasonable and kind farther down south!
December 19, 2010 at 8:10 pm | | Report comment
Worthless government LEECH! We have get rid of these stupid tax-payer paid losers. The government is full of them. They can’t real jobs.
December 19, 2010 at 8:31 pm | | Report comment
Oh. I thought they said “beer.” Never mind.
December 19, 2010 at 8:39 pm | | Report comment
After reading this story I bought 144 rounds of ammo.
December 19, 2010 at 8:40 pm | | Report comment
It is Maryland. What is Maryland? A Liberal controlled State. What does that mean? Knuckleheads in control.
December 19, 2010 at 8:51 pm | | Report comment
The cop had wanted to be a groper at the airport, but could only get on with Natural Resources.
December 19, 2010 at 8:51 pm | | Report comment
A process that gives a gun and a badge to someone with out a brain is frightening, this officer need to be fired. It appears that “would you like fries with that?’ is the peak of this individual’s mental capability. If the supervisor does not fire them then fire the supervisor. Work up the management chain until an indication of brain function is found. .
December 19, 2010 at 8:54 pm | | Report comment
Yet another example of why I would never set foot in Maryland! This jerk should be a traffic warden, not a police officer!
December 19, 2010 at 8:59 pm | | Report comment
LOL!!!!!!! That stupid DNR officer forgot to state charges on that ticket!!!!!! Those two guys will surely beat the rap now!!!!! A judge cannot convict where there is NO CHARGE!!!!!!!
December 19, 2010 at 9:15 pm | | Report comment
Somebody needs to post the name of the a$$hole that gave them the ticket. That way all of his friends and family can know what a POS they have in their midst!
December 19, 2010 at 9:26 pm | | Report comment
Well that just figures. Cop can’t do anything to help. Why do we pay these worthless sacks of S@#T?
December 19, 2010 at 10:06 pm | | Report comment
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December 19, 2010 at 10:27 pm | | Report comment
Yes, everyone needs to listen to Infowars.com at 12pm Eastern m-f at http://www.infowars.com, learn something…
December 19, 2010 at 10:50 pm | | Report comment
This is a prime example of why people will now walk past or ignore an individual or animal in trouble. We have a government official who has the brains of a worm exercising moronic authority over a situation that should be applauded by all. This is exactly the result when government is given too much power. A similar situation is OSHA attempting to fine individuals for jumping into a collapsed hole to save a co-worker because they did not wear their hard hats. I can hardly await National Health Care!!!!
December 19, 2010 at 10:53 pm | | Report comment
I thought the only ones without common sense worked for the TSA.
December 19, 2010 at 11:03 pm | | Report comment
What gets me about all these F^&%$ng cops is that they know where there is a dope deal going down right now, but don’t do squat about it because that’s actually dangerous. HEY better leave those dope dealers alone and go after the real menaces out here; deer saving good samaritans.
December 19, 2010 at 11:37 pm | | Report comment
I do enjoy a good deer chop now and then. That being said, this is a case where the deer should have been saved and the cop should have been thrown into the river for zero IQ.
December 19, 2010 at 11:52 pm | | Report comment
Typical wannabe cop. He can’t be a real cop, so he has to assert his authority over decent law abiding people. He’s probably a psychopath.
December 19, 2010 at 11:52 pm | | Report comment
They should’ve thrown the officer, along with the ticket, into the same location where they’d just rescued the deer from. That would’ve cooled his jets!
The officer has nothing but my complete disrespect. I spit in his face.
December 19, 2010 at 11:55 pm | | Report comment
EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SEEMS TO HAVE A FEW BARNEY FIFES, WHOSE IQ AND SIDE ARM CALIBER ARE BOTH ABOUT 38. THEN AGAIN, IT MIGHT BE THAT THEY WIELD THEIR OFFICIALLY BESTOWED AUTHORITY IN AN ATTEMPT TO COMPENSATE FOR THE FACT THAT THEIR “MANHOOD” AND SIDE ARM CALIBER BOTH MEASURE 9mm!
December 20, 2010 at 12:01 am | | Report comment
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This is half a story. Did the reporter make any attempt to get a comment from the person who issued the ticket. This story is full of holes http://thriveworks.com
December 20, 2010 at 12:38 am | | Report comment
Should have named and shamed the public “servant” in the article. The guy must be a robot with no identity just handing out tickets for every random infraction he witnesses and does nothing to prevent.
December 20, 2010 at 12:49 am | | Report comment
Fire the stupid cop. Simple as that.
December 20, 2010 at 1:50 am | | Report comment
Proving once again that ‘no good deed goes unpunished’.
And proving that ‘Police Statism’ is alive and flourishing in Amerika.
December 20, 2010 at 2:22 am | | Report comment
I hope this DNR cop looses his job over this! If they were doing something dangerous then he should have stopped them, if not he should have gotten the hell out of the way and let the real men handle the job.
December 20, 2010 at 3:06 am | | Report comment
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Recently in California, Fish & Game confiscated a woman’s pet deer that she had raised from an orphoned fawn and shot it. With this kind of logic from our law enforcement officials does this ticket incident surprise you? The US has gone nuts!
December 20, 2010 at 3:54 am | | Report comment
Bog brother…big brother…big brother… Oh you get the idea. If this new congress does anything, it should begin the process of dismantling this out of control government. Just today, I’m reading that the FCC is threatening to ‘regulate’ us on the internet, the EPA is doing this, another agency is doing that. Meanwhile, what we want them to do, they ignore. Congressman Leonard Lance, please listen to this constituent: Forget bringing home the pork, just get the pigs back out to the sty where they belong.
December 20, 2010 at 6:11 am | | Report comment
I didn’t know Barney Fife lived in Maryland.
December 20, 2010 at 7:15 am | | Report comment
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A clear case of a DNR officer trying to generate revenue. The police are always saying they don’t have quotas, and it may be true that they don’t have any “official” quota, but I guarantee you’ll never see an officer reprimanded for writng too many tickets, and I bet there have been some reprimanded for not writing enough. The fact that the officer didn’t even bother to check off any specific violation is proof that he’s hoping they just pay the fine rather than fight it. In fact, I bet 50% of the tickets written in this country could be successfully challenged but people would rather just pay the fine than go to the trouble of fighting it.
December 20, 2010 at 7:55 am | | Report comment
here in wisconsin the dnr is fondly refered to as “damn near russia”.
December 20, 2010 at 7:56 am | | Report comment
Nice job guys, but seriously, IT’S A DEER! Why place yourself in danger for a wild animal who will probably run head-first into an SUV around the corner?
December 20, 2010 at 8:12 am | | Report comment
Can’t you people READ, It was not a lake it was a river and it was not a regular cop, it was a natural resources police officer.
December 20, 2010 at 8:26 am | | Report comment
FIRE THE PERSON WHO ISSUED THE TICKET FOR ABUSE OF POWER.
December 20, 2010 at 8:55 am | | Report comment
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I, too, would have rescued the deer. With the idiots we have in public office, I do what’s right, not what’s ‘legal’! Let’s throw the cop in the river and watch until he learns some empathy for his fellow creatures!!
December 20, 2010 at 11:21 am | | Report comment
Glad the deer was helped. Now if it was the idiot cop in the water, let ‘em be. Not worth any effort to help him.
December 20, 2010 at 11:32 am | | Report comment
You have got to be kidding me….
December 20, 2010 at 12:57 pm | | Report comment
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Wow, now wonder people dislike cops. What ever happened to protect and serve.
December 20, 2010 at 2:38 pm | | Report comment
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We call em Possum sheriffs. Seems like they are trying to burn you for something when you are on the water or out in the woods. I was told they are our friends, but the truth is they are just out to get you, period.
December 21, 2010 at 7:11 pm | | Report comment
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The guys that saved the deer should only have gotten a warning only. If it was the game warden stuck I’m sure he would want to be pulled out and saved. But he would probably give them a ticket after he warmed up a bit from being stuck in the ice because he has no heart or compassion for anything.
December 23, 2010 at 11:35 pm | | Report comment
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Steve
I work in law-enforcement and in my training i have taught 2 things you have the spirit of the law and the letter of the law. And as officers you have what you call officer discretion and I think that this game officer as some of them i deal with here need to go to an ETHICS class.
December 29, 2010 at 10:57 am | | Report comment
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The comments in this article show two basic options:
Show compassion on any other living and do what you can to save them from harm, Or, let nature take its course. Stand there and witness the “natural” drama unfold.
While saving every wild thing is an often overdone position, becoming excessive to the point of stupid. A person who could just impassively watch as a “save-able” critter drowns, one who would have no emotional reaction, and just walk away to forget the whole scene, is a scary person to me, and I would wonder what happened to them to allow that coldness in their heart.
For sure, there are times when you need to be hard hearted, such as in war, but even those combatants will take time to save a wounded dog lying on the field.!
January 15, 2011 at 11:01 am | | Report comment
Good ;uck with your court hearing on Feb 18th guys. We can only hope the judge has an ounce worths of sense more than this pencil pushing twerp.
January 30, 2011 at 7:07 am | | Report comment
Put a PayPal button here and let us pay the ticket. There’s no herb grown to cure ignorance … thank you for saving the deer guys!!
January 30, 2011 at 8:43 am | | Report comment
great article: http://howtoremoveatickx.com
February 11, 2012 at 7:37 pm | | Report comment
Wow. Good way to be an idiot and a scrooge. Dude you are the one that needs balls.
December 17, 2010 at 6:03 pm | | Report comment
you are so right …an idiot with some power is very dangerous….
December 17, 2010 at 6:13 pm | | Report comment
To Protect and Serve………………..hmm.
December 17, 2010 at 7:43 pm | | Report comment
I agree, if there was a question about “doing your duty”, I hope this has answered it for the constable.
Regardless of what they tell you, just use common sense. We the public will applaud and support you. for a good deed done.
December 17, 2010 at 7:56 pm | | Report comment
It’s a terrible shame that the 99% give the 1% good cops a bad name.
December 17, 2010 at 9:49 pm | | Report comment
Tom your a fool
December 17, 2010 at 8:16 pm | | Report comment
Tom, you’re a fool… but AN AAAAWESOME FOOL!
December 17, 2010 at 8:25 pm | | Report comment
Tom, let me defend you. You’re not a fool. You’re an idiot!
December 17, 2010 at 8:42 pm | | Report comment
In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. You may be a fool Tom, but I’ll take a fool over a gangster cop anyday.
December 17, 2010 at 9:17 pm | | Report comment
Tom, your comment was not fair to actual pigs.
James, please learn how to spell and use punctuation.
December 17, 2010 at 10:20 pm | | Report comment
With several police officers in my family and having known a few others, I have to say I don’t have any respect for any of them. Tell it like it is, Tom.
December 18, 2010 at 6:06 am | | Report comment
Eliot sounds like a career criminal!
December 18, 2010 at 6:46 am | | Report comment
Unfair to pigs.
December 18, 2010 at 6:47 am | | Report comment
Acually, ill bet in Red China if people had rescued the deer, there would have been no ticket issued.
December 17, 2010 at 8:41 pm | | Report comment
Remember NO TICKY NO WASHY
December 18, 2010 at 7:45 pm | | Report comment
Hey…I live in VT and though it is definitely Moonbat territory, in this case I am certain no cop would have written these people a ticket and they probably would have helped rescue the deer. We like our critters up here, thank you very much
December 18, 2010 at 8:37 pm | | Report comment
Don’t forget Illinois.
December 19, 2010 at 8:37 am | | Report comment
You left out Illinois? Blue state cesspool!
December 19, 2010 at 11:55 am | | Report comment
Agree, no ticket – just a tasty meal for all.
December 17, 2010 at 8:50 pm | | Report comment
If it had been in Red China the government official would have shot the deer as soon as it was pulled out of the water so it could end up on some politicians plate that night.
December 17, 2010 at 8:52 pm | | Report comment
By your lojic, perhaps one of the rescuers is a regular lottery player and doesn’t play the week he pays the fine. His numbers hit and he missed out on the $120M jackpot.
Lets go another step with your lojic. Since we know he has a heart of gold to save a deer, we can assume he would have set up a college scholarship fund. Now we have fewer kids training to be doctors and scientist. Perhaps one of those kids is the one that would have discovered the cure for the illness that you will suffer from.
I spelled logic with a “j” since your argument is just as ridiculous.
December 17, 2010 at 10:33 pm | | Report comment
You’re one of the few logical people I’ve seen post. I completely agree with you.
December 17, 2010 at 10:45 pm | | Report comment
Foolish comparisons. You are playing what if episodes as if they have any bearing. This is all about an animal suffering. Using your logic, why help your neighbor’s dog get out of the street when tomorrow he might get hit by a car? How about if you go skiing, and my tax dollars have to go to finding you when you get lost. What about if your kid wonders off in the forest and we have to spend money to find him? Should we stop hiking?
What kind of a moronic perspective do you have that we should not try to help a suffering animal because he might suffer tomorrow?
Tell you what Teddy, stay in your nice warm apartment typing your comments; evidentlly there are enough real men and women out there to help alleviate a little suffering.
December 18, 2010 at 1:58 am | | Report comment
Foolish comparisons. You are playing what if episodes as if they have any bearing. This is all about an animal suffering. Using your logic, why help your neighbor’s dog get out of the street when tomorrow he might get hit by a car? How about if you go skiing, and my tax dollars have to go to finding you when you get lost. What about if your kid wonders off in the forest and we have to spend money to find him? Should we stop hiking?
What kind of a moronic perspective do you have that we should not try to help a suffering animal because he might suffer tomorrow?
Tell you what Teddy, stay in your nice warm apartment typing your comments; evidentlly there are enough real men and women out there to help alleviate a little suffering.
December 18, 2010 at 1:59 am | | Report comment
I think Teddy has some good points. Don’t feed the idea that the deer is so important. Don’t swerve off the road to avoid hitting a . . whatever . . (less than human) . . . and end up killing yourself!
December 18, 2010 at 7:05 pm | | Report comment
How about letting people make their own decisions? If someone wants to risk his own health and live saving a deer, then let him do it. If you nanny-statists need the government to make all decisions for you, then perhaps you should not be allowed to vote. After all, you have to be an adult to vote.
December 18, 2010 at 7:39 pm | | Report comment
What are you talking about? What rule is there to change? The guy gave them a ticket for something that isn’t against the law.
Is it ok for a cop to give me a ticket for walking on the sidewalk because the city needs money?
December 18, 2010 at 9:15 pm | | Report comment
It probably isn’t mandatory but there probably is a requirement to have a flotation device for everyone in the boat”.
December 17, 2010 at 10:48 pm | | Report comment
No where in the article does it say they were in a boat. The statement is “We went in and out of the water numerous times. He didn’t stop us at all.” Second this is not an actual police officer but a Game Warden for the state.
December 18, 2010 at 8:07 am | | Report comment
We have entire too much overbearing government at all levels. Government, GET OUT OF OUR LIVES!!!! Bring back some COMMON SENSE and INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY.
December 18, 2010 at 8:14 am | | Report comment
i would tell them to stick the fine where the sun don’t shine
December 18, 2010 at 8:33 am | | Report comment
Haha, that was actually funny.
December 17, 2010 at 10:48 pm | | Report comment
Stupidity has no bounds! Tickets with no specific violation! What is next, just look at a cop the wrong way and get a ticket??
December 17, 2010 at 10:52 pm | | Report comment
They did according to the article…
December 18, 2010 at 1:05 am | | Report comment
Who Cares being an Idiot is being an Idiot. The Officers common sense was not in his or her head but a bit lower.
December 18, 2010 at 8:03 am | | Report comment
They said that the “brought a raft”
December 18, 2010 at 8:16 am | | Report comment
“No, we didn’t have vests on, but we’re not 16 years old,” Abusakran said. “There were personal floating devices on the boat.”
December 18, 2010 at 8:17 am | | Report comment
‘A natural resources police officer is another way to say forest ranger which is more accurate. As for you, its apparent you’ve been busted likely drugs, dui, or public stupidity, so I can see where you’re coming from. I don’t understand it, but hey we’re all different.
December 18, 2010 at 9:14 am | | Report comment
ABJ, By all means next time you’re in trouble don’t call… (the police) You know the men and women who for a meagar paycheck are willing to put themselves in between you and the guy with the gun so you can be free to spout you’re submoronic BS..
BTW most folks on the right side of the law don’t feel this way at all. Had a few beefs have we?
December 18, 2010 at 9:22 am | | Report comment
Hey genius this isn’t a cop it is the DNR. They are different. Just like in any job you will bad apples, this doesn’t represent all of them. I suggest you try learning something before you comment. Read a book.
December 18, 2010 at 9:34 am | | Report comment
don’t need a cop/police officer to get between me and a guy with a gun. he/she would be to late. i carry my own gun. it is called self reliance, not “O government save me!” Shouldn’t the two guys send “ranger rick” a bill for doing his job?
December 18, 2010 at 9:36 am | | Report comment
The only person on drugs it seems is you “Duude”, and DWS Yeah you’re right i’ve never heard of a rude police officer, what was ABJ thinking? They’re always super respectful. Its probably because they’re generally more educated than the people they’re policing and they don’t go on power trips… Oh waiiitt….
December 18, 2010 at 9:36 am | | Report comment
That’s the difference between a LAW Officer and a PEACE Officer.
December 18, 2010 at 9:53 am | | Report comment
To DUUDE, DWS, Tom and anyone else attacking ABJ for having a low opinion about officers:
1. The citation cannot be upheld unless it states what the crime is.
2. If the crime is about life vests, the the law says you have to be 13 or younger before a violation occurs.
Or you could check the LAW out yourself:
2010 Maryland Code
NATURAL RESOURCES
TITLE 8 – WATERS
Subtitle 7 – State Boat Act
§ 8-743. Personal flotation devices.
Your attacks against ABJ’s opinion rather than arguing against a thug park ranger are pathetic.
Go check out Youtube and watch cops acting horribly. Cops think they are above the law and when something suits them, they do it. From tripping a woman down a flight of stairs, to pulling a gun and shoving it into the neck of citizen over a personal grudge, to using tasers against people who exercise their rights.
Baaing like sheeple and kow towing to the police is what they want, and only serves to make the bullies act more like bullies. Attacking ABJ’s opinion and not attacking the ticket writing government thug is anti-American. This country was founded on the demands that government leave the people alone.
People such as yourselves, (i.e. pro-cop boot-licking sycophants), make me sick.
Before a cop demands a citizen obey the law, they should first obey the law themselves. Period.
December 18, 2010 at 10:07 am | | Report comment
Or perhaps he was dealing with a person with the attitude of yours. By the way, Cops don’t have quotas they can write as many tickets as they like. By the way, if you ever find your ass in a sling, please don’t bother calling one of the “lowest of the low.” Call your plumber or auto mechanic.
December 18, 2010 at 10:35 am | | Report comment
DWS is right, don’t call the cops they will probably taze you beat you or kill your dog.
December 18, 2010 at 10:43 am | | Report comment
I have respect for the cops who consider themselves “Peace Officers”. These are the guys to use their heads and keep the peace. “Law Enforcement Officers” on the other hand do not have my respect as they just, as the name implies, enforce the law without using the brain God gave them.
December 18, 2010 at 9:46 am | | Report comment
You must mean the BTK Killer, Dennis Rader, from Kansas?
December 18, 2010 at 12:31 pm | | Report comment
Hopefully it’ll get thrown out in court.
December 18, 2010 at 12:40 pm | | Report comment
This is important to check on, because sometimes after a tragedy people ask what were the clues? if the code enforcement officer did NOT say anything when handing out the tickets? thats more than creepy, do not let it go, check into it
As for the “Im a 30 years old doctor…” comment, I think you’re a liar. Its part of the make money from home scam, to get web traffic to some site
December 18, 2010 at 1:42 pm | | Report comment
“(i.e. pro-cop boot-licking sycophants”
Its called the Stockholm Syndrome – the Police State thrives on it. People made afraid by the cops either creating crime or harassing people run to the cops fo rprotection.
With the Mafia, its called a PROTECTION RACKET.
December 18, 2010 at 9:27 pm | | Report comment
Right On. Leave us alone! It’s no surprise, people with high IQ’s don’t get hired as police officers anymore. Someone who is able to make educated decisions doesn’t fit the mold for someone who needs to take orders and then fulfill them without question.
Wait until these thugs get the order to take our guns. Fun, fun!!!
December 19, 2010 at 10:40 pm | | Report comment
I’m a Texan, young lady. I don’t need to be saved. I can take care of myself. So can most men. Run along now, Missy.
December 18, 2010 at 10:00 pm | | Report comment
Tell you what lieutenant, it’s because of arrogant self righteous “servants” like you that so many townships are throwing the bums out and hiring private protection services.
December 18, 2010 at 10:11 pm | | Report comment
Hey, really. How many frigging names do you NEED, jackwagon????
December 19, 2010 at 3:59 am | | Report comment
Hey Matthew Don Pablo Curtian Hermanos Gomez Ramirez Hernandez Gonzalos. Really. How many names do you NEED, you jackwagon?
December 19, 2010 at 4:02 am | | Report comment
it was not a police officer
December 19, 2010 at 7:46 am | | Report comment
It was a little badge-wearer who thought he was terribly clever to let these people knock themselves out helping an animal about to freeze to death and then pop out his ticket book as his coup de grace assertion of his great power and authority.
December 19, 2010 at 12:30 pm | | Report comment
Yes, it was. In Maryland, DNR officers are called DNR police officers – do your research before leaving uninformed comments.
December 20, 2010 at 7:59 am | | Report comment
Hopefully soon they will seal the border, too, and we’ll have less cucharachas scuttling across.
December 19, 2010 at 1:23 pm | | Report comment
ObamaCare to a tee!
December 19, 2010 at 2:13 pm | | Report comment
This bozo is some kind of wildlife cop. Can you imagine saying your a flipping wild life cop at a party? of course he has issues
December 19, 2010 at 11:41 pm | | Report comment
That is exactly right ….a real Barney Fyfe !!
December 20, 2010 at 3:01 am | | Report comment