I used to live in an otherwise pleasant but crime ridden New Jersey state suburb, Verona, a quick bus ride to/from Newark.
That is, in Verona it is easier to spot the felons as they openly carry guns, wear uniforms and badges.
Be careful here!
While apparently not as bad as
Montclair, New Jersey,
has now become, if you happen to be out in the open you might be picked up without so much as a warrant; your Due Process Rights thrown out the window (if you don't know your rights, they certainly will not choose to tell you, nor will they allow you to use a phone for hours and hours if you don't waive your Fifth Amendment Rights and self incriminate yourself).
If you must drive near Verona, New Jersey state, drive around it.
If there is no escape, and you are cornered by the felons, I suggest using this jurisdictional application form for them (remember to have no less than three at a time as [each] "officer" has to fill them out in triplicate). Public Servants must [begin to] realize they are not Public Masters.
Also available, from the ACLU is the Pocket Card on Police Encounters.
As a more interesting example of our local "constabulary," New Year's Eve 1995 into 1996 CE, Lulu (the young dog my mother had at the time) got loose. We sought her out on foot for hours. The local police (who know me) picked her up, then beeped the local Montclair animal shelter PAWS, telling the Animal Control Officer that they had the dog and to pick her up, and (falsely?) claimed to have called the number on the tag (having recognized my surname), and claimed the person they reached claimed not to own a dog. This reveals a few probabilities:
As it is, the contract between PAWS and the three communities it services stipulates that loose dogs caught at night are to be held until morning: it does not constitute (no pun intended) an "Emergency" with which to page and call out the ACO. Coincidence? As Fox Mulder once pointed out, if its all coincidence then why does it seem so contrived…?
A Social Contract for people who enjoy having their local and national government standing on their necks and who want to be or to remain Happy Slaves to the State (not to be confused with one of the 50 [a.k.a. the several] states).
The "Bureaucracy Encounter Form" is created by Charles Curley, and yours to use to your heart's content; to assist people wishing to retain their freedom from political tyranny and above curbside abuses. Just have lots of copies ready, three to thirty at a time. When Public Serpents run afoul of someone who Knows Their Rights, instead of lawfully acknowledging that indeed they have no authority, they call for back up. They do this mostly to save face, I surmise, as following their sworn Oath of Office has become just too difficult for them. Ironically, this "back up" will mostly mill around aimlessly and nervously when they realize they've been called to the scene of No Crime Being (or Having Been) Committed, and that it is a private Natural Person who knows his/her Rights, being harrassed without Due Process. Have sets of three for each of them as well. Always think, when you go out: "Do I have enough for everybody…?"
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