Maybe I won't move to Florida...

The protection from unreasonable search and seize is only as good as your lawyer and your protection comes at courtroom time.
Before that, you may be hurt, killed, jailed.
Oh and if they find a lot of money on you it can be gone forever (the money is arrested, it has no rights) Follow the Supreme Court Rulings - some are pretty incredible.
 
The protection from unreasonable search and seize is only as good as your lawyer and your protection comes at courtroom time.
Before that, you may be hurt, killed, jailed.
Oh and if they find a lot of money on you it can be gone forever (the money is arrested, it has no rights) Follow the Supreme Court Rulings - some are pretty incredible.

If this were really true, police would be going out of their way to violate people's rights and steal money. I have no doubt there are crooked cops who think this way, but the vast majority of cops I've known actually meant the oath of office they took and always try to do the right thing.

Whenever there's a even a hint of a question of a rights violation, there's an a$$-chewing coming from above at a minimum, usually followed by vilification in the media, an IA investigation, and then the inevitable lawsuit. You look bad, the agency looks bad, funding and public support can both dwindle, etc.

Contrary to popular belief, we don't like to be yelled at by our supervisors/reprimanded, ripped on by the news, put under an agency-mandated microscope, or get sued.

As far as cash found on someone who is arrested, it definitely has rights: exact procedures vary by agency, but at a minimum it gets counted to the penny and logged in as either evidence or personal property. Then it gets locked up. For us, it also gets photographed and serial numbers on bills get recorded.

And even if it didn't...and even if an officer was tempted, it's kind of hard to justify putting that spotlight on yourself or your agency and jeopardizing a career that is VERY hard to get, all for what's usually nothing more than a few hundred bucks.
 
Btw I lived in FL for almost my whole life...great state! No income tax. Great places to go...everything for everyone from Disney to sports to clubbing to wildlife to country living.

Certainly, I would not let rare lapses in judgement from a few to dissuade me from living there.

I do prefer Texas though. :)
 
Btw I lived in FL for almost my whole life...great state! No income tax. Great places to go...everything for everyone from Disney to sports to clubbing to wildlife to country living.

Certainly, I would not let rare lapses in judgement from a few to dissuade me from living there.

I do prefer Texas though. :)

Ya, that was more of a joke than the truth. My wife's father/stepmom and some other family live down there. Her grandma has a house in Boca that is going to be left to my wife once she passes, so we'll be moving down there eventually. I'm in grad school til April and she's in nursing til June, so it won't be at least until after that.
Crazy sh*t happens up here too, just doesn't always make national news. I do love the beach, and hate the winter, so I will be down there eventually.
 
I live in florida. Go wheeling it rains now its hot you are covered by mosquitoes. Besides that, in the past month what I know from close friends family and work. Most of the things that have happened were within 5 or 6 miles from each other Its not a bad part of town ether. A lot of the stuff gets kept on the down low In that area my my dad lives in is a middle class area surrounded by upper middle class. Mike Alstott former Tampa Bay Buccaneers player lives walking distance away. Thats how close reality is.

My friend loui got shot at in a random drive by.

my friend chris and his girl friend were involved in a head on colision with a cop 10 miles out of his area in a cop suv, no one is at fault even though cop ran a red light (got on video) he is left with out a car and paying out of pocket.

5 corner stores were robbed with in 5 miles from where I work. One someone got shot at.

The block my dad lives one someone was door to door robing places and broke into 4 houses before my dads dog started barking at the window.

I had court yesterday for being t-boned and getting the ticket. I now ride the bus

One of my best customers we call him Mario cuz he works at a pizza joint and one day was waring suspenders, anyways he got ran over in the parking lot after getting some bud light.

not much of a crime but pissed me the fudge off, on the way to the bus stop someone threw a old cup of coffee at me from there car. coffee at 50mph not fun....

some drunk started getting pushing my coworker and I had to drag him out the door.

a old man threw a dough nut at me because the like wasn't moving fast enough.

My friends sisters house got broken into and they took her benz s class

Someone tried braking into my half crushed door didnt get in but I had to get it open and fix it, still cant drive it.

One of the court cases yesterday this guy was speeding down gulf blvd in indian rocks beach and I guess hit some people using the cross walk. There is flashing yellow lights how do you not see the crosswalk.

I hate it here, it seams like such a nice area, but really depends where you are at where you go and what time of the day or night. But then again everywhere has a dark side

It has its positives. Keep the right people around and do the right things for your self Fl is a awesome place. The biggest thing is what city you live in and what part you go through. The weather can be rough, hot sun then sudden shower, now hot and humid, later on at night cool and relaxing. Going to the beach at 3 am, the quiet sound of everyone being asleep and being able to hear all the sounds the earth makes. Then being able to walk back to the car go home and sleep in a bed not a tent. I have been many places, Bahamas, Mexico, Jamaica, Candida, the west coast, mountains, north east, all parts of this quarter of the world. Every time I cant wait to get back to FL. There is so much history, and diverse cultures here. Miami is like LA but swap china town with the Caribbean. Snooki from jersey shore, Emeril Lagasse, the Hogen family, Mario Andretti, and other big names. I have seen them my self here in St. Petersburg and Sarasota. Back when the settlers came over from Europe the original plan was to go to FL. They ran out of beer so thats the whole reason they stopped in the NE, on a ship in the 1600s alcohol was safer to drink then water. ex fresh water sitting for a couple months gets nasty fast add rum, now drinkable thats grog. Pigs were introduced to North America through Saint Petersburg by Hornando De Soto in the 1500s. With out FL we might not have bacon.

Oh yeah Miami got the first zombie attack on video
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/news_a...ack-by-rudy-eugene-on-ronald-poppo-police-say
 
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wow, I don't know where to begin to respond to that post.
I can give you a similar example for everyone of those problems you mentioned. Its hot as balls here, and gets extra humid.We've set a record this year for 90* + days, 100*+ days, and days without measurable rain. Plus we have snow in the winter!

Crime happens everywhere. But certain instances, like the story that started this thread, gain national attention. There are really not any 100% safe places anymore, you just gotta find one that you like.

My wife's dad just moved from St. Pete to Boynton Beach, I like both areas. Shes got family in Tampa and Orlando as well, and they all seem to like it. They're mostly born and raised Floridians.
 

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