I have one right off the bat. Arresting people who have had their license pulled. This one bothers me because I have known more than one person who has been arrested because of an error at the licensing office. In fact, I found out my license had been pulled, in error, when I went to renew my insurance one. It horrified me to think if I had gone through a license check I could have ended up getting a guided tour of a jail cell for an error that was not even of my making. I think people should be given a time to get the correct information to the police station before being arrested on this one. If our jails are so overloaded, let's not fill them up with people who are not dangers or might not even be criminals. Just my opinion.

What you are talking about has less to do with selective enforcement and more to do with what is deemed a custodial offense. In Georgia, law enforcement officers will issue a traffic citation and release the driver for the majority of offenses if the driver produces a valid license. The license is basically displayed in lieu of bail. The license number is written on the ticket and the ticket serves as a court summons. If the person does not have a valid license, refuses to sign the citation or has been stopped for certain offenses (DUI, reckless driving, hit and run, etc.), then he or she is going to be taken to jail and will have to post a cash bond. Basically, if your license is not valid, the officer does not have to accept it in lieu of bond. As to whether or not an unlicensed driver constitutes a danger or is a criminal, in certain cases they do and I don't want them on the road with me or my family.

In my experience, law enforcement has a great deal of latitude in how many of our laws are enforced. Many misdemeanors such as traffic violations or the possession of small amounts of marijuana are often left to an officer's discretion as to whether to pursue charges or not. I have personally been the beneficiary of such discretion on more than one occasion (there's a funny story there about my rough and rowdy days).

Sounds like a story we'd like to hear Brian. :) I've always been mortified by the fact that I had to go to the Walton County Sheriff's Office to be fingerprinted for my citizenship about 18 years ago. Some VIPs were being given a tour of the facility at the time and the deputy just let them pop their heads around the corner as she said, "And this is our booking room." There I was, having my fingerprints taken. I don't believe any explanation was ever given. I don't know who they were, but I often wonder if they looked at me when I became a journalist in the area and thought, "I remember her - she was being booked for something the day I toured the Sheriff's office."

Just the opposite for me, I would like to see the "Move over Law" enforced more. These officers put their life on the line for us and some motorist just ignore the law and pass too close to the officers when they are out on the side of the road for traffic control or other issues that require them to be outside of their patrol car.

End marijuana prohibition and many of the problems we have now, drug, organized crime, traffic, police shootings, no knock raids leading to family pets and members being shot because pot is so dangerous swat teams who were made for violent fun stand off and hostage situations get amped up knock down a door and an old man with a golf club who thinks a gang is trying to break in gets shot, think I'm crazy all of these things have already happened and continue to happen, 50% of the nation is ready to legalize taking money from organized crime and putting it back into developing better areas, also adults don't risk jail for a "crime" which hurts no one and is less harmful than alcohol tobacco and even aspirin or caffeine no deaths directly from marijuana so change this law and the many benefits will follow including police citizen relationships and trust being built back up, plus hey now they will have time to fight real crime and stop hard drugs from reaching the kids hands

Ozzie I do not agree on that one , that is just An excuse to continue smoking pot and do ilegal drugs. If marijuana were proved to be beneficial , would it be approved long time ago. Have you ever seen a scan Of a brain Of a marijuana addict?