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Dave wrote:

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:04:51 GMT, Bruce in alaska said:

I wasn't one of the Lawyers, but a Resident Field Agent. I mostly did
SOLAS Inspections on Compulsory Equipped Vessels, and a bit of
Interference and unLicensed Operation Enforcement.

Ah, so you with enforcing the laws without any legal training.

I got all the Legal Training I needed, from the Regional Legal Staff,
and the US Attorney's Office. Just how much Legal Training do you think
a US Marshal has? All he needs to know is your violating a Law, and he
puts you in the Hoosgow... We, as Resident Field Agents, didn't have
Arrest Powers, and when we needed "Muscle" we went and got a US Marshal,
or a USCG Officer, depending if the violation was on LAND or Water.
They provided the "Muscle", and we provided the expertise. Believe me,
you don't want to be trying to tell a US Marshal, that he can't put the
cuffs on you, or trying to tell a USCG Officer that he can't board you
vessel, and do his duty. In BOTH cases, those guys have ALMOST unlimited
Powers, on point, and they let the Courts worry about the fine points of
the situation. I watched a US Marshal, lock up a small town Sheriff, in
his own Slammer, for willful violations of the Communications Act of
1934. It stuck too. The guy did time for it, in a Federal Prison, and
had to pay a $5KUS fine. I wasn't with the Commission at the time, but
was the Radio Tech, for the local Sheriff, The Field Agent, was one
of the toughest Inspecting Engineers, in the Commission, and a mentor
while I was learning the Service Side, of the SOLAS Game., a few years
later.

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Bruce in alaska
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