Comments on: Sex Stings, Roadblocks And Texting

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:01:45 +0000

I’m so glad they got those lonely desperate men off the streets!!! haha i joke i joke. The Sioux Falls police should focus more on the horrible criminals like the people who prey on children. Those are the ones who need to be recognized and taken off the street.

By: RB

RB — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:01:17 +0000

Doug,

I could not agree more with your comments and perspective on this. While everyone appears to be tough on crime and all the police in town are obviously not busy enough… I would think that a fine and court as bad enough for the prostitution entrapment without KELO publishing the names of the guys? Why don’t we just bring back the stocks for the town square and sell rotten Vegetables to throw. Public humiliation…

As much as the police go overboard, The KELO reporting of the incident was just as poor! I will say I am done with the Sioux falls Police state. For a state and town that is obsessed with small government everyone seems pretty happy to have the police 5 thick 24/7/365. We have to be the most scared public in the country. Buy more guns, hire more police… bad things still happen folks. Sorry

By: Mister SF

Mister SF — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:40:36 +0000

Doug, A $50 fine is still cheaper than getting married.

By: alex

alex — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 11:30:27 +0000

Maybe the cops don’t have enough to do so they make laws so they can pull more people over. Maybe the city council should make it so the cops can’t make these laws.

By: JakeNy

JakeNy — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:29:17 +0000

Really ProblemSolved? One offense means police should be able to violate your constitutional rights as an American citizen and pull you over under no suspicious circumstances whatsoever? You by far just made the dumbest suggestion I have ever read on Keloland. Sounds like communism behind a curtain. Anyone who thinks texting and driving should be illegal is a fool. Is it dangerous? Absolutely. Should it frowned upon? Absolutely. But making it a law is idiotic and stupid. Every person who votes yes on this bill did not think about if the juice was worth the squeeze. Almost every person I know texts and drives at some point in time. You want to know what every single person will do with this ban in effect? HOLD THEIR PHONES DOWN BY THEIR LAP AND TEXT. Hiding your phone from police is not hard, but it certainly makes driving even more dangerous than it already is. So what else is illegal in my car? Changing my stereo? Changing the song on my iPod? Selecting a destination on my GPS? Eating foot while driving? Every one of these things is just as dangerous; however, the vast majority of voters are still idiotic enough to assume that a ban on texting will instantly makes the roads safer and punish abusers when in reality it won’t. Wake up and smell the coffee people. Your attempts to make the roads more safe will in the end cost more life. If you fail to see that then I don’t want YOU on the road more than I don’t want the texters on the road.

By: wakeup

wakeup — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 02:12:40 +0000

I think you may be underestimating the amount of prostitution is circulating SF. I definitely wouldn’t consider this “entrapment” as if they wouldn’t have already been looking. There is so many people dealing with their own sexual addiction demons. Most of them are victims of sexual abuse. They are already thinking about getting one all the time. Believe it or not there is tons of prostitutes here in SF and the men that give in to their temptation mostly do it because its so easy. These guys would have gotten a hooker that night anyway. And then maybe contracted HIV or another VD and then got another hooker or slept with a unknowing girlfriend and spread it all around are community. Now these guys with problems have one more reason not to look for prostitutes and hopefully there’s a decrease. Think about it, & don’t be so naive. Its a huge problem with more consequences that can affect you and your family then you think.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:29:49 +0000

Doug you nailed everything perfect! Agree with every point you made, it was all common sense. Makes you wonder how people get in to power positions like Chief of Police but have zero common sense.

By: Per Pål P

Per Pål P — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:24:24 +0000

I would just like to make one comment….First of all….let me say a big thank you to ALL of our law enforcement people… you do a fantastic job. Many of us pray that you’ll have it safe everyday of the year. But….I sure do have a problem with “chases”… If someone does not “pull over”…it’s most likely that person is “under” something…I would like to think that the person trying to make the stop would most likely have license, car description etc…And yes, some would “get away”…but hopefully not at a high speed chase while under the influence. I know there are some families in Sioux Falls and South Dakota that certainly wish there had not been a “high speed” chase…Again…many thanks to all of you in law enforcement and what you do for us….I just hope there’s other ways to eventually apprehend the person who “runs away”….I sure don’t have the “right” answers…but, I also sure hope that my children or grandchildren, are not the victim of a high speed person “under the influence”…being chased.

By: I replied

I replied — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:50:58 +0000

To problemsolved post….I agree with you….Minnesota has such a license plate
Ever notice the all white plate that starts with letters WU,WY…etc. followed by numbers???
Those are what Minnesotans call Whiskey plates because the vehicle had once been impounded for
A driver that was caught driving drunk.

By: Jeni

Jeni — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 23:42:17 +0000

Banning testing while driving is fine. What I don’t understand is why talking on the cell phone while driving is acceptable. It is true that texting is more dangerouse than talking on a cell phone, but that does not mean talking on a cell phone while driving is safe.

I witnessed a vehicle crash caused by someone talking on a cell phone who drove through a red light. I have seen drivers using cell phones using poor driving behaviors that if surrounding drivers had not beenalso watchful, a crash would have happened. Then there are those who are stopped at a signal light so busy talking on their phone they miss seeing the light turn green with the result of interfering with the traffic flow.

There is never an excuse for talking on the cell phone, listening to voice mails while driving, or checking caller ID. If there is a need/want to talk to someone using the cell phone, pull into a parking lot. Even in an emergency, pull over or pull into a parking lot/drive way.