Do NOT Assist Fellow Officers Who Call For Help? Say What?
Director of ICE Tom Homan severely criticized the mayor and police chief of Rochester, New York. It is a sanctuary city, and police are forbidden to aid feds in deporting illegal immigrants. But that didn’t happen. U.S. Border Patrol agents didn’t say, “Hey, officers, if you have nothing better to do, come roust some illegals with us.”
No, what the Rochester officers are in trouble for is answering the Border Patrol agents call for help. The mayor and police chief are angry at them for answering the most urgent call a cop can get: a call for assistance. This is not just odd, it is incredible.
Even in combat, military personnel are forbidden to obey an illegal order. If you doubt this, just ask Lieutenant Calley. An order to law enforcement officers NOT to respond to an emergency call for assistance is an illegal order, just as illegal as ordering them to beat a confession out of a suspect.
This is true whether the one calling for assistance is a fellow officer, a member of a neighboring department, a Border Patrol agent, or a constable of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. You rush to assist, THEN you decide whether the call for help was justified. Period. Full stop.
Check out “Code 3 To Assist” on the internet.
https://youtu.be/gigAXFw9yzQ
Note the relaxed attitude of the LAPD sergeant as he gives two reporters a ride along. Note the tension as the radio call for backup comes in. Note that the voice of the calling officer rises an octave, which the sergeant hears, denoting urgency. Note that the sergeant stomps on the accelerator pedal, and the old Crown Vic really moves. Note that only then does he activate the lights and siren. Note the silence as the three men concentrate on scrambling through traffic to get where they are needed.
“Code 3 To Assist” isn’t only a video, it’s a creed, equivalent to “leave no one behind.” You can’t delete that with an order, even if you are the chief or the mayor. It is carved deeply onto the souls of cops and soldiers. Only morons and progressives don’t understand that.