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Story time. Two weeks ago I went on a day trip to the wonderful Fossil Rim Wildlife park in Glen Rose. FR offers a family friendly safari. Like going to Africa without the shots or airfare.

Drivers trek through the Texas hill country tossing food pellets to zebras, giraffes, deer, and sinister ostriches. A giraffes sticking his head in your car should be on everyone’s bucket list. I highly recommending FR for anyone who loves nature, and loves sitting in a car while enjoying nature (check, and check).

What should have been a pleasant day trip was interrupted by the Keene, Texas police department. I have never been to Keene, Texas but I speak with certainty when I say that this is a town full of ne’erdowells. Who else would set up a speed trap to steal money from unsuspecting drivers?

Austin’s police chief Art Acevedo, has a plan to expand DNA testing to everyone suspected of a crime. Current law restricts DNA testing to certain felony convictions.

Art’s scheme would mean that the innocent arrested would have their genetic code on file in a government database for over eager bureaucrats and cops to pour over at will.

First, being arrested for a crime should not give rise to the forfeiture of one’s genetic code. Innocent Texans are arrested every day.

More fun with my new copy of the Highway Patrol Operations Manual. I blogged earlier about how to handle a DPS/police request for a consent search during a traffic stop.

Here is what DPS has to say on the subject. This is what they are supposed to be doing during a traffic stop.

02.05.00 VIOLATOR INTERVIEW

I’m often surprised by the honesty of casual drug users. Too often they will confess their criminal indiscretions to the police. For example, many will consent to a police search of their car or volunteer that a joint is in a purse or glove box.

Why would anyone volunteer incriminating information? While not an exhaustive list, here are two reasons.

1. Fear/Guilt. When a cop pulls over a drug user the adrenaline of the situation leads many to confess to get the confrontation over with. They want the cop to quit their investigation. They hate the confrontation and uncertainty.

Wylie PD sent officers to storm a local body shop. What was the threat to the Wylie Community? A contraband rooster.

Having a rooster is apparently illegal in Wylie. I guess the only to handle such a threat is to send the police in with a warrant. What did the officers find upon entering the body shop? Nothing. The rooster had already been removed.