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Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Some news for a snowy Wednesday - some good, some very bad. The good is that I have a new very part-time job - assistant librarian for the math building's library. $20 a week for about an hour or an hour and a half of shelving new journals and theses. Sounds good to me. It'll also give me an excuse to look over new research in random areas (which I think is a great idea for anyone in any area of mathematics). Apparently someone recommended me for the job...who?
The bad news is that I got caught by some policeman crossing the tracks behind my apartment building. For those of who haven't been here, it's an easier and quicker route between the apartment and the Superstore, or the apartment and church. The damage? $215 fine. Ouch. So, I have decided to (a) not buy any alchohol until Reading Week, and (b) not buy any videogames until June. Sigh.
One might think the added money from the new job could go towards the fine, but I was planning to add that money to savings for future purchases/trips, so that money's already earmarked. Again, sigh.
The bad news is that I got caught by some policeman crossing the tracks behind my apartment building. For those of who haven't been here, it's an easier and quicker route between the apartment and the Superstore, or the apartment and church. The damage? $215 fine. Ouch. So, I have decided to (a) not buy any alchohol until Reading Week, and (b) not buy any videogames until June. Sigh.
One might think the added money from the new job could go towards the fine, but I was planning to add that money to savings for future purchases/trips, so that money's already earmarked. Again, sigh.
Comments:
I think the trick to avoiding those fines, is you don't have to show id when walking if challenged by a policeman. Unless he's willing to take you down to the station for it I don't think they can do anything to you
Damn, I didn't realize - the first thing he asked for was id, and I just blithely handed it over...
Well... actually, that's not entirely true. There's actually some case law that found a person guilty of obstructing justice for refusing to identify themselves to a police officer.
In that case (supreme court of canada, 1978), the accused had run a red light on his bicycle. The officer had a statutory duty to id him (Motor vehicle act of some sort). By refusing to id himself, the accused obstructed the officer in the performance of his duty.
Now, I'm not sure there's a corresponding duty here (I don't have the statute in front of me, after all).
Even if you don't have a duty though, you should cooperate. It's just the right thing to do.
Plus... there's this one case where an officer was looking into a robbery in which the accused was not involved. The officer asked for id. The accused lied numerous times. This result in an arrest and search that revealed that the accused, while innocent of the first robbery, was actually guilty of a number of other crimes.
If he'd only told the truth....
But Geoff doesn't have anything to hide does he ;)
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In that case (supreme court of canada, 1978), the accused had run a red light on his bicycle. The officer had a statutory duty to id him (Motor vehicle act of some sort). By refusing to id himself, the accused obstructed the officer in the performance of his duty.
Now, I'm not sure there's a corresponding duty here (I don't have the statute in front of me, after all).
Even if you don't have a duty though, you should cooperate. It's just the right thing to do.
Plus... there's this one case where an officer was looking into a robbery in which the accused was not involved. The officer asked for id. The accused lied numerous times. This result in an arrest and search that revealed that the accused, while innocent of the first robbery, was actually guilty of a number of other crimes.
If he'd only told the truth....
But Geoff doesn't have anything to hide does he ;)
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