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Originally Posted by KS_Referee
Because police have a certain amount of discretion. The responding officer could have easily stated, "I didn't see the infraction being committed, therefore there's not much I can do about it."
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Apparently, they don’t believe they do.
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"Aurora Police Department spokeswoman Crystal McCoy told the Problem Solvers the officer who wrote the ticket is sympathetic to Nancy Daoust's diagnosis of dementia but said the officer had no choice.
"When a property owner wants a law enforced on their property, this is not an area that we have discretion in," McCoy said."
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Additionally, this might be a good thing - it might force the husband to get the woman the care she clearly needs. Something bad could accidentally happen to her if she wanders off.