While talking to Paul (of paulkyser.blogspot.com fame) about one of his recent blogs, I decided to take a look at the St. Maarten Herald. Making front page news, 44 civil servants are soon to be trained to become "extraordinary police officers." Presumably, this is to complement St. Maarten's already "extraordinary" police force.
After completing a 5 month course (which, of course, they can retake if they fail), they will be given the "extraordinary" power to issue fines! Yes, you read that right, they will be able to issue fines...after 5 months of training! Fines must be a pretty serious business here in St. Maarten; man am I glad I haven't gotten one of those yet! I will certainly sleep much better next semester knowing that there will be 44 additional "police officers" around, with the ability to issue fines!
I can see it now..."Put your hands out of the window, open the car door, and step out of the car slowly. Get on the ground, NOW! GET ON THE GROUND OR YOU'RE GETTING A FINE!!!"
The original story can be found here.
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