It's become painfully obvious at this point that nearly every thread started here, in General Discussion, that has anything to do with law enforcement, will go south for any number of reasons.

At this time, no new threads related to law enforcement are to be started, by anyone. This hiatus will last for the very near future, and possibly permanently.

The threads that are open currently involving anything to do with law enforcement or law enforcement officers will be allowed to remain open, but I will personally be overseeing them. At the first sign of anything that I view as trouble arises, the thread will be closed and appropriate infractions doled out.

We've avoided the inevitable for long enough. We tried to allow the membership to keep themselves in check. We tried to mentor the membership we felt are extremely valuable to this website. We tried to take a more hands off approach in moderation. We tried a more hands-on approach in moderation.

Nothing worked. So now we are going to try this...