The March 17 crackdown coincided with concern about a string of attacks on Hemet police anti-gang officers

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Some Alpha Biker commentary...

400 officers... 70 locations... 33 suspects... 14 charged... "billed as a success because it let the Vagos know they had the attention of local, state, and federal authorities."

I wonder if the American Taxpayer bills this as a success... who are the real fools here... those commanding and executing these "law enforcement" activities... or the American Citizen who tolerates it...

Let's do some simple math... with some simple assumptions... let's say this entire effort took one 40 hour work week... the cost of one officer on overtime plus his equipment and consumables (gas, ammo, wear and tear on equipment, freshly issued tinfoil hat, etc...) could be say $100/hour.

Now... if the bullshit train left Hemet at 1:30 in the afternoon... it would have burned through 400 people X 40 hours X $100 per hour = $1.6 Million before it pulled into mainstream media station.... that's $1.6 million dollars of tax payer money for 14 bullshit arrests... none apparently related to the alleged acts of terrorism against the town of Hemet.

That's a lot of fuckin' donuts.

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Four weeks after authorities targeted the Vagos Motorcycle Club in Riverside County, less than half the 33 suspects arrested have been charged.

The March 17 crackdown coincided with concern about a string of attacks on Hemet police anti-gang officers. The sweep was intended to send a “powerful message” to the Vagos, who were described at the time as an “extreme threat” to law enforcement.

As of Wednesday, criminal charges had been filed against 14 of those arrested, according to a Los Angeles Times review of Riverside County Superior Court records.

Two Vagos members who were charged in March pleaded guilty to felony possession of controlled substances, The Times reported.

Other Vagos members, including a 50-year-old man arrested on suspicion of possessing a billy club and 31-year-old man who allegedly had a counterfeit state seal, have not been charged, the newspaper reported.

A spokesman for the District Attorney’s Office said prosecutors were still reviewing cases. There was no hurry, he said, because defendants were not jailed, the spokesman said. Under federal law, a suspect can be jailed for up to 72 hours without being charged but no longer.

“They need to know we’re keeping an eye on them,” district attorney’s spokesman John Hall told The Times. “Part of the message we are trying to send is to let them know we know they are out there.”

The March 17 crackdown included around 400 law enforcement officers in more than 70 locations across Southern California. It was billed as a success because it let the Vagos know they had the attention of local, state and federal authorities.

Weapons, stolen vehicles and small quantities of drugs were seized during the sweep.

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