Brickbat: Some Fine Police Work

In a Facebook
discussion of kennel cough being spread at an Illinois dog park,
Christine Adamski posted: “I was feeling bad that I haven’t bought
a pass and been bringing Ginger there but I’m pretty glad I
haven’t.” Granted, that’s not the most elegant sentence. Still, it
would seem pretty clear, especially in context, that Adamski was
glad she hadn’t been bringing her dog to the park. But an employee
with the Will County Forest Preserve District police department
read that and believed Adamski was admitting to bringing her dog to
the park without buying a permit. The department sent her a
ticket for $50 along with a note saying she’d admitted her
crime on Facebook. After Adamski contacted the department,
officials rescinded the ticket.