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    Getting Arrested For Placing A Cache

    in General geocaching topics

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    Those other items you mention are tangible private property left in legal, mostly semi-private places.

     

    You don't "leave" a boat in a lake. You usually rent a slip or own a piece of land and dock it there.

     

    You don't leave a hunting stand on public property. You "lease" the rights to hunt there and if allowed, you place a stand to stalk Bambi.

     

    The car you park ?legally? at the curb is in a public place that is used for that pupose. If it is parked illegally, it is towed.

     

    A reasonable person would consider those things private but most reasonable people don't know what a geocache is.

     

    The level of a crime when it comes to theft is usually based upon its value. Where I come from, under $250 is a misdemeanor, the same as a speeding ticket. Does that reduce the value of the cache to the peron that placed it? NO. Am I going to get a warrant for that offense, NO.

     

    Are you aware that drug dealers and suppliers use roadside parks to "drop" their stashes off and pick up later? Could be a Geocache by your standard.

     

    I just believe that this all need to be put into perspective.

     

    kerouac, there was probably no danger of you being arrested, as they probably would have asked you a few questions first and once they found out what it was, it would be over with.

     

    Just don't feel comfortable posting on this topic anymore.

    Don't want to argue and that seems where it is going!!

    Getting Arrested For Placing A Cache

    in General geocaching topics

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    I don't know about Florida law, but I believe a cache placed in a public area where the general public has access to it does not qualify for private property.

     

    If that charge was brought to me, I would have a hard time taking that to the DA for formal charges or the judge for a warrant.

     

    That said, many geocachers consider their hard work private property, unfortunatelly, those that do not understand what this sport involves, like this guy, will do what they want.

     

    It all comes down to doing the right thing, even when nobody is looking!

    Map Send S&d Stalls At 11%...

    in GPS technology and devices

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    I may have seen this here before but cant find it anywhere.

     

    While downloading a 60k region to my SD Card reader, my MS S&D stalls at 11%. could this be a RAM issue, I hae 512 MB...

     

    I split it into 2 regions and it did just fine. I just hate that big black line in the middle of my screen...

     

    Thanks for any help or reference to another post!

    Getting Arrested For Placing A Cache

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted · Edited by skeeter64

    My experience with a US Fish and Wildlife Officer was as a State Trooper, when I caught him speeding, and got into a pursuit to catch him. I caught him, jailed him, called his boss, and lo and behold worked a wreck on him two weeks later. He claimed that he was under cover and on his way to an important meeting when I stopped him. He sure was surprised to find out that I found out his wife was expecting him and he was late for dinner!!!

     

    PS that card is usually left at houses where there is a search warrant served and they seize pot and nobody is home....as they always say, there are some that really make you wonder about the gene pool!!

    Poor items in caches

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I try to do the same..I emptied my bag the other day rebuilding a cache that had been destroyed...ook some hummingbird nectar out of a cache that I found the same day when I notied that an animal had ben eating away at the container.

     

    I guess it's like the rest of life, the only person you can get to do the right thing is yourself.

    Another article on GPS and privacy

    in General geocaching topics

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    The new video tape units in some police cars have a port for GPS. I originally thought that it would be a bad thing until I was in a ditch fighting a guy and couldn't get to my radio. Its an easy to keep a dangerous job safer. There is a whole DPS(Texas) district in West Texas that had GPSR's installed in their cars through a grant. At the time (4 years ago) they were awesome and an excellent tool, color too!!

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