Choosing Which Laws To Enforce
"We don't make the laws; we just enforce them."
Such statements have become nearly a cliché in police departments across the nation. But the statement is not always true. Some laws are enforced more readily than others.
And over the years, more than a few sheriffs have issued press releases saying they won't enforce one particular law or another.
For example, Bexar County, Texas, Sheriff Javier Salazar announced June 25, after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade decision, that he would not enforce a Texas law restricting abortion.
Attorney Joseph A. Padula-Zamora
