It seems that many of the threads are getting away from law enforcement and 
heading toward politics. I've been back in the hospital and just finished 
trying to catch up on all of the new messages. I see many of the messages to 
be very interesting and informative, but off-topic. Please take a moment and 
read the applicable ASKACOP rule:
6.  Discussions are to remain within the topic of the conference.  The
    moderator will be the sole judge of what is and is not on topic.
    Subjects that easily fall outside the realm of the topic, ie drug
    laws and fire arms topics WILL be kept to how they are DIRECTLY
    effected by ENFORCEMENT of the law.  Please remember, LEO's are law
    enforcers, not law makers.   The moderator will make all attempts to
    keep the conference open but if a string is declared off topic, all
    conference members are expected to concede the issue and take all
    additional commentary to NETMAIL.
I think that the enforcement of this rule has been fairly liberal in the 
past, probably because everyone has been encouraged to participate and enjoy 
this echo. Many messages have been borderline on-topic because of narrow 
links to law enforcement issues, but some messages have almost nothing to do 
with law enforcement. I certainly don't want to discourage anyone from 
posting messages here, I would simply ask that more effort be expended in 
keeping the message on-topic for the ASKACOP echo. Thanks in advance for your 
assistance in maintaining ASKACOP as an informative and enjoyable echo. I 
will join in this effort, as I am guilty of posting a few off-topic messages. 
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