confessions of a libertarian cop, and the days of his demise;

When I retired as a Detective from the NYPD I moved to Florida and decided to join a local sheriff’s office to work as a Deputy.  I needed to make some money and it was the only job for which I was qualified. I was accepted and took the job.

From the start I wanted to be the ultimate Libertarian cop.  I was not going to arrest anyone for drugs or victimless crimes and I was going to try my best to make as many quality arrests as possible.  For a good part of those 3 years I was able to do my thing.  I tried to fade into the background. I never brought up the fact that I was retired NYPD-though my colleagues probably knew from the constant stationhouse gossip.  I tried to make myself invisible to my supervisors and only interacted with them when I had to do so. And in this sheriff’s office we only held roll call once every two weeks.  Sometimes I didn’t see my supervisor for two weeks at a time.  And that was great for me.  I worked without a partner and basically had no one breathing down my neck. So yes, I was able to do my thing.

If I came across some drug user who had drugs on them I would have them dump the drugs into a ditch and ask them for their help by looking at my clipboard of wanted dangerous felons. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn’t. But I got my fair share of arrests in this manner. And those same people who had helped me would come back to me on their own to try to ID other dangerous felons.  I was also determined to investigate every call I received as if I was still a detective. I interviewed everyone I arrested. Oftentimes I would get confessions..........https://www.lewrockwell.com/2019/12/john-j-baeza/how-i-survived-for-3-years-as-a-libertarian-cop/