A member here brought this to my attention.
Someone was fishing in Deal, trespassed across a closed area, and was given a ticket.

IMO the person who was given the ticket was clearly in the wrong.
The writing of the ticket was discretionary on the part of the officer.

There are ways to reduce the risk of getting a ticket, ways of having a conversation, before it's written.
Can't begin to discuss that here as took years to learn how to address different branches of LE with the specific amount of respect for the jobs they do.

And speaking of the jobs they do, a big hand here for all the brothers in LE and the risks they take.
They have a serious looting problem now, much larger than what is on the news feeds.
They are just doing their jobs.






There is also a safety issue. There are some areas where you would need to descend rock strewn rubble 10-15 feet to get to the water. This becomes a liability on the part of the town if they are lax in keeping people out of dangerous areas.
If the Chief tells them to crack down on fishermen, that's what they will be doing, and no one should fault them for doing their jobs.