Our website is full of your opinions about a Quincy man who got arrested for running a taxi service without a license.
Jonathan Schoenakase operates Courtesy Rides in Quincy, and got caught in a police sting over the weekend
Here's just one of those comments.
Moral Compass wrote, "I have heard of few police acts which are more disgusting and disgraceful than this. A man who saves lives should not be arrested, but celebrated. I am sickened by the fact that the police would need to carry out a "sting operation" against this hero."
KHQA took these comments and concerns to the chief of police.
Last summer we first introduced you to Jonathan Schonakase and his Courtesy Rides service. He says it's a free service that takes people home if they've had too much to drink. Schoenekase says if someone offers him a tip, he will accept. And that violates the city's taxi/limousine ordinance. Over the weekend, Quincy police officers set up a sting operation to catch Schoenakase in the act of violating that city ordinance. Some of the comments on our website ask if the police department has other things to worry about than nabbing a guy who's keeping drunk drivers off the streets.
"We've got a lot of better things to do than this, but it is part of our job. We're not a one-dimensional department. There are a lot of things we can do at the same time," says Police Chief Rob Copley.
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Jonathan Schoenakase operates Courtesy Rides in Quincy, and got caught in a police sting over the weekend
Here's just one of those comments.
Moral Compass wrote, "I have heard of few police acts which are more disgusting and disgraceful than this. A man who saves lives should not be arrested, but celebrated. I am sickened by the fact that the police would need to carry out a "sting operation" against this hero."
KHQA took these comments and concerns to the chief of police.
Last summer we first introduced you to Jonathan Schonakase and his Courtesy Rides service. He says it's a free service that takes people home if they've had too much to drink. Schoenekase says if someone offers him a tip, he will accept. And that violates the city's taxi/limousine ordinance. Over the weekend, Quincy police officers set up a sting operation to catch Schoenakase in the act of violating that city ordinance. Some of the comments on our website ask if the police department has other things to worry about than nabbing a guy who's keeping drunk drivers off the streets.
"We've got a lot of better things to do than this, but it is part of our job. We're not a one-dimensional department. There are a lot of things we can do at the same time," says Police Chief Rob Copley.
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