Police conducting Facebook drinking stings

We know Facebook has helped police solve all sorts of crimes, from burglary to vandalism.

But did you know it’s also being used to fight a far more pernicious crime? No, not child sex abuse.

Underage drinking.

Apparently, a college student in Wisconsin accepted a Facebook friend request from a cute girl he didn’t know. Shortly thereafter, he got ticketed for underage drinking on the basis of a picture he’d posted of himself holding a beer–in his own home, no less.

True, it’s not smart to post pictures of yourself doing something illegal, even if it’s something pretty tame. (Some of the other kids caught in the same Facebook sting were ticketed based on photos someone else posted, though.) And if you do post those pictures, you shouldn’t accept friend requests from people you don’t know, even if they’re cute.

But for Pete’s sake–there has got to be something else these cops could be doing with their time.

How frickin lame, i have no time for cops that are that lazy in my book, i think that the public should start making citizen arrests on these cops when the come to a rolling stop and not a full stop at the stop signs, or when they don't use there blinkers this can go both ways for these guys.

I have always wondwered WHO gives the cops tickets for speeding ect?I mean you know another cop isnt going to do it,round here,fireman,paramedics and cops just dont get traffic tickets for any reason.If you get stopped in my townand a badge or ems id you get sent on your little way.

Definitely need some better characters in law these days.

around here i sees cops speeding in there own cars and thay dont get tickets or anything but if its another person thay well stop them and give the a ticket and i think that is not right thay should be treated the same way as everyone elso thay should get a ticket to its just not right. i dont have a car but i still thinks its a bunch of crap thay should be done the same to them becouse thay are just like everyone elso it dont matter if thay got that badge on thay are still a normal person. Theres a cop use to live next to me and i tell ya he should of had a lot of tickets give to him theres kids on the road im liveing on and thay speed out of here like thay dont care and its going to be there falte one of these days if thay hits anyone.

yeppers ...good ole wisconsin 4 ya ....they /cops get away with a lot of crap here .....town just north of here a few years ago had a lady that was being chased by her husband ,,,,,stopped at the police station ....figured a good spot to get help ....ran in the station doors unlocked ...no one there ....he caught her in there n killed her in the police station .....where were the cops ???? who knows .....probly at the kwik trip gas station eatin doughnuts n b.s.ing with the clerk !

We have a new police station here its called Tim Hortons lol becouse if you needs them thats the best places to call for them. but we are getting a new police station here but i dont know why becouse there always at Tim Hortons so i think thay should use that becouse they are there 24/7. lol lol