Zepp said:
An instructor I know who trains security personnel and police officers told me that a shoe can be legally considered a deadly weapon if it is used to kick someone. He also told me that it is standard procedure for police to confiscate a person's shoe as evidence when they investigate an assault in which that person kicked somebody (at least here in California anyway). Interesting, eh?
So, I'm curious, how often have any of you LEO's out there confiscated someone's shoe as evidence in an assault?
Or better yet, have any of you ever had the cops take your shoe?
Well, IN Michigan shoes and in particular boots are considered a deadly weapon so it changes kicking someone while they are down form assault to Assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to commit murder.
The only time I have had a shoe collected was when a neighbor reported someone broke into his van and stole all his 70's country music. I was barely 19 at the time and I did not listen to country. The "prints in the snow" were considered a "Match" since the top of the "print" was about as mig as my shoe but still a little smaller. The police then wanted to take me in. I said no problem. I asked them how they came looking for me or my brother? This guys much closer neighbor as we were a 1/2 mile down the dirt road, and he was at the dead end. This neighbor women stated that me and my brother were always in trouble and causing problems. I said, ok, am I being arrested or taken in for questioning? Because if I am arrested, I need to call my roommates in Ann Arbor where I attend the U or Mich as a Chem Engineering student, to let them knwo I will not be home and also will not be in class. The police then relaxed and actually started asking questions. Such as where was I the night before, and so forth. My brother was out of town and I was out with a young lady until about 2 hours before the police showed up at 9:00 AM. I then explained that the neighbor's lady child, had recently died, while running from the police in a stolen Vette, transporting drugs. I had no problems going with them, just wanted them to know it was a dead end, and where the issue lied.
Later my Dad went down with my shoes and they did not fit into the "prints" and talked to the victum. He had come from a hockey game with a headache and had nto played his tapes or listened to his system.
I got my shoes back before the police left, and they later called the victum back where he admitted it might have occurred at the hockey stadium parking lot.
Although I have not been in any instances in a very long time to have a police officer take my shoes, so procedures might have changed.
