Yea, if she refused to provide her identity, that's a bad play and one that she's totally responsible for.Charles L. Cotton wrote: I'm not happy about the tactic either, but if she really refused to identify herself so the officer could issue a citation, then the officer had two choices; 1) let her walk away; or 2) make a custodial arrest and take her to the station for identification. I can't fault him for making a custodial arrest if she truly wouldn't identify herself when asked. She apparently chose jail over a citation.
Chas.
APD has had focus on jaywalking before, especially when Austin has a high incidents of vehicle vs pedestrian accidents... If you can't hear the LEOs, then you probably can't hear the cars either.
There has to be a better way though.