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Rose Parade attendees surrender 4th Amendment rights in bizzare police squad program

The L.A. Times, in a cutesy story about elderly Pasadena Rose Parade volunteers, inadvertently included details of a Pasadena Police program that would make Pol Pot jealous.

Nicknamed "Parade Watch", the program consists of 50 volunteers trained by local police to "be on the lookout for suspicious activity" . In order to help "look out for the bad guys", participation in the program requires citizens to sign a form agreeing that their own vehicle can be searched.

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At which point I would stop being a volunteer.

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Posted on Dec 31, 2009 at 10:16
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