The loiterers are not being picked up because they are not really at the 7-11. They congregate at a vacant commercial building’s property next to it. The police must have a complaint from the owner (or someone with a legal interest in the property) prior to enforcing any trespassing law.

The police could, if they really wanted to, enforce certain traffic regulations when vehicles stop on the public right of way to converse with and pick up the loiterers. This would be the appropriate way for the community to deal with this nonsense.

A group of citizens could also file a nuisance suit against the owner to force the owner to abate the nuisance. I would not support such an action because it’s an implicit approval of the police department’s abdication of responsibility and the County Government’s (read Executive’s) failure to provide for public safety.

I am pretty upset that the loiterers at the 7-11’s etc are not being picked up as the public nuisances that they are.

I guess one step at a time.

One day, Chairman Stewart will be Governor, because the people of PW and across the state recognize the progress that has been made here.

It is very obvious that those who are still trying to spoil it, are part of the problem, and not part of the solution.

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A Reader, i’ve always found Supervisor Stirrup and Chairman Stewart to be pretty responsive to e-mail. have never e-mail May, even though he is my supervisor.

Wally Covington- Office Phone: (703) 792-6190
wcovington@pwcgov.org

Martin E. Nohe- Office Phone: 703-792-4620
mnohe@pwcgov.org

Maureen S. Caddigan- Office Phone: 703-792-4645
mcaddigan@pwcgov.org

John T. Stirrup, Jr.- Office Phone: (703) 792-6195
gainesville@pwcgov.org

John D. Jenkins- Office Phone: 703-792-4668
jjenkins@pwcgov.org

Michael C. May- Office Phone: 703-792-4643
mcmay@pwcgov.org

Frank J. Principi- Office Phone: 703-792-4646
FPrincipi@pwcgov.org

“In a Friday morning impromptu meeting with members of the press, Deane clarified further: Under this new policy, officers check immigration status at the stage of “physical custodial arrest,” when the handcuffs are used, he said.”

“In the meantime, police will continue to press for immigration status of suspects “based on circumstances,” Deane said, adding that those circumstances did not necessarily need to include arrests.
“We still retain the ability to check immigration status prior to arrest,” he said.”

http://www.insidenova.com/isn/news/local/article/prince_william_police_chief_supervisors_to_discuss_immigration_policy/16428/

Looks like a satisfactory interpretation to me, and I was a skeptic that it would be enforce before.