After investigating, police were seeking a summons to charge Nieves Tacuri, 22, of 28 Court St., Milford, with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

I'm getting the distinct impression that a licence to operate a motor vehicle in Massachusetts, or at least in Milford, in no longer required.

I agree, Dayane Silva Prates, the mother with the rollover van from yesterday was unlicensed and charges against her are pending. Luckily her children were not hurt.

Dear Chief O'Laughlin - do you not see the public safety threat that these people pose? At what point will you intervene? We are not safe in the streets of Milford. Enough is enough already.

Was at Milford court dropping paperwork off twice in past month it is a joke all that is in there is unlicensed illegals, but then when a white citizen goes up they get the book thrown at them, the illegal walks free and drives away in their ladder van, totally shameful

Police are still looking for Paulo Santos who was driving without a license, crashed his van into a business on Central St. and fled the scene of the accident on Jan 31.

Three days in a row, three accidents involving unlicensed drivers in Milford. You have to wonder how much longer it will be before there will be another fatality. I pray no one else loses a loved one. However by the simple fact that there are still so many unlicensed drivers on the roads of Milford statically it is bound to happen again. In a 2 year period we had 3 people killed by an unlicensed driver, the accidents were all 4- 6 months apart. It has been 4 1/2 months since son, Matthew Denice, death and nothing has changed. This is very sad and disappointing.

Maureen....The police could be doing more on a pro-active way but chose to let the problem come to them.
Sorry to say your police have dropped the ball on this one.
Jim@ccfiile.com

It seems like, at a minimum, the penalties need to be increased. The loopholes that allow people without a license to obtain a registration, or to have cars inspected, need to be closed. And I am sure some of these cars are obtained through private sales, but are some of them through licensed dealers? There would seem to be so many ways to attack the issue before they ever get behind the wheel, which is when the police come in. I am not an expert in this at all, but this must be a topic for state reform.

One solution.......The police in Framingham have a plate scanner, that means they can go down the street and scan all the cars that are parked on that street and even in the yards.
With that they can find out if the car is registered, and if yes to whom. If not the car immediately gets towed. Now if the registered car is not at the address of where the owner of the car is, then there is a good chance the car is being driven by an illegal. So now they at least can go from there and watch the house to see who 's driving the car, stop them when they get into the car and drive away and see if they have a license.
This isn't a big deal....the thing is...... are the police up for doing this.

When the illegal alien community gets wind of what going on, what do you think will happen.....they will make tracks out of town and the car problem will be someone elses.
Just don't have them come to Framingham....LOL
Jim@ccfiile.com

Jim I read recently (on this sight actually) that Milford has one of them plate scanners. The article explained that it can scan plates but not identify drivers. I was under the impression that they were more interested in the car being legal rather than the driver unless it shows that the owner of a car has a warrant out for them.
http://milford-ma.patch.com/articles/license-plate-reader

Again, I think Mary’s got the right idea. You shouldn’t be able to register a car without a valid license that matches the ownership (sales receipt or title) information. And you shouldn’t be able to have a car inspected unless your valid license matches the registration information.

I don’t like those plate scanners but I don’t think I have a valid argument against them. So if they can use them legally to find criminals, I guess that’s cool too /cringe/.

AJ, the Milford Police did intervene, you will note that the article and the police log state that "after investigating, police were seeking a summons to charge Nieves Tacuri".

Milford Police officers file charges for unlicensed operation every day in the Milford District Court. As an example you will note that Maureen Maloney posted that charges are pending against the woman whose van rolled over and for the individual who was involved in the hit and run on Central Street.

When we are enforcing the law, we have to act within the requirements of those laws and the Constitution. If a motorist violates the law or is involved in a crash, the police have the legal right to stop them and determine if they are properly licensed and to ensure that the vehicle is properly registered and insured. The police cannot stop someone based upon speculation or because their vehicle is at an address other than their own as Jim Rizoli suggests.

As for license plate readers, we have one in operation and it is a valuable tool for officers on patrol.

If Milford Patch readers feel that it is ridiculous that an individual can purchase, register and insure a vehicle and not have a drivers license then you should contact your legislators to support the legislation that was filed by Senator Richard Moore and Representative John Fernandes.

Tom OLoughlin
Chief of Police

This is a story about the legislation referenced by the chief:

http://patch.com/A-mw3W

To Chief O'loughlin....I know that you just can't arbitrarily stop people, my point is you have to be more creative in catching unlicensed illegal alien drivers.
The real issues is.....you really don't need a license to drive in Massachusetts....Especially the illegals.
They get caught, go to court, pay a fine, and drive away. An American citizen on the other hand has more to lose. They get caught drive away, get caught again, go to jail.
In all honesty, I do have sympathy for the police....they bring the illegals court and the court does nothing to stop them. They are fined $ 300.00 but that's about it.
The courts make it too easy for illegals to drive here. The police I'm sure are frustrated by it all.
Bottom line something has to be done! It can't continue to go on like this, allowing illegal aliens to drive here. They are a danger to life, liberty and property....
Because when you're dead all that goes with you.
Whatever has to be done has to be done. Think outside the box here.
Jim@ccfiile.com

Chief - Respectfully, it has to go much further than filing charges for unlicensed operation and seeking a summons to charge an unlicensed driver. We get it the system is broken.
I think most readers are well aware that you have to act within the limits of the law and no one is asking you to start racially profiling motorists. But it's amazing how day after day these stories are just getting worse. It's not a matter of driving without a license anymore - these people are destroying property, causing injury to themselves and others and KILLING innocent civilians.
We cry mercy. Why can't you bring in ICE to help you asses and correct this problem?

You get caught....deport them, confiscate the car, sell the car make some money.
Sue the insurance company when death occurs.
Jim@ccfiile.com

* assess the problem.

Milford Resident,

I appreciate the concerns that you expressed. We do work with ICE agents on a regular basis.

ICE protocols for enforcement and removal do not include individuals who have committed motor vehicle violations. You can access the ICE protocols at ice.gov.

As you may know, the Town of MIlford petitioned ICE and the State to allow the Milford Police to join the Secured Communities program. Secured Communities would transmit the fingerprints of every arrestee to ICE and allows ICE to communicate information and detainers concerned with illegal immigrants back to the police department. The Governor has denied our request so we will have to wait until 2013 when the entire Commonwealth is activated on the Secured Communities system.

Tom OLoughlin
Chief of Police

Shawn, just prior to the last election the Governor took the position that the State would join the ICE Secured Communties program and subsequently he changed his position. The Criminal Justice Information System in local police departments is linked to Federal, State and other Local agencies through the Massachusetts CJIS system and it requires verification and access protocols if police agencies in Massachusetts are going to communicate directly with ICE. The only agency in Massachusetts that is within the Secured Communities program is the Boston Police Department. BPD was a "pilot program" that, I believe, was initiated approximately 4 years ago.

Tom OLoughlin
Chief of Police

So there you have it....stay tuned...more deaths on the way....
Jim@ccfiile.com

"Now if the registered car is not at the address of where the owner of the car is, then there is a good chance the car is being driven by an illegal. So now they at least can go from there and watch the house to see who 's driving the car, stop them when they get into the car and drive away and see if they have a license."...wait, so then if they are Spanish, Brazilian, Russian, Indian, Korean...they shouldn't go visit their friends because now we will waste taxpayers time and money having cops sit on cars that are out visiting others. I am a home visitor, I go to seven houses in Milford per day...should the cops be waiting to see that I am not an illegal for each hour I am in a home? And how will they know that I am not illegal still? I could be have a green card and how would you know?

Here's the deal....the police have to find out creative ways to find out who are here driving illegally. That is the issue! You come to the streets in my town and I will be able to find out who's doing what. Not a problem!
This isn't rocket science....You are dealing with bullets in a gun when dealing with illegal drivers. The chances are definitely in favor of those driving with X registrations, are illegal. Granted not ALL are but he odds are there.
So are the police willing to go out of there way to figure it all out.
I tell you what......I will gladly do it for them FREE and will hand back to the police a boat load of those whom I feel are illegal. No sweat off their backs, and they can do what they want with my findings.

In regards to the green card.....those things will be found out.
This is not a complicated issue some people just make it more complicated than it is.
Do you want to try to solve your problem or are you going to B and moan about "how do you know they are illegally."
I guess the alternative you chose...people being innocently mowed down and killed is a better choice for you...
Pick your poison....
Jim@ccfiile.com

Jim, I am not saying that nothing should be done, but it does have to be done legally. What you are suggesting is to racially profile anyone who is visiting someone else and if they do not look like an American citizen, someone with a green card or a travel visa. What would the police be looking for? I have many friends who are Spanish or Brazilian or Asian and are here legally. If they come to visit me should the police wait outside my home and wait for them. And when they see that they are Spanish - what then? Should my friends be uncomfortable coming to visit me because now the police stop them and ask them if they have papers to prove they belong here? What a waste of resources.... "I will gladly do it for them FREE and will hand back to the police a boat load of those whom I feel are illegal". Then you are making assumptions and you know what they say about assuming...

How I get the information is my problem...( ;-))
Now in regards to your friends etc...why would there be a problem for them if they are here legally? If their car is an X registration that is another story.
An x plate is one owned and insured by one person and driven by another.
Or it could even be insured by the driver but he doesn't own the car.
The illegals do it all the time.
The police can correct on that I'm sure.
The insurance companies don't seem to care who driving the car. Of course the charge for this insurance would be much higher, and the owners fee has to figured in too, if he/she charges extra for it.

Back to me and my espionage....how I get the info to the police is not an issue, as long as no one is hurt...LOL
This is WAR, and what has to be to protect the public has to be done!
My lips are sealed...hopefully yours are too...Lets go get them...LOL
Jim@ccfiile.com

Mary....I know that! That is all figured out in the equation.
I'm operating a professional service here.
No room for errors....
Jim@ccfiile.com

David...want to work with me on this 'mission impossible" mission?
Jim@ccfiile.com

Jim,

Your "professional" service is misleading because your definition of X drivers is absolutely wrong.

Tom OLoughlin
Chief of Police

Chief..I left this open for you to explain it...
How about helping us out here.
Jim@ccfiile.com

Here is some info about it.
http://tinyurl.com/2629zfw
Jim@ccfiile.com

Jim - My daughter has a different last name than myself. When she drives my car to her friends house the address wont match the driver which wont match the owner. Should she be watched? And all my friends are here legally - but how would you know that by looking at them? Their names wont match the owners of the cars either since most of the cars are insured by their husbands and they do not share the last name. They shouldn't be worried but they shouldn't be profiled either because they may be spanish and their name does not match the owner. They shouldn't have to answer questions. I am not for driving illegally - whether by an American or a legal or undocumented immigrant, I just don't thimk that people who are operating within the law should be penalized based on their race.

This has nothing to do with American Citizens who are doing it right. You are responsible for who's driving your car. The illegals don't care. Plus the insurance company ask who's driving the car when the paper work is filled out. So if the owner of the car says someone else is driving the car who happens to be an illegal and has no license that's fraud.
How it's done ....
Certain neighborhoods would be the main areas for the police to monitor.
In Framingham most of the illegals can be seen living on about 20-30 main Streets.
Is you daughter visiting on those Streets in Milford? Interesting if she is.
This isn't that complicated......The South side of Framingham is where most of the illegals live those are the streets you watch.
In Milford you must have your streets too where most of the illegal aliens are living.
Jim@ccfiile.com

So if you are legal, but live near people "suspected" of being illegal, your neighborhood will be targeted? And I don't believe it is illegal to visit anyone at all in any neighborhood--you don't need to know if someone is legal or illegal in order to visit them. And what about legals living at the same addresses with illegals--are they all to be under surveillance? Poor people will be targeted, regardless of their legal standing. This sounds more and more like The Crucible, and has nothing to do with protecting the rights of individual Americans.

What an interesting conversation. I don't even live in Milford - I live in Framingham - Southside to be exact - but I think the two towns have a lot in common, so I'll comment anyway.

On the one hand, I agree with Jim that creative solutions have to be implemented to deal with the very real and far-reaching problem of illegal immigration. On the other hand, I agree with David Nolta in that the rights of American citizens cannot be trampled as part of the solution.

My daughter drives a car that is in my name, but in order to add her to the insurance, I had to supply her driver’s license number. In addition, the car she drives is nearly always parked at Southside addresses, because this is where she lives, and this is where her family lives.. It’s unfair to assume that because her car is parked on the Southside, she’s up to some sort of shenanigans. There are lots of hardworking, honest American citizens here, whose families have lived here for decades upon decades. My family, or any family comprised of honest, hardworking American citizens, being followed or stopped just because of where we live is both presumptive and prejudicial, not to mention an affront to our civil rights. To quote a little bit of wisdom from Ben Frankin, “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”

Jim, Joe, I deleted your last posts. Jim you are accusing a business of illegal activity. Joe, you are predicting a specific person will kill someone.
I shouldn't have to explain why these posts violate our terms of use. Please do not waste my time and post things that you should know will be deleted.
And thank you in advance for not complaining about censorship.

Mary...Thanks for deleting our post that pretty much explains what's going on.
Honestly...you're part of the reason why things are bad in the town with the illegals.
You're keeping the truth from getting to the people.
Pretty sad....
Hopefully people can read the article in the picture above.
Jim@ccfiile.com

Mary I gave my OPINION. Something wrong with an OPINION?
I posted to Framingham PATCH the same article a bit less than what I posted here but my OPINION is there.
http://framingham.patch.com/articles/police-log-jan-17-2012#photo-9040712

The possibility of this Brazilian "ALLEGED" drunk driver killing someone is there.
A person who takes drugs is putting their lives on the line to an early death. A drunk driver is at great odds of killing himself, in this case possibly his kids or ANYBODY else. OK I said POSSIBLY, hows that?

Maybe freedom is better here.

http://framingham.patch.com/articles/police-log-jan-17-2012#photo-9040712

To all freedom of conscience people the scan to the article is up above if it is not my link to the Framingham PATCH hopefully keeps it up. Please read it and I know you'll all have an opinion, believe me........

Joe Rizoli

MYD....I guess the article we are referring to, is propaganda too..LOL
Never happened, figment of our imagination.
Jim@ccfiile.com

Mary...but calling me a racsit, anti-semitic, hater...etc etc is not defamatory???
Jim@ccfiile.com

holy cow, this is an issue of unlicenced drivers, not "illegals". There are plenty of unlicensed citizens who drive around too. Stay on topic, lol!

I do want to point out that I love how our chief posts on the patch. It's nice to know that if there's a question regarding procedures or current legislation that you're here to talk about it. Not something you find everywhere, thank you :)

Shannon,
Most US citizens that are driving without a license are cited for and reported as "driving with a suspended or revoked license" which definitely is breaking the law. However there are so many more people in Milford cited for driving "without a license" which is because they never had a legal drivers, never took the written exam or road test and it is most likely because they are not here legally. Read the police logs and stories carefully and you will see the difference in wording. I see many more people cited for operating a vehicle without a license than I do for operating a vehicle with a suspended or revoked license. I don't have the statics on both but the last time I checked with the Chief on average one person per day was cited in Milford for driving without a license. If I am incorrect I hope Mary or the Chief clarify the information.

There are thousands of illegals driving in the area, they DON'T have valid driving licenses...PERIOD!
So are you going to tell me this problem doesn't exists?
The illegals are here, they are driving and they don't have valid driving licenses, they can't read the road signs, they don't speak English too well, and they are dangerous.
Am I missing something here?
Did any of you read the article in the picture uploaded to this site that shows what happened in Framingham? I guess I'm imagining all of this.
Jim@ccfiile.com

So I guess we all agree--driving without a valid license is UNACCEPTABLE, WHEREVER you come from, however you got here, and whether or not you are here illegally. But you cannot break the laws to enforce the laws. And please, Jim Rizoli, PLEASE stop acting as though people are to be judged as groups, and you understand them better than anybody--because people are individuals, and you don't understand them at all.

@David... you cannot break the laws to enforce the laws.
Well stated.

Ralph....Breaking the Law enforcing the law......The Govt. does it all the time!
David...Who's breaking the LAW here? I'm confused???
Bottom line....... if you don't deal with YOUR problem in Milford more deaths to come.
The Chief is just there to pick up the bodies. Three deaths in the last few years....not a good track record.
Jim@ccfiile.com

@Mary; agreed... more maturity would be nice as well.

@Shannon.....You said about me.
Before you even say it, posting borderline racist comments on a local blog isn't changing things. It's just annoying the townies"

My comments about illegals is in line with the Govt.s stand and all logical people who see it's wrong. This has nothing to do with racism. never did, never will, how about tossing that erroneous viewpoint away..
Racism is a hate for people because who they are, not what they do.
So I can hate anyone I want who break the law, and be justified.
Laws are made to punish the actions NOT the people.
I personally have never met a true blown racist, but I've met plenty of people who hate lawbreakers.
Jim@ccfiile.com