In video shot this morning, Keene District Court’s Judge Edward J Burke tells Cop Block Radio‘s Eric Freerock that he’ll accept his thirty-one community service hours as certified by the Shire Free Church. Â (He volunteered to record hours of panels and speeches at a recent event.) Â However, Burke warns Freerock that one is not supposed to do community service for agencies with which one is affiliated. Â That makes no sense. Â Why wouldn’t one be able to do community service for an agency one has already supported previously?
If one has worked previously at say, the Community Kitchen, does that mean one is “affiliated” and cannot perform community service hours there? Â Or does “affiliated” mean that one is on a board of directors of said organization? Â That is not made clear during this hearing, and the community service order that courts issue to defendants says nothing about a prohibition of affiliation with an agency. Â Regardless, Burke accepts the hours. Â Case closed.
In case you missed it, here’s the full video of Freerock’s trial in January where he was convicted of not showing his license to a state cop fast enough. Â Here’s the community service hearing from this morning:
