The need for more deputies!

[fttrsbeerwench]

Touchy subject!!

FOUR FIGURE OFFICE CHAIRS,,, RAPISTS IN OFFICE...SHOOTOUTS IN THE BRASS RAIL PARKING LOT WHILE COPS SIT NEARBY>> WOOOHOO!! If we could get the cops we have to straighten up and do they're jobs... UNSOLVED MURDERS.... "COMPLICATIONS" have brought to a halt the arrest of child molesters county wide!!!! THIS I KNOW> I HAVE LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE! I HAVE A SIX YEAR OLD CHILD! I HAVE BEEN THREATENED BY POLICE FOR SOMETIHNG OF WHICH I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF TO BEGIN WITH... MORE COPS... HOW ABOUT BETTER COPS!!!

 

[willie]

Re: Re: Touchy subject!!

Originally posted by *archimedes*
Odds on favorite for incoherent post of the week

You didn't catch the subtle message she was sending?

 

[Kain99]

Re: Re: Touchy subject!!

Originally posted by *archimedes*
Odds on favorite for incoherent post of the week

No comment, her sig line scares me.....

 

[liberty4me]

Do we need more deputies? The answer would be yes, however lets start with a new sheriff 1st.
I find it ironic that the sheriff would post an article in the emptyprize stating that politics are over or that of an picture being used for an candidate for CCJ.
I must comment on the part where it is aganist office policy to use their position to endorse political candidates.
This coming from the same MAN who shunned his own deputies who didn't support YOU in your election??
Regardless, if that person was doing his or her job.
You had/have some very dedicated professionals that work for you however with your LACK of professionalism and ethic
THE MORAL OF YOUR SHERIFF OFFICE SUCKS.
To fix it start with yourself 1st, remember your time will also be coming around and I for one can't wait. You are making huge mistakes with your people and when they aren't there to have your back you have no one to blame except Hillary and yourself.

 

[Oliver]

It sounds like Liberty4Me is upset with the Sheriff I will assume from your post that you feel Zylak deceived his people when he told them "Politics are over and it's time to get to work". I am amazed that you would have actually believed him The Sheriff is an elected official, how can you remove politics from a political position?

Zylak is a product of his environment. He was raised by Sheriff Petitt and is trying to follow in his foot steps. The problem is, Petitt was intelligent, worked with the Board of Commissioners and had some political savey. Zylak is new to the game, not as smart and must have slept through all that leadership training he bragged about duirng the election.

 

[truth2Btold4]

Kudo's to you Oliver!

 

[itsbob]

Originally posted by tys_mommy
Speaking of funding, I'm sure there are reasons for it but I've always wondered why does each deputy need their own personal cruiser (which they can use of their personal use as well)? Why can't they share?

A lot of police departments that use to share cars found it more economically feasible to have "private" cars.. more pride of ownership, better maintenance.. If you use a car out of a fleet pool, why would you care how fast you went over the speed bump.. you probably won't see that car again for a week or two.. Scheduled maintenance? Bad Brakes? Let someone else worry about it, it's not my car....

I can see the difference in my neighborhood, the troopers spend more time cleaning, waxing and doing other "nice" things to their patrol cars then they do their own cars..

 

[itsbob]

Originally posted by tys_mommy
I don't hate cops. This just made me think about an article I read in the Emptyprize a few months ago about how they needed $$$ to buy new vehicles and such. Then when I went to the dentist the other day and saw a deputy there with this 3 kids all piling out of the cruiser.

This on the other hand, sounds like an unauthorized use of OUR property.. Don't know the local laws.. but in my former state, you got to use the car to get to and from work, and perform your duties.. other then that it was supposed to remain parked.. Wonder what would happen if that deputy got into an accident in his cruiser, and one of his kids got hurt??

 

[TripleJ]

Originally posted by *archimedes*
I believe that the rule is that if they are using their patrol car, they are 'on doody'; if the happen upon an accident or crime or whatever they must comport themselves as a law enforcement officer. It is for your benefit.

Exactly the other two are idiots. This telephone # is for them when someone is breaking into their home 1-800- CRKHEAD

 

[TripleJ]

Originally posted by *archimedes*
So you'd rather hamstring the whole department than support the majority of the deputies that really are keeping you safe? Every career field has its slackers. Some people post on the internet all day instead of working, for instance.

 

[TripleJ]

Re: Re: The need for more deputies!

Originally posted by CowGirlUp
Maybe if they stop worrying about traffic citations...and worry about more serious crimes they wouldn’t have to hire anybody new.

???? Concern for our brave military over seas is great when loss of life is presented over the news. Yet these lives do not present "a drop in a bucket" when compared with the lives lost on the highways of our nation. Those traffic citations you speak of care freely, are the ones that help keep you and your family safe while driving on the road. Ignorance is an annoying thing to me........

 

[TripleJ]

Originally posted by itsbob
A lot of police departments that use to share cars found it more economically feasible to have "private" cars.. more pride of ownership, better maintenance.. If you use a car out of a fleet pool, why would you care how fast you went over the speed bump.. you probably won't see that car again for a week or two.. Scheduled maintenance? Bad Brakes? Let someone else worry about it, it's not my car....

I can see the difference in my neighborhood, the troopers spend more time cleaning, waxing and doing other "nice" things to their patrol cars then they do their own cars..

exactly

 

[vraiblonde]

Originally posted by CowGirlUp
Maybe if they stop worrying about traffic citations...and worry about more serious crimes they wouldn’t have to hire anybody new.

A friend of mine was speeding down the road and a cop pulled him over. The friend says, "Why aren't you out taking care of real criminals instead of hassling me?" The cop says, "Weren't you breaking the law by going 80 in a 55?" The friend says, "Well, yeah." The cop replies, "Then you're a real criminal."

 

[TripleJ]

Originally posted by itsbob
This on the other hand, sounds like an unauthorized use of OUR property.. Don't know the local laws.. but in my former state, you got to use the car to get to and from work, and perform your duties.. other then that it was supposed to remain parked.. Wonder what would happen if that deputy got into an accident in his cruiser, and one of his kids got hurt??

The same thing would happen to him if he was in his private vehicle and his kids got hurt? You know? they pay actors millions of dollars to pretend to be police in the movies, well they can't pay cops millions to do their jobs, even though, they should with all the risk and sacrafices they make. It is not feasable. But, wow, they let the cop take home his/her cruiser.....as mentioned the upkeep on the vehicle is better, there is a greater presence in the comunity,responce time in emergencies is increased, but, I guess this is too high a price to pay for these guys I don't understand a lot of what has been posted, I chalk it off to ignorance and bitterness, maybe we should have a trial period, let's have no police at all, see how that works for let's say year? If all these posters are still so antipolice, then let's just do away with them .......

 

[truth2Btold4]

I have been reading all this about the police taking their police cars home and I have to chime in and make some points...and emphasize some of the points that have been previously made.

1. The police cars taken home are maintained better. The cars get basic routine maintenace on a more regular basis, they are not trashed, there is no time lost when transferring equipment. If there were community vehilcles the turnover rate on police vehicles would be higher. The officer takes pride in car the car that is assigned to him/her.

2.When the officer uses the vehicle while off duty there is the police presence that would not normally not be there if he/she was using a non police vehicle.

3. The officer can respond to an accident or a call when off duty if he/she has his/her vehicle with them. I was at a freinds home one day while an off duty deputy was also visiting. That officer heard an accident occur out on the highway. The deputy immediately got into the police car and responded. The officer was there in a matter of about 2 minutes. Otherwise it could have been 5 or 10 minutes before an on duty officer could have responded.

So there are benefits.

 

[Ken King]

Originally posted by truth2Btold4
I have been reading all this about the police taking their police cars home and I have to chime in and make some points...and emphasize some of the points that have been previously made.

1. The police cars taken home are maintained better. The cars get basic routine maintenace on a more regular basis, they are not trashed, there is no time lost when transferring equipment. If there were community vehilcles the turnover rate on police vehicles would be higher. The officer takes pride in car the car that is assigned to him/her.

2.When the officer uses the vehicle while off duty there is the police presence that would not normally not be there if he/she was using a non police vehicle.

3. The officer can respond to an accident or a call when off duty if he/she has his/her vehicle with them. I was at a freinds home one day while an off duty deputy was also visiting. That officer heard an accident occur out on the highway. The deputy immediately got into the police car and responded. The officer was there in a matter of about 2 minutes. Otherwise it could have been 5 or 10 minutes before an on duty officer could have responded.

So there are benefits.

1. Maintained better, how? The officer is doing his own maintenance or something or are you referring to it not racking up the miles as it would in a shared system?
2. A police presence? Yeah, I know it is a deterrent when you drive by this one area and you see the officer’s car parked and he is smacking golf balls. No one is going to snatch them while he is out there. Heck, there was one car that sat idle for over three months in an officer’s driveway while he was not available for duty due to injury. And what deterrent is it when you see the officer and his kids pull into the store parking lots, burning tax payer gas and racking up miles on a tax payer vehicle, to run in and do his shopping while his personal vehicle sits in his driveway.
3. I’ve got a story too. Several years ago my son was stabbed during a confrontation with some wannabe punks. We had four or five officers in our neighborhood at that time and not a single one of these officers made the scene (and they were all home, I checked afterwards), I talked with a couple of them and they said they had heard it on their scanners but were off duty. It took a while to track down the punks but it was those on duty doing it and not those that are making a presence.

This is a carry over from years past when we had nowhere near the amount of officers that we have today. If we could reduce the number of vehicles and fuel required maybe the sheriff could get another deputy or two by reallocating funds. Or should we treat this like education and just keep dumping money into the bottomless pit?

 

[itsbob]

Originally posted by TripleJ
The same thing would happen to him if he was in his private vehicle and his kids got hurt? You know? they pay actors millions of dollars to pretend to be police in the movies, well they can't pay cops millions to do their jobs, even though, they should with all the risk and sacrafices they make. It is not feasable. But, wow, they let the cop take home his/her cruiser.....as mentioned the upkeep on the vehicle is better, there is a greater presence in the comunity,responce time in emergencies is increased, but, I guess this is too high a price to pay for these guys I don't understand a lot of what has been posted, I chalk it off to ignorance and bitterness, maybe we should have a trial period, let's have no police at all, see how that works for let's say year? If all these posters are still so antipolice, then let's just do away with them .......

Don't get me wrong.. I'm all for them, as many of THEM as we can afford, and I have no problem with them taking their cars home.. hell, WHo is going to break into my house with 3 Marked and one Unmarked Sate car in my parking lot?? ANd I agree with the increased presence when they use their cars to do errands, but with their kids?? Don't think it should go THAT far.. though if it was my kids they would get a HUGE kick out of it.

 

[sleuth]

On the way to work today, between White Sands and Gate 3, I saw no fewer than 5 police cars. 1 Calvert County Deputy, 1 MD State Police, 2 St. Mary's Deputies, and 1 PAX Police Car.

This is pretty typical. I see 3-6 squad cars every day each way on the way to and from work.

Maybe we need more deputies, but we certainly don't need them in Southern Calvert or along 235 in LP and California.