Let's say that all they have to do is walk up to the door, knock, inform the person who answers that he is under arrest, and escort him to the squad car. No battering ram, no fisticuffs, no chase, no shoot-out.
And let's say that the family, including children, are at home and watching Daddy be arrested.
Should the deputies then be milling around the front yard and high-fiving each other? And exclaiming about collaring Number
What level of respect by the prisoner, the family, the neighbors and now you, the readers, does such behavior generate?
Or should I use the word "disgust"?
The bullying behavior is tolerated by the current command staff at the McHenry County Sheriff's Department. It's not new.
If you haven't voted yet, keep this practice in mind, when you step into the privacy of the voting booth and make your choice for Keith Nygren or Zane Seipler. Do you want things the way they've been, or do you want new and different?
This isn't the first time I've written about street policies of the Sheriff's Department. CALEA won't help, because the policies will be written down on papers filed away on shelves in thick, three-ring binders, gathering dust and ignored. The sheriff has been there 12 years. There must already be policies, and look at where we are today. And, if there are no policies, what about common sense?
Deputies can either build respect with the citizens, or they can destroy it. The hard work of many of the deputies is being destroyed by the actions of the bullies.
Well, folks, it's going to stop.
2 comments:
Should Daddy be putting himself in a position to have an outstanding warrant and therefore run the risk of being arrested in front of his children? Is there no personal/family responsibility to be mentioned here?
I've lived in "county" since I was a young child. Never had a problem with the sheriffs office. But on the other hand they never had to come to my house to arrest anyone! Do you see a pattern? People complain about the police when they go to jail. Plain and Simple!
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