Comments on: Cantonment Driver, Escambia Deputy Collide

By: So over it

So over it — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:30:15 +0000

I see both sides to this conversation about “finding things to charge a person with” I also see officers slacking and abusing their privlidges all the time. every job will have slackers and dead weight. when you work in the public eye you should expect to be viewed under a microscope. I spent over 20 years serving the public and doing the things law enforcement won’t even do, and I have never been thanked. I am not asking for that now, my point here is thank the officers who do good and let them know you appreciate it. my experience has taught me that complaining about the ones who do not do their jobs does not amount to anything any way. I appreciate the efforts of the sherriff but there is still some “clicks” in the ECSO that need to be split up for the sake of the public! I am not interested in speaking to anyone but you (Sherriff) as I have spoke to the Sgt’s, and Lt’s about issues in the past and asked for identity protection as to not be identified about complaining about an officer and guess what, the Lt called in the officer and without saying my name provided enough information about my complaint as to identify me, and then guess what, I had to suffer the rath, leson here is, so much for complaining and using the chain of command, after each level the effects were worse!

By: Angi

Angi — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:01:17 +0000

Glad no one was hurt…

By: Sheriff David Morgan

Sheriff David Morgan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:47:38 +0000

For ‘Hounds tooth,’

Please contact my office with this information (you may do it anonymously), re; the 105 mph trip to the ECSO jail, the officers name, incident, etc..

It will be a simple matter of using the time traveled and mileage to determine if your allegation has substance.

For in any transport situation (for officer safety and legal reasons) the officer calls in time and mileage.

As always, thank you for your continued interest in the management and oversight of the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.

David Morgan, Sheriff
Escambia County, FL
436-9512

By: blondie

blondie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:18:36 +0000

i have 2children working in law enforcement all these is not bad let the officers do their jobs…hope that they will be there when you call with a complaint.

By: Don't trust the badge

Don't trust the badge — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:58:47 +0000

I agree, get a scanner and listen to the calls.

Domestic Violence commited by ECSO Deputy…….
Child Molestation commited by SRCSO Lieutenant……
Grand Theft, commited by ECSO employee…..
and the list could go on and on.

Here is a thought LEOs, in addition to upholding the laws, how about remembering that you are not above the law and must obey the same laws you enforce, including speeding.

By: SR

SR — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:46:45 +0000

Here’s an idea for those that know everything: go get a scanner and just listen to the calls that we are responding to every hour of the day. Burglary, cuttings, shootings, domestic disturbances, retail thefts, prowlers, criminal mischief, sexual battery, narcotics, …the list goes on. Surely you guys must read the news. Don’t be so naive; we respond to this all day long as a JOB…so you can go about your happy little day. Every LEO you see fly by you isn’t going to a Denny’s or the donut shop. Give me a break. If I fly by you, I’m going to a call that sounded like, “Hey…the complainant probably would want me to step it up because something’s going down.” If you want me to take my time getting to your issue…by all means, please tell your law makers and i’ll be glad to oblige. Until you are ready to make that commitment, let us do our job, within the limits of the law, and serve you all the best way we know how. We make judgment calls all day long. Some are good, some could have been improved. We are human just like you.

By: K.B.

K.B. — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:19:11 +0000

These men and women put their lives on the line every day for OUR safety (without a lot of pay). They derserve our respect and thanks NOT critical comments!!

By: AL

AL — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:36:31 +0000

I don’t know if I am angry or amused at the comments here…. everyone has the perfect resolution and explanation on how / why the LEOs are horrible greedy selfish people. I guarantee the first time something happens to you or your loved ones, you will be right here complaining about the “slow response time” or some other ridiculous notion.
Crawl out from behind your computer screens and request a ride along with a deputy or PPD officer. Or put at least a modicum of thought into what you are posting before you post it.

By: tim

tim — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:04:11 +0000

Well that was a nice comment from a supposed “officer” of the law….condescending as usual.

By: Officer101

Officer101 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:05:02 +0000

I sit here a I read these comments and I have to say you as citizens never cease to amaze me, you all act as if you all know everything about law enforcement. Let me enlighten you all a little bit on how we do things in Law Enforcement, officers are NOT required to active his or her emergency equipment when en route to a high priority calls, they are required to use due care and before you start to follow one at there speed you better know that they are not going to a call or you risk being taken to jail for careless driving (and or) inferring with an officer in the course of his or her duties.

Remember if you were the one calling us due to some event you would want us there fast to help you, but no body wants a cop until they need us, then they want us there fast to solve there problem.

Now with that being said Yes their are officers that speed, I don’t disagree with that but make sure as a citizen you have all the fact before you go and blog about what law enforcement officers are doing, you require that we have all the facts therefore you should have all the facts before you pass judgment on all of us.

Officer101