Comments on: Driver Flees After Carjacked Ford Involved In High Speed Molino Crash

By: richard tripper

richard tripper — Tue, 08 May 2012 03:08:47 +0000

Gerry you might want to check the facts on the budget Sheriff Morgan has not cut his budget as he has said, he has only increased it every year. This information is available from the Escambia County Clerk of the Court. Morgan pays his Chief Deputy over $130,000.00 a year plus benefits and Deputies are still being paid $34,000.00. At a recent republican forum at Washington High School Morgan told the audience that he would pay his Chief Deputy $250,000.00 if he had it because he is worth that much. Not one word about paying his deputies any more money. Morgan also hired the Chief Deputy’s daughter at $49,000.00 a year plus benefits as a PR person. I have no criticism for the officers that work at the Sheriff’s Office my only criticism is for the Sheriff who is misleading the citizens. Morgan has not reduced the budget and has not decreased crime. The facts on the crime statistics are available from the FDLE web site. I disagree that the presence of more officers doesn’t have an impact on criminal activity, it does. People who live and work in the northern portion of Escambia County pay taxes and deserve sufficient coverage. Everything I stated is documented and can be obtained as public records from the Sheriff’s Office or the Escambia County Clerk of the Court.

By: TK

TK — Mon, 07 May 2012 22:45:54 +0000

Im just thankful my dad is safe and my two sons still have their grandfather. As far as the sherrifs office go just do your damn job and stop accusing people of stupid crap which you know nothing of. The good cops in this county get a bad rep because of the few morons they have to work with. My friend was formally married to an escambia county cop who beat her and caused a miscarriage. Did he get punished when the cops were called on him? Hell NO! Where are the good people that want to do good things not just crooked people who want control…

By: Gerry

Gerry — Mon, 07 May 2012 20:14:18 +0000

Crime is increasing everywhere and that includes the Northend. I don’t see blaming our sheriff. Remember he has had to slash his budget to the bone and has had to do with less personnel. It stands to reason he has to put more people in the highest crime areas. We all have to do the best we can to stay safe and protect our property. It doesn’t help to blame our sheriff, or the deputies. I have lived in Molino all my life and I grew up with the philosophy, be prepared to take care of yourself, because it might take the “law” awhile to get there.

By: mr young

mr young — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:01:56 +0000

I’ve been around some shady people and have seen some of the things people are capable of you can have twenty police officers patrolling an area and a thief will strike that’s what they do that’s there life its unfortunate we have to deal with it we just have to be prepared for it I’m not saying its the victims fault just sayin be alert and safe by the way if there is any car jackers that want my truck the joke is on you

By: No Excuses

No Excuses — Mon, 07 May 2012 13:30:00 +0000

I would like to say that I do appreciate the presence of the north end deputies. When the horse was killed on Highway 29N a while back, they came by to ask us to check on our animals (around midnight). Fortunately, all three were still where they belonged. That told us that the law enforcement officials in our area were aware of who had what on their farms.
I think that carjackers strike when they see an opportunity. Even if the deputies patrolled every 15 minutes through the neighborhood, all the car jackers needed to do was wait until they were gone, then make their move. I think that stricter enforcement of laws and penalties already on the books AND a strong neighborhood watch presence would probably be a better deterrent. We do need more officers – I am not arguing that point, but I agree with whoever asked how more officers would have stopped this. Carjacking is a crime of opportunity. Maybe if the driver had a gun and pulled it out? Not a good situation in any event.

By: Kirko Bangz

Kirko Bangz — Mon, 07 May 2012 06:47:32 +0000

Dodge > Ford

By: Callit

Callit — Mon, 07 May 2012 03:49:51 +0000

Carjacked with a knife? That thug better be a laid off cook at Benny Hanna of Tokyo if he thinks he’s gettin my car with a knife. I’m not that fast on the draw but I only need one shot to hit what I aim at.

By: citizen

citizen — Mon, 07 May 2012 02:05:31 +0000

To Mr Spin, The Sheriff added a couple of Officers up here just before he has a town hall meeting at Frans where he was happy to say he added some Officers up here. Afterwards, they faded away. We now still only have two per shift. The zone 4 Lt does cover this area after hours through the weekdays and on weekends but, if the schedule is done right, a Sgt should be out when the Lt is not. If you are waiting on prints to clear a case, you need to go to the house. TV has educated the worse criminals not to leave any prints. Why can’t someone make those 9/5 M/F investigators get off their butt and do some real police work and interview people to clear a crime like it has always been done. There is no excuse for the low clearance rate other than very bad leadership. A Lt in a substation should be a working Lt, if not, move his butt, he’s useless. It’s at least one more officer patrolling to prevent crime. If you can’t figure out that more officers may have prevented this crime as well as all the others up here, you need to quit. That my son would be a no brainier. Change starts at the top. It’s time for change.

By: molino jim

molino jim — Mon, 07 May 2012 01:27:03 +0000

@ stop the spin — Thanks for sending this out before I could. I have to wonder if a lot of the folks who gripe about LEO all the time have had a chance to ride in the back seat of a LEO car. As has been posted on here time and time again —- if you think you can do a better job of enforcing the law and making the world crime free — go on out and spend about 500 hours to be certified and go out on the street.

By: Richard Tripper

Richard Tripper — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:23:40 +0000

“Stop the spin”, take your own advice and do just that. Both offices are down two deputies each spin that however you want. Getting good prints inside a vehicle is just as feasible as getting good prints anywhere. One more deputy on the street is another law enforcement officer that can respond to and/or deter criminal activity. You sound as if you have a very personal interest in who is elected by the way you spin things. You growing tired of the same arguments isn’t my concern. By the way based on what you posted instead of taking a Lt. away from “zone 6″ your taking it away from “zone 4″ what’s the difference your taking an officer away from another area.