Comments on: Flomaton Police Officer Accused Of Trafficking Meth In Florida Now Charged In Alabama

By: David Huie Green

David Huie Green — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 17:06:07 +0000

REGARDING:
“We don’t allow felons who want to work to work because of a felony but the guy who passes the background check gets his face plastered on the news.”

You probably DON’T want known lawbreakers enforcing your laws.
You can’t punish what you don’t know.
You CAN avoid the ones you DO know to be lawbreakers.

I doubt Flomaton plans to rehire him if found guilty (even though he probably knows what to look for there is reasonable doubt he would enforce laws other than against competitors).

David for good faith efforts

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:32:55 +0000

Judge not, lest ye be judged..

By: Karma is a B****

Karma is a B**** — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 18:22:39 +0000

This is great. Taking out the trash.. Imagine how many people he has arrested for having drugs in their possession.. Now he is the same scumbag that he treated them as.. Wonder if he regrets being THAT KINDA COP now? Karma at work here.! And every drug charge he has put one anyone that is in court or on color code or community service or probation right now should have all charges dropped. Bc how do we know that it wasn’t HIS drugs that were found?!??!

By: AC

AC — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 16:19:58 +0000

@Billy the adult gun slinger:

Requiring a 4-year degree would demand a much higher salary for these officers; a salary that most small towns and counties are too poor to pay. The result would be less police protection where it’s needed most. Imagine having to double or triple the budgeted salary for your police departments, especially in a society that is advocating “Defund the Police”. Also, as some others have pointed out, a college education does not ensure better officers. In fact, if you look into the corporate and political world, the majority of corruption is committed by the college educated. A degree does not necessarily make one smarter. And, yes, I have a college education; although I don’t flaunt it like you did. There have been some larger departments that required at least an Associate’s Degree. But most have relaxed those standards in recent years due to being unable to recruit a sufficient number of qualified police officers. I do think that police academies probably should spend more time training these police cadets, but that still would not prevent officers like this from committing crimes. He simply didn’t do this because he was uneducated and didn’t know better.

By: Lol

Lol — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:00:54 +0000

Explain to me again why we have background checks? We dont allow felons who want to work to work because of a felony but the guy who passes the background check gets his face plastered on the news

By: So sad

So sad — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:17:34 +0000

I am praying for his children. This is just so incredibly sad for these children and what they have had to go through the past couple of years. Another example of it’s the kids who have to suffer.

By: A citizen

A citizen — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 20:28:19 +0000

Billy the adult gun slinger things happen people change. They shouldn’t but sad to say they do. Just because some have degrees doesn’t mean that they can do the job or determine they won’t change. Two people can go through the same thing but they might handle it different & have different outcomes. No one is perfect not even you. Think about that. Nothing makes anybody better than the other, everyone is loved the same by God.

By: Billy the adult gun slinger

Billy the adult gun slinger — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 07:28:00 +0000

Imagine ALL the misdemeanor and felonious crimes committed by LE officers, evading the media and never get caught by the rule of law. I’m certain there’s other things like domestic violence, theft, performanCe eNhancement drugs, adulterous affairs and abuse of power. Holding the badge higher than its ordained purpose. Makes you wonder…
I strongly believe all cops need a 4 year CJ or human services degree (like myself) and more than the minimum standard of basic training. I believe APOSTC standards are way too low. A 70% average is the minimum requirement to pass LE academic basic training in Alabama. That’s terrible!!! Many departments do not random drug test neither do they take hair samples before hiring.
A lot needs to change academically and in the initial hiring process. That my friend will weed out a lot of the bad ones.

By: Skip

Skip — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 02:17:25 +0000

Bet he had the best prices in town! Everyone knows that Atmore and Century is where the dope comes into the area due too close proximity to I10.. Why do you think there is so many shootings in a small country town??

By: Sharon kamaka

Sharon kamaka — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 02:08:37 +0000

This person that sells drugs maybe he needs a lot help and might need to check his mind and seat down and talk to him and find out what is happening to him and why he do thing he do like drugs,