12-06-2012, 09:42 AM
Barney Fife did a better job managing Mayberry.
I think oink said somewhere that until we get new blood into our PD, we shouldn't expect much to change. I have to agree.
I've met my share of cops here, mostly through volunteer activities and work--and unfortunately a recent traffic ticket
Nice guys but understaffed, reactive, some incompetent, and some just don't seem to care. The ones that I trust and respect most, openly acknowledge the gap between the ideal and reality. For example after an off-island friend got burglarized a couple years ago, the investigating officer told me bluntly that certain local families are known to be in the business of burglary; they intentionally send their minor children to do the job, so if they get caught and are brought to the station, mom and dad can simply pick 'em up, where they are immediately released. Then they hit their next house the following evening. I kind of feel sorry for the cops because they have to go through all the motions knowing nothing's going to get solved (other than the police report for insurance purposes).
(Btw, Hawaiian Shores and Beaches are an easy place to do break-ins because it's so easy to post a lookout for cop cars coming into the neighborhood. When the lookout sees the cop he calls his burglar friends/kids, tells 'em to get the hell out of Dodge, then they simply take a back street and quietly exit the subdivision. In the case of my friend's hit, the thieves must have been warned because the refrigerator was in the middle of the driveway when the cops arrived.)
In summary, we're dealing with institutionalized incompetence, brought to you by nepotism and cronyism.
So good luck with those keystone cops! I don't envy you right now.
And yet, with all its warts, there's no place I'd rather be.
I think oink said somewhere that until we get new blood into our PD, we shouldn't expect much to change. I have to agree.
I've met my share of cops here, mostly through volunteer activities and work--and unfortunately a recent traffic ticket
Nice guys but understaffed, reactive, some incompetent, and some just don't seem to care. The ones that I trust and respect most, openly acknowledge the gap between the ideal and reality. For example after an off-island friend got burglarized a couple years ago, the investigating officer told me bluntly that certain local families are known to be in the business of burglary; they intentionally send their minor children to do the job, so if they get caught and are brought to the station, mom and dad can simply pick 'em up, where they are immediately released. Then they hit their next house the following evening. I kind of feel sorry for the cops because they have to go through all the motions knowing nothing's going to get solved (other than the police report for insurance purposes).(Btw, Hawaiian Shores and Beaches are an easy place to do break-ins because it's so easy to post a lookout for cop cars coming into the neighborhood. When the lookout sees the cop he calls his burglar friends/kids, tells 'em to get the hell out of Dodge, then they simply take a back street and quietly exit the subdivision. In the case of my friend's hit, the thieves must have been warned because the refrigerator was in the middle of the driveway when the cops arrived.)
In summary, we're dealing with institutionalized incompetence, brought to you by nepotism and cronyism.
So good luck with those keystone cops! I don't envy you right now.
And yet, with all its warts, there's no place I'd rather be.
Tim
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions--Confucius
A superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions--Confucius
