Sorry I buried the lede of this post while discussing many other things. A former partner of mine sent this amazing piece. This is what I was responding back to my former RPD colleagues about:
From: MA
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:01 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: No chase policyCrazy Wellford Mayor Sallie Peake defends no chase policy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=FDS-bmf4YQQ Chris Cato interviews Wellford Mayor Sallie Peake regarding a recently issued chase policy. The Mayor’s policy states there are to be no foot chases or car chases by Wellford Police whatsoever.
To my former colleagues at RPD:
I do enjoy Tut’s emails [See below].
Absolutely unbelievable!
Police work sometimes is ugly and not pristine. It is a job that must to be done in a civilized society because there is evil in our midst that will prey upon the flock. Sometimes the sheep whom we must protect are not aware of this evil. They expect evil that lurks on the fringe of the flock to abide by our rules. In some cases this leads to ridiculous extremes like our military that some people want to hold accountable to the rules of engagement that we as police officers are expected to abide by. This is not a time for PCism.
The world should have learned by now that evil is never appeased e.g., circa 1939 with the rise of the Third Reich and the current Iranian situation. This is not about the majority of the Iranian people who are Persian but the ruling Fascist theocratic misogynistic minority Arabic Mullahs who rule by fear and force that would initiate the War of Armageddon to hasten the return of the Twelfth Imam from a well in Iraq. Gee I’m sounding a lot like former Badge No. 1 Det. Bud Kelley.
I’m sorry but giving Miranda warnings to enemy combatants on the battlefield that seek the total destruction of our culture reminds me of that classic scene in Beverly Hills Cop I where Det. Rosewood stands up in a middle of a running gun battle and shouts:
[being shot at]
Sergeant Taggart: Jesus Christ!
Axel Foley: Yeah, these guys are serious.
Detective Rosewood: I hate machine guns!
Detective Rosewood: Police! You’re all under arrest!
[Armed thugs answer with a long hail of machine gun fire]
Sergeant Taggart: You do that again, I’ll shoot you myself!
The public’s perception of the police is largely based on fictional portrayals by the media. This causes an unreasonable level of expectation of we the police which in real life have difficulty fulfilling. This causes incongruity in the minds of the public of what is fictional and what is reality.
Here’s something that may give you all some solace as you protect the sheep whom we are sworn to protect:
http://www.killology.com/
RPD’s enclave in Spokane and the CDA Area is doing well. There is life after RPD. We have established a beach head here e.g., Carpenter, McFall, Sheffield & the Brat, and others too. I know Lt. Toussaint is pining away:-) When it’s time to pull the pin consider this area as a place to relocate to. This area is great and has many fine attributes that So Cal lacks and or lost. The only real problem is the political/governmental environment has been thoroughly co-opted/corrupted by an insidious ongoing criminal enterprise. This corruption was the proximate cause of the manslaughter death of Jo Savage in the RPS Parking Garage that the powers that be have so far been able to cover up . . .
This will soon change as more of you and others move to this area and demand better! You betcha I’m being hypocritical and demanding higher standards of our elected/appointed officials. Besides THE ROCKET is on the case and may have the bad guys collared before you get here:-)
SPOKANE, WA – Is the AP shilling for the Cowles Co in its efforts to conceal a manslaughter death? You decide
And I will leave you with this piece:
And this my friends is the way the National Anthem should
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ETrr-XHBjE> be sung!
Det. Ron “Rocket” Wright (Retired but not dead yet!)
From: MA
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:01 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: No chase policyCrazy Wellford Mayor Sallie Peake defends no chase policy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=FDS-bmf4YQQ Chris Cato interviews Wellford Mayor Sallie Peake regarding a recently issued chase policy. The Mayor’s policy states there are to be no foot chases or car chases by Wellford Police whatsoever.
Doubt she’s going to be re-elected. Where is Wellford anyway?
[NOTE: The Mayor has since rescinded this policy]
Regaining footing: SC mayor revokes no-chase call
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The mayor of a small South Carolina town says she’s allowing her police officers to run after suspects again.Wellford Mayor Sallie Peake on Thursday told WSPA-TV she’s revoking her Sept. 2 ban.
She said a conversation with Spartanburg County prosecutor Trey Gowdy prompted the reversal, even though she still doesn’t want foot chases.
Gowdy sent a letter Wednesday to state Attorney General Henry McMaster, asking whether the policy violates officers’ duties to uphold the law. He says he feared the policy would hamstring officers and embolden criminals.
Earlier this week, Peake said she ordered the ban after a city officer was hurt chasing a “guy who had a piece of crack on him.” She said a drug possession charge was not worth higher insurance costs.
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