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By: BLACK VELVET BRUCE LI : Chief Deane’s Final Stand?

BLACK VELVET BRUCE LI : Chief Deane’s Final Stand? — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:02:39 +0000

[...] the policy or not. It is not his place to be a back bench supervisor. It is becoming all too common in my experience and others in PWC that the Chief and his top officers are more interested in placating residents with empty words and [...]

By: Disingenuous « Virginia Virtucon

Disingenuous « Virginia Virtucon — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:30:13 +0000

By: Charles Browne

Charles Browne — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:43:54 +0000

Most people are ingorant of what the sheriff does and what they can do to help protect the people and the community.

If you have a police department that does not seem to be able to handle the crime problems of the county, and a sheriff that wants to do as little as possible (lazy), the the people are forced to deal with the problems of crime, which is what you voted for so stop whinning.

By: Riley

Riley — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:39:03 +0000

Oh, yes. Just look at the wonderful job Stoffregen did in office. “Volunteer” deputy posts being sold for campaign contributions. Badges and guns floating all about. How many of his former “volunteer” deputies have been arrested for using expired badges to try and get out of trouble (or into basketball games for free)?

Obviously, a vast majority of PWC citizens did not see Stoffregen serving anyone but himself and that is why he lost in a landslide.

By: Ed Smith

Ed Smith — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:34:39 +0000

If you are talking about public officials wanting to serve the people being the good ol’ boys, then yes, Lee Stoffregen was part of the good ol’ boy network.

Public officials that want to serve the people are something that is sadly missing in PWC today.

By: Dwayne Moyers

Dwayne Moyers — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:51:06 +0000

Not everything about Lee Stoffregen was bad. He had street deputies enforcing observed violations, conduct radar enforcement at no additional costs, train deputies in areas of criminal enforcement to act on criminal acts committed in thier presence, and handle several high profile national media trials without any security issues.

The good ol’ boy network you refer to seems to be everything you’re complaining about in the day to day work of the police department. The Chief of Police also sits on the jail board, helped the current Sheriff overthrow Stoffregen, and then loaded the staff of the Sheriff’s Office with his own police staff & supervisors. Charlie Deane just isn’t a good ol’ boy, he control every aspect of public safety in P.W.C. It seems to me he’s your problem. He helped get rid of Stoffregen because he felt like his turf was being stepped on. He clearly has too much control. Those police officers sitting in cars not acting on observed violations are just preforming acts of job security under Charlie Deane.

By: BLACK VELVET BRUCE LI : Frank Principi Responds

BLACK VELVET BRUCE LI : Frank Principi Responds — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:14:53 +0000

[...] Hopefully this could be the start of reforming the leadership of the PWCPD. That’s terribly overdue as well. [...]

By: Paul F

Paul F — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:05:37 +0000

And.. don’t forget my favorite from Halloween two years ago when one of our residents was mobbed after running out of candy when the police said “they lacked the resources to cover our community” or two years before that when my house was robbed and it took over 2.5 hours before the police came, even when two patrol cars were around the corner doing radar (as my neighbors pointed out). A buddy of mine who is a NJ police officer said both cases are inexcusable.

By: Paul Fucito

Paul Fucito — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:56:18 +0000

Amen.. What more do we need to see the county finally take off. Everything is set in place, but these obstacles keep holding us down.