Today the administration, if the rumors are to be believed, are answering the current challenges of law enforcement by putting forth the concept that patrol officers should be transferred to the detective division and the veteran detectives (with thousands of hours of training, experience and skill development) should be transferred back to patrol.   The idea is that it will give the patrol officers the opportunity to experience investigations.   Conversely, the detectives, who haven’t been in a uniform or handled the current day-to-day specialized duties of patrol in years, will get the “opportunity” to do just that.  It is all being sold as “only fair” to the people involved.  Do I believe they are thinking of doing this?  Sadly, yes, it’s been done before.

Now, I could launch into a long diatribe about how silly, ill thought out, lame and frankly inefficient this is, but why waste my time.  It was the same argument made years ago when something like this was tried before.  So, let me just cut to the chase.

1. How will it effect the enforcement of the laws and keep the peace?  Well, if the guy answering the call is trying to figure out how to work the forms rather than listen to the complaints of the citizenry, I’m thinking there would be a problem.

2. If the guy handling the investigation has no idea how to put a case together, what the SAO wants to prosecute, how to interview, gather evidence, write a warrant, submit a felony report, strategize with other detectives or agencies on a case or task force…well one would wonder if a whole lot would get done- successfully.  Now the cop will get paid regardless, so other than the stress caused by knowing he/she wasn’t doing a good job, there is no downside for them.  It won’t save money.  However it WILL cause chaos to the citizenry- hardly a selling point if you ask me.

3.  Will it create a better sense of “teamwork”?   No.  For the above reasons.  Nobody will be happy, nobody will help each other.  This doesn’t surprise me, the current administration is a little “Maoist” and likes internal division to keep things hopping.

Let me help out with a simple analogy.  Would you take your car in for major repair if you know the business thought it was a good idea to have the paint guy work on your carburetor and the engine guy work on your paint job?

Or

Would you go into a hospital for medical attention if you knew the policy was to let the ear,nose and throat guy do heart surgery and the proctologist do brain surgery?  (Of course that would work with Democrats, leftists and liberals- but that is another post for another day.)

Point is, as was told to me by my Granddaddy- “Son, just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. Remember, if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.”

Cops get tired of being lumped in with other public sector employees like school board administrators and such.  Why? Because their job isn’t our job. It is that simple and it goes for firefighters and emergency responders.  The three positions are what is considered high risk for a reason.  Nowhere will you see teachers and bureaucrats running  a line across a raging river and using it as a lifeline while dragging some idiot out of a tree top because the guy figured he could make it across the washed out bridge unlike everybody else who was smart enough to turn around.  Nope and never will.  Nor will you see this happen to most of the public service employee members.  Sent to me by an active and very upset police detective.

This is becoming if not a daily occurrence a weekly one. I know this is not what the tea partiers want but they need to pay attention and OPENLY support their public safety while realizing that there are unattended consequences of even well intentioned actions! I know that there are people where I work (that have around 15 years or more here) that are thinking if they make drastic changes to our pension I will retire before they occur. How many officers would that put the city down? With altered benefits even in today’s market who would replace them and it they did get replaced how long would they stay?

A deputy U.S. Marshal seriously injured during a shootout with a felon sought on various charges has died.

A family member said 48-year-old John Perry, who was shot in the head by 35-year-old Carlos Boles just before 7 a.m., died exactly 12 hours after he was injured.

A fugitive-search team had gone into a two-family flat at 3117 Osage Street seeking Boles when he opened fire, hitting Perry, Deputy U.S. Marshal Theodore Abegg and a St. Louis city police officer before officers shot and killed him, authorities said. The home is near Marquette Park. Perry had been with the U.S. Marshals nearly 10 years.

Abegg, who has been with the agency three years, was listed in fair condition at St. Louis University Hospital with a gunshot wound to his ankle. The city officer, described by police as a 34-year veteran of the police department in his late 50s, was taken to Barnes-Jewish Hospital with graze wounds to his face and neck. He was treated and released.

Police first reported officers down by radio at 6:51 a.m.

The case unfolded after two city officers, assisted by eight deputy marshals, went to the residence before 7 a.m. to arrest Boles on indictments charging him with assaulting a police officer and possessing narcotics. Those charges are from an incident at the same address in October.

Police said the officers had escorted several children from the residence before the gunfire erupted. A police statement, released this afternoon, said officers checking the second floor encountered Boles, who wounded one deputy marshal and a city officer.

Officers returned fire, but Boles continued firing and hit a second marshal. Boles was then killed by more shots by officers. The police statement said it was unclear how many officers and marshals fired at Boles.

St. Louis police Lt. Col. Tim Reagan said the department’s violent offenders unit had requested help from the U.S. Marshals office in St. Louis in arresting Boles. The St. Louis Grand Jury indicted Boles on Jan. 11 on charges of assault and drug possession, stemming from the incident on Osage on Oct. 11.

William Sibert, the U.S. marshal in St. Louis, went to St. Louis University Hospital, where he was joined by Mayor Francis Slay and St. Louis Police Chief Dan Isom.

“This is a tragic example of what our law enforcement officers go through every day,” Slay said. “They need our support and their families need our support.”

At the hospital, officials said the officer who had been wounded was grazed by a shot that struck his bullet-resistent vest.

St. Louis Circuit Court records show that Boles was accused of striking and choking a city police officer on Oct. 11 outside the address on Osage. Police reports say two uniformed officers suspected Boles of dealing drugs and tried to question him, but he fought and struck one of the officers. The report says officers used a Taser to subdue Boles.

Reagan, chief of staff for the St. Louis police department, said officers applied for warrants the day after the incident on Osage in October, but no charges were filed until the drug-analysis report was completed one month later. The grand jury then indicted Boles in January.

Court records show that Boles has six felony convictions. In 1993, he pleaded guilty of assault. In 2005, he pleaded guilty of four instances of felony possession of controlled substances and of resisting arrest. Police said the pill bottle that officers saw Boles toss at the scene in October was found to contain heroin and cocaine base.

Now teachers and such will get involved in violent incidents in some schools.  But it isn’t part of their job.  They aren’t called by citizens across the nation every day to clean up the messes and fight the bad guys.  How much damage can the lack of teachers cause?  Some, but they can double up classes etc.  How much damage can happen if you cut your cops?  Ask Camden.

The average salary for a rank-and-file police officer in Camden, after benefits, is around $140,000 a year - in a city where more than half the residents live below the federal poverty line. Camden’s police chief, Scott Thomson, vows that the city can absorb the cuts by restructuring the police to focus more on violent crime and on street patrols. (For years, New Jersey has supplied state police to help patrol Camden.)

Behind closed doors, though, the Mayor’s Office is clearly worried. That is evident in Camden’s application last fall for transitional state aid for 2011 (over and above all other state aid that Camden regularly receives).

Signed by Redd, the application raises a concern that the mayor is reluctant to state in public: “It is anticipated that the reduction of sworn officers within our Police and Fire Departments will result in a severe public safety crisis affecting residents, workers and visitors.”

That concern is well-justified. Statistics show violent crime has been on the rise in the city. There were 37 murders in Camden in 2010, compared with 34 in 2009. Shootings have spiked 20 percent in the past year.

Camden’s violent-crime rate is five times the national average, according to the FBI, while its overall crime rate is three times the national norm. A recent national survey ranked it as the country’s second most dangerous city.

Wait until the bad guys get comfortable with half a police force being on the street, tired and frustrated.  Criminals work at several levels; instant opportunistic crimes (think bait car TV shows), long range deeply detailed crimes (series of bank jobs for example), and the most common- the half-assed thought out crimes.   These are what Camden is going to suffer.  These kinds will be like robberies on the street, robberies in convenience stores, carjackings, etc.     What will motivate the criminal will be the chance they’ll get away with it since they know the police will be slow in responding and will not have the resources to really work the crime.  One article on the subject indicated the department is focusing on emergency responses (street patrol) and is being forced to give up in depth investigations.  That means if you get robbed in Camden and you don’t get shot or killed, chalk it up to what amounts to an armed purse snatching.

Breaking it down as simply as I can the difference between teachers being cut (which is bad) and cops being cuts (which is far worse) can be put like this-  If you have a shortage of teachers your kids could end up dumber, if you have a shortage of cops they can end up dead.

Your choice.

Governor Scott is trying to figure out a way to slow down the drain on resources public sector employees create.  I applaud his efforts.  However, the problem isn’t with the police and most of their unions and contracts.  He needs to be smart enough to separate the wheat from the chaff.   The police are necessary and good people choosing to become career police officers are even more important. How are we supposed to attract quality people to this high risk field?   When I started back in 1990, the paying rate was a little over 24,000.00 a year.  With that I got the opportunity to get shot, stabbed, run over, beat up, infected, sued and jailed if someone thought I had screwed up under the color of law. Not actually screwed up, but others figured I had, especially during a presidential election. So, who among you college graduates or military veterans- the educated, well balanced, intelligent people that you are- want this gig?

Besides, as much as I think Scott gets it, I’m not sure the rest of the Florida legislature gets it, as they are still whining about some damned train or something.

I love Tim Tebow.  It is definitely a “bro-mance” between me and him.  Why?  Because, for once, I see a guy who is just who he is.  A guy who loves God, service, sacrifice, football and his family.  I knew a guy like him once in my personal life who I still consider the nicest guy I ever met.  His whole family was like him- decent, honest, unassuming, loyal and true.  A great guy and it was fun being his friend.   People like that are special.  People like that who can play football with the skill and drive that Tebow has are rare- like a large diamond covered in platinum ore- rare.

The trouble is that he got a reputation, deserved, that he doesn’t throw the football like a proto-typical quarterback.  So, every time he loses a game it is because he is “rough” and full of questions.  It is frankly annoying.   From SI-

DENVER (AP) - Tim Tebow may have actually helped the Denver Broncos more by failing to engineer another fourth-quarter comeback.

When the rookie quarterback’s two last-gasp passes were knocked down near the goal line, the Broncos secured the No. 2 overall pick of the draft, which will aid in their rebuilding from a franchise-record 12 losses.

What, they couldn’t find a better hook that his failure?  Other article complain, no- more like lament, his weakness in his throwing and pocket awareness but then they reluctantly admit he has run for more yardage than any other quarterback and last week turned a loss into a victory with his legs.  In modern football a running quarterback with an average arm is considered a no-no…unless you are Michael Vick?

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/560207-2010-nfl-comeback-player-of-the-year-michael-vick-and-other-potential-winners

Way back on November 16, 2010 I had written an article about potential comeback player of the year candidates.

Sure the read count was good but the comments I received on it were what had me thinking a lot back then and still had me thinking today.

Most of the comments I received were blasting me for not including Michael Vick on the list anywhere.

Arguably, Vick and others have more history of some success in the NFL.  However, what they don’t bring that Tebow has always brought to the game is this.

“We will get to next year (later),” said interim Broncos coach Eric Studesville, whose own future with the organization is uncertain. “There are so many things that will come before that. Tim Tebow is an outstanding football player. We are certainly glad he is here. You see the exciting things he does on the field and guys will always gravitate towards him. I love the kid and I love everything about him and the way he plays this game.”

Tebow’s 94 yards rushing Sunday stands out as the second-highest total in a game by a quarterback in team history. Only Norris Weese had more, with 120 yards on Dec. 12, 1976, at Chicago.

With 78 yards rushing, including a 40-yard touchdown run, in his first career start at Oakland on Dec. 19, Tebow already has two of the three highest rushing totals by Broncos quarterback ever.

But Tebow said whether he remains the Broncos starting quarterback is not his call.

“That is not necessarily up to me,” he said. “Whatever is put on my plate, I am going to try to handle as best I can. I am going to worry about what I can control and that is about it.”

Reviewing his performance over the last three weeks, Tebow added: “I would say I did some things well and I have some things to improve on. I think that I have improved gradually throughout the season and throughout these three games. So, I am just going to try to continually improve and get better and try to be ready when (organized team activities) come around to step it even more.”

He is SO positive, having so much fun, believes so much in himself and the team around him that he is infectious.  He realizes losing is part of the game, but he’ll go down fighting until the whistle sounds, because he knows nothing else.

There is another quarterback who when he was young had the same reputation as a gunslinger with talent but a score of bad habits.  His name was Brett Favre.  I’m old enough to remember his early years.  He made mistakes back then that make his errant habits today look like nothing!  He was just a young kid crazy about the idea of getting paid for playing a sport he loved.   Tebow is like that, without the personal problems which plagued Favre.

Tebow is playing on a team in flux, which had a good competent, cookie-cutter, out of the box quarterback.  How did the team do with that guy?  If they don’t let Tebow start, the only people out there who will let out a collective sigh of relief will be all of the other defensive coordinators they will face.   They want nothing to do with a kid who loves the game, can’t accept losing, rallies men around him as a leader, and can burn them with his arm AND his legs.

No sir,  Denver should avoid scaring the other team at all opportunities.  That would be about right for them- in order to keep losing.

From Meek’s account of what happened-

Mr. Crist, the Florida governor, had called Mr. Meek, a Miami congressman, earlier that morning, about 4:50 a.m., leaving a voice mail asking if they could meet up at the AIPAC gathering. “I’ll call you later this morning and see if we can work out a time to get together just you and me,” Mr. Crist said in the voice mail, which was played for Washington Wire by Mr. Meek. “Take care, buddy.”

Mr. Meek was scheduled to speak at AIPAC about 8:30 and Mr. Crist at 10, but the governor showed up an hour early in hopes of catching the congressman.

Mr. Meek said he tried to avoid Mr. Crist, but as he left the stage, “there he was, right in front of me.”

“He said, ‘If you were to drop out and work with me and help me we together can beat Marco Rubio,’” Mr. Meek recalled. “I said, ‘Governor, that’s a non-starter.’

“Then he dug down into his pocket and pulled a small cross out,” Mr. Meek continued. “He said his sister gave it to him and he wanted to give it to me so I would think about it.”

It the world of “You can’t make this shit up”  Crist shows, once again, just how sold he is on himself.  I had a conversation with a child psychologist concerning certain types of sociopaths.  I had claimed that Bill Clinton was a sociopath (and still do).  She explained the clinical definition is “Malignant Narcissist” and explained, using her hands, that malignant narcissism is one step below sociopath on the scale.  I asked what the difference was and she explained, according to her understanding, that a sociopath is one that commits a crime.

For that I saw, “you say potato, I say potatoe.”

Crist has proven that the last thing you want is him in the Senate or for that matter near anything of power.  He’ll do what he has to in order to survive.  That is dangerous to everyone and everything around him.   The best thing we can do is vote against him and hope he goes away. Anyone who lets him back in is a fool.

This is a good article outlines what corruption looks like in this day and age.  Add to this Crist’s choice to go independent rather than stay with the party shows he only cares for himself.  It is about fame, power and access for him.

Is Rubio better?  Well, in my opinion a half-tarded crackhead with herpes is a better choice that  Crist.  There is an outside chance the crackhead cleans up, treats his disease and is trainable.  Crist will never change.  He cannot.  His hug with Obama must have had a whispered message, “Love ya’ bro. How is the Narcissist Club doing? Get your Gold membership card yet? I got mine yesterday!”

Standing amid the marshes at the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in June 2008, Mr. Crist said, “I can envision no better gift to the Everglades, the people of Florida and the people of America - as well as our planet - than to place in public ownership this missing link that represents the key to true restoration.”

Nearly two years later, the governor’s ambitious plan to reclaim the river of grass, as the famed wetlands are known, is instead on track to rescue the fortunes of United States Sugar.

The proposal was downsized only five months after it was announced. By April 2009, amid the deepening recession, the state said it could afford to purchase only 72,800 acres of United States Sugar’s land, for $536 million. The company would stay in business and the state would retain the option of buying the remaining 107,000 acres at a future date.

United States Sugar dictated many of the terms of the deal as state officials repeatedly made decisions against the immediate needs of the Everglades and the interests of taxpayers, an examination of thousands of state e-mail messages and records and more than 60 interviews showed.

Enough. Enough of the Lindsey Grahams, the Snowes, the Spectors, the Kerrys, the Reids of the political world.  We don’t need to send another one up to Congress.  Vote Rubio.  Vote against a man who violates one of my major rules.  “Never trust a man with a tan darker than a Victoria Secret model.  He has issues.”

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed a Republican-backed bill that would have required women seeking a first-trimester abortion to pay for an ultrasound exam and, with few exceptions, view the image or have it described to them by their doctor.Crist, a former Republican who is running for the U.S. Senate as an independent, said in his veto message that requirement would put an “inappropriate burden” on women seeking abortions and violate their privacy rights.

I have always said “Never trust a man who has a deeper tan than a supermodel.  He has issues.”  Charlie Crist is a prime example of just this type of crippled personality.

I’ve complained about Lindsey Graham being elected by South Carolina, even going as far to impune South Carolina citizen’s intelligence and judgment.

Well, now here Florida is with the same type of self-serving character wanting to be OUR Senator.  The only thing we can do is send him and his seriously flawed professional political career packing.   Please, PLEASE don’t vote for this mercenary.  Obama would love it, which is good enough for anyone with an ounce of brains to decided it would be a bad idea to have Crist as a Senator.

No more Specters, Snowes, Grahams or McCains.   Enough.

I hope every loyal voter he has realizes who he really is and dumps on him before he dumps on them.

But his actions prove my theory once again.

Never trust a man with a tan deeper than a Victoria Secret Model.

Just saying, he’s got issues.

1580 AM radio has a morning show from 9am to 11am weekdays hosted by Ken Lovejoy.  He is up against Glenn Beck which is some stiff competition.  However, the man is a straight shooter and tells it like it is.  I asked for an interview and he was kind enough to allow me to participate in what turned out to a great experience.  Ken is knowledgeable and a lot of fun.   I found myself switching over to his show more and more over the last several months as Beck began to drift a little on the tea party.  Beck’s opinion is that no matter what happens the tea party must remain peaceful.  The problem with this is that turning the other cheek can get you slapped twice.   At GatewayPundit they are following a beating that a Republican couple received after leaving a dinner. A young woman and her boyfriend were stalked, confronted and beaten so severely that he suffered a broken jaw and she had her leg broken in five places.   I’ve seen a lot of people beaten and it takes a concentrated effort to break a person’s leg in five places.   Of course the New Orleans Police department treated it like just another fight, but the fact is it was intentional and brutal.

The point is this- If you think you are dealing with people who are playing by the same rule Beck encourages, you are going to end up on a street corner beaten and hurt.  The radical leftists aren’t playing nice and they will not change.  Why should they? They are winning.

I got  an email from him, my email address generated from a critical letter I sent him over cap and trade.  I guess he didn’t get the whole “Get the government out of my life, you have no right” moment.

Above is the link embedded into the email.  Here is what he sent to me in text-

n Wednesday, I spoke on the Senate floor about my vote on the health care bill, and I wanted to share it with you. I hope you’ll take a minute to watch it on my website at http://www.billnelson.senate.gov/ or you can read the text below.

Frankly, this man is an idiot and must be removed from office. Will someone explain to me how he got there in the first place?

Oh I know he tried to put it in a better light, but that is what McCain and Graham do.  They don’t see the dems coming over to the Republican side, or the lack of that happening, as a requirement or a problem, in defining what is bipartisanship.   The last thing we need right now is another squishy Republican helping the left socialize America.

Period.