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Officer badly injured in head-on collision

RE: Officer badly injured in head-on collision

November 14th, 2006 @ 8:28PM (17 years ago)

IF you were in the news everytime you made even the slightest mistakes it would seem that way to everyone else as well. The only difference is you want to sit back and complain but if you needed an officer in a hurry would I still here you complain. As for spent on the community were do you possibly think your tax dollars are going the POLICE FIRE AND EMS are your community .If you believe that louisville will never amount to much why do you stay. It is easy to sit back and complain, it is much harder to get involved and be supportive. By the way I guess you have never had an accident before did you know that everytime you do you raise insurance rates for everyone. Oh well maybe I can just blame that on you sounds ridiculous dosent it, or does it sound familiar. Think about it you will eventually get it either way like you said god help us all . Thanks LMPD I appreciate you all keep safe and god bless.

RE: Officer badly injured in head-on collision

November 14th, 2006 @ 9:17PM (17 years ago)

FIRST TO THE CIVILIAN WHO WAS INJURED MY PRAYERS AND BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOURS.

SECOND TO CARMEN DOUGLAS MY PRAYERS TO YOU AND YOURS.

NOW FOR THE THIRD, LET ME SEE, AN EARLIER COMMENTATOR SAYS THAT IF I DID SOME OF THE THINGS AS A CIVILIAN, THAT WE OF THE LMPD HAVE DONE, RUN A STOP SIGN, DRIVE THE WRONG WAY, DRIVE TOO FAST, KILL SOMEONE WITH MY VEHICLE, THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES WOULD SORT IT OUT AND IT WOULD BE NO BIG DEAL FOR ME. WHAT CITY DO YOU DRIVE IN, BECAUSE IN THE CITIES I HAVE LIVED IN, I WOULD BE HAVE MY LICENSE REVOKED, SITTING IN JAIL, AWAITING TRIAL AND WAITING TO GET SUED.

THERE IS LAW IN KENTUCKY KNOWN AS "DUE REGARD!" IT SEEMS TO ME THAT SOME OF US AT THE LMPD DOES NOT EXERCISE DUE REGARD WHILE RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY OR PERCEIVED EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. WELL WHEN YOU DO NOT USE DUE REGARD, THAT MEANS YOU WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OTHER VEHICLES, EXPECTING THEM TO MOVE FOR YOU. REMEMBER WHEN GOING CODE, WE DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY, WE ARE ASKING FOR PERMISSION. ALSO FOR THOSE OF YOU COMPLAINING ABOUT SOUTHFIELD, GET OVER IT! IT IS GONE. STOP TRYING TO BLAME OTHERS FOR YOU FAILURE TO ADAPT, OVERCOME AND IMPROVISE. INSTEAD OF "WAHWAHING" WHY NOT TRY AND HELP FIND A SOLUTION, IF YOU PUT AS MUCH ENERGY INTO SOLVING THE PROBLEM, AS YOU DO COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PROBLEM, THEN I AM SURE IT WOULD NO LONGER BE AN ISSUE.

I AM SO TIRED OF EVERYONE TRYING TO BLAME SOMEONE ELSE, SAYING THAT ACCIDENTS JUST HAPPEN, AND NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. ACCIDENTS DO NOT JUST HAPPEN, THERE ARE CAUSAL FACTORS THAT CREATE THE ACCIDENT. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE ARE "ACCIDENTALLY INJURING" AND "ACCIDENTALLY KILLING" THE VERY PEOPLE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTING.

BY THE WAY WHERE WAS ALL THE SUPPORT FOR THE CIVILIAN INJURED, DID ANYONE WISH HER A SPEEDY RECOVERY OR GIVE HER THE SAME SUPPORT WE ARE SHOWING FOR ONE OF OUR OWN?