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RE: FOP meeting with mayor a big disappointment

December 4th, 2008 @ 4:16PM (15 years ago)

THEE IS NO LAY DOWN. THE ONLY OFFICERS LAYING DOWN ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE ALWYAS DONE IT. WE WILL NOT SACRIFICE THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY..

RE: FOP meeting with mayor a big disappointment

December 4th, 2008 @ 4:30PM (15 years ago)

The ter, laying down means nothing of the sort. Wherever type of work that you do, you work better and more productively if you are happy and motivated. It is well known that if you are stressed out or feel unwanted and unappreciated that you will be less productive.

Now apply that to police work. Officers that are motivated create what is called self initiated activity. That means agrresively patrollong and jumping out on corners etc. When someone says the term laying down it means that officers do only what is required of them. They patrol their beats and answer their runs. If someone needs to go to jail or commits a serious offense they get arrested or cite. What does change is that Officers don't go out of their way stopping high volumes of violators or jumping our on corners.

They are still doing their jobs, but they could be doing a lot more. They could be aggresively enforcing the area they ride, but who can blame them? Woould you work for an ungrateful swine like Abramson that keeps taking more and more from you every day? How motivated would you feel?

This will also have an affect in that the jail will be less crowded which will save taxpayer dollars. ( Funny how that woks out eh? The Police do less work and it costs less money in some areas.) The courts will definitely be less crowded. Ouch! I forgot that the defense attorneys won't have any clients. They complained last time when this happened when Armstrong ******** the Police off so bad by sidng with Coleman and demoting Gene Sherrard who stood up for his men.

Laying down doesn't meant the police won't be out there. It means that we will come if you call , but we won't be knocking ourselves out for this mayor anytime soon.

RE: FOP meeting with mayor a big disappointment

December 6th, 2008 @ 11:21PM (15 years ago)

Oh excuse me. I wouldnt want the citizens to get hurt. News flash Im tired of being sh-t on. You have 3 choices 1) buy a gun and learn how to use it. 2) memorize this- those who make enemies with the police, better make friends with the criminals. 3) tell the mayor and chiefy to get off our a-s. You mean if you screw the police long and hard enough that may have a negative affect on their attitude and job performance. Hey moroon your not in Kansas anymore.

RE: FOP meeting with mayor a big disappointment

December 7th, 2008 @ 3:04PM (15 years ago)

The point is for years and years we have been screwed. Latley the mayor has tried to break the contract and take our health insurance. He is taxing the use of the cars . 1st it was because gas was over $4. Gas drops under $1.50 and the tax is raised. This is endless so what is our loophole. We get paid if we work, and we get paid if we lay down. If we work we get complaints on us, we get into fights, get sued, we can get hurt, we can get killed and the mayor still screws with us. If we lay down we dont get compained on, we dont get in fights, no suits, we dont get hurt, we dont get killed. WE DO GET PAID THE SAME! Do you get it now?