tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post2581002670613904441..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-83540643378302765482008-01-23T21:52:00.000-05:002008-01-23T21:52:00.000-05:00"Our commitment to punish and eliminate this evil"<BR/><BR/>Now the police are the punishers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-60096191031030256932008-01-23T16:51:00.000-05:002008-01-23T16:51:00.000-05:00Looked like more of Fankie-poo's propaganda telling officers to stay the he77 away from those meetings!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-56901255856527629942008-01-23T16:34:00.000-05:002008-01-23T16:34:00.000-05:00It qualifies as a public record.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-52773595318753965252008-01-23T16:18:00.000-05:002008-01-23T16:18:00.000-05:00<I>Was this memo intended for public release? It doesn’t read like it was. Just wondering.</I><BR/>No, this memo was <B>not</B> intended for public release! <BR/>I found it in my mailbox at home with a note asking me <B>"What can you do with this?"</B><BR/><I>Send it to AI, thats what!</I><BR/><B> Thank you, whoever you are!!</B><BR/>6:35.. Sheriff Anderson has NEVER had "the peoples interest at heart". If he did, he would have asked for that referendum over a year ago and let the people decide about the merger in the firt place.<BR/>Sheriff Anderson is all about... Sheriff Anderson. How much power he can get, how much money he can get, and who can he promote! The only reason the race card is played is because it's a ready made excuse for failure.<BR/>All of the attacks on the Sheriff are very warranted! If Sheriff Anderson was a quality leader, the men and women would support him whole heartedly and you would stand behind your comment, unafraid to show him (and the rest of the world) that you support him.<BR/>Frank Anderson is a good and decent man. I know that to be true. I have never heard anyone say different. He is a lousy Sheriff. I've heard many say that.garyjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18141621101828080762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-28966959314700182812008-01-23T13:47:00.000-05:002008-01-23T13:47:00.000-05:00Was this memo intended for public release? It doesn’t read like it was. Just wondering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-5432254683264337982008-01-23T09:24:00.000-05:002008-01-23T09:24:00.000-05:00The FACTS are...the men and women of the IMPD have not heard a peep from either the sheriff or chief for over a year.<BR/><BR/>The only publicity they get is when public pressure (high-visibility homicides, etc.) cause the sheriff to spout one of his poems and declare "war" on criminals, or thereaten them "like dogs."<BR/><BR/>There is NO leadership in the police department now.<BR/><BR/>Please, mayor, hurry up before it is too late!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-69552895490744451132008-01-23T08:59:00.000-05:002008-01-23T08:59:00.000-05:008:45, Yes it makes a big difference. <BR/> Under the Sheriff, we have a good ole boy system of leadership and perks. Disipline is used as a punishment, not for corrective action. You move up in that department by kissing up to certain people. <BR/> Under the mayor, a Chief will be appointed. Under the Chief, we will have some of the good ole boy system, but no where near the extent of the Sheriff. <BR/> The Sheriff is entrenched for at least 4 years. The Chief serves at the will of the Mayor. If the Chief has problems within his department, he may be replaced. <BR/> This constrains how far the Chief can go doing what he wants. The Sheriff has no such constraints.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-19538662865205351692008-01-23T08:45:00.000-05:002008-01-23T08:45:00.000-05:00Greg Ballard is nothing but another politician. Does it matter if IMPD is run by Frank Anderson or Greg Ballard. They both appear to be arrogant and stupid!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-11020043466367830232008-01-23T08:43:00.000-05:002008-01-23T08:43:00.000-05:00"As the Sheriff has said, IMPD is in a "war" to maintain--block by block--a safe, sane, decent, orderly and caring community."<BR/><BR/>Except those blocks around Peashakes and known drug houses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-77801784316318938512008-01-23T08:25:00.000-05:002008-01-23T08:25:00.000-05:007:08, you're wrong. Especially when Ballard starts eliminating duplicitous layers of police administration.<BR/><BR/>Nonetheless, it's the law. Get over it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-62034555236923497712008-01-23T07:08:00.000-05:002008-01-23T07:08:00.000-05:0010:04 is right, anything less than full control of IMPD being placed under the mayors office is unacceptable.<BR/><BR/>6:43, the merger has been a diaster and was a terrible idea. There were no savings, in fact, an considerable amount of money was wasted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-18442312127374326532008-01-23T06:43:00.000-05:002008-01-23T06:43:00.000-05:00Frank Anderson, prior to recent years, has been known as a good and decent man, a man I was proud to call my sheriff.<BR/><BR/>But in the last 2 years or so, this insane pouting over control of the IMPD, is childish and power-grabbing.<BR/><BR/>And he never misses the chance, in certain audiences, to wonder aloud if this isn't racial. Amos does so daily. Which is disgusting.<BR/><BR/>The sheriff serves a maximum of eight years. The IMPD survives all mayors and sheriffs. <BR/><BR/>It's not about you, Frank. It's not racial. It's about the future of the new department. The merger was a smart idea, but the only way Bart could get it past certain councillors was to promise you would have control.<BR/><BR/>More typical Democratic power-broker racial pandering.<BR/><BR/>How's that workin for ya now, Bart?<BR/><BR/>This is not a referendum issue. It's what it always was--a council issue.<BR/><BR/>Good luck to them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-3080150227419014292008-01-23T06:35:00.000-05:002008-01-23T06:35:00.000-05:00Sheriff Anderson is and always has been a man with the interests of the people at heart. These unwarranted attacks on him by a few are just a symptom of the level and extemism that has invaded the local GOP. Ballard should be commended for his civility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-51406262109090200052008-01-23T05:50:00.000-05:002008-01-23T05:50:00.000-05:00Anderson couldn't have released it. Too many big words. No refrence to flowers or weeds.<BR/>Reading it makes you wonder if what they really mean is "don't you dare go and speak at those meetings".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-5933427174801160552008-01-22T22:04:00.000-05:002008-01-22T22:04:00.000-05:00Interesting. The word configuration was used twice in the "joint" release. That word scares me. <BR/><BR/> Do I think that the Sheriff had anything to do with crafting that release? No. <BR/><BR/> Let's get this over with and let this department get back to work. If there is any attempt to appease or work things out other then placing IMPD under the mayor, stand back. I will venture a guess that it would be akin to all out civil war within the department.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com