From an anonymous contributor:
"It's funny that you mention that you were only able to stomach half the video. I could barely make it through the entire video. When Mickey "I got a Silver Star" Lloyd was the public safety director he never sent out any propaganda videos. But then again everyone knew just where he stood as far as things went. As long as he got what he wanted, hey all was well right? I guess Ol' Sammy Boy is a little more technically savvy and he really feels that he is reaching out and bonding with his video. Oh but let me back up a little bit, director Heaton did a survey too....oh yippee...he did a survey to find out things that were already known because of Director Forsythe. Hey Mr. Hankerson I got an idea I'll do a survey ....wink.....wink....also known as a stall tactic.
You heard that he went to the FOP meeting and said he would support the police department you say. I heard he went to the FOP meeting and dodged every question that was thrown at him. Kind of like that SNL spoof...we're working hard and we're putting in late hours....blah...blah....blah! I have a question for everyone out there...do you think that "Director Heaton" would've been suggested as a replacement for Director Forsythe if he was not a company man? I think of it like this...Forsythe's seat wasn't even cold before they (the commissioners and Hankerson) wanted to put Ol' Sammy Boy in the seat. If you watch the video and look closely you can see the curtain move behind Heaton. You can also hear Hankerson clear his throat in another effort to throw his voice. Hello...hello...puppet....that's my point!.... Heaton is nothing more than a puppet in the political game. Uh oh... I got a great idea...in an effort to save the county money do this....see we have to do a pay study even though there has been more than enough information provided to Hankerson and the commissioners.....I say get rid of Heaton and use his salary to pay for part of the pay study...the position that Heaton holds is useless...it is controlled by Hankerson and Heaton has no power.....lets face it...Hankerson probably tried to hold Forsythe' s head down into the Kool-Aid trough. Imagine Hankerson standing on the back of Forsythe's head pushing it down into a trough of Kool-Aid labeled the "Cobb Way". Forsythe wasn't going to have it...but imagine this....Heaton picks the trough up and says, hey Mr. Hankerson look at me, as he tips the entire trough of "Cobb Way" Kool-Aid back...Lets face it Heaton is a fireman...always has been and always will be...we don't need a fireman over the police and the fireman don't want a policeman over them....you may say hey....Mickey "I got a Silver Star" Lloyd" was a policeman and he was over the fire department....I say this....as long as Mickey got what he wanted he didn't bother the fire department and nor did he care about the police department....
Some of you may say wow...you're negative...I bow respectfully and say you have your opinion...with respect I say that Heaton has had a his chance and he has shown nothing...when Hankerson says hey, Ol' Sammy boy jump.....Heaton asks, oh...oh... how high sir? The bottom line is this... Heaton is a "puppet" and is only worried about himself...maybe even the fire department... who came blame him after all he is a fireman...he doesn't give one care about the police department and you cannot convince me otherwise....do I knock him for being a fireman? no absolutely not... that is all he knows....for Christ sake look at his ending message on the video... he talks about replacing batteries in a smoke detector....that's his closing...that's what matters most because in closing you wrap it all up right...? talk about what's important...again what was his closing?....batteries in smoke detectors....WOW...where is my free toaster?
I don't know all the answers but I do know this....then men and women who put on a badge and a gun and do their jobs as Cobb County Police Officers deserve better....I salute you....each and every one of you have the other police departments... looking like they are going in slow motion....you don't even think about the bull s #&% that's being handed down as you work your shifts...these lambs in Cobb County have no idea of the awesome men and women that keep the wolves at bay...I STRONGLY FEEL WITHOUT A DOUBT....that the men and women of the Cobb County Police Department deserve better across the board...shame on you Heaton....I do not buy your propaganda (and nor do the men and women of the Cobb County Police Department)....do what is right and quit looking out after yourself....step up and challenge Hankerson and the commissioners and fight for the Police if you have it in you!"
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It has become awfully quiet around here...we need to keep the pressure on. There is no one else pushing for change; it is up to us to keep this ball rolling. Remember, you only get out what you put into it. Don't give up...
Precinct Three had one turn in his notice yesterday. Anyone hear of any others floating the idea?
There are several people just at Precinct 3 that are leaving. None of them are shy about it, either. I remember when you used to keep that a secret. Now people openly tell you they're leaving. Sad.
It amazes me that the department has gotten to the state it is in. It is all due to the county leadership: commissioners, and David “Willie” Hankerson. Hankerson needs to retire and Lee and his sheep commissioners need to go, too. To deny us vehicles because they look too aggressive is ridiculous. Of course, he denies saying that, but everyone knows he actually said it.
Leaders of the department and county, pay attention: Your officers are UNHAPPY! I know that comes as a surprise to some of you, but it’s true. We are victims of our own success, though. Because the officers are so good at their jobs, and are so well trained, the public (and obviously you) don’t really notice it. The officers do. When you have a precinct that has opens beats so often that it’s become business as usual, that’s a problem. Some days and nights, that precinct only has FIVE (5) officers working. That is completely unacceptable. There is another precinct that has so many cars in the shop that they barely have enough cars to fill the beats. Of those that are on the road, a number of them have over 170,000 miles. I’m sure that is the case at all of the precincts. I’m sure the detective vehicles have the same problem.
To continue with the insult to injury, you have supervisors that believe that if you are not in a unit, you can’t have the training that the unit goes to. If you are interested in going to Motors or K9, don’t try to train with K9 or Motors on your off days (when manpower is not an issue). You will be denied because you are not in that unit. Well how the hell do you expect to get to a unit like that without training for it. No supervisor should deny training simply because you are not in the unit. That kills morale, and it is happening as we speak.
There are also lieutenants who yell at their sergeants about the “all-holy” stats of their subordinates. The lieutenants go as far as to threaten the sergeants with bad evaluations if their officers don’t improve. I thought that was illegal to be a stat-driven organization. We all know what rolls downhill. Yet another morale killer.
While ten hour shifts may be great, they should be shelved until we fix our manpower issues. Transferring all recruits to one precinct just so it can go to ten hour shifts is stupid. That would only serve to piss off the other four precincts. Not to mention there are not enough cars to do that. The other precinct that is already on tens should be put back on eights because they don’t have enough people working to support the schedule. But they’d rather run short-handed than put safety first.
I hope things change soon. I don’t want to leave, but I have to take care of my family first. It is obvious our elected officials don’t care about us. There are supervisors and managers who don’t care either, thought they fain to. I’m tired of it. We will continue to loose good officers to other departments and the private sector. We are hemorrhaging officers and they want to put a small band aide on the gaping wound. Unbelievable.
Well I see we got some Fords in. Time to spend extra thousands of dollars to put hub caps on them. That way they won't be too scary. That's the priority with the police department right now. Forget if the officers are happy. We need cars that aren't intimidating.
Why are all the commission candidates so worried about getting the FOP endorsement? The FOP doesn't do anything and barely speaks for any number of officers. Although I guess it makes sense since it sounds good to the uninformed and they don't care about us anyway.
So the media has really been duped by this 40 more officers flim flam. They're all reporting it as if we're full staff and now we're hiring 40 more officers. And they go on to say it's going to cost 2 million or so dollars. Well IT'S NOT GOING TO COST ANYTHING because its only 40 more positions on paper. It's smoke and mirrors to make it look like they're doing something.
Luckily for the Cobb County Campus Police, school children aren't scared of Dodge Chargers like their parents are. That's why they can have very nice looking Chargers with center caps like police cars are supposed to have.
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