Life Imitates Art

Which is not a good thing when life is imitating “Super Troopers�?. Headline reads, “Officers Ignored Calls, Played Video Game, Chief Says.�? I’ll give you one guess what department these fine officers work for, yeah, I said work…because they haven’t been fired yet.

So here’s the deal, two officers were assigned to foot duty after not wearing their seat belts in an accident. Fair enough right? I mean, shouldn’t the people enforcing the law follow it? HA! That’s a joke. After leaving role call, they apparently picked up a liter cola and went to play video games and watch TV at a substation in Hyde Park. This went on for TWO MONTHS. Their sergeant apparently even knew about this and his response was allegedly, “I don’t blame you guys I’d do the same thing.�?

While Chief Tom Streicher is outraged and the general public is shocked, I am mildly amused and not surprised. While in a separate district (same department) it took 20 minutes for police to respond to my 9-1-1 call. If it wasn’t an emergency, I probably wouldn’t have called 9-1-1, good job on that guys. Oh, and GREAT job and catching those criminals. Lame. Chief Tom Streicher is afraid people didn’t get the police services that they needed (and pay for with their taxes). I wonder, do people ever get the response needed in this town? Go CPD…keep on wasting tax dollars.