Comments by mimisnumber1
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Posted on July 23 at 10:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I may not have the best grammar But, I'm also not in English class. God made me this way and thank goodness he loves me!!! My grammar my not be the best but, at least I have the facts and I'm not running off at the mouth.
Posted on July 22 at 9:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Oh, yea and to Larry Johns of Verbena the original writer of the editorial the K-9 officers are required to do 4 hours a week routine training with their K-9 . This is a law set by the state not our local department. So, the K-9 officers only get paid for the 4 hours a week that they are training. All the other training has been on their personal time without pay!! Have you ever volunteered to work at your job and not get paid? I didn't think so.....................
Posted on July 22 at 9:06 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Amen, whitneyadamsmith... well, said. And also to the comments made by november162000 & UAEng it was all good earlier today when you was giving our Sheriff down the road about all the "unnecessary" expenses but, now that someone you know has need the very services you were gripping about it's a different ball game. Today was an unthinkable tragedy and I feel for the family and friends of Mr. Courtney. But, the point is the officers couldn't have even tried to help Mr. Courtney if they had not had this previous training. Unfortunately, all the training in the world can never really prepare you for a situation like that. But, I hope you all consider what has been said here the last couple of days and understand that maybe none of us really know the whole story and maybe we need to take this time to educate ourselves before we head to the polls this November. And pray for Mr. Courtney’s Family & friends tonight but, you also need to include our Sheriff in your prayers as well, he faces a lot everyday and catches a lot of grieve from others maybe if we lived in a perfect world we wouldn’t need a sheriff at all!!
Posted on July 22 at 4:44 p.m. (Suggest removal)
poohbear94-I didn't realize I needed to speculate I was trying not to be graphic for the family’s sake. If it wasn't for the Sheriff's Dept. prompt response and training the family could have had to watch the dive team drag their loved one from the waters. I believe that could have been a lot worse for a family who is already grieving.
About 12 years ago I witness my friend drown at Lay Dam and without a dive team it took 2-3 hours of the family grieving, crying and holding on to hope that their loved one would be saved. I should not have to say anymore........You don't understand until it has happened to you & your family. I hope that there is never another tragedy like this.
Posted on July 22 at 3:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Thanks, Weasel for the clarification. I knew one of you would come to my rescue....
Posted on July 22 at 2:50 p.m. (Suggest removal)
My thoughts and prayers go out to the Family, friends and co-workers of the victim who drowned today at Lake Mitchell. But, I would like to this oppornity to point out the need for the Sheriff Department “Special Operations Unit.” I don’t think you can convince the family, friends and co-workers of the victim that there is no need for our “FIRETRUCK”, the special operations truck has already been used 6 times this year. The Special Operations Truck holds all of the following supplies, dive team equipment; swat team equipment, major crime scene equipment, evidence equipment, generators for lighting, ref. for storing evidence, there is an office inside with radios for communication. The point is this one truck can haul all of this equipment and 8 deputies that are needed at a scene. This would have normally taken 4 other vehicles and a longer response time. I don’t think that the citizens of Chilton County realize just how much goes on in our County and how often we have major crime issues. A lot of what goes on in Chilton County is not published in our papers because they’d rather you not know about what is going on. If it wasn’t for the readiness of our 4 officers and the “Special Operations Truck” the scene today may have been a whole lot worse then what it was. Luckily the family didn’t have to witness the divers retrieving their loved one from the river. If we had not had our own dive team the county would have had to call an outside dive team and thank of that response time. The people who are critisizing this department need to be praying for our Sheriff’s Department, our Volunteer Fire Fighters, Sheriff Kevin Davis and the Their Family’s. Because these are the people who are out their responding to our call for help and believe me someday YOU will need help. God Bless You Everyone. And thank you to our Sheriff and Deputies.
Posted on July 22 at 9:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
UAEng-If you would pay closer attention to ALL of the cars, all of the cars are not black only the new ones and the older cars are still white. None of the cars have been painted!! And maybe the money alloted for the Sheriff's dept. could have lasted longer if it had NOT been cut $519,000 from last years budget!!!! Has everyone forgotten that the price of fuel has tripled since last year? That alone would make anyones budget go up. So, what does the Sheriff need to do? Stop paying the deputies or stop buying fuel for the vehicles?
Posted on July 22 at 5:08 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Why? The County Commission doesn't fund the Sheriff's dept. they only over see the money and maybe they just don't know how to handle money....Have you ever checked to see how many of the county commissioners past and present have their own money woes? Some have even filed bankruptcy and all of this information is public knowledge also.
Posted on July 21 at 9:32 p.m. (Suggest removal)
The "Fire Truck" we speak of is a Tack Team Truck and only cost $30,000 and it was purchased with Drug fund money. The tack truck took the place of 4 other operation vehicles and now the county is only having to pay insurance for one, not four vehicles. "Drug fund" money is money put into a fund from seized drugs, vehicles and cash. All the drug fund money is put back into the department. And for The Sheriffs office he only spent $60,000 to remodel it and it also came out of the Drug Fund money. But, if you check the county commission recently remodeled their "Meeting Room" with the taxpayers money. The deputies have not had a raise in over 5 years and each year health insurance is raising and they are losing more and more money each year to health insurance. But, the county commissioners recently voted to give themselves a 17% raise. The county commissioners only have to come into work twice a month and they make 1/2 as much as the deputies who are working 40 hours a week and putting their lives on the line for US everyday. There is more wrong with our county than anyone knows maybe we all need to be more informed and educate ourselves before judging others. All the information I have given to you is public knowledge and available to anyone who wants it. Also, I can tell you this the Sheriff himself would set down with anyone of you and answer any questions you have. But, try contacting any of the 7 county commissioners and see how many answers your questions and have proof to back up their statements.
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Posted on July 31 at 5:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I believe our Sheriff is doing a great job with what he has to work with. And in response to the article left by johnnie, I totally agree with you, drugs, gangs and VIOLENCE are a huge part of our childrens everyday lives here in our "small & safe" county. I moved here from Jefferson County 15 yrs. ago because I didn't want to raise my children in that "atmosphere". But, today Chilton County is worse than when I left Jefferson County over 15 yrs. ago. Our Sheriff is planning ahead & trying to keep everyone safe. The Sheriff isn't fighting for more money for himself he's fighting for me, you, all the citizens of Chilton County and his dupties. They all put their lives on the line everyday and that is more than I'm willing to do for any of you..... And for that alone we should support them.(The Chilton County Sheriff's Dept.) Because, I can almost guarentee one thing at some point you will need the Sheriff's Dept. and they'll be there for you!!!!
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