There are some comments over at concerned citizens, apparently from members of the Coquille PD. The tenor of each of these comments reflects precisely the cause of this civil uprising. Take this quote from ‘star man’
You People are acting just like we would expect from a bunch of Idiots. See yoy in court and on the road buddies.When I write a ticket to one of you it makes my day. COME ON MAKE MY DAY! (AND NIGHT). I’m pround to help you spend your money.
This is the mentality of our police department. This man isn’t a policeman to ‘protect and serve’ he is a policeman to dole out punitive punishment to people he chooses to perceive as ‘idiots’. This man wants to infict pain and suffering, he gets off on it, it makes his day and night.
Selective prosecution, harassment, malfeasance and misfeasance, denying equal protection are federal crimes. These are not petty traffic violations these are federal crimes punishable by imprisonment.
Concerned citizens and parents want our police department held to the same high standards as every citizen of the city. Since we pay the salary of the police department with our tax dollars this is a reasonable expectation and anything less is a breach of the public trust. We want to know that if our children are cited by an officer of the Coquille PD that our children will have respect for that officer and not contempt because of the obvious double standard.
This is the motto at the city website –
To serve the citizens of Coquille by providing quality services in a timely manner, to protect persons and property, and to be the best neighbor and caretaker possible.
We would like the police department to read this everyday. The police are here to protect and serve, they are supposed to protect those that cannot protect themselves. Somehow, this police department has morphed into some mini Gestapo and we want what we pay for, a real police department.
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Hi! I just put up a post about the meeting Thursday, June 14, at 7:00 PM
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Hopefully, whomever made that statement wasn’t from the PD, however, the statements were, sadly, representative of other citizens experiences and provided a context to explain why people are upset. The main point of my post is the police department should be held to the same standards as every other citizen.
Civil rights violations hurt everyone, the citizen, the police department and open the community up to law suits the costs of which are ultimately paid for by the tax payer.
Every citizen, certainly every parent wants a fair and respectable police department. Congress has oversight committees, cities have watchdog agencies, human rights advocates and charities have review boards. When you are spending other peoples’ money minding the store is pretty darn important and generally welcomed by everyone.
As you have said, tpaulson, there are two sides to everything and as you have mentioned you have never met me yet feel free to cast me as a villain without ever inquiring as to that other side.
NO ONE at the PD even comes close to speaking like that. That’s a troll for sure.
I think you should quit posting things that are hear say. It’s rediculous, and it makes your case lack integrity.
I’m hoping those comments really aren’t from anyone from the police department. That they are just from trolls. But, when you allow anonymous comments, who knows?
Yes, the police the “protecters & servers” need to be held to the same high standards they expect from the people they are supposed to be protecting & serving.