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Questions officers’ motives
Article published on Wednesday, May 7, 2008 |
Editor:
In response to Officer Casey Hunter’s crusade to address transient drinking in public beach accesses, tourists and businesses are not at risk. The county police are hard pressed to differentiate between the good citizens and those not so good. The beach is what it is and the problem is restricted to a handful of repeat offenders.
There is an alarming amount of condescending comments from visiting people and local people about the behavior of the law enforcement from all municipalities, just not MB. They borderline fascism in their conduct and have undermined the City Commission by Mr. Hunter’s wanting to speak “individually” with each board member. Sounds like Officer Hunter has ulterior motives. I have witnessed and been summoned to court several times in defense of people arrested under excessive force.
They have all resulted in dropped charges - 100 percent. I have also witnessed criminal acts (drug sales primarily) with several police vehicles parked 100 feet away in plain sight. Also, if you will notice, there is a convenience store across Gulf Boulevard at each of these accesses in question. Their business are not in jeopardy nor do tourists keep from patronizing their stores. They are more concerned about the police conduct.
To protect and serve is a foreign concept to our law enforcement officials. The police need to focus on completing their jobs and not delve into municipal issues. They are just not qualified to do so.
Scott Milliman
Madeira Beach
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Article published on Wednesday, May 7, 2008
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