Muscatine

Well if what u say is true...hows come u cant go down the road and see the deputies with phones glued to thier ears........i havent seen a deputy on one in a long time...but on the flipside u cant drive past a cop and not see one.....i disagree with you.....

GTA you can disagree with me all you want. It won make a difference to you or me or to the cops. Beings that I am on the inside lookin out and you are on the outside loking in, I can tell you that I do (soemtimes) know what I am talking about. Nevertheless......

Have a great day. it is beautiful outdoors. We all need to enjoy it while we can.

Cold beer day!!!!

  Why all the controversy?   We are all law-abiding citizens here. We all  pay taxes & our taxes go to pay our city officials.  We hold them to a higher standard, to be sure.  Have you checked out their paychecks, for putting their life on the line?

  There is a suggestion being deliberated about people talking on cells while driving.  It's not a law yet, (much to my chagrin, as I have a texting teen on my hands).  You read what englishteacher & others said.  Many officers don't work in their offices, they field calls on their cells for many different reasons.  I say, "GO for it, dangit!"  The criminals aren't sitting around following the laws.  If our officers being on a cell helps them to solve crimes; so be it.

  IMVHO... the bottom line is this.  There are going to be officers that abuse their privleges, and there are going to be a "few" that look at this job as "only a paycheck".  It's a given in any job.  Would I want my child, my husband or myself to put that uniform on, every workday & know that I am walking out my door as a "walking target"?  Let's face it, the "bad guys" are learning how to outnumber us.  While we all go about our naive & merry ways, our police force is on the front line & ready in a second to come to our aid, whether we appreciate it or not. 

  C'mon... we all know how to multi-task.  Don't sell the training our officers go through off.  

Shackman....what did you do? I thought you were pretty savvy about things since you shared the helm with double D at that other site. Wish I could have read this before it was deleted...

And so it goes...