tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post4983118210081299081..comments2024-02-24T05:11:30.646-06:00Comments on The Director's Desk: Demise of cursiveTom Casadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-67836460832136112392010-11-09T11:33:28.895-06:002010-11-09T11:33:28.895-06:00Steve-
Very funny! No profanity, no cursive.
8...Steve-<br /><br />Very funny! No profanity, no cursive. <br /><br />8:47-<br /><br />Not an accurate rumor. Actually, never negotiated price. As I explained to the Superintendent, my issue isn't the amount of revenue, my issue is that I am not increasing the number of officers at the pace of population growth. <br /><br />Even if LPS was paying more money, it is my judgement that I need those officers on the street more than I need them in Middle Schools. I like having SROs in Middle Schools, but something has to give when you are adding the equivalent of the City of Auburn to your population every year, and not adding the equivalent of the Auburn Police Department. <br /><br />We also discussed other alternatives that are available to LPS for dedicated security services, along with the fact that we will not abandon schools, will try to maintain a good personal relationship between our beat officers and all their schools, and will ALWAYS respond to emergencies and calls for service at schools when summoned.Tom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-26583706347817552552010-11-09T11:11:39.562-06:002010-11-09T11:11:39.562-06:00Talking with student leaders at the University, ta...Talking with student leaders at the University, taking notes by hand is still the most time effective way to record notes. ...and graphs and charts are way more easy to create.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-52241832154546708452010-11-09T08:51:55.293-06:002010-11-09T08:51:55.293-06:00Chief:
Maybe the demise of cursive writing is bec...Chief:<br /><br />Maybe the demise of cursive writing is because of your administrative privileges on this blog. I haven't seen many curse words since I've been following it.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369138557977907215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-34525335526526981532010-11-09T08:47:59.875-06:002010-11-09T08:47:59.875-06:00Hi Chief! Big fan of your blog!
256's comment ...Hi Chief! Big fan of your blog!<br />256's comment about interracting with the public got me thinking about something I heard the other day. <br /><br />With your SRO's leaving the middle schools in December, I was shocked when I heard a rumor that LPS had offered to pay to keep the SRO's there, but the Chief refused! Any truth to the rumor?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-1643252699447642912010-11-08T15:03:24.064-06:002010-11-08T15:03:24.064-06:00I'm not so sure patrolling is any worse than s...I'm not so sure patrolling is any worse than sitting at the sub-station even if the officer is busy filling out reports or something. I recall reading about your concern for officers doing their reports from the car, but I think the risk is quite small around Lincoln. Any police presence is likely going to prevent someone from doing something that is bad for someboady. Cars parked in a sub-station parking lot have no effect on crime, except perhaps in the immediate vicinity (and one car would be enough).Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369138557977907215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-18078718570239964682010-11-08T13:38:55.579-06:002010-11-08T13:38:55.579-06:00Not all resist change. Some can't afford chan...Not all resist change. Some can't afford change. These new gadgets are expensive for not only the initial cost but the monthly fees to keep them running. So in other words the rich, or people who want these gadgets and not pay for their childs education will thrive, while the poor will wither.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-10003007090237595902010-11-08T12:17:30.170-06:002010-11-08T12:17:30.170-06:00Some of us are old enough to remember the Dick Tra...Some of us are old enough to remember the <a href="http://larryfire.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/dicktracy.png?w=309&h=290" rel="nofollow">Dick Tracy watch phone</a> which is <a href="http://www.geardiary.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/geardiary_ces_2009_42-500x333.jpg" rel="nofollow">now a reality</a>.<br /><br />It's still not a <a href="http://images.bizrate.com/resize?sq=500&uid=1911193584" rel="nofollow">cool as my watch</a>.ARRRRG!!!!https://www.blogger.com/profile/09956649539508503776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-49757597155933760952010-11-08T11:56:24.821-06:002010-11-08T11:56:24.821-06:00Chief-I guess I never considered the art of patrol...Chief-I guess I never considered the art of patrol as just driving around wasting fuel. Maybe it was my nature, or the way I was trained, but I thought proactively looking for bad stuff such as open doors, burglaries, or just a car load of kids in a silver Cavalier with loud pipes and a golf club driving through a residential neighborhood in the wee hours of the morning and stopping them was my job.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong, I think your guys need to get out of the car, walk a business district, ride a bike through a park, and have a purpose behind what they do. Most importantly, they need to interact with the public.<br /><br />I don't believe patrol equates to just wasting time and fuel.I think we're on the same page. It probably just revolves around planning your activities and having a purpose when you patrol. That's what the good cops already know and practice.<br /><br />256Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-645845253613701432010-11-08T09:57:48.779-06:002010-11-08T09:57:48.779-06:00Chief,
New technology is great but sometimes I won...Chief,<br />New technology is great but sometimes I wonder if some of these technologies are a step backwards instead of forward. For example texting! During my teen years our telephone on the farm was still a big wooden box on the wall that had a crank you turned to ring the phone operator. Just a few science fiction writers envisioned a phone that could be carried in your pocket. A great technology indeed. However most of the young people I see using their cell phones are sending text messages. Go figure. Wouldn't it be faster just to say what you wanted to the person on the other end? The keyboard shortcuts that these texters use is showing up in our language also. A quick read of the local fish wrap gives you examples of this all the time. I wonder if this is really progress.<br /><br />Gun NutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-50093715274230426772010-11-08T08:45:25.145-06:002010-11-08T08:45:25.145-06:00Don't be so sensitive. I'm quite sure the...Don't be so sensitive. I'm quite sure the Big Chief writing tablets were not a slam on police chiefs (or any other chiefs for that matter). :)<br /><br />By the way, they are no longer being produced, at least not the same style that we remember. You can, however, by a small, half-a**ed replica of one for 99 cents through the Internet.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369138557977907215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-64977981100649508262010-11-08T06:01:28.438-06:002010-11-08T06:01:28.438-06:00For older people, change is out of the question. E...For older people, change is out of the question. Even a new cable box causes much stress. A new freezer causes sleepless nights. And any change of the normal day is a cardiac problem for lots of older people. Wither is a bit harsh, come on Tom wheres your heart?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com