Comments by florala_305
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Posted on December 1 at 6:15 a.m. (Suggest removal)
ON BEHALF OF THE FLORALA POLICE DEPARTMENT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT WE DO IN FACT HAVE A SMALL BUT PROFESSIONAL TEAM OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WORKING FOR THE CITY OF FLORALA AT THIS TIME TO INCLUDE MYSELF ( OFFICER CHRIS NEAL ), ACTING CHIEF CHRIS JACKSON, AND OFFICERS JIM STRICKLAND, JUSTIN MADDOX, JOHN DAVIS AND PHILLIP AUSTIN. WE STRIVE EVERY DAY AND NIGHT TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL POLICE PROTECTION AND TO ACT ACCORDINGLY TO ANY SITUATION THAT WE ARE ASKED TO RESPOND TO. WE DO IN FACT HAVE A BAD REPUTATION I WILL ADMIT THAT, BUT MOSTLY FROM PAST OFFICERS AND PAST SITUATIONS THAT THOSE OFFICERS HAVE PUT THEMSELVES AND OUR DEPARTMENT INTO. THOSE OFFICERS HAVE MOVED ON FROM OUR DEPARTMENT AND WE ARE CURRENTLY MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE THIS DEPARTMENT INTO A RESPECTABLE AGENCY. THAT BEING SAID I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT EVERYONE WHO IS CAPABLE OF READING A NEWSPAPER WOULD KNOW THAT IT IS VERY HARD TO FIX A TARNISHED REPUTATION AND THAT IT DOES NOT HAPPEN OVER NIGHT. I BELIEVE I SPEAK FOR EVERYONE THAT WORKS ALONG SIDE OF ME WHEN I SAY THAT WE UTILIZE EVERY OPORTUNITY THAT WE RECIEVE HERE AT THE FLORALA POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HELP BUILD OUR REPUTATION WITH THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND TO BETTER THE CITY OF FLORALA. SINCE WE HAVE BEGAN WORKING WITH EACH OTHER AND SINCE WE HAVE FOUND A GROUP OF POLICE OFFICERS WHO ATTEMPT IN EVERY WAY TO LIVE BY OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT CODE OF ETHICS WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED ALOT. WE HAVE ARRESTED SEVERAL DUI DRIVERS AND MADE COUNTLESS DRUG ARRESTS SOME OF WHICH YOU MAY HAVE READ ARTICLES ABOUT IN THE ANDALUSIA STAR NEWS TO INCLUDE SEIZURES OF DANGEROUS WEAPONS SUCH AS AN AK-47 ASSAULT RIFLE AND OVER 100 ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION, MARIJUANA, CRACK, COCAINE, ECSTACY, AND UNLAWFUL PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS. I FEEL THAT FLORALA DOES DESERVE BETTER THAN IT HAS HAD IN THE PAST AND MYSELF ALONG WITH MY FELLOW POLICE OFFICERS ARE MAKING EVERY ATTEMT TO PROVIDE THE CITIZENS OF FLORALA WITH THESES SERVICES WHILE BEING PROFESSIONAL AT THE SAME TIME.
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Posted on December 1 at 11:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Its not the police in the town of Florala, it's the people the police don't make a town the poeple do. When we do the job at hand no one appriciates it. When we don't its the same its a catch 22 with the people of Florala. When we arrest a local then we are picking on them we arrest an out of towner, then we are picking on them. A city or town is what it is because of its people. The law didn't run business out, the law didn't shut the doors on business the people did. The law only enforce the laws to ensure safety and to make it a more enjoyable place for the citizens and there children of Florala. Yes leadership is needed but the past is the past and today is a new future. Lets work together and the end result will be a better Florala.
On 9 have applied for FPD chief