Posted by Ray on March 06, 2005 at 00:55:48 (PST):
I was setting here reading some of the post about officer Baum,I have called officer Baum several time's, As I could see he went a little further then he had to,To settle my complaint, I agree with one post that stated all these negative post about Officer Baum are personal. Where I live now,We don't have a police department.If we need help we have to wait for the state police in Greensburg to get here.And they are usually busy as all get out also. So people be thankfull for the police dept you have. I don't hear any one saying the clerk that identified the gentleman twice made a mistake and should be fired. I don't think Officer Baum had another choice but to arrest this gentleman on the clerk's identy.(A bad mistake on the clek's part)Not officer Baum,If he had not arrested this fellow and he was guilty and might have gone and robbed some one else and shot and killed some one,Then every one would be crying,Where was Officer Baum? Propably at Sheetz getting free coffee,So Officer Baum would have been an SOB no matter what way he would have gone. The way thing's are now with the drug situation,I don't blame Officer Baum or any police officer for being cautious. I don't know the gentleman that was arrest,But it look's as though from the looks of some of the post he has been in trouble before,I feel sorry that he was wrongly accused,But put the blame where it belong. I also feel sorry that Officer Baum has to take this verbal abuse,From people that won't give their name's and him a chance to defend himself personally. I wish we had Officer Baum here to patrole our street's,Im sure every one would sleep a lot better. So Officer Baum,If you read this, Thank you for the good job you are doing.Some
people just need to get a life.