Posted by TP on May 25, 2003 at 18:03:18:
In Reply to: Re: Police Chief posted by Ray on May 25, 2003 at 04:58:38:
> > > I wonder how long it will be before our young inexperianced police officer's will get tired of working a dead end job with out no chance's of a promotion and they them selve's will go looking in other town for a job and Kittanning will end up with all out of towner's who don't care about kittanning.
> > I would like to say that my husband was an "out of towner/outsider" when he was hired over 20 years ago so are you saying he DOES NOT care about the town? When we looked to buy a house, I wanted very much to buy out of town and HE wished to buy IN TOWN because these are the people who pay the
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> taxes he receives his paycheck from. Fred Neal up until about a year ago
> remained IN TOWN after going to the AG's office many many years ago.
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> Burford and France went to the state police and Burford is counting on
> being back to OUR area soon if things go right for him. Gerry Hopper of
> course being with the FBI is as close to home as he can be, he is just a
> bit over an hour away. These people all still come often and do continue
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> to care about the area. I think if a person chooses to better themselves
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> does not mean they will actually leave/forget about the area and just
> because because a person is an "out of towner" doesn't exactly mean he
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> will not care about the area.
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> I am always glad to see some one making good, But every one dont have the same stepping stones to do that,Im sure no one pushed those people aside and said you arent good enough,Some one gave them a chance to prove them selves. Let's give our police officer's the same chance to prove them selves. Before they have to go to another town like you had to,To get any where in life
I'm not so sure that anyone actually "gave" them a chance as their own credentials spoke for themselves. You do not just get accepted to the State Police Academy/AG's Office/FBI because someone "gives" you a chance. You alone have to pass all of the test, requirements, etc and if you don't cut the mustard, you do not go. These days you have to have so many college credits prior to even applying for the state. Our police dept is very dear to my heart naturally, however, you do not move up any ladder because someone wants to give you a chance. I too in most instances would like to take care of our own, but I am also open minded enough to accept that you do not just give someone such an important position because they happen to live in town. I have not seen the applications and do not have a clue what the vote may be, but IF the one from out of town is best qualified then I would expect our leaders to go with the best for all of us. We should not shun experience and knowledge just because it is not from within. And by the way....so far we have not had to go to another town to get anywhere, we are content here, but if we ever do leave the area, I can only hope we would be accepted into our new location.