“Oh that’s why the officer was there because Don filed a claim against a officers with RPPSD and PPD the day prior to this event. Coincidence?”
No, not at all. About 5 years ago I filed a formal written complaint against one of our town’s cops. You have no idea what kind of a $hit storm I got from the County Sheriff’s Department over the complaint ( they contract to run our PD). I was threatened by a Lieutenant who is an adjutant for the sheriff himself with incarceration for filing what he termed “a false report.” When the city council finally forced the police chief to deal with me, my wife and I were “interrogated” ( like in a room with no windows, a cop and a tape recorder). This guy’s “mission” was to try and get me to say something that was at variance with the written statement. We simply told him that everything contained in the report was factual and did he have any questions. Finally the chief met with us and his whole pitch was that my report was going to be part of his “good officer’s” personnel file and that it was DAMAGING to him. This ended up being all about “protecting” the cop from his actions. I can’t print what my wife said to the chief.
I believe it
Our local PD has been pretty good as we had an excellent police chief for many years who recently retired. His philosophy was that he wanted to build a partnership between his officers and residents took keep the town safe. He donated his own personal time to give a quarterly concealed carry class that was free for residents. The vast majority of tickets written by his department were warnings, as he didn't consider his department to be a profit center. I really liked the guy and wish there were a lot more of him out there. I have concerns because of his background, but we'll see how it goes. The police force is an extension of the chief's philosophy. I recall a few officers that came on-board and were initially assholes, and they mellowed out once they understood their jobs as the Chief saw it. Some couldn't make the adjustment and were encouraged to take their attitudes elswehere. I haven't met the new guy yet. We'll see how he rolls and take approprate action as necessary.