IMHO, we really need to let the PEOPLE vote whether we want an ELECTED CONSTITUTIONAL SHERIFF, or an APPOINTED POLICE CHIEF... I personally fully support the concept of an Elected Constitutional Sheriff.. in any case LET THE PEOPLE VOTE !!
Please contact the Tallahassee City Commissioners and ask them to LET US VOTE !!
http://www.talgov.com/gov/commission.cfm
City Hall
300 South Adams Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
850-891-0000
P.S. To my fellow freepers, I know this is a "local" issue but we can sure use your help.. the strongest "group" we are up against is the Police Union http://www.flpba.org Florida Police Benevolent Association PBA)... I don't generally like to oppose my fellow law enforcement officers, however IMHO, they are just wrong on this issue.....
I appreciate any help and/or comments on this issue...
To: JennieOsborne; /\XABN584; 3D-JOY; 5Madman; <1/1,000,000th%; 11B3; 1Peter2:16; ...
Passing it on.. Request for assistance... Thanks..
2 posted on
04/05/2006 10:44:39 AM PDT by
davidosborne
(DavidOsborne.net)
To: JennieOsborne; /\XABN584; 3D-JOY; 5Madman; <1/1,000,000th%; 11B3; 1Peter2:16; ...
Passing it on.. Request for assistance... Thanks..
3 posted on
04/05/2006 10:45:42 AM PDT by
davidosborne
(DavidOsborne.net)
To: davidosborne
6 posted on
04/05/2006 11:02:59 AM PDT by
davidosborne
(DavidOsborne.net)
To: davidosborne
"City commissioners - who so far have expressed no desire to merge the agencies ....."
And as long as your city commissioners *earn* $34,000 a year in that *grueling* job they will continue to stall efforts.
8 posted on
04/05/2006 12:26:44 PM PDT by
bwteim
(Begin With The End In Mind)
To: davidosborne
I thought each county in a state is supposed to have an elected sheriff, and that sheriff is number 2 behind the governor in executive authority. This don't apply to you Florida guys?
10 posted on
04/05/2006 12:47:17 PM PDT by
William Terrell
(Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
To: davidosborne; Clemenza; Calpernia; zoomie81; leprechaun9
In NJ we have double and triple layers of law enforcement, one of the reasons why we have such high taxes.
Most towns, except the very small ones, have an appointed police chief while every county has an elected county sheriff (the sheriff's position is a nj constitutional position and is NOT required to show up for work). And each county has a prosecutors detective force. And we also have a NJ Transit police dept. to patrol all the rails and train stations. We also have a Department of Human Services Police Dept. which, I think, guards the mental and other institutions in the state. Some counties, like Bergen County, has a 3rd layer, a county police force in addition to the individual police departments and county sheriff's department.
Oh, and we also have the Port Authority police dept. one of the highest paid in the nation. They have police powers in both NY and NJ and guard the airports, G. Washington Bridge, Lincoln and Holland tunnels and the sea ports. And I'm sure we have more than that. And guess what? we still can't walk the streets in certain cities, gangs all over the place, car thefts are through the roof, etc.
20 posted on
04/06/2006 4:11:49 PM PDT by
Coleus
(What were Ted Kennedy, his son & nephew doing on Good Friday, 1991? Getting drunk and raping women)
To: All
To the Citizens of Leon County / City of Tallahassee:
Do you really think we need TWO duplicate Law Enforcement Agencies? When the City of Tallahassee was small, the City formed a small "police department" to augment the service that has been provided by the Sheriff's Office since 1874.
Since then and especially in the last 20 years, the City has continue to grow to the point where (in my opinion) has created an agency that will continue to grow and "compete" with the constitutional office of the Sheriff... this (in my opinion) is not necessary....
What the citizens of Tallahassee need to do is pass (by citizen initiative) an Ammendment to the CITY CHARTER which states that the City of Tallahassee SHALL CONTRACT with the Sheriff of Leon County to provide law enforcement services. This will eliminate the duplication, and the City Commission will be able to negotiate with the Sheriff's Office as to how many Deputies (in GREEN UNIFORMS) they want to patrol the City at a cost FAR LESS than what it cost to provide a POLICE OFFICER in a (BLUE UNIFORM).
David Osborne
850-933-8511
30 posted on
04/11/2006 10:37:35 AM PDT by
davidosborne
(DavidOsborne.net)
To: All; JennieOsborne; /\XABN584; 3D-JOY; 5Madman; <1/1,000,000th%; 11B3; 1Peter2:16; ...
LATEST UPDATE...
The proposed ballot language reads as follows: "Shall the city of Tallahassee's power to have a city Police Department be transferred to the sheriff of Leon County so as to create one single law-enforcement agency within Leon County under the direction of an elected sheriff?" ___
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GREAT.. now the City Commission needs to decide if they really want the PEOPLE to vote or if they want to BLOCK us from expressing our voice at the ballot box
Please contact the Tallahassee City Commissioners and ask them to LET US VOTE !!
http://www.talgov.com/gov/commission.cfm
City Hall
300 South Adams Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
850-891-0000
32 posted on
04/21/2006 9:17:05 AM PDT by
davidosborne
(DavidOsborne.net)
To: davidosborne
43 posted on
08/14/2006 11:14:44 PM PDT by
davidosborne
(DavidOsborne.net)
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