I talked to the mayor this morning. He doesn't think I used his comments correctly. I will give him the benefit of the doubt, even though the post itself is still a valid one. There are folks who feel its ok that the Sheriff cover for the village at times as the primary protection. He did bring up a point that frankly, I had forgotten about.
We currently leave the station unmanned on a regular basis during the week. The Chief goes to court twice a week, along with occasional prisoner transports and meeting with the law director, and there is no one here covering for him. The practice has been going on for several years. When I thought about this after talking to him my first thought was, "Well what has happened while he was gone?" Well I can't give you a list today but I can give you one quick instance. Last year we had a suicidal person in town with a gun and who fired a shot off in his home, while the Chief was at court. He had to run back lights and sirens. The response time became 20 minutes instead of 1-2. Fortunately the situation was resolved without injury.
We used to have two officers on duty during the day, and that was ended by previous administration. If we have the funds currently (thanks to the 1% tax) to get an officer to work those times, why wouldn't we? We need 24/7 protection.
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