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Think your town/city is run by an idiot??
You should meet this guy. This is from the city where I live, NOT where I work. He's such an idiot!!!!
here's another McDicker story that will bring a chuckle..the recent graduation of the police officers brings this issue to light.
In 2001 he hired police officers because the department was at an all time low. Of the 6 or 7 he hired, at least three were already certified police officers ready to be put on the road. One with at least 8 years experience, another with at least five years experience and another fresh out of the "academy". However, McG decides everyone has to go back to school to get certified again...not just any school, but the State Police Academy in Hershey. His main reason, if you can remember the newspaper articles, was because the local academy, Lackawanna Jr College, does not teach discipline and WB officers need discipline and paramilitary training. So he makes it a rule that under his regime, ALL NEWLY HIRED OFFICERS WILL GO TO THE PSP ACADEMY IN HERSHEY! As he was making that comment, a newly hired officer was attending Lackawanna Jr College Act 120 program, and one other officer, whom he hired a year or so prior was put on the road based on his training from none other than Lackawanna Jr College. If you remember the articles, he called Lackawanna College Act 120 program substandard training. So the newly hired officers go away for 6 months for this "intense", "vigorous" "paramilitary" training. They learned how to make beds, tie their shoes, shine their shoes and paid more attention to things to avoid discipline that learning about police work was a second priority.
The city is supposed to be reimbursed for expenses for each graduating officer from the ACT 120 program. However, and this is not fact yet(about 99% true) just a rumor, the city did not get reimbursed for the already trained officers. If that is true, then the city just paid about $30,000 in salary and expenses to send the officers to duplicate a school to receive a certification they already possess, when they could have been paid for being on the road. Further, look at all the overtime that could have been saved if these three were on the road. The mayor always said he would rather pay over time than hire someone else and pay benefits. Well, they were already hired and he was paying benefits for them to sit in school???? Was he that concerned about the safety of the public???? or the health of the over worked officers????
It gets better. A new group is hired in April 2002. Of that group, at least three are already certified with combine 15 years police experience. Where does he send them? State police training center in Forty Fort, Pa. Again, look at the overtime paid while three "road ready" officers were being paid to sit in a school to receive basic police training.
Now, five more hired. NOT one is an "already trained" officer, but where do they go? Lackawanna Jr College to receive "substandard" training and "no discipline"????
its funny because no matter what school you go to, they teach the exact curriculum. The only exception, the State police academy has only State Troopers as instructors while Lackawanna Jr College includes Troopers, lawyers, and local police. If Im not mistaken a couple of the instructors are former or current wilkes barre officers. As an added bonus, the "substandard", "non disciplined" Lackawanna Jr College instructors provide the required yearly training to all of the Wilkes Barre police and surrounding area officers each year.
just a little something to make you go "hmmmmm"****
It just goes to show that policemen should be managing the police department, not a civilian with a scanner. Hey, does that make me qualified to run the department? Hell, I could screw things up almost as bad as Command 100. My first order at my very first roll call? Wilkes-Barre residents that are registered voters are no longer subject to arrest for anything. Give them a gentle warning and one of my reelection buttons.
here's another McDicker story that will bring a chuckle..the recent graduation of the police officers brings this issue to light.
In 2001 he hired police officers because the department was at an all time low. Of the 6 or 7 he hired, at least three were already certified police officers ready to be put on the road. One with at least 8 years experience, another with at least five years experience and another fresh out of the "academy". However, McG decides everyone has to go back to school to get certified again...not just any school, but the State Police Academy in Hershey. His main reason, if you can remember the newspaper articles, was because the local academy, Lackawanna Jr College, does not teach discipline and WB officers need discipline and paramilitary training. So he makes it a rule that under his regime, ALL NEWLY HIRED OFFICERS WILL GO TO THE PSP ACADEMY IN HERSHEY! As he was making that comment, a newly hired officer was attending Lackawanna Jr College Act 120 program, and one other officer, whom he hired a year or so prior was put on the road based on his training from none other than Lackawanna Jr College. If you remember the articles, he called Lackawanna College Act 120 program substandard training. So the newly hired officers go away for 6 months for this "intense", "vigorous" "paramilitary" training. They learned how to make beds, tie their shoes, shine their shoes and paid more attention to things to avoid discipline that learning about police work was a second priority.
The city is supposed to be reimbursed for expenses for each graduating officer from the ACT 120 program. However, and this is not fact yet(about 99% true) just a rumor, the city did not get reimbursed for the already trained officers. If that is true, then the city just paid about $30,000 in salary and expenses to send the officers to duplicate a school to receive a certification they already possess, when they could have been paid for being on the road. Further, look at all the overtime that could have been saved if these three were on the road. The mayor always said he would rather pay over time than hire someone else and pay benefits. Well, they were already hired and he was paying benefits for them to sit in school???? Was he that concerned about the safety of the public???? or the health of the over worked officers????
It gets better. A new group is hired in April 2002. Of that group, at least three are already certified with combine 15 years police experience. Where does he send them? State police training center in Forty Fort, Pa. Again, look at the overtime paid while three "road ready" officers were being paid to sit in a school to receive basic police training.
Now, five more hired. NOT one is an "already trained" officer, but where do they go? Lackawanna Jr College to receive "substandard" training and "no discipline"????
its funny because no matter what school you go to, they teach the exact curriculum. The only exception, the State police academy has only State Troopers as instructors while Lackawanna Jr College includes Troopers, lawyers, and local police. If Im not mistaken a couple of the instructors are former or current wilkes barre officers. As an added bonus, the "substandard", "non disciplined" Lackawanna Jr College instructors provide the required yearly training to all of the Wilkes Barre police and surrounding area officers each year.
just a little something to make you go "hmmmmm"****
It just goes to show that policemen should be managing the police department, not a civilian with a scanner. Hey, does that make me qualified to run the department? Hell, I could screw things up almost as bad as Command 100. My first order at my very first roll call? Wilkes-Barre residents that are registered voters are no longer subject to arrest for anything. Give them a gentle warning and one of my reelection buttons.
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