03-08-2011, 08:36 PM
(03-08-2011, 08:06 PM)Lady Cop Wrote: Methusala, i also think that the Sheriff disavowed the Sgt.'s comments in a subtle way.
Yes, I agree. He did. But if the Sgt and the Sheriff would have been running the ship as it should be run, they would have met before this public meeting and agreed on what was going to be said.
I am not criticizing law enforcement in general. In fact, I have stated several times before that we have a great bunch of professionals in the Detective Bureau of the adjacent City of Toledo. In addition, if the Sheriff's Office is ever successful in putting together a case which can hold water in the eyes of the Lucas County Prosecutor's Office, which handles all felony cases for the entire county of both incorporated and incorporated areas, then we will be able to look forward to an able prosecution.
Julia Bates is a tough and competent Prosecutor, and in the early years of her first term, she was successful in re-opening and prosecuting many cold, and sometimes bizarre, homicide cases to successful conclusions, convictions and imprisonment or execution.
I can only hope that this Sheriff can deliver. There have been so many fumbles and missteps by him in the past and, unlike most law enforcement offices, his has been filled with many political appointees of no particular skill or distinction. I hope that does not describe his present Detective Bureau, but it seems that we can't even find out how many detectives he has, let alone how many are working on this case.