Unbelievable! Deputy KNEW she was in the SUV, did the Two-Step, away-toward-away from the SUV prior to the hit.
It is SURPRISING, at the speed of the train and total smack at the hit, that the lady did not perish. Seven Figure settlement right there.
Who, in their right mind, parks a vehicle on RR Tracks???
Many years ago the Texas Commission On Law Enforcement began to promote COLLEGE EDUCATION. The Texas Dept of Public Safety (State Troopers) began requiring 60 hours of COLLEGE, for applicants. Sheriff Depts, and Police Depts followed suit ESPECIALLY concerning promotions.
Results? To hell with common sense, we've got this "enormous policy manual".
Somehow we must get back to commonsense and logic. As Ranger made clear, satisfying activist groups'
demands, and placing 'token" representatives on active forces as an act of pacification, doesn't provide us
with better officers.
And as Dee pointed out, just because somebody has spent 60 hours in college, doesn't mean they will be competent, and justice minded officers. Have you seen some of the people running around out there, who have
spent at least that much time, holding down a piece of collegiate furniture?
Many folks make good use of their college efforts, but then many of those we saw running the streets of
Seattle, Portland, Minneapolis and other cities, rioting and putting cities to the torch have years of college.
If one were to check, I'm thinking a couple of those who stupidly attacked Kyle Rittenhouse, may well have college degrees.
College doesn't make a person honest.. All those noisy folks who lie for the alphabet networks have 4 years
of advanced education, at a minimum. Most of the crooked people who gave millions and dreamed up
schemes to rob the 2020 election, have advanced degrees.
There are ways to reduce the problem, if the PTB would use them. Here are some
1) Each veteran carries a character and competence record with them, testifying minutely for whatever years
of life, they spent in the military.
2) Boy scouts.. For instance, being a former Eagle scout does show a record some responsibility and competence.
3) Somehow, investigations are made into military personnel, who are being checked for a security clearance.
It seems that until now, that system has worked fairly well for the military..but not so good when applied to
politicians..
4) Investigations could be made into all potential hirees, in the same way the security clearances are run.
When we who have carried security clearances, come home after such a check..local folks sometimes ask
us about the investigators
5)Years ago an old man who owned a large gravel mining operation here, as well as many other enterprises
elsewhere, often used a common sense phrase, when he said.. "If you want monkeys working for you..
pay them peanuts"!
The departments could do better if they were VERY selective, but paid qualified people well.
6) For sure, elected leaders are fostering crime, by their acquiescence to "defund police" cries and bum citizens
who disparage the law and it's officers.. Hire qualified people, then cut short people who disparage them.
7) ..And last but surely not least.. If our elected "leaders' honestly wanted to cut crime, they could be
honest and decent enough to stop the crime, drugs and criminals who are flooding across our southern borders.
This is perhaps the best measure of the character and basic honesty of those who many voted for, and who
should by now, know better than to vote for again..unless they are some of the lame-brains who are not
qualified to be a dog catcher.
In other respects..judging by elections, about half the people are willing to accept dishonesty on a grand scale,
so that may leave us wondering if a proper agency can be formed. Look at some of our "top cops"..in the FBI, over the last few years..
