Copper, I wouldn't have nearly as much trouble with Cole if he would simply tell the whole truth about his Kentucky problems and make a sincere apology to the public. As it is, he remains defiant and evasive.
Gossip is from the Summersville area, and he/she is quite familiar with crooked cops. Summersville is a small WV town about the size of Dogpatch but at one time had between thirty and forty police. Their main duty was writing speeding tickets to drivers on the 4-lane highway that cuts through the city limits. Two brothers on the force, according to the common wisdom of the day, had a habit of mixing personal pleasure with police business, and were given the opportunity to resign. They moved to Gauley Bridge, another small WV town with a 4-lane that cuts through the city limits, where one of them became the chief. Summersville was no longer the speed trap capital of the world, and the title passed to Gauley Bridge. After a few years the feds moved into town to investigate some kind of creative bookkeeping. The brothers resigned again and moved somewhere else.
The problem is that the people who have the duty to protect the public from bad cops don't do their job. Plastic, steel and aluminum should be recycled, not bad cops. If the city government of Richwood won't get rid of Cole, then the people must do what they can to protect themselves. Topix, okay. Going to city council meetings, okay. Newspaper articles, okay. Silence from the public could be misconstrued as acceptance.
You may be right that Cole's law enforcement career will soon be over, but you may be wrong. In the immortal words of the greatest mind of the 20th century: "It ain't over 'till it's over."
Poor Chief clownslaw he's had a bad day nap time now I think , maybe look for a new job I hear they need cops like him in Belize and Columbia and Mexico.
ReplyDeleteI have every reason to think he will do a great job by the way I only have am radios in my car and truck just want to make sure certain people knew that.
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