President’s Message

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

John McNesby, President

Now is the time we start to see people crawl out of the woodwork, and try and position themselves for the upcoming Mayoral election.

The field appears to be large, and at this time mostly current City Council folks.

Remember a couple of years ago. That is all I have to say. All but a select few grabbing every microphone they could find, and camera they could get in front of, or get their name on any piece of legislation that was against the Police.

Two years ago, this group wanted to slash funding, stick their nose in our contract (which they lost by the way) and institute needless policies by way of resolution which meant nothing.

One piece that directly hurt us as officers was the hiring practice. Banging their chests and screaming reform, they passed legislation saying you must live in the city for a year before being hired. That makes no sense - no one is going to move into a city with the hope of getting a position.

This hampered recruitment big time. Luckily, this has since been addressed and we are back to normal hiring.

POINT IS WE NEED TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO HURT US.

Fast forward till now this same group is saying just the opposite, refund the police, increase budget, more boots on the street, etc.

One would only hope someone steps up other then this group and emerges as a front runner.

Instead of focusing on Police, put the spotlight where it belongs, right on the District Attorney.

Why this group, along with the Mayor, are afraid to call this guy out is beyond me.

You were elected to do a job. Do it or leave.

Too many people being killed not to. I hear it everyday. This city is not safe, and I agree.

Refund the police, give us another 700 cops, boost morale to close the flood gates of officers leaving, call out those that need to be called out, support us and let us do our job, and hopefully this can be turned around.

Most importantly, be safe out there. Your most important task of the day is to make it home at night.

Be safe this summer and get some time with the family.

John J. McNesby, President