jdlott74, My diatribe is not focused at you. I have heard these sediments being repeated with DART, small departments, Rural Departments, mid sized departments. There are departments that need to improve greatly, the officers are not a "joke." Any department's chief that starts hearings these descriptions of their department need only to look in to the mirror to figure out where it went wrong.jdlott74 wrote:DART PD already has a lot of bad news they have to contend with. There have been at least three shootings within the last 6 months. DH is currently in the police academy and was going to apply for DART but on one of the police wives forums, one of the wives told me NOT to have him apply. DART is "TECHNICALLY" a licensed peace officers but don't do what licensed police officers do. When there is a shooting or something, they don't handle the investigation, they have the city it happened in do it. The one yesterday is being handled by Richardson, the one a couple weeks ago is being handled by Dallas. I work with a girl that her husband works for DPD and he laughed when we asked him about working for DART.Lonest4r wrote:The surviving victim claims that the DART PD officer was the one who shot him, rather than the suspect. This is bad news for DART of this is the case. Maybe they need better training. It would be bad publicity if you are more likely to be killed by DART PD bullets than by actual criminals. KNOW WHAT IS BEHIND YOUR TARGET!
DART PD is a JOKE!!! The DPD officer said he has heard DART PD tell a lady that was getting beat up to call 911 even though DART was right there.
DART police department may have problems, but no department is a "JOKE," Poorly managed maybe, but the officers in these "Joke" departments many times work under administrations who don't know how to lead, bend to political pressure, and survive the "Peter "Principle."
What does this lead too? A police organization that does not have a clear and concise set of organizational goals and objectives, no leadership, lack of general and procedural orders. Officers are placed in to shooting gallerias with limited training and equipment. Lack of evaluating the trends that lead to directed enforcement activities. These "Joke" officers go to work and deal with a citizens, some of whom are upstanding individuals and others who are just scum thugs looking for their next victim. These "Joke" officers normally work for less with fewer benefits. These "Joke" officers still run toward the sound of gunfire. It was a "joke" DART Police Officer Nikisha Manderson who took on the thug and was shot. The thug was in an argument over an expired pass and gets in a gun battle with the "joke" police officer. Was "Joke" Officer Nikisha Manderson laughing at the end of the battle?
Anyone here really want to change places with her???? A thug who shouldn't have been in the possession of any firearm decides to try to kill people because he was a thug and trying to get something for nothing, a free ride. A lousy ride on a train and he shoots and kills people. When bullets start flying all the tactics are tossed and the officer will only raise to the level of their training. Sadly Administrators will not budget bullets, trainers and range time to improve the officer's fighting ability. There are only so many wives, husbands, girl and boy friends who will put up with even more money going out of pocket.
Then the Monday morning quarterbacks come and have the audacity to say the officers are "Jokes" and not real officers. The DPD Officer critical of DART would also been sucking wind in the gun fight, we all do. The same DPD officer, critical of DART, might shake in his shoes working midnight in a county where the nearest back up is 45 minutes away. Does that make him a joke too?
As for not investigating their own shooting. That IS the professional thing to do. There is less professional crap stirrers claiming a corrupted investigation.
DART has its problems, but nobody is joking. And any officer that will face down the armed bad guys are NOT jokes.
"Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on." Robert "Bobby" Kennedy.
What kind of Law Enforcement are you as citizens insisting on? Professional? Educated? Trained? Well Paid? Great Leadership? A reasonable mission statement that not only meets the current standards of professionalism?
Or is it the Cut rate low budget department that has high turnover and poor morale and no support?
Which one HAVE you insisted on. Not just on internet forum, but calling the controlling government agency, offering not just complaints, but offering solutions. When you have highly trained, motivated and lead officers you can take the most backward corrupted department and make it excellent.
Or you can sit back and passively watch, all the while muttering and complaining about what a "Joke" the department has become. THE CHOICE IS YOURS. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.