A metro police force was shut down and the Chief, a longtime military and law enforcement leader was suspended without pay.
Behind the scenes, locals suspect sketchy politics . . . And now the town and some SKC neighbors are support the effort fight the questionable policing move.
Check the links . . .
Garden City police chief believes he was suspended for speaking out on layoffs
Community gathers after Garden City Police Department layoffs
Garden City police officers sticking together after entire department laid off
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Please help support the Albers in their needed legal fees for wrongful termination. Without notice an entire police department/force was disbanded in a local town via closed door sessions.
Tom has 24 years of service in the military as Marine & Army Special Operations officer and 18 plus years of service as Chief of the Garden City Police Department. His life has been dedicated to public service and will always do what is right by and for the people.
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Maybe the Chief should have kept his mouth shut.
ReplyDeleteHes a better man than you are. He has people to protect, including his officers and their families. Dolt!
ReplyDeleteAll they really need are a bunch of rednecks with guns and trucks to patrol their streets. They probably don’t have much crime since no black people live there.
ReplyDeleteIf you are appointed, you can be unappointed without further explanation. Tough shit, next case
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Tough shit. The guy has been on the public payroll his whole life.
ReplyDeleteThis town is broke AF. They base their budget on hopeful distribution from the County taxes, and any local taxes/fees. GC has virtually nothing as far as commercial enterprises that would be subject to taxes. They collect "fees" for building projects but those are few and far between (and are supposed to be tied to the actual review and inspection of the projects). Over the last couple of years the PD upgraded all their vehicles to the creme-de-la-creme of cruisers; way more than what the City needed, and more than what they could afford. This killed their budget for more essential items: water processing, sewer treatment, property maintenance. Council probably didn't have any other options, there is NOT a lot of fat to cut. PD went, then the Chief who was probably making near $80k gets cut. I suspect next fiscal year, they'll hire a newbie "Chief" who will make up a one man department for about $40k then in 3rd quarter get a new patrolman for about $25k.
ReplyDeletecollateral damage of cargill meat et al. and more millions of acres of isolated properties with less law enforcement oversight
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ReplyDeleteGarden City was platted in 1885, and so named on account of the fertile soil near the town site."
The O'Bannon Homestead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979
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ReplyDeleteSee also: History of Kansas
In February 1878, James R. Fulton, William D. Fulton and W.D.'s son, L.W. Fulton, arrived at the present site of Garden City, Kansas.[8]
111-117 Grant Avenue
the Buffalo Hotel was nominated for National and State Registers of Historic Places its architectural significance as a good local example of commercial Italianate architecture.
In October 2016, Gavin Wright, Curtis Allen, and Patrick Stein were arrested by the FBI for plotting a bombing attack on a housing complex.
October 2016 was Garden City KS dipshit
Delete@1:00PM que pasa? Garden City Police Department provided law enforcement for 1,600 acres. As part of coop agreements for emergency response they could provide services outside of their political limits but the costs of those events were reimbursed to the PD. They simply had many more police than needed. All of the surrounding towns had the same problem. Archie had four and are now down to one or two. Peculiar is keeping up on their huge department almost solely from have miles of highway set at 25 or 35 MPH as speed traps. Harrisonville's department has something like 4 times the number of police now than it did in the 90's with about 2,000 more people. Pleasant Hill is maintaining a large force with expansion to the North. But overall, police departments far outgrew the towns they served based on the foolishness of voters: but, but, but, its for the police. FYI, also the case with School Districts.
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ReplyDeleteregional agriccultual, population, and school managment
I do not understand your question/statement.
land use 'planners', corporate ag, grain traders, coastal provincialists, population/consolidation management .... that is ruining the country
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