CK out for 2

It does seem the Athens PD are out of touch with the economy that pays their salary.

Athens PD deals with a lot of crap from the University crowd, which probably dictates their attitudes. I worked the door at Stonewall's in my days at UGA. Pretty much a nightly deal was to have to call APD to come break up a brawl on Wall St. by UGA students, or arrest some asshat frat boy who thought he was 10 feet tall because he'd borrowed his brother's ID and drank one too many beers.

Of course, it goes both ways. Without UGA, APD would need two cops with one gun and no bullets. Barney and Andy, anyone. And I wonder what it is we expect from our police? For sure, it sounds like they are just as anal about enforcing the law now as they were back in my day in Athens. Every one a detective, every one looking to get their name in the headlines of breaking a big case. Not sure busting some kid for a minor rule infraction is the way to go, but hey, every career ladder has it's own set of steps.

BTW, I have a special place in my heart for APD. Without them, I'd probably still be married to my first wife. God bless 'em, lol. Long story, but if I'm in Athens and see blue lights in the rear view, I'll worry that a certain officer is bringing her back. Trust me, he'd want to give her back.

to attend UGA when APD and CCPD primarily cruised to outskirts of the campus and were prone to help, rather than arrest. Times changed and like the bartender serving too many, the officer that turns a blindeye, could find himself on the opposing side of the courtroom. Our country as a whole has become polarized and paralyzed between ideologies and social reform. Hence you have these "zero tolerance" programs, where students and student athletes make for easy targets.

While in Athens, I worked for both CCFD and CCPD, knew most of the APD Officers. I believe that these agencies have since consolidated into one service unit. I still communicate with several friends on the force and they all state that "zero tolerance" is just that. No one, from a beat officer to a detective is willing to sacrifice their pension on failing to enforce the law....and when you have college kids still acting like "college kids"...arrests are gonna happen...However, some of the self inflicted stupidity that has haunted CMR's athletes does give me reason for pause...Who among us has ever had their license suspended or revoked???....Or when you were 19-22 years old????.....Hell, I needed my license to work. About the only ppl I knew that were in that boat, occurred from a DUI and they walked the line and paid their dues...Seems this all comes back to individual responsibility, peer leadership and coaching guidance..........DISCIPLINE!!!!...or serious lack thereof!!!

GO DAWGS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NC_Dawg wrote:

Seems this all comes back to individual responsibility, peer leadership and coaching guidance..........DISCIPLINE!!!!...or serious lack thereof!!!

Pretty much sums it up . . .

blogs.ajc.com/recruiting/2010/10/13/uga-...ashington-high-team/

rarely changes his spots.........

In the article the coach states:


“Right now, it’s permanent.”

HUH???..... So if he changes his mind does that change the definition of "permanent"??