Larrry said:
Oldtimer said:
:lol: :lol: Most Sheriffs had more than enough to do investigating real crimes that fell under their jurisdiction- and not trying to make themselves a celebrity on the taxpayers dime....
So let's get this right, you would forget crimes because you were busy with other things. A real sheriff doesn't ignore certain crimes because he has other work to do. Any sheriff worth his salt that I have ever known will burn the midnight oil to do his duty that he was sworn to do. Does an oath count for anything to you know who?
No Larrrrrry- but most Sheriff's don't whore themselves out to special interest groups- and cheapen the investigations about what they are being funded to investigate...Makes them worse than glorified private detectives or security officers- using their sworn authority to do private investigations for those who can put up the most money...
I just hope- that these private donors that are going to pay for all the extra costs for this Cold Case Squad- are also paying for full investigation of all the other unsolved/cold case file major crimes (murder, kidnappings, rapes, etal) in Sheriff Joes jurisdiction- including all the "exceptionally cleared" cases that many times the detectives (if a detective is even assigned) close the next day.... Or the 50,000+ felony warrants unserved......
According to the FBI- old Joe has one of the highest rates of "exceptionally cleared" of any major departments in the nation...And as I was told several years ago during law enforcement meetings- that meant the victim was either black, latino, illegal, or a poor person that had not contributed to/supported Sheriff Joes kingdoms election...Probably the reason he is the hero of the racists of this site, the Tea Party, and all the militia/wantabe cop/military folks/gunnuts (most of which would run away pissing their pants if someone pulled a gun on them) ..
As the crime rate of Arizona over the years decreased- Maricopas continued to raise..
To me Sheriff Joe is kind of what most in this country opposes- a type of Republic in which the significant portion of wealthy, have supreme control over the government.....
Many Sheriff's around the country would love to do some of the things he does- but besides having sworn an oath to affirm to obey the laws of their State, their State Constitution, and US Constitution as current law now stands-(knowing under both Montana law- and the US Constitution,
the rulings of the Judicial branch are law until overruled or amended by Constitutional amendments)--know because of that it would be illegal and/or bankrupt their county to go the opposite way....
Montana law (some of which actually came about because of reaction to Sheriff Joe's actions) specifically forbid many things that Sheriff Joe does- especially regarding Jail Law ( which if we followed Joes examples we'd need more attorneys than are in the whole county, working for just the county to defend the criminal and civil filings)....
To do otherwise from state law/constitution is promoting Anarchy!!!
Which I think both on the radical right and the radical left are promoting and want to see happen....
I don't....
http://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/Common/Img/Mission%20Unaccomplished.pdf