Once again Derby has rolled around and we find ourselves outgunned, outmanned and working long hours?for what? It seems everyone wants to be part of the Derby Festival, woo-hoo! The city can't say no to any group and now details overlap details and the people that suffer the most are the citizens who are getting no police protection.
Do you know who is protecting your neighborhood over the next couple of days? Each division is running with 1 detective and the minimum number of officers deemed safe. This means safe for Officers not for civilians. What it means that on each shift for 8 divisions there are probably less than 50 Officers protecting all of Jefferson County. If you have to wait awhile when your house is being broken into, please be patient, someone will get there eventually, as soon as they can, but it may be awhile. If you?re being robbed please press1 for English and ?..well, you get the picture.
I thank my brothers of Native American descent that did a rain dance this week. It appears that once again Mother Nature will be our biggest ally. We sure as hell can't count on the Mayor or the Chief to provide support. I hope it pours rain the whole weekend. That is the only thing that keeps the idiots at bay. Louisville is a breath away from a full scale disaster. We don't have the Officers to fight crime? We don't have the Firefighters to battle the blazes?. we don't have the Paramedics and EMTs or their equipment to respond to the community's needs. Abramson has put not only the safety of every 1st responder at risk, but he has put the safety of the entire community at risk.
Every year the puzzle palace does the warm and fuzzy thing after the disastrous details are over, they ask people to send them any comments or suggestions on how they can improve. I am surprised they don't have freakin? bumper stickers on all our mobile equipment. Make sure you tell them exactly what is wrong? Do the community a favor and post it here also. That way we can all see just how big the problem is and they cannot hide their heads in the sand or try to cover up the issues.
Be safe out there this weekend and God Bless all of our First Responders!