Five arrested in Arcade last week

I liked the DUI arrest and its charges, good job. Now, concerned and anon, who cares about that? Are you a resident of Arcade? If you are, you should know that you don't have a real community. The residents are mostly ileterate, drunk good ol boys, meth users... It is a small rural area with the dream of becoming a small community. There are a few decent residents that chooses to live at the location in order to enjoy the country and quiet. So, why does Arcade needs exemplary officers? They are not going to have it. First, because an exemplary officer would not choose to work in the middle of nothing, and second because it really doesn’t metter for that type of community. Maybe in 20 or 30 years from now, there may be a community where the majority of its residents are educated, then you can be asking those types of questions. The product meets its demand. All that’s needed now is somebody that has arrest powers to answer calls from the poor daughter/wife that was assaulted by her meth-head boyfriend and write some tickets. Why are you so concerned about it? Who cares? At least Jackson County S.O. doesn’t need to deal with that mess. Stop kicking the dead dog. If you live in Arcade and you are so concerned about the officer’s records, maybe you should consider moving to another city. Leave the PD alone and find something else to do.

I couldn’t say the same about you. I understand that you have to defend what you have, but who are you kidding? You sound like a used car sales person trying to sell that lemon. Let me enlighten you a little bit. The city was never a “speed trap”. The speed limit is not set by the City! The city would not affect DOT’s decisions regarding speed limit changes. When you see a rubber crossing your Highway, it is a measurement device used to determine how many vehicles travels through that certain location and at what speed. Basically that is used to determine a safe speed limit based on its average. The reason why it was a 45 MPH area was because it was two lanes Highway, becoming 55 MPH whenever the Highway became four lanes. It was a safety issue and was not regulated by the city. In order to be considered a “speed trap”, the law enforcement department has to write a certain percentage of its tickets for speeding, which obviously was not the case. If you read the newspapers a few years ago, you would’ve read that your PD was cleared by GSP in that matter. The 18 MPH over, I believe it was always the case, it didn’t change now. I know this because I also know some officers that work and worked there. It is a nice propaganda though. If you read my post, I wrote wife-daughter and meth, not just meth or other abused drugs in certain jurisdictions. Let me clarify, they do not have high volume of calls or calls like you see in the papers that Jackson County S.O. have to deal with. It is obviously a small town. I am sure that the department improved since the old Chief was replaced. I hope that the city grows and becomes what you are describing, which is a fair dream and something to look forward to. I don’t want to be negative toward your department, I am against that. I don’t like all these people that keep whining about the department, it is what it is and will improve eventually, it needs support, not whining. About being exemplary, I am sure that the majority of the officers there were never fired from their previous law enforcement jobs. I do see some difference on the PD by just looking at the new color scheme of the police cruisers, very nice, it indicates that it is heading to the right direction. I saw some time ago something about a new subdivision in the city... Whenever they build that, you will have more than a few educated residents. In an average population of 1941 residents, how many actually have higher education? That number compared with its average population should result in a fairly low number, qualifying it as few. One time, I met an old gentleman that used to live in a shack. He thought his shack to be a palace and he was very happy with that. With that said, I do understand where you are coming from. We should be happy with what we have, doesn’t matter what it is. It is small town with growth potential. I hope that your and the other small cities around here improves. I know that you are going to reply with some utopia, just don’t, I am here to express my thoughts against stupid questions regarding your department, I am a supporter, we all should join to make it better, but keeping reality as a factor. Best regards, B.