Call 911 before being stopped, says police chief
ARCADE police chief Randy Williams is offering up safety tips following reports of an imposter police officer in the area. Williams is telling citizens to slow down, turn on their flashers and call 911 if they feel uncomfortable during a traffic stop.
“Let them know where you’re at and to make sure it’s a police officer,” Williams said, speaking briefly to the Arcade City Council Monday. “Let them know that you’re driving to a well-lit area.”
Citizens without a cell phone should slow down, turn on their flashers and drive to a well-lit area, Williams said. In Arcade, that would be to one of the gas stations in town or to city hall.
The concern stems from a Feb. 5 incident during which a woman said a man impersonating a police officer pulled her over at B. Whitfield Road and Holiday Cemetery Road and searched her “inappropriately.” A Jackson County deputy checked with the 911 center and found no records of an officer making a stop in that area.
Citizens without a cell phone should slow down, turn on their flashers and drive to a well-lit area, Williams said. In Arcade, that would be to one of the gas stations in town or to city hall.
The concern stems from a Feb. 5 incident during which a woman said a man impersonating a police officer pulled her over at B. Whitfield Road and Holiday Cemetery Road and searched her “inappropriately.” A Jackson County deputy checked with the 911 center and found no records of an officer making a stop in that area.
I didn't learn about this from our local government, I learned about it in the newspaper, the Athens Banner Herald to be exact.
Your whiz-bang attitude and ideas for helping resolve the situation are just outstanding. I am amazed.
By the way, had you been at the city council meeting last Monday night you would have found out about that then as well.
Take all the cheap shots you feel you are entitled to behind your cowardly anonymous screen name, but if you ever have an issue and need the police, they will still be there to help you and others.
That is what they do day in and day out - Serve and Protect.
And all of this for how little pay?
Yes, I do think Arcade is a speed trap but the local cop has to make so many citizen interactions per week (quota) because else the residents would have to pay more taxes.
Vote to disband the Arcade Police force if you hate them that much. Or better yet go around Arcade. Jefferson Cops are watching for you as well. Maybe raise the speed limit to 100MPH while fooling with the cell phone?
Give us a break. No one likes the police until you have to call them.
Respect isn't given, it's earned. Go back and read the articles on the local law enforcement agencies that have been published in this newspaper and you'll understand why they are due no respect.
By the way, I've never understood all the fuss about Arcade being a speed trap. If you read the speed limit signs and don't speed, then they can't give you a ticket. It seems to me like you are asking for it when you speed through an area known to patrol the speed limit. I've driven through there for 18 years and never gotten a ticket.
And if you have a radar detector top of the line.........don't worry they got you long before your alarm went off.