SUBMITTED
9-11-07
More questions?
1) Why was there not a sufficient amount of water in the hydrants the other
night to battle the fire that consumed (2) houses in the 1200 block of Mabry
St.? Potters Station volunteer fire department had to be
called in to supply water to Selma fire through the use of tankers.
2) How can Chief Jimmy Martin schedule a promotional exam, offer insite on
the material content, coordinate with the company chosen to administer it,
then apply to take it himself? Hm???? Sounds like an ethics violation to me.
Doesn't that kind of fall under personal gain by an individuals position?
3) How can any logical thinking person expect a community to abide by the
laws and conduct themselves in a respectable manner if the very government
that leads them (and I use that term "leads" loosely) can not do it
themselves?
4) Why does the Selma police Dept. not have a drug unit anymore? Fact is
there is not an active working drug unit at the Selma police Dept. at this
time. The (2) officers and supervisor who once manned the unit are no
longer there. One is sitting in the FEMA trailer that is stratigically placed
throughout the City which is a huge waste of time and manpower as is the
TrustBuild fiasco. The second officer, who was also placed in the trailer,
could take no more stupidity, quit and is now working for the 4th judicial
task force. The supervisor, who was over the unit, got tired of the idiot
running the department (among other problems) and requested a transfer back
to patrol which is where he is now. No drug unit!!!!!
5) Why are there numerous applications for police officers sitting in the
personnel office and no one will pick them up? Could it be the current
recruiter for the Selma Police Dept. is too busy running behind his Chief and
wife to concern himself with trying to get someone hired to fill slots at
the police department? Could it be that the interim chief could care less
whether anyone gets hired due to the fact that this is a way he can get back
at all the people who are fed up with all of his acts of ignorance and
impropriaties by leaving the department short-handed?
6) Why, if Chief Jimmy Martin has resigned as Chief, is he still attending
all Chief's conferences and LECC conferences for a department and city that
doesn't have the money to give the police officers a substantial raise, yet
he gets perdium checks for $500 a trip to go strut his Huggy Bear outfits at
the beach?
Bottom line is the people of Selma have no idea just how bad of shape the
Selma Police Department and this city are really in. If the public really
knew, it would make the law abiding citizens sick to their stomach and the
criminal mind estatic. The same showing needs to be at the next Council
meeting as the last, it should be interesting.
Stay tuned for another headline concerning a Selma Police Department
officer.
