2007 REFLECTIONS

2007 WAS A YEAR FULL OF HIGH EMOTIONS AND STRIFE. WE WENT TO THE STREETS WITH SIGNS AND SHOUTED OUR CONCERNS TO THE TAX PAYING CITIZENS OF CORAL GABLES. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WERE NOT LISTENING AS EVIDENCED BY THE CITY HALL ELECTION RESULTS. DESPITE THIS MINOR SETBACK, F.O.P. LODGE NO. 7 MEMBERSHIP SUCCESSFULLY FOUGHT FOR AND EVENTUALLY WON A NEW CONTRACT UNDER THE STRONG LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT GENE GIBBONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH GENE!

I ALSO LIKE TO TAKE TIME AND REFLECT ON HOW OUR DEPARTMENT PERFORMED DURING THE PAST YEAR. I CAN HONESTLY TELL THAT IN DOING SO, I FOUND MYSELF BECOMING PHYSICALLY ILL AND FEELING PERPLEXED. WILL CORAL GABLES POLICE DEPARTMENT EVER BE FREE FROM THE BUREAUCRATIC CONSTRAINTS CREATED BY A SYSTEMATIC AND UNNECESSARY LAYERING OF SENIOR AND MID-LEVEL MICRO MANAGERS? WHY HAVE SO MANY CHIEFS AND SO FEW INDIANS?

DO WE REALLY NEED SO MANY ASSISTANT CHIEFS AND DIVISION MAJORS? I'VE WITNESSED MANY LIEUTENANTS AND SERGEANTS NOT BEING ABLE TO DO THEIR JOBS BECAUSE ASSISTANT CHIEFS AND MAJORS SPEND MOST OF THEIR DAY JUSTIFYING THEIR EXISTENCE BY MICRO-MANAGING THEM. THEY ALSO OCCUPY THEIR TIME BY INVENTING MORE USELESS TYRANNICAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (E.G., TATTOO, ETC.).

I RECOMMEND TAXPAYER DOLLARS BE BETTER SPENT ON PROACTIVE CRIME SUPPRESSION TACTICS LIKE ADDING MORE ROAD PATROL OFFICERS INSTEAD OF BEING REACTIVE BY ASSIGNING DETECTIVES AFTER THE FACT TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY WENT WRONG. WHAT ABOUT CORAL GABLES SWAT? THERE'S ANOTHER BUDGET DRAINING SHOW PONY THAT NOBODY CARES WE HAVE. I'M SURE THE CITY OF MIAMI SWAT OR MIAMI-DADE SRT WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COVER THE GABLES FOR US SINCE THEIR ALWAYS EATING BREAKFAST OR LUNCH HERE ANYWAY!

LASTLY, HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE WASTE ON NON-SWORN POSITIONS? AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, WE HAVE TOO MANY NON-SWORN POSITIONS FOR SUCH A SMALL DEPARTMENT (ESPECIALLY ON THE 2ND FLOOR). MAYBE IF WE GOT RID OF A FEW OF THEM, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT MAJORS RUNNING AROUND MICRO-MANAGING US! INSTEAD, THEY WOULD BE TOO BUSY WITH THEIR OWN WORK INSTEAD OF DELEGATING IT TO THEIR LOVELY (AND SOME NOT SO LOVELY) ASSISTANTS. BY THE WAY, IF WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY NON-SWORN POSITIONS, WOULD IT BE TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR NON-SMOKERS NEXT TIME??? I CAN BARELY BREATH WHEN I GO TO THE BASEMENT PARKING GARAGE!! ITS A NASTY, NASTY, HABIT!

GOD, I HOPE 2008 IS BETTER :cry:

if you want 2008 to be better, the dept. needs to retract fluffettes promotion, masingtons promotion, hudaks promotion and give sgts a lesson in compassion and understanding. (remembering that they were once officers too. some sgts, forget that they were officers and now want to write people up for crap they did themselves!) *******s! :cry:

Actually the staff is writing people up for silly stuff compared to the outrageous and sometimes criminal things they all have in there past.

ALL VERY GOOD POINTS! HOPEFULLY CHIEF HAMMERSCHMIDT WILL READ AND HEED YOUR MESSAGE...

:cry: I hope so, maybe, just maybe he will care enough to do something about these issues!

2007 WAS A YEAR FULL OF HIGH EMOTIONS AND STRIFE. WE WENT TO THE STREETS WITH SIGNS AND SHOUTED OUR CONCERNS TO THE TAX PAYING CITIZENS OF CORAL GABLES. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY WERE NOT LISTENING AS EVIDENCED BY THE CITY HALL ELECTION RESULTS. DESPITE THIS MINOR SETBACK, F.O.P. LODGE NO. 7 MEMBERSHIP SUCCESSFULLY FOUGHT FOR AND EVENTUALLY WON A NEW CONTRACT UNDER THE STRONG LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT GENE GIBBONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH GENE!

I ALSO LIKE TO TAKE TIME AND REFLECT ON HOW OUR DEPARTMENT PERFORMED DURING THE PAST YEAR. I CAN HONESTLY TELL THAT IN DOING SO, I FOUND MYSELF BECOMING PHYSICALLY ILL AND FEELING PERPLEXED. WILL CORAL GABLES POLICE DEPARTMENT EVER BE FREE FROM THE BUREAUCRATIC CONSTRAINTS CREATED BY A SYSTEMATIC AND UNNECESSARY LAYERING OF SENIOR AND MID-LEVEL MICRO MANAGERS? WHY HAVE SO MANY CHIEFS AND SO FEW INDIANS?

DO WE REALLY NEED SO MANY ASSISTANT CHIEFS AND DIVISION MAJORS? I'VE WITNESSED MANY LIEUTENANTS AND SERGEANTS NOT BEING ABLE TO DO THEIR JOBS BECAUSE ASSISTANT CHIEFS AND MAJORS SPEND MOST OF THEIR DAY JUSTIFYING THEIR EXISTENCE BY MICRO-MANAGING THEM. THEY ALSO OCCUPY THEIR TIME BY INVENTING MORE USELESS TYRANNICAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (E.G., TATTOO, ETC.).

I RECOMMEND TAXPAYER DOLLARS BE BETTER SPENT ON PROACTIVE CRIME SUPPRESSION TACTICS LIKE ADDING MORE ROAD PATROL OFFICERS INSTEAD OF BEING REACTIVE BY ASSIGNING DETECTIVES AFTER THE FACT TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY WENT WRONG. WHAT ABOUT CORAL GABLES SWAT? THERE'S ANOTHER BUDGET DRAINING SHOW PONY THAT NOBODY CARES WE HAVE. I'M SURE THE CITY OF MIAMI SWAT OR MIAMI-DADE SRT WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COVER THE GABLES FOR US SINCE THEIR ALWAYS EATING BREAKFAST OR LUNCH HERE ANYWAY!

LASTLY, HOW MUCH MONEY DO WE WASTE ON NON-SWORN POSITIONS? AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, WE HAVE TOO MANY NON-SWORN POSITIONS FOR SUCH A SMALL DEPARTMENT (ESPECIALLY ON THE 2ND FLOOR). MAYBE IF WE GOT RID OF A FEW OF THEM, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT MAJORS RUNNING AROUND MICRO-MANAGING US! INSTEAD, THEY WOULD BE TOO BUSY WITH THEIR OWN WORK INSTEAD OF DELEGATING IT TO THEIR LOVELY (AND SOME NOT SO LOVELY) ASSISTANTS. BY THE WAY, IF WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE SO MANY NON-SWORN POSITIONS, WOULD IT BE TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR NON-SMOKERS NEXT TIME??? I CAN BARELY BREATH WHEN I GO TO THE BASEMENT PARKING GARAGE!! ITS A NASTY, NASTY, HABIT!

GOD, I HOPE 2008 IS BETTER :cry:


Amazingly precise reflection!! I hope someone with some common sense reads this...

So far 2008 does not appear to be getting any better.............. :cry:

your right, 2008 sucks and is getting worse by the day! This new no zones things is really stupid and useless

It's sad, but the staff truely doesn't care about anyone but themselves.
If an officer they all once worked with passes away, they don't even take a moment to call the family to offer condolences. That speaks in volumns for me. Oh and by the way the officer had actually even become a part of staff. Maybe because the Sgt. didn't fall for thier way of doing things, the Sgt.'s family didn't deserve to hear from even the Asst. Chiefs, whom did
work with the Sgt. for many years. Hmmmm what a shame. So think about it Chiefs wonder who might call your family's to offer condolences.
Hmmmm maybe no one! It doesn't look like any of you have the respect of the vast majority of the department. People do deserve respect!!!!!!!!!!!
So why not take a minute and make the call D---t! Shame on you