When are the leaders of this city going to open their eyes an really see what is happening? There are suppervisors who don't lead or can't lead. Officers are told they have to follow directives but the very suppervisors who are supposed enforce them can't even follow the directives. The biggest violators are the administration. They hire their friends as reserve or part time officers who never have to go through fto.

Sometimes a hiring process is followed and sometimes the chief just hires someone without an oral board and limited background check. The chief has found a way to get around the turnover issue, just hire people who can't get hired elsewhere. Then again his hands might be tied, when the rate of pay is the lowest in the area it's hard to find qualified officers who want to work for such a backwards agency.

Why has it taken almost 3 years to conduct firearms qualifications? Why did gun lights sit in a locked room for almost 3 years? What happened to the evaluations that are to be conducted every year? How is it possible to effectively lead and suppervise your people when you haven't completed a report or made an arrest in over 15 years. Where are all the supplements from being involved in the CID cases? Then again all that might take away from working on projects for a part time job.

This leads to the next question of why are officers, detectives and sergeants allowed to use Dade City Police vehicles to drive to their part time job?

Patrol is the #1 function in DC, why can't anyone be bothered to work it. 2 officers on the street while 6 sit in offices. CID starts whenever they want, depending on how long breakfast takes. Then takes a 2 hour lunch out of the city while being paid. If they are so busy they can't handle a call how can this happen? Why, between the 2 of them, they only made 7 arrests in 1 year? Then one detective complains patrol doesn't do enough. Maybe he needs to spend some time In patrol since he hasn't done it since to 90's. That's what happens when you go from reserve officer to detective because of your "connections".

Everyone knows that the accreditation process isn't possible, and the only reason it was started was to get a new police station. Well, got it, no need to keep a law enforcement officer sitting in a office making policies that can't and won't be followed. That could be another officer on the road.

Anyone remember how long the chief told the city commission it would take him to get the PD accredited? 2-4 years from when he was hired, what has it been, 8 years now? What ever happened to that statigetc plan that the citizens were supposed to hold him accountable for?

Things just don't add up and it's about time the city leaders open their eyes. New leadership is needed!