Don't do anything is the new norm.

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There seems to be a trend with Sergeants as of late. Don't do anything that requires a blue team or any other paperwork. Mostly the west side seems to be plagued with this as in the past few weeks, there have been vehicles fleeing from Deputies on the East side and the west side Supervisors refuse to allow units to get involved, or Delay to the point that the suspects aren't even attempted to be stopped. Great message to the troops.

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There seems to be a trend with Sergeants as of late. Don't do anything that requires a blue team or any other paperwork. Mostly the west side seems to be plagued with this as in the past few weeks, there have been vehicles fleeing from Deputies on the East side and the west side Supervisors refuse to allow units to get involved, or Delay to the point that the suspects aren't even attempted to be stopped. Great message to the troops.

What messages lately have been remotely good?

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There seems to be a trend with Sergeants as of late. Don't do anything that requires a blue team or any other paperwork. Mostly the west side seems to be plagued with this as in the past few weeks, there have been vehicles fleeing from Deputies on the East side and the west side Supervisors refuse to allow units to get involved, or Delay to the point that the suspects aren't even attempted to be stopped. Great message to the troops.

Do you have examples?

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The new and improved VCSO.

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Stolen vehicle on I 4 being followed by an unmarked. D4 Sgt. Wouldn't allow sticks unless air1 was above and we got our own fleeing charges, 1 on 92 where another supervisor him hawed till the vehicle passed units who could have attempted to stick hit the car. Just 2 examples for starters.Gives the impression that they don't want the deputies involved at all. While i don't agree with the admin on everything, I'm sure that the Sheriff doesn't want deputies not trying to take action in these situations.

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Stolen vehicle on I 4 being followed by an unmarked. D4 Sgt. Wouldn't allow sticks unless air1 was above and we got our own fleeing charges, 1 on 92 where another supervisor him hawed till the vehicle passed units who could have attempted to stick hit the car. Just 2 examples for starters.Gives the impression that they don't want the deputies involved at all. While i don't agree with the admin on everything, I'm sure that the Sheriff doesn't want deputies not trying to take action in these situations.

Haha, the Sheriff wants to take selfies with armed and barricaded suspects but not chase bad guys? Maybe he doesn't trust the stop stick deputy? Kind of nice for the criminals you know? The guardian mentality sure is working in their favor, just sayin

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Haha, the Sheriff wants to take selfies with armed and barricaded suspects but not chase bad guys? Maybe he doesn't trust the stop stick deputy? Kind of nice for the criminals you know? The guardian mentality sure is working in their favor, just sayin

The only place for a guardian is in an elementary school. How and why this focus and intent was changed from "confidence in the line of fire" and having the right mindset and mentality is already hurting the VCSO and the citizens. Back to the basics.....

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The need for supervisor approval prior to deploying stop sticks is none sense. Think of all the things you can do without supervisor approval: deprive someone of their basic freedom by arresting them, hit, kick, punch, takedown, taser, you can even F ing shoot someone without asking a sergeant. But flatten the tires on a car? No way!

There should be a policy that dictates when and where it is appropriate to deploy sticks and let the deputy make the call. If they violate the policy, hold them accountable. The reality is that these situations often develop much faster than a do nothing admin guy might realize as he’s sitting on his ass writing the policy. By the time you realize you are in a position to throw sticks, call out on the radio and wait for the sergeant to get the **** out of his ear, make up his mind, then respond, that car fleeing at 100 miles per hour has probably just traveled close to a mile.