Comments for This Is La Vergne http://www.thisislavergne.com The Prevailing Collective Wisdom Of La Vergne Since 2006 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:11:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Op Ed: On Police Cars, Dispatch System, and Hiring Cops by Chris Farmer http://www.thisislavergne.com/2012/02/19/op-ed-on-police-cars-dispatch-system-and-hiring-cops/#comment-5806 Chris Farmer Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:11:40 +0000 http://www.thisislavergne.com/?p=4609#comment-5806 I been going back and forth on whether to post on here about this and finally decided to go ahead. I would like to start off by saying LPD do not just work for me since I am Vice Mayor most are my friends. I work with them all on a daily basis, so yes I may be a little biased on my opinion. The CAD system is failing we have established that. I think the problem that a lot of people fail to see is that once you recognize something like this is happening you have a duty to fix it. I feel like if there is a single 911 call dropped it is unacceptable. I can not put a price on anyones life. If it were my wife or children that needed 911 and the call was dropped and I knew they knew there was a problem I would hire a lawyer and sue. I may not win but I can assure you my point would come across and you would rectify the problem. I have went into detail on the Police cars and more officers before so I won't start on that again. Everyone knows how I feel. Now on a completely different note. There have been comments made (not here) about Emergency services that have really bothered me. I can assure you no matter what you have said for or against any emergency worker THEY WILL RESPOND AND TREAT YOU ALL WITH UTMOST RESPECT. We are all professionals and take what we do for a living SERIOUS. We all love what we do or we would not do it. None of it is glorious we do not look for cameras nor do we expect Thank You's. We just do what we do! So please anyone before you make a statement that an EMT coming to pick you up will likely not help you make it to the hospital or an officer may not respond, think about what you are saying we do not act like that towards anyone. As we all may not agree on politics you may be amazed how much you might like someone on a personal level if you would take time to get to know them. This is a large city with a small town atmosphere. Nothing will ever be perfect but each and every citizen and employee should treat everyone as they would like to be treated. Emergency workers put their lives on the line everyday for us just as our military does, so when you do call 911 expect nothing but the BEST! Because that is what you are going to get here in La Vergne. I been going back and forth on whether to post on here about this and finally decided to go ahead. I would like to start off by saying LPD do not just work for me since I am Vice Mayor most are my friends. I work with them all on a daily basis, so yes I may be a little biased on my opinion.

The CAD system is failing we have established that. I think the problem that a lot of people fail to see is that once you recognize something like this is happening you have a duty to fix it. I feel like if there is a single 911 call dropped it is unacceptable. I can not put a price on anyones life. If it were my wife or children that needed 911 and the call was dropped and I knew they knew there was a problem I would hire a lawyer and sue. I may not win but I can assure you my point would come across and you would rectify the problem.

I have went into detail on the Police cars and more officers before so I won’t start on that again. Everyone knows how I feel.

Now on a completely different note. There have been comments made (not here) about Emergency services that have really bothered me. I can assure you no matter what you have said for or against any emergency worker THEY WILL RESPOND AND TREAT YOU ALL WITH UTMOST RESPECT. We are all professionals and take what we do for a living SERIOUS. We all love what we do or we would not do it. None of it is glorious we do not look for cameras nor do we expect Thank You’s. We just do what we do! So please anyone before you make a statement that an EMT coming to pick you up will likely not help you make it to the hospital or an officer may not respond, think about what you are saying we do not act like that towards anyone.

As we all may not agree on politics you may be amazed how much you might like someone on a personal level if you would take time to get to know them. This is a large city with a small town atmosphere. Nothing will ever be perfect but each and every citizen and employee should treat everyone as they would like to be treated.

Emergency workers put their lives on the line everyday for us just as our military does, so when you do call 911 expect nothing but the BEST! Because that is what you are going to get here in La Vergne.

]]> Comment on BOLO: Left Handed Robber by mark http://www.thisislavergne.com/2012/02/18/bolo-left-handed-robber/#comment-5802 mark Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:06:16 +0000 http://www.thisislavergne.com/?p=4607#comment-5802 What is so scary was I was next door at my office and didnt even know this was going on until I saw the police outside. I hope they catch this scum bag. What is so scary was I was next door at my office and didnt even know this was going on until I saw the police outside. I hope they catch this scum bag.

]]> Comment on Op Ed: On Police Cars, Dispatch System, and Hiring Cops by Linda http://www.thisislavergne.com/2012/02/19/op-ed-on-police-cars-dispatch-system-and-hiring-cops/#comment-5798 Linda Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:49:41 +0000 http://www.thisislavergne.com/?p=4609#comment-5798 Very good article, just wish it had come out earlier. So many people cannot attend the city meetings so all they have to go on is what they hear and a lot don't even know they can watch the meetings on TV. Even at that a lot of stuff is hard to understand unless you are involved in the process, I could probably go through a budget and still not know what I am looking at. For most citizens all we hear is something going up and coming out of our pockets, I will admit that as a citizen of La Vergne for 30 plus years I have only in the past year started attending city meetings, didn't even know they were open to the public. When I first heard the Chief talk about the CAD system and dropped calls I thought he just meant calls were dropped and we all know about dropped calls especially on cell phones and I have seen comments and heard people that think the same thing so like with this the more information put out the less confusion. My opinion, it is better this way than having 30,000 people trying to call the mayor or aldermen with questions and even explaining things still will not ensure that all will agree on things. We all would love to see everybody get the equipment, raises etc., but all of us also have our own wish list with things that we can't have, we too have budgets that are passed being able to add new things to but when forced we have to make cuts on something to find a way for the new and the things that are needed have to come first, so again Thank You for this more detailed explanation on this issue. I have always been taught that there are No Stupid Questions and to ask questions does not make the citizens of La Vergne stupid. Without questions we cannot learn. Very good article, just wish it had come out earlier. So many people cannot attend the city meetings so all they have to go on is what they hear and a lot don’t even know they can watch the meetings on TV. Even at that a lot of stuff is hard to understand unless you are involved in the process, I could probably go through a budget and still not know what I am looking at. For most citizens all we hear is something going up and coming out of our pockets, I will admit that as a citizen of La Vergne for 30 plus years I have only in the past year started attending city meetings, didn’t even know they were open to the public. When I first heard the Chief talk about the CAD system and dropped calls I thought he just meant calls were dropped and we all know about dropped calls especially on cell phones and I have seen comments and heard people that think the same thing so like with this the more information put out the less confusion. My opinion, it is better this way than having 30,000 people trying to call the mayor or aldermen with questions and even explaining things still will not ensure that all will agree on things. We all would love to see everybody get the equipment, raises etc., but all of us also have our own wish list with things that we can’t have, we too have budgets that are passed being able to add new things to but when forced we have to make cuts on something to find a way for the new and the things that are needed have to come first, so again Thank You for this more detailed explanation on this issue. I have always been taught that there are No Stupid Questions and to ask questions does not make the citizens of La Vergne stupid. Without questions we cannot learn.

]]> Comment on Op Ed: On Police Cars, Dispatch System, and Hiring Cops by tony http://www.thisislavergne.com/2012/02/19/op-ed-on-police-cars-dispatch-system-and-hiring-cops/#comment-5797 tony Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:37:26 +0000 http://www.thisislavergne.com/?p=4609#comment-5797 i think this is a awesome write up thank you lola for doing this,it seem like alot of work to do this its very nice to have people to do the home work BEFORE they posted and not just off the top of there heads ,thanks again i think this is a awesome write up thank you lola for doing this,it seem like alot of work to do this its very nice to have people to do the home work BEFORE they posted and not just off the top of there heads ,thanks again

]]> Comment on Op Ed: On Police Cars, Dispatch System, and Hiring Cops by auntyoya http://www.thisislavergne.com/2012/02/19/op-ed-on-police-cars-dispatch-system-and-hiring-cops/#comment-5796 auntyoya Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:19:25 +0000 http://www.thisislavergne.com/?p=4609#comment-5796 I am very proud of our city and the strides we are taking to move in a positive direction. Our police chief and our officers deserve our respect and admiration for cleaning this city up and I personally have seen the improvements in my own neighborhood! I would definitely love to see our officers receive a huge increase in pay and hope they find something in the budget soon for that! Kudos to Lola for this information and Kudos to our elected officials and the entire police department for their conjoined efforts to make LaVergne the best city we can be!! I am very proud of our city and the strides we are taking to move in a positive direction. Our police chief and our officers deserve our respect and admiration for cleaning this city up and I personally have seen the improvements in my own neighborhood! I would definitely love to see our officers receive a huge increase in pay and hope they find something in the budget soon for that! Kudos to Lola for this information and Kudos to our elected officials and the entire police department for their conjoined efforts to make LaVergne the best city we can be!!

]]> Comment on Op Ed: On Police Cars, Dispatch System, and Hiring Cops by steve noe http://www.thisislavergne.com/2012/02/19/op-ed-on-police-cars-dispatch-system-and-hiring-cops/#comment-5795 steve noe Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:16:25 +0000 http://www.thisislavergne.com/?p=4609#comment-5795 They need to stop being a prisoner of the past and become the architect of the future They need to stop being a prisoner of the past and become the architect of the future

]]> Comment on Op Ed: On Police Cars, Dispatch System, and Hiring Cops by steve noe http://www.thisislavergne.com/2012/02/19/op-ed-on-police-cars-dispatch-system-and-hiring-cops/#comment-5794 steve noe Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:13:43 +0000 http://www.thisislavergne.com/?p=4609#comment-5794 Will not matter how many times you or whoever writes this in balck and white,draw pictures or shown on a draft, some folks will find a way to turn it inside out and upside down to make it sound like someone at city hall has no clue what they doing. Waste of your time trying to explain. In the words of Ron White "You just can't fix stupid" Will not matter how many times you or whoever writes this in balck and white,draw pictures or shown on a draft, some folks will find a way to turn it inside out and upside down to make it sound like someone at city hall has no clue what they doing. Waste of your time trying to explain. In the words of Ron White “You just can’t fix stupid”

]]> Comment on Op Ed: On Police Cars, Dispatch System, and Hiring Cops by Sherry http://www.thisislavergne.com/2012/02/19/op-ed-on-police-cars-dispatch-system-and-hiring-cops/#comment-5793 Sherry Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:00:31 +0000 http://www.thisislavergne.com/?p=4609#comment-5793 Terrific post and lots of details I didn't know. I "like" this times 1,000! Terrific post and lots of details I didn’t know. I “like” this times 1,000!

]]> Comment on Op Ed: On Police Cars, Dispatch System, and Hiring Cops by Lola D. http://www.thisislavergne.com/2012/02/19/op-ed-on-police-cars-dispatch-system-and-hiring-cops/#comment-5792 Lola D. Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:57:53 +0000 http://www.thisislavergne.com/?p=4609#comment-5792 No. You are MY hero, Lieutenant Murphy. No. You are MY hero, Lieutenant Murphy.

]]> Comment on Op Ed: On Police Cars, Dispatch System, and Hiring Cops by Cynthia Murphy http://www.thisislavergne.com/2012/02/19/op-ed-on-police-cars-dispatch-system-and-hiring-cops/#comment-5791 Cynthia Murphy Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:45:13 +0000 http://www.thisislavergne.com/?p=4609#comment-5791 You are my hero! Thank you! You are my hero! Thank you!

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