Comments by walleye29
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Posted on November 18 at 3:50 p.m.
to ffbison, they were looking for tobacco not weapons. Tobacco violations are not that important. It is a family matter, unless the child is caught during the normal school activities. As far as contacting all the parents in the districy, for what? The kid had a knife in his locker, a pair of scissors are just as deadly. No one was threatened. I don't consider myself ignorant about this subject either, I am a parant and a retired police officer with 35 years of service.
Posted on November 17 at 6:30 p.m.
I agree with you bringing up the issue of searching lockers for tobacco in the first place. Certainly this is not the type of conduct that school administrators should spend thier time or our tax dollars on. It would be interesting to see how the district handles the discipline in this matter. Certainly something should be done to discourage this type of activity, but the punishment should fit the crime. Perhaps some community service like cleaning classrooms after school for a couple of days. As far as there not being an officer on duty, the Chief is on 24 hour call, I sure he would be more than happy to return a call to the school about incidents that happen within his juridiction. Small town officers are often looked down on as not being as knowlwdgable as thier counterparts in bigger departments, but this is anything but the truth. In fact they are often called upon to deal with a much larger scope of problems because they do not have the luxury to hand cases off to specialists like they do in bigger agencies.
Posted on November 17 at 2:55 p.m.
Why was the sheriff called? Don't school officals know that Battle Lake has it's own police department? I wonder how they would feel if the Battle Lake Police contacted the Underwood Schools when they had questions reqarding educational matters within the Battle Lake District and then went public with the event.
Posted on October 29 at 3:41 p.m.
I know Obama a little better than most, I live in Chicago but was raised on Ottertail Lake. Even though I lean republican I am voting for him because he is the most sincere, up front national politician I have ever met. I have met about 10 others. As far as some of the disinformation being repeated by the author, I know the history on some of his claims. He is not against gun ownership however he did support several common sence retrictions for the people he served as a state rep. for a high crime Chicago district. He is for banning assualt rifles and large ammo magizines. He is also against bullet proof vest peircing ammo. As a retired police office I applaude him for these common sense positions. He is not for banning the sale of handguns or hunting rifles, orincreasing taxes on handguns by 500%. I don't know his position on some these other claims, perhaps they have not been addressed because they are so silly. I would recommend you read his interview in Field and Stream this month. Alot of his positions on guns are discussed, as well as McCains. If you are a die hard NRA person like MCCAin then you should vote for him. But if want want someone who looks at the issues instead of yielding to special interest groups without reservation then I would suggest you consider Obama. The bottom line is that neither men will interfer with your hunting but one is trying to make it a little safer for the police and others. Thank You
Posted on June 7 at midnight
For the past 100 years we have had junk cars in the county and to my knowledge they haven't hurt anyone. This is just another example of the government trying to create a police state. This law is stupid. This is Ottertail County not Malibu Beach! And no I do not have any of these types of vehicals myself.
Posted on May 30 at 10:03 a.m.
Being someone who has heard all these observations before in my own town I can tell you that I too am normally opposed to outside expertsand thier studies, but in a situation like this a study is the way to go. Many of the questions posed by realitychk are very good and the minimal cost of a study would address them. It may be possible that existing space may solve the problem, Other buildings that are available in the area should also be examined. That is why a study is important. If it is determined that a new building is truly needed, then it should built without the frills. Keep it basic and fuctional.
also, if it has not already been done, a search for grants from homeland security and other agencies should be conducted. This may help off set the cost.
Posted on May 29 at 10:44 p.m.
In fairness to the Chief I would also like to comment on the study being requested. This is called a "needs assessment" and is vital to determine several things such as: if a new facility is needed, will a remodle of exisiting stucture address current problems, how big the new building should be and even where it should be located. This study should provide this information. I would strongly urge to city to use a firm that has built several other law enforcemnt centers in the past. Perhaps even go and visit new buildings in other towns that they have been involved with.. Depending on what is needed and desired a new facility will cost at least a couple of million dollars and probably three or more. Whoever takes on this project will not only need to do a lot of investigating but also be able to sell such a large investment to those who will have to pay for it. Good luck!
Posted on May 29 at 6:53 p.m.
As a retired police lieutentant from a town a little over double the size of Fergus I have dealt with these issues before. I am not surprised that a new facility is needed. The current one has been in use for over thirty years. Often a newer facility can be more cost effective to operate. I'm not sue what the population of Fergus is, but a good rule of thumb is 2 officers per 1,000 residents. Of course the more special units a city wants will require additional personel. Fergus is a low crime area and it seems that the number of officers may be a little on the high side. Certainly some justifacation for the numbers of officers would be interesting. SWAT teams, population fluxuations due to seasonal residents and other programs may account for the number of officers required. I don't know the answer, this is something the chief should be prepared to address. One must also consider that the high number of officers may be why Fergus enjoys a low crime rate.
Posted on May 28 at 9:52 a.m.
If they named it after Bush it would need to be built over budget.
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Posted on November 21 at 10:16 p.m.
Do all cougars disciminate? I am 52 and have a home on Otteriail.
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