Here's a little ditty on the new Police Chief in case you weren't at National Night Out at City Park...
Craig Rudolph will be the new Police Chief. He was with the Waxahachie PD several years ago and two chiefs ago he was one of the leading candidates for the job but lost out to someone else and he went into the Navy NCIS for the last 4 or 5 years. He is taking a considerable pay cut but he wants to turn the ROPD around, has a masters in HR or something similar and is incredibly qualified and is trying to make his own career now.
...Just for your Little Toddie or "I hate Ben and Casey" club members..nowhere in his name is "Tom Coppock". Uh, sorry to burst your bubble on that one.....which of course Todd Little and his clan was promising everyone the "packed Council" would do.
Change is in the air folks. Now read the above post about the tax increase on the next Council agenda...and you just thought it was a "discussion". Better start those calls, cards, and letters folks...
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Thank God it is not Tom!!!!!!!!!
I don't know anything about this new chief, but God be with him, he has a lot of crap to clean up. I have noticed that ROPD is back working the streets again, it's about time they start working again. Hey, did the new chief get a new police car with his job? Just wondering, since everyone saw Maggie driving like a mad woman(I guess you don't have to use turn signals or drive the speed limit when you are a cop on the way to meet your buddies for lunch)in the Tahoe. And no, she was not a her way to a call, I followed her after she cut me off, and she was just on her way to lunch. I can't believe that they would allow her to drive it, with her past driving record(public record). Just how many accidents can you have in a city car and still have your job? JUST WONDERING????? How could the department possibly afford a new car when the city is in so much debt? Well I hope that the new chief is as forgiving as the other chiefs were in the past, or a lot of officers will be looking for other jobs, most departments don't put up with the crap that the small town of Red Oak does. Oh, and can someone tell me if the Department has a policy against officers dating co-workers? Or are they just calling this some "undercover work" within the department? I would ask that this be investigated, but I already know who does the investigating and that might be a conflict of interest.
Anyways, good luck to the new guy, he will need it. And someone please tell him to wear his vest at all times, it might help keep the knife out of his back.
Well, I hope this new chief realizes that there are many changes needed at the police department. First off, get rid of the street crime division that does nothing productive and put them back to patrolling our streets. Next, get some of the "unqualified" detectives back on patrol until they can get the time in service and experience to be a detective. Put them through a driving school before you release them to patrolling. We can't afford another police car wrecked!! Then get the department to go civil service. With this you will be able to increase the pay for the cops and specially for the dispatchers. And for crying out loud someone please give the warrants cop some radio procedure training!!!
Genuine politics -- even politics worthy of the name -- the only politics I am willing to devote myself to -- is simply a matter of serving those around us: serving the community and serving those who will come after us. Its deepest roots are moral because it is a responsibility expressed through action, to and for the whole.
What happen Todd?? Tom did not get the job like you told everyone in town! And still do not see charley getting his job back like you spread all over town.
Wake up people todd does not know everything!! He just thinks he does!!
Won't that guy ever quit stirring the pot in our town? He should face the music and figure out to stick himself with a fork....he's done politcally. He oughta' take his toys and go home. People don't have time for old school BS around here anymore. The council is working together, moving forward and hopefully the new mayor will actually have a clue about what he/she is supposed to do this time.
Counsil should have worked together last budget year. Oh yea thats right they did. But 2 of them changed there minds later and put our city in the budget crisis we are in now. Charlie was the one and Tom who was telling the stories of their returns not the littles heard it from the sources mouths. Facts are Facts and not all things are made up. Look at last year budget meetings notes. No one twisted any one's hand to vote yes. And if you voted yes and then changed you mind. Mybe the ones who changed their minds are not smart enought to run our city this budget year either. Quit playing the blame game and be men and face facts that you have help this budget shot fall to happen. You Ben and Casey are responable for the coming tax increase.
Anonymous replied to the wrong post but I let it slide this time..."You Ben and Casey are responable for the coming tax increase."
Uh....I'm responsable(-1 for spelling)for the coming tax increase? Since when am I on the Council or any decision making body in Red Oak, Texas.
Anon...did you not take your medication today? You're more than a little confused....
So Ben and Casey are responsible for the coming tax increase. That's pretty rich. I'd like to know how you came to that conclusion? Drop us a line here and let's see whatcha' got. I'm sure it will be utterly mindblowing of course. :<)
Hey bud, at the Red Oak police department, like any other departments, if you wreck too many police cars you will get fired. However, if you are f***ing the "acting" person in charge, then you can get away with just about anything. Example: Taking the Tahoe home, cutting people off while speeding and driving carelessly, horseplaying around, calling in sick the same day the HMFIC does, walking around like you are in charge...and so on and so forth. Believe me that when the new chief comes in, all this B.S. will come to a halt along with some officer's jobs.
All this crap is poor leadership from the top at work from the Mayor,City Manager, Police Chief. They're gone. It will take about 90 days for the new chief to take the temperature of the department, note the symptoms, make a diagnosis and get out the scalpels. It won't be pretty for some but damn....it sure is necessary from the internal comments being made.
Thanks ROPD for all you do to keep us safe! Your department is gonna' get the personnel shake down it apparently needs.
This man was not in charge of any thing until Billy Snell ran the Department. The former Chief or City Manager would not have allowed this current Behavior.This man was promoted after all the changes of the Chiefs position. Most at the Department can not stand him. Unless you are one of the select few who acts the same. So the current control freak problems and the moral issues at the P.D. of today is lack of leadership from the current not the past. This behavior has never been tolerated in our department before. Power hungery people with anger issue is what we now work with daily.
I'll stand corrected then. Thanks for the clarification! I've worked in a toxic enviornment like this in the education business recently and understand the issue completely.
Perhaps this new chief will get things in order ASAP. He'll be on notice to get things right I'm sure...
So, someone else noticed that Maggie and Boyd have been missing work together? Oh, sorry, I guess I wasn't suppose to put their names out there, but what the hell. The city should know what kind of things have been going on since Billy took over. He couldn't seem to handle his job, so he asked his good friends to help him out and they took advantage of him. Some work loads got a lot lighter while other officers have to pick up the slack.
Hopefully the new chief will come in and see what has been going on. Hopefully he will put a stop to all the "UNDERCOVER" work going on between officers...and yeah we have noticed. You know that when the young explorers talk about it, then the jig is up...what an example the department is setting for our future officers. Take advantage of the weak and do whatever you want to do...don't worry about ethics. Where can I sign my kid up?
I hope the new chief is not as weak as the acting one, or the department will go no where but down hill. But I am sure that some of the officers won't complain...they like having it that way. I hope he can keep the officers on the streets working and not hanging out at gas stations and restraunts. Yes, I know they get a break, but since when do they get an hour here to flirt and an hour here to eat. Then go and flirt some more. My taxes are going to pay them to protect me, not make the moves on my friends. So the new chief needs to make sure the officers get back in their cars and do their jobs. And I really hope he handles the whole Maggie and Brock thing. Special treatment(getting to take the Tahoe home and etc.) should not be allowed even if you are having relations with HMFIC.
I guess she finally got with the right one. Because God knows with her record(public if you want to see it) she should have been gone a long time ago, along with most of her co-workers.
IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE...I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Since when it is against the law for two single co-workers to date? Last I checked, it's not. And I know both parties supposedly involved and they are both committed to their jobs and are good at what they do. Also, before people go shooting off at the mouth about Snell, maybe they should ask him if he WANTED the job of acting chief - he didn't, it was assigned to him. Geez, you people are quick to bash our PD no matter what they do. They're either giving too many tickets or not enough. Doing too many traffic stops or not enough - make up your minds! I'm tired of hearing Maggie being bashed consistently - unless you know all of the extra crap she's having to deal with right now with the shortage in staff, give her a break. Or better yet, put yourself through the Police Adademy and see for yourself the stress involved in their jobs.
Yowzah...dating co-workers is certainly career-enhancing....especially in a litte town public employee setting. :<)
I find it amazing that it is ok for a supervisor to date his employee's. I hope you are no ones boss. Last I heard Mr. Brock was still married and not even legally seperated. I know for a fact that the two dated while he was first seperated from his wife. But beside that a supervisor should not date employees because it is to hard to be fair to others and to disaplen that co worker as needed. Just like working with family members is not allowed not much difference. If the city does not have rules for dating in the same department maybe we should. This also should be referred to the HR department to, there are many sexual suits filed saying supervisors forced relationships to happen to lower ranking employees. Because the employee fears to keep his or her job. Lots to think about. More tax dollars to worry about.
Why don't you fill us in on what all of the extra crap is. As far as I know CID is still fully staffed, Boyd to Lt. and Nick to CID, and it is patrol that is suffering with only two Sergeants. But what does all this have to do with Boyd and Maggie. It may not be against the law, but what about the city manual. Try the section about how an employees actions would be percieved by the public if they were to find out. And It is just not two employees, it is a high ranking official and a .... well how much lower can you go in CID. So Boyd... Just watch out for the sexual harassment charges, you wouldn't be her first. And I guess with all this extra crap you are saying Maggie is going through... Boyd is just trying to help. Hold on a second... I thought that Billy was her supervisor. As far as putting myself through the accademy, been there done that.
I heard her jaws are very strong!!!
I didn't say it was a career-enhancing move. I have done it in the past and definitely will never go down that road again...but what's the big deal if they are dating? They are both single adults and as long as it doesn't interfere with their jobs why should anyone condemn them? There is no policy at the city against it. If people do think it is an interference then they should have proof to back that up not just say 'oh they shouldn't be dating! They miss work together, etc. Is that all the citizens have to worry about here? There are much bigger issues in this town than interoffice dating. And what if she did take a vehicle home, do the citizens know the internal policies on that as well? Don't the Fire chief and asst chief take their tahoes home - who's to say it's not the same in the PD? I just think that's a pretty trivial thing for people to give her so much heat about. I know Maggie and she works hard and as far as I know is a very upfront and honest person, inside and outside of work.
I did not say that she couldn't take a vehichle home, I asked if the chief got a new one and gave the tahoe to her? And what right does she have to drive carelessly around town, she was not going to a call, she was going to eat lunch? There have been other times, she has cut in front of me on Ovilla Rd without a turn signal, turned onto Red Oak road from the service road on my side with no turn signal and others(I can go on if you wish). As much money as they paid for those cars, they should come with a working turn signal. I am sure officers have to use them too.
I guess she should have thought about being short handed before she went around on the clock telling officers to sign that letter. She was not too short handed then.
And if Red Oak PD does not have a policy in place, the new chief should think about putting one in.
No one said it was wrong for two single people to date, it's the playing around on the job and getting to do things that others could not get away with that is wrong. And if she has too much going on for her to handle, maybe she should ask her boyfriend to lighten her load or get another job.
And about the comment about going to the academy, do they teach you how to stab your co-workers in the back and to date several officers in the department until you find the right one? Do they teach you to drive carelessly and wreck police cars? I don't think I need to pay to learn that, I am learning from example...thanks.
And if I remember right, Ben and Casey stated that the officers were the ones complaining about writing too many tickets, that's why they started the whole investigation, right? So I guess the citizens have a right to complain about you not doing your job, we are the ones paying your salary...so stop bitching about poor little Maggie and Big Bad Ass Boyd and get your ass to work.
In reference to the last comment... I wouldn't be surprised if it was written by one of the accused themselves. Three of Red Oaks officers were fired / forced to resign and one was suspended in reference to inner office dating. So how does this excuse what is happening between the acting chief and detective mcbride? It doesn't. So tell me, if there is no city policy against it, why were the others fired? As far as mcbride taking the old chief's tahoe home and driving it around town, how can you compare a "detective" to a fire chief or assistant fire chief? Those are their personal owned work vehicles. The tahoe is not mcbrides and I dont believe that it should be driven by ANYONE. And I'm not really sure how she is spending so much time out of the CID division because lately her office seems to be directly across from the acting chief. Promotion? I think it is completely unfair that these actions are going undisciplined when other people lost their jobs for much less than what is being witnessed by the whole Red Oak Police Department. I can only hope the new chief will not accept such behavior, it is absolutely ridiculous to witness first hand.
So are you saying that Little Miss Maggie has moved on to
Billy(acting chief)? Who else could and would give her permission to drive the Tahoe? I am really confused, I thought she was dating Boyd...no wonder she drives the way she does, she is busy trying to meet up with everyone. I would love to know who the others were that got fired or resigned before for such conduct. I would really like to know if any of these involved Maggie. I would hate to be an officer that got demoted for such behavior in the past and having to watch the same actions going on in front of him and nothing happening to them. I might just have to go up to city hall and check this out, it could make for some good reading or blogging.
Boy oh boy does the new chief have a bunch of crap to clean up. I bet he never knew that this much crap was going on behind the closed doors of the ROPD. I did not know that the department was doing so much "undercover work". What else is going on up there that we don't know about? I am sure when the new chief starts cleaning house, everyone will start turning on each other to save their own ass, so I am sure we will be reading all about it.
And if such conduct is going on up there, how come their little association has not taken action to solve these issues...that's right, Boyd is the president of the glee club. Enough said.
Hey, "smart" guy, Boyd is no longer the president of the Association...check facts before spouting off.
Wow this is just out of control, poor miss mag pie is getting rode very hard. Now Now guys lets give her a break. She's been through enough!! Getting moved to CID in such short time, to now being the deputy chief. What a struggle to have spent so much time in patrol, whew!! Lets see who the next person to get a turn on the door handle!!! Cut the head off and damn you got the perfect person!!!! What she's doing is not called dating, there's another term that guys like to use!!! what else would she be good for!!!! Besides she hasn't done any police work since Tom left. Maybe she can clean Billy A@$ up now!! Trash with a tie on!!! Just wait until he goes back to CID. His life will be a living hell!!! I Love this Blog!!!
You would think that with all the talk, that Maggie would not want to been seen with Billy right now, especially since he is married, but I saw them both riding around in the Tahoe again. I guess she just don't care what people say about her, but most girls like that don't care. She gives the term "protect and serve" a new meaning. She does what ever to protect her own a$$ and I won't even touch the serve part. But from what I have seen and heard, she is doing a good job of serving. I hope she is more careful about keeping her relations a secret from her son, because she is sucking at keeping it from the citizens of Red Oak. Poor kid already has an anger problem, imagine what will happen when other kids start teasing him about his momma.
People need to think about how their actions will affect their families and the people they work for. I wonder how Billy's wife is taking this, I am sure she knows by now or soon will.
I am sure the new chief will not like the bad reputation the PD is getting from all of this. How long until she is kissing his a$$?
That poor guy has really got his hands full. He will have to fire most of the department just to get rid of anyone who had questionable relations up there.
You would think Billy would be happy that a woman married his A$$!!!! Now he's going behind her back for something that's a down grade from the wife. Thought if you cheated, atleast get with one that's half way decent!!!! Brown paper sack time!!!
Dang people, don't hold back, tell us how you really feel about Maggie and Billy. She must have really pissed some officers off up there, because I have only seen a couple of comments on here defending her. And to broadcast an affair on such a high ranking officer, his poor wife. I thought you cops had each others back when it came to ya'll having affairs. But your actions in the past tell all, everyone for themselves. But seriously do you think that she is the only one doing wrong up there? I know several officers that should be in trouble, they just have not gotten caught yet.
I never knew everyone was so "close" up there. It seems like they are all in a circle doing each other...kinda gives a new meaning to "I've got your back". And then to go and tell everyone. Can't they keep their private life private? It's a total shame that this kind of conduct has been going on up there and that the public is finding out. Does the new chief know about all this? And if so, what will he do about it?
And could someone please tell me what she does? She must be really good at it to be able to get past the rest of her.
First of all, Boyd is not only legally separated, but his divorce has been final...so now you can shut up about that one. Sometimes I go to lunch with co-workers so I'm just not sure what the big deal is if she and Billy are seen together? Geez, give these people a break! I am not an employee of the ROPD but do know several of the people talked about in this blog and all of these claims are unfair. If there is anything to clean up, then I'm sure the new chief will find it and deal with it as he sees fit. If you have complaints about our city's officers, then feel free to voice them to Mr. Rudolph when he starts on the 1st, but until then maybe everyone should just table their opinions on Maggie supposedly doing everyone in the dept...what if it were a guy doing several of the female officers? Would it be such a huge deal then?? Doubt it. And by the way, there is not anything in the personnel policy about dating a co-worker but I'm sure if the new chief feels the need to add that, he will take it up to the HR Director.
It would be a big deal and if you check previous employees files and maybe some current you would find they had been in trouble for the same or less. If you read this blog close it is her peers on here. So maybe you are the one who should remain quite.
Let's just launch an investigation on all the officers...let's make their personal files public to all, so there is no more guessing.
And there are several officers(male) that have been accused of those kind of actions and they got in trouble. They did not get promoted or given special treatment, they got in trouble, just check out those files. If Maggie don't want people talking about her (fellow officers and the public), then maybe she should act more professional and leave her personal life at home and not let everyone know her business. Negative words travel fast in this small town. You can only make a first impression one time and I think she has done a bang up job. You are known by your actions(good or bad).
Personally, I think that someone up there is trying to cover up their own A$$ and so they are pointing out all the negative about everyone else...even if she is getting around the department. Everyone better watch your back, no one knows who is going to offer who up to the new chief to take the heat off them. Everyone is being watched.
Hey Steve Miller, what happened to the comment I posted yesterday? It looks as if this is only one sided because all the comments are not being posted. I am sure this one won't be posted. Only the negative comments are being posted just to keep the shi* stirred. I love how small town politics work.
You'd better check again.
I post everything that is sent including your complaint that I don't post everything. If your post didn't get posted, you might want to look at USER ERROR as the cause before jumping on my arse about it.
Try posting it again and quit complainnig about small town politik. That's MY gig here! :<)
It is a shame that everyone is stabing one another to try and gain something that's not their. What's even worse then that is it's true. All of it, think about it no one wants Billy in the department, due to the fact he will cut anyone's throat. Just ask Tammy, once they were best friends and now look at it. If he wasn't in the department life would be a whole lot better. Maggie's just trying to keep her job in CID, so suckie suckie!!!!!!
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