I just can’t wait to see the over-reaction in our own courthouse. There were a lot of mistakes made in Fulton, and like my wife said the first being complacent.
The Fulton County Sheriff’s office is an accredited agency, meaning that all of their procedures are nationally certified. (Actually they are the same as my agency, NYPD, LAPD etc..) I can guarantee you when they were getting certified none of those procedures were displayed. They are acting like we now have to train law enforcement on gun retention. I can assure you that the deputies were trained in gun retention, they just stopped, practicing basic safety measures. This is a problem everywhere in law enforcement, where I work as well.
I hate the whole “elected Sheriff system” in this country. Anyone can run and win with money, no matter how incompetent. I worked narcotics in the Atlanta area in the 80’s, our team actually bought drugs from the Douglas County Sheriff himself. The position should by appointed.
I guess I’m just really mad at the situation. An innocent police officer (The customs Agent David Wilhelm) and others were murdered. The deputies in the court who violated the policies should be fired and have their certificates yanked. The Sheriff should step down. I know I sound hard but this is a hard business.
John