I just talked to 2 neighbors who have shared an incident with me. Apparently on Monday 8 boys were vandalizing property. When the cop got there and talked to the owner he basically implied that the owner was asking for it, and wanted to know what they did to the kids(teen thugs) to make them angry.

After hearing this story I guess we don't need anymore cops after all. If they aren't going to help residents or take them seriously we don't need them. In fact we probably could stand to lose more of the ones we have.

If this is the kind of "service" we can expect don't raise our taxes.

Skyspy, you used to seem like a well-reasoned and sensible individual with a good grip on what's going on around here. Based on the posts I've seen by you in the past week or so, I'd have to say that's gone completely out the window. I've been the victim of a car break-in and a vandalism in Peachtree City, and both times the officers were nothing short of completely professional and pleasant. I even had left the doors to my car unlocked with a few hundred dollars worth of electronics in there (which was really stupid), but they investigated my case despite my clumsiness and were eventually able to catch the guy. I was actually also in an accident here (not at fault), and the officer that took that report was nice and even speedy compared to others I've seen. I really just plain do not believe that an officer would have asked your neighbors what they did to anger the "thugs" in any context other than to establish a fact pattern to question the other side about. So even if they did ask that, I'm sure they were not implying that they victim provoked the situation themselves, but they probabaly need both sides to do a report so it seems reasonable to ask if they did something that could have contributed to the adolescents' abusive retaliation. Get your head back out of that dark hole (which will remain without further description here) and go back to your old self - The one who actually popped up for a minute to suggest higher taxes to support the quality of life we want to live around here.

Hey man, our cops are always very polite. They always will fill out a police report, and then.......that's the end of it. They have helped me in the past, and I have bragged about them on this site.

There are 2 sides to every story. The people in question are hardly ever around so I don't see how they are "provoking" vandalism. They said the cop was very nice about it but....the implication was there.....and they didn't appreciate it.

When residents of a seinor subdivision were having problems with vandalism the police chief himself said that if they(the residents) hadn't reacted so strongly they wouldn't be having as many problems. What kind of malarkey is that? So the residents should just let everything go...so we don't anger the "angels"?

If they actually are going to crack down on the teen hooligans on the paths great....add more cops, and I'll gladly pay higher taxes. If all they are going to do with the extra money is buisness as usual...ie: lure sex offenders from other counties here so they can grandstand in front of the cameras....then forget it. I'll keep my money.