Can anyone tell me why We the Taxpayers are buying "pleasure vehicles" for the personal use of the chief of police and his family, and treasured assistants?
These were the chief's own words Monday night.
Can anyone tell me how BOTH the Durango, AND the Mercury get from the chief's driveway at night, to the police station during the day?
How about this one. WHEN did WE authorize Lt. Baldwin to have a take home car, and the chief to have TWO?
HOw about why do we NEED a new vehicle when we already have 10? We have one patrol officer on each shift, and we have 10 vehicles, and why? because our Obersturmfurher has assigned each one a purpose, and, never shall it be used for another! This on is a cruiser! That one is only for Details! This one is only for the detective!, Those three are only for the elderly!
We have 10 vehicles currently, and 6 of them have been acquired since 2005! They are new! when does enough become enough?
No other town have two vehicles for EVERY FULL TIME OFFICER!
Hampstead, which is 40% larger uses $10,000 less in Gas. Why?
Why is no one asking these questions?
Getting these vehicles cheap is only a virtue, if their acquisition saves the town from buying a new vehicle. But no, in Atkinson we get the free vehicles, ANd buy the new ones too. It boggles the mind.
But we are grateful to our chief for finally admitting that he bought two vehicles that are not fit to be police vehicles, so why dont we get rid of those two, and get him his new cruiser, that way we shave the size of the fleet by one vehicle in the process.
But what happened to how those two cars were bought? The Durango was donated by Rockingham Dodge, and we were told by the chief that we NEEDED this as a DARE truck because the old DARE truck was not serviceable, had too many miles, etc. The Mercury, we HAD to buy to replace the 1993 Chrysler that we HAD to buy after the voters turned down a new elderly car. Chief told us that he NEEDED a surveillance vehicle. 6 months later it wasnt being used for surveillance, and it got an elderly sign on the door! He got his elderly car even though the voters said no! When they totalled it, he NEEDED to have it replaced, Now it is not fit to be a police vehicle! MAKE UP YOUR MIND! is it a police vehicle or not?
How about for once we get some honesty out of this subject?
Click on my name to get to video of this issue and decide for yourself. It boggles my mind as to why "Pleasure Cars" are part of our police force. IF you need a car so bad Chief, retrofit one of the cars you already have. But im sure one of those new Mustangs look better? Im sure of it.
ReplyDeleteYou know what the problem is? it is the same as with the Expedition, all the surrounding depts. had one, so we need one. All the surrounding depts. have the new hemi charger, so we need one!
ReplyDeleteCan't be a big boy without big boy toys!
DARE is a state funded program so why if we did not have any DARE donations or expendatures for 2007 WHY do we need a DARE truck?? We don't. Is this another case of the APD funding pet projects with money from other accounts?? Isn't that called misappropriation?
ReplyDeletewith the price of gas where it is, why does anyone other than the chief get to take home a car?
ReplyDeleteas a matter of fact, why does the chief even need one?
Sandowns chief doesn't have a take home car.
Why has our police dept. had 5 accidents, that totalled or severely damaged 4 cruisers in, what 2 1/2- 3 years?
ReplyDeleteDoesn't that seem like a lot?
We should get rid of the clown-car (DARE), have the officers that are on call more than 20 hours a week have a driving course and finally recruit the remaining civilian cars (elderly transportation) to night patrol vehicles. In the daytime, when needed they can tool the elderly around.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit, the D.A.R.E car has always puzzled me for a couple of reasons. It appears that the D.A.R.E program revolves around police officers teaching in a classroom. So do the elementary school students even see the Dodge? I am sure the Durango was a nice tax write-off for Rockingam Toyota, but the Durango gets 14 mpg city and 18 mpg highway and WHY DOES "THE CHIEF" USE THIS VEHICLE*? Prior to falling ill, the D.A.R.E. classes at Atkinson Academy were taught by Corporal Lapham. This year, it is taught by Office Schiavone of the PLAISTOW PD!!! http://www.atkinsonacademy.com/atk0108.pdf
ReplyDeleteSo again, should the residents of Atkinson be footing the fuel bill for a program related GAS GUZZLING vehicle that Chief Consentino uses for personal use???? What, exactly, does he do with D.A.R.E.?
I would be interested to hear if I am off on this subject, but I just never, ever understood this setup.
*The Dodge Durango was the department’s DARE vehicle and used by the Chief. It was a donated vehicle and was accepted at no cost by the Town. There were two duty cruisers, a cruiser for the detective and one for the sergeant.
-From 5/2/2005 BOS Meeting Minutes
http://www.town-atkinsonnh.com/bos_minutes_522005.htm
Geez! With all the free vehicle/fuel perks he gets, no wonder he fights to keep his part-time status under the guise of saving the town money! Between the free cars and free fuel, he must be saving himself quite a bit too! If only I could get my gas for free right now.
ReplyDeleteWe did not have any DARE donations or expendatures for 2007. Again, why do we need this car at all if the program is inactive?
ReplyDeleteWe tax payers dont need it at all. Plain and simple. Pleasure cars do not need to exist on the police force.
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