AIMLESSLY UNBALANCED

Franklin , Tennessee , er , ah , hm , well , make that Williamson County - in today's WAM , readers give us their 2 cents , about mandatory retirement for sheriff deputies. ( so why is there a picture of Franklin Police cars , in this article ? because there are no pictures of sheriff's cars :)

Ed Wells tells us that incompetency and bad attitudes , grates the tax payers. OK , Mr. Wells , lets look at Franklin Police. Incompetency and BAD attitudes , are a prerequisite for being hired , per Administrator Jay Johnson. How do you think , Chief jackie , really got his job ? Using his good looks ? That's why he has never run the department AND , his office door is open , butt , nobody is home. Chief jackie is not available to the public , just because you wanna talk to him.


Jim Charlet mentions physical strength and honesty for EMTs. The truth is , not everyone can bench press 300 pounds. Do we really need an EMS department full of gorillas ? Besides , this kind of work is more mental , than physical. ( most of the time ) In horrible truth , EMTs are thieves. The best example is ASI -Nashville. Baptist Hospital got so fed up with them , for a while , all ASI crews had to be escorted by hospital security , every where they went and before leaving , security checked their vehicles , for hospital property. How about honsety for police officers ? Recently , documents have surfaced , showing Franklin Police officers committing burglary. This has , of course , been covered up by Franklin Police detectives and of course , ( dang it all to hell ) the documents got found. ( ooooops ! , maybe that's why jackie can't be found in his office ) Mr. Charlet also mentions , that National Guard personnel get no- notice drug tests. Franklin Police do not get these tests , because Franklin Police are not National Guard. If these tests were performed , Franklin Police would just misplace the documents anyway. So , why bother ? Now do you understand , what it took , to catch a crook , like Sheriff Headley ? Hmmm , drugs , would this explain why Chief jackie seems to float across the floor ? Is this why jackie's office lights are on , butt , no one is home ?

Carole Barneys says , instead of giving them Social Security , let them work another job. Well , hell yea , let 'em work another job. Sheriff personnel earn 25 dollars + plus an hour , working various security jobs , during their " off " periods.

Fount Smothers cautions us about discrimination. Well , he'z a little late with that one. Law enforcement is just one big , " Good 'ol Boy " network. Are you familiar with Williamson County's EMS dispatch bunker ? You wanna job ? You got connections with anybody in EMS or the law in Williamson County ? Marriage is perfectly acceptable. You'R hired. Yep ! Just like that. Experience or knowledge using radios or computers is not required. You say you got no connections AND you've got experience ? Owow ! How good fur ye ! Well , we'll jest keep yore apple'kAtion rite hare on file , jest 'n case sumpin kumz up. Ya'll cum bak nouw , yah hear ?

Jerry : Hey , BVD , look it here. This article has a picture of the Franklin Police Crime fighting van , parked at Franklin police headquarters. Since Franklin Police investigate an average of 600 crimes , at any one time , why is their van parked at HQ ?
BVD : For starters , maybe the van does'nt have any batteries. You know how those detectives are about batteries.
Jerry : Hm , with all the training Franklin Police have been getting lately , maybe they don't have anyone trained on how to use it.
BVD : Or worse , the crime being investigated , occurred at HQ.
Jerry : What ? Somebody leave their locker unlocked again ?