This really is kind of “crappie”. Forget the equipment, which would be a hard sell for even BPD as far as purchases go…what about just paying the wage (LIKELY Overtime rate) for the officer? No BPD officer on the force actually went without an increase in salary over the last two years of no Union contract. Listen to the media and you’d think the poor beleaguered cops had been without…not so. Between the infamous boondoggle Dual Career Ladder, automatic pay raises for tenure, and certificate increases, I’d wager they made out better than most of the taxpayers. Add to that, overtime for anything and everything (waiting in airports for connecting flights), call out pay, court penalty pay, etc, etc., ad nauseum, and the general public should be and would be outraged, if only they knew. Enforcment duty related to standing in the river when it’s 103 watching bikini after bikini float by, and hanging out at strip clubs during sketch night, is not likely the most undesirable to pull. They must do it for the “halibut”.

You people are idiots!!! Police wouldn’t have to be on the river if you morons could float the river in a “grown up” manner. People like you ruined the experience for the rest of us. I think our police force has better things to do than to babysit the likes of you guys. So grow up and act as responsible adults like you say you are. Here’s an idea …next time you have an emergency and need help, please don’t call the people you criticize. But because you are the hypocrits you are, I know you will. And you know what? The police will come to your aid and help you regardless of your stupid ideals.

Wow, “a”, why so defensive. Not one of the responses above deserves such aggression. Try to repond with logic and wit, not emotion and false analogies. Enjoy the blog and refrain from showing your intelligence with your eclectic vocabulary. Some of us simply feel that tax payer money should go to a more worthy cause. Like education???