Comments on: Boise PD Hires Cali Copper For #2 Job

By: Chickenhawk

Chickenhawk — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 18:48:48 +0000

People, please understand that this was not a direct attack against this particular police officer, who I am sure is a consummate professional with the skills and qualifications necessary for the job.

Aside from “inside hires” it is just as baffling that there are no equally-qualified candidates at a local law enforcement agency (Meridian, Nampa, Caldwell, ISP, etc.) who would be interested in the job.

By: Caeth

Caeth — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 16:03:07 +0000

Easterner: I somewhat discount your assertion of right leaning Police unions. It seems union management will support the campaign of any compliant political candidate who will be sitting across the table negotiating salaries and benefits. Corrupt conflict of interest? Perhaps union contributions should be prohibited to any pol with a vote on these decisions.
Frank: Not to abolish unions, only to abolish coerced membership. One should not have to pay a third party to buy their job from an employer.

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 13:41:51 +0000

Idaho elected public servants made Idaho a right to work state! Wasn’t that to abolish unions?
Are unions the reason Boise firefighters get called to medical issues? When an ambulance is all that is needed? You can’t get transported to emergency room in a fire truck!

By: Easterner

Easterner — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 19:11:43 +0000

Ian makes an interesting point. And especially for just rolling off a PAID holiday all bout LABOR Unions.

As it relates to politic-ing:
Unions would typically be something in alignment with the left, right?

Who is interested in higher wages; employee training & education programs; job security; legal rep for low-income workers; better salary/benefits; and a dedicated holiday during the year to provide more day drinking?
Is a right-wing electrician in favor of that stuff?

Despite Joe Craftsman, and Larry Lumber worker benefitting so much from unions, the Idaho psyche almost despises the idea of unions. Albeit, some say yuck amongst friends but are happy to pay the dues and get the benefit of it.

Yet, police unions are almost always on the right when it comes to politics. “Law and Order”.

And Idaho is certainly popular with the crowd flying the inappropriate blue strip on an American flag.

An absolute contradiction:
“We hate unions”
“We support cops (heavily unionized)”
“abolish the police unions”
—-but save the cops?????

Any guess why that is? Chief?

By: Ian

Ian — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 14:20:20 +0000

Police unions need to be abolished.

By: Frank

Frank — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 21:34:19 +0000

Seems like there is a LOT of Hate in some of the comments? They have been taught well as HATE is something you learn!
We continue to put our elected public servants on a pedestal! Aren’t THEY politicians until they get elected?
It would be great to know if the BPD follows the protocol set by our elected public servants or their UNION? It would explain a lot.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 17:23:34 +0000

It is interesting the number of command staff under Chief Bones or Chief Masterson we’re promoted from within the department. Now there are a lot of retirements of command staff. I think there are other factors involved than just pay. Chief Lee certainly gets to surround himself with whoever he desires for his command staff. But don’t kid yourself. It isn’t all about pay and job security.

By: western guy

western guy — Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:17:47 +0000

Yes, there may be too many new hired who are ‘not from here’, but as your host pointed out, Sgts with 20 years service (who routinely make $100,000 base + at least 25% more for overtime) don’t want to move any further up the chain. Hence, no decent internal promotion choices.

But, any organization that constantly promotes from within is usually bogged down in ‘how it always was done’ and relate incestuous thinking.

Speaking of commenters, do many of them even have 1/2 a brain?

By: Judge

Judge — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 22:24:47 +0000

Real Idahoan certainly doesn’t represent what a REAL Idahoan used to be. Mr. Editor, you obviously realize you shouldn’t have posted the comments from a guy who sounds like a Trumper agent.

By: A Real Idahoan

A Real Idahoan — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 20:31:53 +0000

Wow! Another subverted “general” (A FOUR STAR AT THAT) fleeing the left coast and the seething, reeking, rotten mess that HE helped create there by enforcing, or failing to enforce, the laws there. He will fit right in with the new ranking cabal of his fellow left coast refugees that general lee has helped recruit for comrade lorrie’s caliphate enforcers here in Boise.

It’s quite apparent that like ALL of lee’s hires, tammany has already been thoroughly indoctrinated and believes wholeheartedly in the failed policies that started in kali and have spread north and east, destroying those states. Ironic that the new general’s first name is tammany, as in the corrupt old Tamanny Hall gang of NY City. (If his last name was Dailey, he would have knocked it out of the park!)
As to the statement about how great Boise PD’s sergeant’s pay is and losing union protection. . .? That falls back to the old play book of “mumble anything unintelligible at them and change the subject.” I am certain it was much easier for Marxist mclane and general lee to hire fellow travelers than to try and convert locals to their socialist ideologies and agendas.

Kangas, for a self-proclaimed Idahoan, you are embarrassing. Welcome to Boise indeed. About as much as the chicom wuhan flu! Your “welcome” is as meaningless and rings as hollowly as some young stewardess with a Bronx accent saying to the passengers upon just landing, “Welcome to Saigon. . .”

Even for a real estate hawker, you should clean the end of your nose and at least try to regain a smidgen of self dignity. It appears that you are just seeing more dollar signs in all those collar stars and hoping general tammany will buy an over priced house from you.

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