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The latest installment of “Coffee with a Deputy” will be held from 8 to 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at the Lemon Leaf Café, located at 653 West Lancaster Boulevard in Lancaster.
The discussion will focus on crime trends and public safety, and there will be an opportunity for Lancaster residents to ask questions and have their concerns addressed, according to Lancaster Community Relations deputy Joshua Stamsek.
The “Coffee with a Deputy” program is designed to create a comfortable atmosphere where residents can meet with representatives from the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station to discuss various community safety topics, crime prevention and other law enforcement services.
The “Coffee with a Deputy” program is held on the second Thursday of each month.
For more information, contact Lancaster Sheriff’s Station’s Community Relations deputy Joshua Stamsek at 661-948-8466.
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Turd Ferguson says
Will they tell us the truth about LEAPS?Will they tell us the truth about LEAPS?Or will they stick with the BS.Or will they stick with the BS.$90,000.00 a month for what.$90,000.00 a month for what.To make Rexs friends richer.To make Rexs friends richer.$10,800,000.00 for ten years.$10,800,000.00 for ten years.That will buy a lot of coffee.That will buy a lot of coffee.Or better yet more Sherriffs.Or better yet more Sherriffs.No to LEAPS.No to LEAPS.Yes to more Sherriffs.Yes to more Sherriffs.More boots on the ground.More boots on the ground.
DEW says
Tell the truth? About LEAPS? What truth is that?
rochelle says
Tim, why bother if you have confirmation bias? I’m sure you will find what you seek.
Tim Scott says
Good point. The question is whether or not you know what I seek.
I do have a cynical expectation that the citizen side will consist pretty much exclusively of sycophants, and the deputies will be more interested in drinking adoration than coffee.
But I also have a hope that this reform measure can be at least some small part of what “works” to produce the better law enforcement organization that we desperately need.
So would my confirmation bias be expected to provide confirmation of my cynical views, or my hopes?
Funny says
I would expect whiny people there asking officers to patrol more, asking how to get their neighbor to stop playing loud music, etc. You know all the normal hum drum stuff mixed in with ‘I think I saw something illegal happen!’
Tim Scott says
“Save us, save us, only you can save us!” is just another facet of the same sycophantic relationship, though probably less satisfying to the deputies.
People don’t riot over “your response times and priorities are not what I would hope for,” people riot over “if we are getting killed, beaten, and otherwise taken advantage of BY you, then you don’t actually protect us from those things and we don’t NEED you.”
To accomplish anything what needs to be addressed is not sycophants, even dissatisfied sycophants, but people who look at the sheriff’s department from the perspective of “the job you do is not worth the way that you do it.” Either changing their perception of the job and the way that it is done, or actually changing how the job is done, such that they no longer have that perspective.
Tim Scott says
Nobody answered my question before or after the one in Palmdale. Are these things just a room full of sycophants guzzling free coffee, or is there reason to hope something productive can come from these?
Not so much says
ya never know what can happen over a cup o’ Joe Tim.
Tim Scott says
Unquestionably true. I think it takes something more than gushing fans to make a difference though. I’m thinking it is a lot easier for the average deputy to walk into one of these things than a meeting with…say…me, for example. LOL. If I don’t get an answer from someone who went I may well turn up for the next one in Palmdale to see for myself how they go.
Joseph says
Tim with all your hatred towards law enforcement why haven’t you gone to one of these sit downs before? Are you afraid of something? Why don’t you go and let them know your opinion of them. What’s holding you back, is it a secret?
Tim Scott says
I answered this before…but…
This is intended to be an effort towards reform. I don’t necessarily believe it will work, but I wouldn’t do anything to disrupt it.
Now, a question for you that I asked last time I was asked this…
Hating cops isn’t a crime. You seem to be implying that were I to go to this event and let the cops know that I hate them there would be some sort of bad consequences for me. Are you suggesting that the deputies at this event would take the opportunity to single me out for some sort of abuse or punishment, based on something that isn’t a crime? If you believe that to be so, why don’t YOU hate them?
Joseph says
Hating cops isn’t a crime it’s just unreasonable. I never said if you go there would be bad consequences. I think you should go to help you get over your hatred and bias. I’ve never had any problems with them. You lump all of them in one category which isn’t fair.
Tim Scott says
I’ve said all along that until you show me cops who are willing to put aside blue unity and police themselves they would all be the same to me. A specific individual exception here and there can be dealt with individually, but I will continue lumping them together in general.