Controversial cop off the WPD force

"stop using police Deptsas revenue generators.
start repecting RIGHTS of drivers.
lead by EXAMPLE.
dont hot rod around
dont show up and accept free food and drinks from stores, this creates a feeling of obligation that if stores are not able to give police of Govt workers freebies they wont get same protection or if there is incident between two or more stores the Govt worker may show favor to the one giving them free stuff....
sorry but taking free things is wrong if thefree things are given becauseyou work for Govt"

I am going to comment on each accusation or " perceptio" you stated above. you have stated NO facts, just comments on what you "think" or perceive to think is going on.

First- There has always been this long standing rumor that officers have quota's or certain number of tickets that have to be writen, this rumor is FALSE, and anything I comment about can ne proven, just contact the Dept of Justice and see how many departments have been investigated for this practice and/or shut down. Not only that, lets just say this was in fact TRUE practice, yall should be happy, because the revenue DOES NOT go to the police dept it goes into General Fund, meaning, more money in general fund, less costs on citizens,lower taxes etc, anyway. NO QUOTA'S, NO REVENUE BUILDING THROUGH TICKET WRITING!!
Respecting rights of drivers- I couldnt agree more, we as officers , yes I am an officer in a surrounding county, do have an obligation to citizens we come into contact with. However, lets turn this around you claim this officer or officers in general are not "respecting drivers rights" how about the drivers respecting the laws, then you wouldnt have a reason to have contact with Law Enforcement and not have to worry about anything stated above. Officer Davis ONLY job duties were traffic enforcement under the GOHS grant, thats it, so yes he had to justify his position by being out on the streets of Winder enforcing traffic laws. This is the differant from the regular patrol officers who answer calls for service, alarms, domestic disputes etc, He was traffic enforcement and its always the officer who stop cars and give tickets who are the bad ones or who get the bad name, bottom line, start wearing your seatbelt, stop speeding, etc. "Lead by Example", my favorite one, All I have to say is, even thought the child was only six, was this really the way a mother shout be acting in front of a Police Officer. Something tells me that if this child was 14, 15 years of age, she still would have acted in this manner, so "lead by example" doesnt not apply to this incident, your just showing your child that it is ok the disrespect the laws and officers, yet children are taught to call 911 when need help, why would this child EVER call 911 after this incident, this incident that could have been over and done if she just signed the citation, she had a court date to argue her case, she chose the hard way, and gave Davis not choice. "Dont hot rod around" Dont have a clue what you mean about this, so moving on.
Getting free drinks/food- I will only speak for me and my department when saying this, When we are offered free anything, we offer to pay, if they dont take it, I just leave it on counter and have them do what they want with it. Lets just say that I did get things free, So what, is there a problem with that when you really think about it? Officers presence at establishments may just stop a robbery from happening,bring more business if in a questionable area of town, officer being there may being more customers just bu them feeling safe. There are, or can be many reasons why they give officers things for free, it all boils down to jealousy, get over it, we put our lives on the line and are targets everywhere we go, we have to wear bullet proof vest and carry guns, yet get paid nowhere near what we are worth. I am in NOW WAY compaining about my job, I love it and would do nothing else, but really, does it bother you that much that officers may get a free drink or meal every know and then, of so, this tells me you really have nothing better to do then complain and wanted to put your two cents in on this subject. You showed no facts that proved your accusations, so no merit should be taken with your post, I wonder though, if you got a ticket from Officer Davis, knew another officer in Winder who was a good friend, would you not call to try and get the ticket dropped? May want to think about "getting free things", why would it be fair for you to get out of a ticket and everyone else have to pay for the same ticket. Interesting thought I figured I would leave you with, of course I am sure you will deny doing that. Anyway, figured I would try to open your eyes a bit on rumors and perceptions of the police, yes are there bad officers in departments, absolutely, are there bad doctors, lawyers, accountants, politicians, yep, Does that mean they ALL are? Lets not stereotype ALL officers because of few bad ones. Understand, this is by NO MEANS AT ALL saying Officer Davis was a bad officer, I liked Davis and thought and did an AWESOME job enforcing traffic, he may have saved your lives at one point and you never realized it. That one car he had stopped that was drunk and you passed him while he was on side of road, probably thinking bad things about Davis, that car he had stopped could have been the same car that ran the next redlight you came through, hit you and either injure or worse kill you or someone you loved, How about thanking the next officer you see instead of chastizing us!!