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Haymarket Police Chief Wants to End 'Soap Opera'

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/13/2006 - 12:50pm. Washington Post


Haymarket Police Chief Wants to End 'Soap Opera'
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Haymarket Police Chief James E. Roop called it his "Paul Harvey."

Harvey, the famous radio broadcaster, often said, "You know what the news is. Now you're going to hear . . . the rrrrest of the story!"

And so, over a cup of coffee at a Haymarket diner last week, Roop gave the "rest of the story" -- allowing his views and frustrations over the town police department's towering troubles to spill onto the table.

"People just can't keep beating us up," he said. "I'm thinking, 'What the hell am I doing here?' You try working under that."

In a letter to the public, which he dropped door-to-door March 3, he wrote that it was time to make a choice: "Do you want a professional police department and town with a good reputation? Or do you want a soap opera?"

So far, the soap opera's plot has gone a bit like this: Brother turns against brother. A sexual harassment investigation follows. Then a domestic dispute case.....


Haymarket Police Chief Wants to End 'Soap Opera'
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End the Soap Opera

Submitted by wyldpig on Tue, 03/14/2006 - 1:15pm.

As a Law Enforcement Officer with over 20 years experience I find it amazing that the Chief would try to justify the actions of his Sgt by stating that he broke the garage door down and not the front door. Which door it was does not matter when there is a person on the other side who is in fear for their safety. Sounds like a little anger management problem to me. Is this the type of Officer you want patroling your streets? Also then there is the Chief and Sgt being suspended. I'm sure the Town Council had cause or they would not have been suspended. Is this the type of Police Management you want in your town? As an outsider looking in, I think the Town Residents should clean house at both the Town Council and PD. That would end the Soap Opera. Not a sermon, just a few thoughts.

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I see the light

Submitted by CommonFolk on Tue, 03/14/2006 - 7:46am.

Aaaha! I see the light now. The Benjamin's and Mr. Hoffman's motivation to run for office! Soap Opera indeed! Take us folks in the trailer park a few extra minutes to catch up.

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Soap Opera ..

Submitted by Watchfull Eye on Tue, 03/14/2006 - 11:45pm.

Isn't everyday in the trailer park just like a soap opera ? Maybe you can start a police department there and take the Haymarket Chief. I think I have seen you on Jerry Springer !!

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Clarification definition

Submitted by realestate1 on Tue, 03/14/2006 - 10:27am.

Did the chief really state in that article that he was living like a parasite? Do you think he meant to say that or was it just a Freudian slip?

Noun. leech: a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

Ok, well, at least he is putting all his cards on the table.

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short work week

Submitted by SkinsFan on Tue, 03/14/2006 - 11:53am.

Well, at least he has explained why it is he's been accused of only working a few days a week. So, does that leave the man with the sledgehammer in charge while Chief burns his comp time? At least the weather has been nice for him to cruise around on the Harley. Wonder how many tickets he's stroked?

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LOL

Submitted by Supportinghoffman on Thu, 03/16/2006 - 7:42pm.

Im sorry, I work at one of the establishments in town and I pray at the start of every shift that nothing goes wrong, just so we dont have to call the Haymarket PD...

Its a pure joke.... The intoxicated Chief and the AXE Man sargent... I really dont want one of them coming to save me at any given time from a robbery to a cat in the tree....

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Hammer... BULL

Submitted by Supportinghoffman on Thu, 03/16/2006 - 7:55pm.

Just another thing i just finished reading the article... that is BULL was Roop at the house... How does he know that is was a hammer? How does he know that it was the garage door? Was he being the little fly on the wall? NO... he was just listening to was his sweet little do no wrong sargent told him... Open you eyes and see that he is just as big of liar as you are....

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Liars?

Submitted by voiceoffreedom on Sat, 03/25/2006 - 7:42am.

When we want to talk about lying, kinda reminds me of morals.

But then again if I had turned a blind eye to illegal activities that I was watching over, and getting paid to do, so I could get presents for my kids at Christmas time. I might not have morals. But at least the kids were happy no matter where the presents came from. And from Mrs. Hoffman that appears to be OK.

This is an open invitation to Mrs. Hoffman, I am a former Marine, and from being in, their is a program called "Toys for Tots", in which no illegal activity has to be performed to get presents for your kids.

Or maybe we can start a Town Collection so that this will not have to take place, and we can take care of our own here in Town. We should call it the "Hoffman Fund". I think at the next Town Council Meeting we should bring this up.

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Hammer?

Submitted by voiceoffreedom on Sat, 03/25/2006 - 7:34am.

I was a sledgehammer. Was either in court documents, or the newspaper articles that were following this whole case.

Now the police officer should have exercised some common sense and thought about what he was doing. But that is what can happen during a divorce.

Just seems kinda funny that a woman who is so scared for her life never fled her residence and went to stay at a friends house, or a relatives house, maybe even a battered woman shelter.

But then again, I guess the judge who heard the case was not a first year law student and knew what was going on.

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I bet you are the type

Submitted by Concrete on Mon, 03/27/2006 - 10:22am.

Hmmmm, wonder why she didn't leave, flee, etc. You are probably the type that when a woman gets killed by her abusive husband you say "She deserves it, she should have just left him." Real mature.

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