Comments on: Departing Police Chief Brings Home The Bacon

By: Joe Sipowicz

Joe Sipowicz — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:44:10 +0000

If it waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck.

By: Travis Kiger

Travis Kiger — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:17:28 +0000

Good point Jack, but nobody is suggesting that we deny our cops the appropriate safety gear. This is about who’s recommending the purchase and who’s getting paid. There are dozens of body armor manufacturers out there and hundreds of different styles and models. Using some sort of black magic, someone determined that the best gear just happened to be designed by our own chief and it costs twice as much as normal gear. It’s hard to deny that this one smells funny.

By: Jack B. Nimble

Jack B. Nimble — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:54:58 +0000

I support providing our cops with safety gear and if we can do that with federal money, then that’s one more thing we don’t have to fund. Damn, people, I understand the label as ‘pork’, but it’s safety equipment, not a study in bear DNA.

By: big box

big box — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:55:15 +0000

government waste is revolting. we need a tax revolt. fullerton has the distinction of being one of the first towns to stage a tea party tax party. sane citizens of fullerton are the face of a new political future

By: martin b

martin b — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:15:56 +0000

neighbor, that’s quite a rap sheet. I had no idea…

By: neighbor

neighbor — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:57:17 +0000

Fullerton Police Department…..Known to the “outside” world as the department that dared to fart on a woman who was thought by the Police, (I mean the protectors of us all!) to be a non responsive coma patient.

Fullerton Police Department…….Leading the way to show us what “combat” vests should look like on an American “Small Town”……… your right chief you never know when the insurgents might rise up to actually enjoy a day at the park….. better have your officers “protected” at all costs…. even if they look like military combatants straight out of Falujah……

Fullerton Police Department…… Too scared to patrol the streets with merely a smile and a handshake….no we must use cameras to “ensure the safety of every citizen” …….right…..

Fullerton Police Department……. Known to have an interdepartmental squabble with Brea Police department because they dared to arrest a drunk……OFFICER who was driving his car……….Oh snap what if that happened this week near the time of another tragic DUI accident rather than years ago…….

Fullerton Police Department…..keeping our schools safe from themselves…..by practicing tactical assaults on a school, and it’s children using……”unloaded” weapons, (Just curious HOW the students knew they were unloaded….I mean with the track record of Fullerton Police Department who knows maybe one of the officers could have been drunk on the job and farting at students?!

City of Fullerton YOU are now safe…..because the Fullerton Police Department is wearing a “bullet resistant” vest. How do YOU feel knowing that the military….err I mean the police are going to cite you for that crazy unsafe lane violation you had while not using your blinker…….

City of Fullerton….just remember the perception of the Police is that YOU the citizens are SO unsafe that they must use this OUTER ARMOR in order to display their superior “training tactics” so that YOU will COMPLY with all of THEIR ORDERS……..

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By: Joe Sipowicz

Joe Sipowicz — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:54:40 +0000

Thanks for this post travis. I heard many complaints that McKinnley was spending too much time on his stupid vest and not enough time administering his department. The rampant crime and misbehavior of downtown restaurant owner converting their places into illegal dance clubs is one example.

And now he gets rewarded. How much is enough for these people.

By: Travis Kiger

Travis Kiger — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:45:29 +0000

Here is the rest of the pork that came into Fullerton in 2009 (from the CAGW database):

$238,000 California State University, Fullerton, for Center for the Advancement of Teaching and learning in Mathematics and Science (Education: Higher Education) (Education: Higher Education) - Ed Royce
$238,000 California State University, Fullerton, for the Vietnamese language and culture program, including purchase of equipment (Education: Higher Education) - Ed Royce
$190,000 California State University-Fullerton, CA. for programs aimed at preventing obesity and promoting health in children (HHS - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Loretta Sanchez
$142,500 City of Fullerton for renovation and construction of facilities for a Boys and Girls Club (Economic Development Initiative) - Loretta Sanchez