03/14/2023
In response to Mt Morris City Police Department post... I'd like to address the points made by them.
⚠️ First it saddens me that a post like this has to be made in defense of a great law enforcement agency.
⚠️"Rumors"
are nothing but attempts to start trouble by people who are not part of the solution.
⚠️"Interacting with the community"
absolutely unbelievable that this has to be justified. As we all see, it's a very low percent of the city residents that have a problem with our great police department interacting with the community. So just in case anyone needs a refresher, MMCPD is and always will be the front door to our community. THEY help,assist, search,find,arrest, patrol etc our community and we the public need to stand with them in support of our community. So as far as I'm concerned any public interaction by our GREAT police department is a great thing for our community. The power of our police as public Representatives is priceless!
⚠️"On going problems"
as a community we all have the opportunity to hear about crimes in our area on Facebook. But what FB doesn't tell you is the trouble we have with parents just allowing there juvenile children to just do whatever they want. As a a local resident, I've personally seen juveniles walking around at all hours of the night. At what point is this a parental problem. Police can only do so much.
⚠️"Overtime"
just a simple thank you for stepping up and being a great law enforcement agency. We NEED YOU and stand in support of YOU!
⚠️"Dealing with juveniles"
and once again I feel the simple answer is "at what point is this a parental problem" local law enforcement can only do so much. If the parents just allow their juveniles to run free, we the public need to vote for change where the adults are charged.
⚠️"Hinders our investigations"
our job as a community is to help law enforcement NOT the suspected criminal. Let's all do a better job with that. Also we are all aware that in certain circumstances law enforcement hands are tied on what they can share.
⚠️"yes we did take a few minutes out of our day to take a picture with a little girl"
hmmmmm I'm speechless. Why did they include this? Well they included this BECAUSE THEY HAD TO! Apparently a VERY SMALL AMOUNT of our community doesn't stand WITH our law enforcement but would rather take a stand AGAINST our law enforcement. That has to change. If we the public what more from them, then we need to stand with them in SUPPORT!
⚠️"Arrests have been made"
Simply thank you!
⚠️"Out of our hands"
Police are only one step in the ladder and can only do so much.
⚠️"Never brought to our attention"
anyone who slanders the local law enforcement on topics not reported to them are just as guilty as the criminal. YOU only played a game against a team who wasn't even present. That's not how this works. You need to REPORT it if you want change. POSTING online really only shows the problem to the public not law enforcement.
⚠️ "Upset with us taking pictures with community members"
(Hand on my forehead in shame) please take more pictures. We have one of the greatest law enforcement agency around! We as a community are extremely lucky to have such a great group of officers. I/we love that you are apart of our community and stand with you in ALL of your community services! Including "PUBLIC RELATIONS"
So In closing, MMCPD thank you for everything you do! We stand with you and support you!
Stay safe out there!