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St Landry OPD, SO Thin Blue Line
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Posted On 06/27/2009 20:38:58 by grapevine
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THIN BLUE LINE
By LafayetteGrapevine
Holy Cow, there appears to be a very thin blue line between the St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office led by Sheriff Bobby Guidry and his deputies, and the Opelousas Police Department led by Chief Perry Gallow and his officers.
On the web site Topix for Lafayette, LA, where local gossip rules the day, there is a running tit-for-tat between deputies and officers, both current and former, and of course residents who are chiming in.
The Beef: The gossip is the Sheriff's Office Drug Task Force, assisted by the K-9 unit, hasn't made any drug busts lately and is generally considered a joke. In the city, the gossip is Chief Perry Gallow just wants his name and pic in the news media for the slightest thing.
The Prime Beef, however, is that OPD goes into the parish to make drug busts, and the SO makes drug bust inside the city. Each wants the glory for the drug busts. At a minimum, both sides want to know when the other is on their turf.
How vicious does it get in those posts. Here's one from an anonymous poster called None on Wednesday, June 24:
"[This must be Lance or Chris or Brian. These Officers are doing it up and they are getting dope in the parish more than you can do. mike as well as all in that section except for 1-or 2 are a wast of time and a joke look at jared hes back on atrol. Oh do u know what the thin blue line means i think not Oh and perry puts things on the news because his guys are working Bobby cant because all his guys do is eat."
And the response one day later from a poster called SLSO.
"I don't think Jared Green would lower his standards to work at OPD. By reading OPD's post, I feel sorry for who ever has to check the grammar and spelling. LOT'S OF RED INK
UNPROFESSIONAL
CROOKED
BACK STABBERS
CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATORS
This is OPD's mission statement!
Like we said (WHAT A JOKE!)"
Obviously, none of them can write very well, not that I'm Shakespeare or anything.
There's plenty more gossip and attacks. Visit http://www.topix.com/city/lafayette-la. Look under the Discussion Topic "Zerangue" and start with the last posts because there are nearly 13,000 post under the "Zerange" topic. It's entertaining.
P.S. Thin Blue Line is a term traditionally meant to identify relationships between law enforcement officers. The blue line symbolizes the seperation of good from bad.
Tags: St Landry Parish Sheriff's Office Opelousas Police Department
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