Police experience warrant backlog

[conjur]

http://www.fox41.com/news/news...id=20050&section=2

When Shawn Shaw allegedly murdered 18 month old Kaylynn Gaddie, he should have been in jail.

Court records indicate Shaw had 8 outstanding warrants and a lengthy criminal record. There are thousands of outstanding warrants in Metro Louisville, its an old problem that isn't easy to fix.

There are more than 61,000 Jefferson County warrents. The majority are for bad checks - but more than one thousand are for felony assault. They sit, year after year, and why? According to the Commonwealth Attorney, the answer is simple: money and manpower.

Sometimes they are not served in time. For that reason, a federal court will hear a woman's case - her daughter Rebecca Caldwell was strangled to death seven days after a warrant had been issued for Benjamin Mills, who later admitted to the crime. In an earlier interview, Christy Caldwell told FOX41 she wants the system changed.

And in the recent death of an 18 month old another family is sounding the same alarm. Police failed to arrest Shawn Shaw on 8 outstanding warrants - one issued just before Kaylynn Gaddie's death, when he failed to show in court - for sentencing - he should have been behind bars.

Tarry Priddy tries to serve warrants on those who owe child support - its not easy work. Serving warrants isn't easy - 4 years ago the city assigned warrant officers to each district to better track them - and tried warrant resolution court.

Now metro police do. Computers and new technology may one day make papers in the old system obsolete. That's the goal of the Metro Criminal Justice Commission.

Warrants may soon have the criminals picture attached - with files accesible in police cruisers - but not even the best technology can insure all are found in time.

Naaah...we don't need more police. Let's focus on spending in the money pit known as Iraq.

 

[imported_Condor]

Originally posted by: conjur
http://www.fox41.com/news/news...id=20050&section=2

When Shawn Shaw allegedly murdered 18 month old Kaylynn Gaddie, he should have been in jail.

Court records indicate Shaw had 8 outstanding warrants and a lengthy criminal record. There are thousands of outstanding warrants in Metro Louisville, its an old problem that isn't easy to fix.

There are more than 61,000 Jefferson County warrents. The majority are for bad checks - but more than one thousand are for felony assault. They sit, year after year, and why? According to the Commonwealth Attorney, the answer is simple: money and manpower.

Sometimes they are not served in time. For that reason, a federal court will hear a woman's case - her daughter Rebecca Caldwell was strangled to death seven days after a warrant had been issued for Benjamin Mills, who later admitted to the crime. In an earlier interview, Christy Caldwell told FOX41 she wants the system changed.

And in the recent death of an 18 month old another family is sounding the same alarm. Police failed to arrest Shawn Shaw on 8 outstanding warrants - one issued just before Kaylynn Gaddie's death, when he failed to show in court - for sentencing - he should have been behind bars.

Tarry Priddy tries to serve warrants on those who owe child support - its not easy work. Serving warrants isn't easy - 4 years ago the city assigned warrant officers to each district to better track them - and tried warrant resolution court.

Now metro police do. Computers and new technology may one day make papers in the old system obsolete. That's the goal of the Metro Criminal Justice Commission.

Warrants may soon have the criminals picture attached - with files accesible in police cruisers - but not even the best technology can insure all are found in time.

Naaah...we don't need more police. Let's focus on spending in the money pit known as Iraq.

How about doing something besides wasting the time of the warrent servers on child support and bad check crimes. Let the manpower be used where it is the most important and use a little technology for the BS warrants. Like the article says, they are using an old, labor intensive system where technology should be used. Good effort to bash the administration with an unread or misunderstood article.

 

[imported_Aelius]

Originally posted by: Condor

Originally posted by: conjur
http://www.fox41.com/news/news...id=20050&section=2

When Shawn Shaw allegedly murdered 18 month old Kaylynn Gaddie, he should have been in jail.

Court records indicate Shaw had 8 outstanding warrants and a lengthy criminal record. There are thousands of outstanding warrants in Metro Louisville, its an old problem that isn't easy to fix.

There are more than 61,000 Jefferson County warrents. The majority are for bad checks - but more than one thousand are for felony assault. They sit, year after year, and why? According to the Commonwealth Attorney, the answer is simple: money and manpower.

Sometimes they are not served in time. For that reason, a federal court will hear a woman's case - her daughter Rebecca Caldwell was strangled to death seven days after a warrant had been issued for Benjamin Mills, who later admitted to the crime. In an earlier interview, Christy Caldwell told FOX41 she wants the system changed.

And in the recent death of an 18 month old another family is sounding the same alarm. Police failed to arrest Shawn Shaw on 8 outstanding warrants - one issued just before Kaylynn Gaddie's death, when he failed to show in court - for sentencing - he should have been behind bars.

Tarry Priddy tries to serve warrants on those who owe child support - its not easy work. Serving warrants isn't easy - 4 years ago the city assigned warrant officers to each district to better track them - and tried warrant resolution court.

Now metro police do. Computers and new technology may one day make papers in the old system obsolete. That's the goal of the Metro Criminal Justice Commission.

Warrants may soon have the criminals picture attached - with files accesible in police cruisers - but not even the best technology can insure all are found in time.

Naaah...we don't need more police. Let's focus on spending in the money pit known as Iraq.

How about doing something besides wasting the time of the warrent servers on child support and bad check crimes. Let the manpower be used where it is the most important and use a little technology for the BS warrants. Like the article says, they are using an old, labor intensive system where technology should be used. Good effort to bash the administration with an unread or misunderstood article.

Which part of "money" do you not understand?

No money = no change

Nice try to deflect tho, or rather poor try.

 

[daveshel]

Originally posted by: conjur
http://www.fox41.com/news/news...id=20050&section=2

When Shawn Shaw allegedly murdered 18 month old Kaylynn Gaddie, he should have been in jail.

Court records indicate Shaw had 8 outstanding warrants and a lengthy criminal record. There are thousands of outstanding warrants in Metro Louisville, its an old problem that isn't easy to fix.

There are more than 61,000 Jefferson County warrents. The majority are for bad checks - but more than one thousand are for felony assault. They sit, year after year, and why? According to the Commonwealth Attorney, the answer is simple: money and manpower.

Sometimes they are not served in time. For that reason, a federal court will hear a woman's case - her daughter Rebecca Caldwell was strangled to death seven days after a warrant had been issued for Benjamin Mills, who later admitted to the crime. In an earlier interview, Christy Caldwell told FOX41 she wants the system changed.

And in the recent death of an 18 month old another family is sounding the same alarm. Police failed to arrest Shawn Shaw on 8 outstanding warrants - one issued just before Kaylynn Gaddie's death, when he failed to show in court - for sentencing - he should have been behind bars.

Tarry Priddy tries to serve warrants on those who owe child support - its not easy work. Serving warrants isn't easy - 4 years ago the city assigned warrant officers to each district to better track them - and tried warrant resolution court.

Now metro police do. Computers and new technology may one day make papers in the old system obsolete. That's the goal of the Metro Criminal Justice Commission.

Warrants may soon have the criminals picture attached - with files accesible in police cruisers - but not even the best technology can insure all are found in time.

Naaah...we don't need more police. Let's focus on spending in the money pit known as Iraq.

More police is not the answer. Redefinition and reprioritization would serve us much better. We need to be able to respect the police we have, and we would find this task easier if the concentrated on real crime instead of busting pepole for speeding or marijuana offenses.

 

[Perknose]

Public sector servers have never ever been the most motivated or the most competent folks around. To serve someone who doesn't want to be served, you have to be both smart and motivated.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Condor

Originally posted by: conjur
http://www.fox41.com/news/news...id=20050&section=2

When Shawn Shaw allegedly murdered 18 month old Kaylynn Gaddie, he should have been in jail.

Court records indicate Shaw had 8 outstanding warrants and a lengthy criminal record. There are thousands of outstanding warrants in Metro Louisville, its an old problem that isn't easy to fix.

There are more than 61,000 Jefferson County warrents. The majority are for bad checks - but more than one thousand are for felony assault. They sit, year after year, and why? According to the Commonwealth Attorney, the answer is simple: money and manpower.

Sometimes they are not served in time. For that reason, a federal court will hear a woman's case - her daughter Rebecca Caldwell was strangled to death seven days after a warrant had been issued for Benjamin Mills, who later admitted to the crime. In an earlier interview, Christy Caldwell told FOX41 she wants the system changed.

And in the recent death of an 18 month old another family is sounding the same alarm. Police failed to arrest Shawn Shaw on 8 outstanding warrants - one issued just before Kaylynn Gaddie's death, when he failed to show in court - for sentencing - he should have been behind bars.

Tarry Priddy tries to serve warrants on those who owe child support - its not easy work. Serving warrants isn't easy - 4 years ago the city assigned warrant officers to each district to better track them - and tried warrant resolution court.

Now metro police do. Computers and new technology may one day make papers in the old system obsolete. That's the goal of the Metro Criminal Justice Commission.

Warrants may soon have the criminals picture attached - with files accesible in police cruisers - but not even the best technology can insure all are found in time.

Naaah...we don't need more police. Let's focus on spending in the money pit known as Iraq.

How about doing something besides wasting the time of the warrent servers on child support and bad check crimes. Let the manpower be used where it is the most important and use a little technology for the BS warrants. Like the article says, they are using an old, labor intensive system where technology should be used. Good effort to bash the administration with an unread or misunderstood article.

This isn't like serving a summons, this is serving a warrant - to arrest the offender.

The backlog here is 61,000 warrants. The manpower doesn't exist to even sift through them to prioritize them in the first place.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: conjur

The backlog here is 61,000 warrants. The manpower doesn't exist to even sift through them to prioritize them in the first place.

and 60,000 of the warrants or maybe even higher stupid warrant for Marijauna or speeding tickets as someone else mentioned. Meanwhile the real Criminals get to do more damage.

 

[Aimster]

makes me want to be a bounty hunter..

$$$

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: daveshelMore police is not the answer. Redefinition and reprioritization would serve us much better. We need to be able to respect the police we have, and we would find this task easier if the concentrated on real crime instead of busting pepole for speeding or marijuana offenses.

Speeding causes accidents and loss of manpower. Also, can create property damage and death.

The laws on the books are there mainly for public safety.

 

[imported_Condor]

Originally posted by: Aelius

Originally posted by: Condor

Originally posted by: conjur
http://www.fox41.com/news/news...id=20050&section=2

When Shawn Shaw allegedly murdered 18 month old Kaylynn Gaddie, he should have been in jail.

Court records indicate Shaw had 8 outstanding warrants and a lengthy criminal record. There are thousands of outstanding warrants in Metro Louisville, its an old problem that isn't easy to fix.

There are more than 61,000 Jefferson County warrents. The majority are for bad checks - but more than one thousand are for felony assault. They sit, year after year, and why? According to the Commonwealth Attorney, the answer is simple: money and manpower.

Sometimes they are not served in time. For that reason, a federal court will hear a woman's case - her daughter Rebecca Caldwell was strangled to death seven days after a warrant had been issued for Benjamin Mills, who later admitted to the crime. In an earlier interview, Christy Caldwell told FOX41 she wants the system changed.

And in the recent death of an 18 month old another family is sounding the same alarm. Police failed to arrest Shawn Shaw on 8 outstanding warrants - one issued just before Kaylynn Gaddie's death, when he failed to show in court - for sentencing - he should have been behind bars.

Tarry Priddy tries to serve warrants on those who owe child support - its not easy work. Serving warrants isn't easy - 4 years ago the city assigned warrant officers to each district to better track them - and tried warrant resolution court.

Now metro police do. Computers and new technology may one day make papers in the old system obsolete. That's the goal of the Metro Criminal Justice Commission.

Warrants may soon have the criminals picture attached - with files accesible in police cruisers - but not even the best technology can insure all are found in time.

Naaah...we don't need more police. Let's focus on spending in the money pit known as Iraq.

How about doing something besides wasting the time of the warrent servers on child support and bad check crimes. Let the manpower be used where it is the most important and use a little technology for the BS warrants. Like the article says, they are using an old, labor intensive system where technology should be used. Good effort to bash the administration with an unread or misunderstood article.

Which part of "money" do you not understand?

No money = no change

Nice try to deflect tho, or rather poor try.

I do believe that if you review that reading comp class from college, you would discover that Conjur wanted the money to be spent on more cops.

 

[Mill]

conjur, could you tell me what percentage of the Jefferson County judicial system gets its money from federal funds? I bet you cannot answer that, and you'd find it would be insignificant. State and County courts derive their money from local and state taxpayers, and federal grants and monies typically come in the form of grants for new technologies or programs. They rarely, if ever, come for day-to-day operations of the legal system. In your never ending quest to bash Bush you've started to become a lot like Dave. Congrats, and this post should get an award for being unmitigated horsesh!t. Back up your claims that Iraq had anything to do with there being a backlog of warrants.

YOU can blame your state and county administrators for mismanaging funds, or you can blame your fellow citizens for not giving them the funds they request. Blaming this on Bush is a sign of someone who doesn't understand their own government, which is quite sad, but typical for an RBH.

 

[conjur]

Actually, Louisville is doing it's best given the recent city/county merger. We did receive a $2 million Federal Grant a few years ago for aiding the arrest policies of the local police. The State of Kentucky, like many other states, has been under a budget crunch in recent years as Federal money is drying up.

You have to ask yourself, why is that? How much of the $100 billion *spent* on Iraq and the other $100 billion+ allocated for Iraq could have been used to assist our states?


http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4224556/

The DHS budget drew bipartisan criticism Monday for various programs it cut completely ? such as funding for SafeComm, a grant program to help ensure that first responder communications are interoperable ? to those it scaled back dramatically, such as the $1.6 billion (30 percent) cut in key grant programs to first responders.

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: conjur
Actually, Louisville is doing it's best given the recent city/county merger. We did receive a $2 million Federal Grant a few years ago for aiding the arrest policies of the local police. The State of Kentucky, like many other states, has been under a budget crunch in recent years as Federal money is drying up.

You have to ask yourself, why is that? How much of the $100 billion *spent* on Iraq and the other $100 billion+ allocated for Iraq could have been used to assist our states?


http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4224556/

The DHS budget drew bipartisan criticism Monday for various programs it cut completely ? such as funding for SafeComm, a grant program to help ensure that first responder communications are interoperable ? to those it scaled back dramatically, such as the $1.6 billion (30 percent) cut in key grant programs to first responders.

Perhaps they are under a budget crunch because they've increased spending and revenue hasn't increased as well? Blaming this on Bush is BEYOND laughable. It shows the early stages of Dmcowenism.

 

[piasabird]

Some states refuse to have things like traffic safety checks or sobriety checks because they are afraid it might catch some illegal aliens who will be offended.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Mill

Originally posted by: conjur
Actually, Louisville is doing it's best given the recent city/county merger. We did receive a $2 million Federal Grant a few years ago for aiding the arrest policies of the local police. The State of Kentucky, like many other states, has been under a budget crunch in recent years as Federal money is drying up.

You have to ask yourself, why is that? How much of the $100 billion *spent* on Iraq and the other $100 billion+ allocated for Iraq could have been used to assist our states?


http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4224556/

The DHS budget drew bipartisan criticism Monday for various programs it cut completely ? such as funding for SafeComm, a grant program to help ensure that first responder communications are interoperable ? to those it scaled back dramatically, such as the $1.6 billion (30 percent) cut in key grant programs to first responders.

Perhaps they are under a budget crunch because they've increased spending and revenue hasn't increased as well? Blaming this on Bush is BEYOND laughable. It shows the early stages of Dmcowenism.

Thank you for not seeing the forest for the trees.