sheriff won't give grayson police any help

i think this a crying shame for him to deny radio and deputy backup for mitch bratton, whether he has shown "respect" or not.

Correct me if I am wrong but doesn't the computer system actually belong to the state? If I was Chief Bratton I would contact the Attorney General. How about the radio system? Lets say the dispatcher refuses to answer Chief Bratton's call for backup in a fire fight. He gets killed. I can see the headline now "Family of Grayson Police Chief Mitch Bratton sues Sheriff Steve May due to Sheriff's Office refusal to answer call for help" It could turn into a sad sad story!!!

The facts are all to clear Serof
It's all about politics. Sheriff May had already announced he will not run for another term. Chief Bratton has let it be known informally that he plans to run for Sheriff in the next election.
Supposedly Sheriff May has changed his mind about retiring, and is now having to discredit Chief Bratton wherever and however he can. Then to add to the intrigue, there's a rogue deputy sheriff who has also unofficially thrown his hat into the ring to run for sheriff, and has his own little scheme of sending anonymous letters to the media
with not-so-veiled lies about Chief Bratton, also for the purpose of discrediting Chief Bratton.
There are no winners in this little child's game.
But there are losers....the citizens of Caldwell Parish and Grayson who only want the law to be there when they need it....not a political feud that leaves them in a lurch when they need help.

all the drugs come from steve may his son is the biggest dealer in town.

In response to Grayson LA's comment, it's all about politics and who you are here. If you know the right people and/or have the right last name, you can do anything and/or get anything done, legal or not, most often not. I have experienced this firsthand on too many occasions. Someone calls in and says that I did something that I know that I definitely didn't do, 3 or 4 patrol cars pull in my driveway. Other hand, when I tell them something about the person that's calling in, they completely disregard it as a total lie. When I need the law in my neighborhood, they ain't there. When I don't need them, they're in my driveway harassing me and my grandmother.
Also, in response to joy's comment, I believe that completely. Also, apparently , around last election, there was some 150 or so arrest warrants on the Sheriff's desk and could not be served because the suspects were on the Sheriff's payroll. That is just rumor, but it's probably true. If so, it wouldn't surprise me one bit.

joy wrote:

all the drugs come from steve may his son is the biggest dealer in town.

...... PROOF?

we need to fire all older caldwell cops plus sheriff and start from scratch we had someone beating our dog and trespassing and we called then and they said it wasn't there problem to fix they are sorry pieces of shit

They were probably kin to them. If you know who they are and you call the law, one of their little special people calls there kin and tells them to leave, that a complant has been called in and deputies are coming. The deputies take their time getting there until the kin folk have a chance to leave and everyone is happy except you of course. the whole mess is funnier that the Sunday comics!

Mr Trent needs to get behind Chief Bratton and help us promote him to Sheriff Bratton. To the deputy that posts, exactly why are you and Grayson on different channels? Because your Sheriff pulled a tantrum and denied the same channel to Grayson that he gave the other two towns. Do you want to have to call for back up via cell phone? I doubt it. I don't believe Steve May is selling drugs, but he and "detective" Childress damn sure aren't doing anything to stop others from selling them.

CFDR wrote:

1. I JUST BACKED UP MITCH THE OTHER DAY.
2. DISPATCHER CANNOT REFUSE TO ANSWER BECAUSE WE TALK ON A DIFFERENT RADIO SYSTEM THAN GRAYSON.
3. THE PEOPLE GET POLICE WHEN THEY NEED THEM, IF GRAYSON PD DOESN'T ANSWER THEN WE GO.
4. STEVE MAY SELLS ALL THE DRUGS HUH,,, WOW SURE IS RICH TO SELL SO MUCH.
5. "...THAT IS JUST A RUMOR, BUT'S IT'S PROBABLY TRUE." SO I GUESS BIGFOOT IS REAL TOO HUH,, PROBABLY MOST DEFINITELY NOT PAL.
WHERE DOES THAT CRAP COME FROM?

1.(ref. to #3) I don't live close enough to Grayson for their PD to be anywhere near here, I'm slightly out of Columbia PD's jurisdiction, and the State Police as well, so I'm not fortunate enough to have 3 agencies.(CPSO, CPD, and LSP)

2.(ref. to #5) When honest folks can't get honest justice, they start thinking of the possibilities as to why they(the CPSO) won't do their job. This also applies to the speed limit as well.

3. I believe a few deputies try to do their job correctly, and I personally know a couple of them.

4. Though the courthouse is 5 mins away for a civilian(2-3 for even a "routine" call for L.E.) CPSO sure takes plenty of time to get here, unless one of the rich citizens that "run the parish"(not officially but by corruption) calls, then they're here immediately.

Summary: I have the facts, and plenty of them, and I have several other honest folks' opinion about the CPSO. The people of this parish, both honest and crooked, know the truth.

Realist wrote:

...I don't believe Steve May is selling drugs, but he and "detective" Childress damn sure aren't doing anything to stop others from selling them.

That's how it goes here in this parish. But someday, honesty shall prevail over corruption, and May and Childress, and all the dealers, will not be very happy campers when the LSP and possibly the U.S. DEA shuts them down.