FWPD chief Rusty York

[No Time to Shoot]

Repped! I live in Fort Wayne, hate the chief and what he stands for! I personally think Paul Helmke and Rusty York are a waste of skin and air.

I do like the Sheriff Ken Fries, very pro gun and goes out of his way to protect our rights.

 

[agentl074]

Repped! I live in Fort Wayne, hate the chief and what he stands for! I personally think Paul Helmke and Rusty York are a waste of skin and air.

I do like the Sheriff Ken Fries, very pro gun and goes out of his way to protect our rights.

Well, the Sheriff is technically the most powerful elected official in the county Sheriff's also take citizen complaints seriously....

 

[Jeremiah]

unless someone has any suggestions or improvements I will be sending this out monday

 

[Jeremiah]

Going to have to adapt this to Police cheif cox, of the purdue police department.

 

[level.eleven]

Going to have to adapt this to Police cheif cox, of the purdue police department.

What did the Purdue Police Chief do or say?

 

[IndySSD]

What did the Purdue Police Chief do or say?

He said this:

“When we get that 911 call and we send two to three uniformed officers and there are two or three guys shooting at each other, who’s the bad guy?” he said. “Our officers are trained to eliminate the threat. When there’s chaos, the officers aren’t going to know who’s the good guy and who’s the bad guy.

 

[GBuck]

Is Mr. York still in office?

 

[WhitleyStu]

Is Mr. York still in office?

Yes, yes he is...

 

[IndySSD]

Is Mr. York still in office?

Yes, yes he is...

I'm curious if his publicly state opinion is any different now with the increase in violent crime in FW over the last two years.

 

[TMU317]

Being my first post, I don't want to start off offending anyone...but I am curious as to what is wrong with what the PUPD chief stated?

“When we get that 911 call and we send two to three uniformed officers and there are two or three guys shooting at each other, who’s the bad guy?” he said. “Our officers are trained to eliminate the threat. When there’s chaos, the officers aren’t going to know who’s the good guy and who’s the bad guy."

He makes a valid point. I know some departments train their officers to use extreme caution when responding to any situation off duty and in plain clothes, as responding officers may not know who they are and treat them as a threat. Knowing this, I understand his concern. That being said, as a college student myself I am a huge proponent for carry on any campus.

 

[KLB]

Being my first post, I don't want to start off offending anyone...but I am curious as to what is wrong with what the PUPD chief stated?

“When we get that 911 call and we send two to three uniformed officers and there are two or three guys shooting at each other, who’s the bad guy?” he said. “Our officers are trained to eliminate the threat. When there’s chaos, the officers aren’t going to know who’s the good guy and who’s the bad guy."

He makes a valid point. I know some departments train their officers to use extreme caution when responding to any situation off duty and in plain clothes, as responding officers may not know who they are and treat them as a threat. Knowing this, I understand his concern. That being said, as a college student myself I am a huge proponent for carry on any campus.

I would say he is not a proponent. Sounds more like he wants no weapons on campus.

 

[sloughfoot]

Is Mr. York still in office?

Yes he is. But for how much longer, is dependent on next weeks election for Mayor.

As a person, I like Chief York. He just is not a "gun guy". He does enforce the law and demands high standards from his Department.

I worked for him for a while......

Darn, this is a really old thread...

 

[TMU317]

I would say he is not a proponent. Sounds more like he wants no weapons on campus.

Are you referring to me? Or the PUPD chief? If you were referring to me, nothing about what I stated indicates that I am against weapons on campus. I am not even sure how you would come to that conclusion, especially since I explicitly stated that I am in fact a proponent of carrying on campus. I was simply wondering why previous posters had referred to that particular quote, and stated that it was reason to send the chief a letter. He was simply citing a general concern for law enforcement officers in regards to an active shooter incident.

 

[cobber]

I would say he is not a proponent. Sounds more like he wants no weapons on campus.

This is being hashed out in another thread, so I have to amend my earlier post here.

It sounds like the PUPD chief is a little alarmist, but in many ways campus police have a weird duty, compared to other police forces. They have to babysit lots of irresponsible pre-adults.

That being said, can any university police chief break with the "party" line? I suspect the argument is with the president, or the board of trustees, more than the chief.

 

[sloughfoot]

What did the Purdue Police Chief do or say?

If you are talking about the IUPUI Police Chief in Ft Wayne, the current Chief is Jeff Davis. For the last cople of years.

He and I went through the Academy together in 1994. I beat him for top gun by one point. He was not happy.

If you are talking about Purdue in Lafayette, I kinda apologise for the hijack.

 

[KLB]

Are you referring to me? Or the PUPD chief? If you were referring to me, nothing about what I stated indicates that I am against weapons on campus. I am not even sure how you would come to that conclusion, especially since I explicitly stated that I am in fact a proponent of carrying on campus. I was simply wondering why previous posters had referred to that particular quote, and stated that it was reason to send the chief a letter. He was simply citing a general concern for law enforcement officers in regards to an active shooter incident.

The Chief, not you.

 

[Clay]

Wouldn't it be easier to just write:

Mr. York,

You suck.

Signed,
Jeremiah

j/k!

Good letter!