Interesting Local Blog

I've written a bit about crime in Dekalb County before.

Last year I witnessed a terrible incident of domestic violence and could not get anyone to answer my 911 call. A few years before that, in my old apartment, I was threatened with sexual assault, and the initial police response was frankly pathetic.

The leadership in Atlanta and Dekalb County has been pretty bad in this area. I believe a lot of individual police are trying to do good jobs, but they're not getting enough help. The husband of one of my mother's friends was a policeman for a while, but quit because his working environment was so horrible. He said he was actually losing his sanity.

I just found a fascinating window into the problem: an anonymous blog called "Dekalb Officers Speak".

Here's an example. T-Bo is what they call Terrell Bolton, the scandal-ridden Chief of Police.

MESSAGE FOR BRASS

T-BO OR T-BO MAJORS, DEPUTY CHIEFS, ETC...WE JUST WANT ALL OF YOU TO KNOW THAT NOBODY LIKES YOU. WE PUT ON SOME GREAT SMILES AND CONVERSATIONS BUT WE DON'T LIKE YOU. OK THATS ALL I HAVE.

Damn!