[RP TownTalk] police cars + rants about commercial vehicles

Thu Jun 12 15:22:12 UTC 2008

Helping officers move in town will ALSO help with retention, more so than letting them drive miles away from work.

I saw a county maintenance truck yesterday whose driver was raving the engine at the red light as if he was at the beginning of a race, then took off at the green light, full speed, only to hit the brakes very hard almost immediately for the next red light. That was plain stupid and the exact opposite of what these hypermilers are doing out there. I am not endorsing hypermilers - they are just another kind of extremist, but demonstrating a lick of conservationism these days is just plain sensitive.

The fact that one doesn't have to pay for gas in company vehicles for work use OR personal use absolutely encourages irresponsible consumption.

Check out this article about responsible cops and their response to high gas prices.

Anne
"Novicky, Marita" <MNovicky at som.umaryland.edu> wrote:            st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }            
  Coot and Jenna: Your posts are absolutely on targetJ   These are marvelous ideas-- to look for state and federal assistance to help our Town employees buy homes here in Riverdale Park, and to look at suspending taking home vehicles out-of-county.  I agree that having a police car in the neighborhood does offer additional security, and I encourage our Town officials and staff to look at models and funding/incentive programs to help realize these possibilities.   After all, these initiatives help make Riverdale  Park be a green community. 

  Marita

  -Message: 4
  Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:01:05 -0400
  From: Cranky old Coot <lking at knob.com>
  Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Discussion of fuel use by Riverdale Park
        Town  Police
  To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
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  Jenna, Alice, Marita and all,
  While you have your sharp pencils out, play with the pros, cons and cost 
  of this idea.
  I was listening to liberal public radio and heard that some area 
  counties are assisting county employees to buy homes in the county. This 
  of course gets county employees, fire and police in the community and 
  therefore "invested" in the community they serve. It also helps get the 
  foreclosed homes off the market helping the county tax base by putting 
  the house back on the tax rolls and raising the value of the rest of the 
  neighborhood homes.

  Well why not here in Riverdale  Park? For all the reasons above AND I 
  know if one of the towns cars, with all those lights on top, sat in the 
  driveway next door to me, instead of being empty, I would feel more 
  secure. Besides you could apply the gas money saved to the cost of the 
  assistance.  With the cost of gas the town may break even! ;-)

  Besides helping responsible, employed people move into the community 
  gives you more point than goring someone else's ox for a few tax nickels.

  COC

  For the doers http://www.dhcd.state.md.us/Website/home/index.aspx list 
  Looking for my meds,

  COC

  Message: 12
  Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:46:04 -0700 (PDT)
  From: Jenna Edwards <repvet2004 at yahoo.com>
  Subject: [RP TownTalk] Suspended "Take Home" Vehicles
  To: towntalk at riverdale-park.org
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  Saw on the evening news last night that the County Executive of Anne Arundel County has suspended "Take Home" vehicle use for County employees.The only exeception is County Police officers who LIVE in the County.Out of County employees and police officers may no longer take their County vehicle home.I am sure other jurisdictions will follow.I still do not understand why our police officers are taking Town owned vehicles so far away from our Town. Delaware ,Pennsylvania, and Virginia just does not make any sense.Even the 30 air mile limit seems very excessive given prices today.Also why does our Town Manager take a large Dodge Durango to Montgomery County? Lets give this benefit to police officers and officials who choose to live in our Town.

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