Frankfort’s Finest
This one’s for faithful blog-reader & friend, Chuck Adams:
Seems as though police can get a bad rap in most towns. Except, of course, in New York City where all emergency personnel gained the respect of the nation following 9/11 (deservedly so). A perfect example of a force with a bad reputation is in Los Angeles. For the most part, people are intimidated by police, or they think they’re arrogant, and so on.
I’ve heard not-so-good things about Lexington’s police. Lot’s of stories about arrogant officers. From my experience of living in Georgetown, I can say their police don’t have a lot going on. In turn, they’ll pull you over for anything. I experienced this after a couple of minor traffic violations (only one ticket). I wouldn’t say they treated me poorly, but since there’s not much going on in Georgetown, they can be very picky about pulling people over.
We’re lucky in Frankfort. Through my job at CLS, I’ve had the opportunity to meet a large number of officers from the Frankfort Police (we keep t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats & other items on hand for them). I’ve been highly impressed that most of the officers fit into the “good people” category. Most notably, they don’t suffer from the arrogance that usually comes with the job. This can be said about everyone from the newest officers, all the way up the line to the top. I’ve spoken with Chief Wilhoite on several occasions, and he’s always seemed to be a stand up individual. It’s easy to respect authority when you know the authority respects its citizens. Keep up the good work FPD!
