I have a bad habit of watching television crime shows and it is an addiction that I find extremely hard to quit. The ones that I find the most interesting are programs such as Discover ID and 48 Hours because they portray actual crimes. These shows always start with a good story line which climaxes when someone gets killed. It is at this point that the crime scene detectives are brought onto the case. This is my favorite part because it shows how the criminal is never smarter than the law enforcement agents. The show finally ends with the offender going to prison for life or to death row.
Its shows like this, which make you, respect the police while creating an environment that makes it easier to lay your head on your pillow at night knowing that, there’s someone out there to catch the “bad guys.” However, this is not the case, at least not in Huntsville, Alabama, because the police force is neither on the case nor are they solving any mysteries. This, judging from the cold case files we have seen unsolved, is not “JOB 1” for our enforcement agency. Their time is spent busting meth addicts and arresting folks who are selling illegal drugs, so if you live in a crack or meth house you are safe. Well, at least you will see the police more often. I do not want to seem unreasonable or disrespectful to the police department however it appears that DUI’s, loud music and drugs are at the top of their “To Do” list.
It is either the police do not know how to do their jobs or they don’t care. Let me pause and render a couple examples to illustrate my point. A Woman was shot in a drive-by shooting then, (read the story at: http://www.waff.com/story/12619965/woman-killed-in-drive-by-shooting?redirected=true ), in June of 2010, a man was shot in broad daylight at a busy traffic intersection with witnesses (http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/05/one_person_critical_following_1.html ), and finally another man was shot and killed in a drive by shooting ( http://blog.al.com/breaking/2011/05/drive-by_shooting_victim_in_no.html ,) in Huntsville and the police have no suspects. They continue to have NO suspects. In the case of the “busy intersection” shooting there were witnesses that described the car however no one has been arrested. These are just a few of the cases that are still open in Huntsville.
How do I know that these cases haven’t been solved? Well its simple, the local news channels take pride in reporting the shootings that are occurring however there is never a follow up story. There is never a story showing that the “bad guys” have actually been caught, not a single word. If there was an arrest made, because there is very little news to actually report in Huntsville, we would have heard it reported. The reason that there aren’t any follow up stories is because no one is getting caught. The only people who do get caught in Huntsville for murder are those that turn themselves in or that have at least one descent or morally driven friend to call the police and report their sorry butts. There is absolutely no detective work, or rather, no successful detective work going on in this city. What are the police good for if they can’t stop these senseless deaths from occurring? It is a fact that most of these drive-bys occur in the same areas of town, so wouldn’t it be wise to put more patrols up in those areas? Do we even have any undercover cops in this town?
I understand and it would be socially irresponsible, for me to suggest that this police department should look the other way when it comes to drug dealers and their clients. I do realize that drug abusing and dealing can lead to other more serious crimes. I’m just saying that murder and drive bys are those more serious crimes and law enforcement should have solving these crimes as their priorities. I don’t care if John Q Public is selling crack to crack heads or playing his/her music too loud, that doesn’t affect me, but I do care that someone is free in our community that has such a disregard for life that they would pick up a gun and shoot it where innocent people live and socialize.
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