Friday, May 25, 2012

And THAT'S Not The Worst Part!

THOTpd sent me the link to this facepalmingly stupid story out of CA:

Berkeley Police Chief Defends Overtime To Track Son’s Stolen iPhone
BERKELEY (KCBS) – Berkeley Police Chief Michael Meehan insisted a recent search for his son’s stolen iPhone should not be seen as an example of preferential treatment.

The iPhone stolen from a locker at Berkeley High School in January was equipped with tracking software that was sending a signal to Chief Meehan’s own phone. When the chief showed a detective the tracking signal, that officer then directed his team to find the phone.
Okay, I grok. Some lickspittle wanted to curry favor with the boss, so he offered to get his boss's son's iPhone back. Had Toady done this on his own, there's nothing wrong with that in the least. However, it lead to some eight hours of overtime going towards finding the phone, and here's the kick in the teeth:
The phone has not been recovered.
With tracking software enacted and four of the city's finest on the case, they still couldn't get the iPhone back. Why does the line about not being able to find one's ass with both hands and a bloodhound come to mind? And why does the name sound so familiar? Meehan... Meehan... Let me search the archives - oh, yeah. THAT Meehan... So in addition to threatening reporters, he also uses departmental overtime to look for his kid's iPhone.

Great work, if you can get it.

That is all.

2 comments:

Ruth said...

Its even better when you consider this is the same chief who sent a uniformed officer to a reporters house in the middle of the night because he felt the reporter was reporting incorrectly on something. Obviously he hasn't learned much.

Ruth said...

never mind, see you saw that lol.