Lancaster pays homage to its police

[Lee Chowaniec]

At Monday evening’s Lancaster Town Board meeting, the board unanimously appointed two replacement police officers. The hirings are contingent upon approval by the Erie County Department of Personnel, and that such appointment shall be subject to all applicable provisions of the collective negotiations agreement between the Town of Lancaster and the Cayuga Club Police Benevolent Association and all applicable provisions of law.

Paige I. Viera was appointed to the position of Police Officer in the Town of Lancaster Police Department effective January 11, 2022.

Rachel N. Dennis was appointed to the position of Police Officer in the Town of Lancaster Police Department effective January 10, 2022.

After announcing the appointments Supervisor Ruffino added the following comments. Referring to Councilmember Leary’s meeting invocation prayer addressing the presence of the new two police hires, Ruffino spoke that it is no longer an easy position to fill anymore. It is difficult with the lack of respect police officers receive today.

“It is not uncommon to watch police officers standing guard and see the abuse they receive. There is no respect shown them anymore. When I was a kid and a police officer came up to you, you shook. That was the law. You respected the law and the police officer enforcing the law. Unfortunately, it is different in today’s world, and I hope things change!

Leary added that the board respects their taking the time and effort to become police officers to protect public safety. As you have our backs, rest assured that we will have your backs.

In his invocation, Leary prayed for their success and safety. “You run towards danger and put your life on the line for others. And despite that your profession has become less appreciated.”

Comment

Well deserved praise from the town board to the Lancaster police. Many of us are of the same mind of our policed community, feeling very safe considering today’s lawlessness.

[Breezy]

Comment

Well deserved praise from the town board to the Lancaster police. Many of us are of the same mind of our policed community, feeling very safe considering today’s lawlessness.

News Flash Lee Chowaniec: EVERYONE appreciates the police. "Many of us" ??? As if there are people that would not support such a resolution ??? Come on now. "feeling very safe considering today’s lawlessness" ??? Like there is a crime wave in Lancaster, LOL, come on now. Heck, Lancaster is probably one of the safest communities in the world.

This seems like the bulls**t you push out there on Had enough yet, but you forgot this was not that thread.

With a campaign that just ended and one side writing on their negative literature that Democrats want to defund the police. Please. Of course Lee just ignored that and attacked the opposing camdidates for their negativity. This is how he does this, readers, all the letters are spelled correctly, yet, the man inserts his slide of hand to imply that there are people, most likely in his mind Dems, who are not on board with supporting the police. Duplicity, plain and simple.

Heck, I don't recall any Dem wanting to punch a Lancaster cop in the face!

Could you be referring to that gentleman, Mr. Chowaniec ???

[Frank Lee Blunt]

brainless, are you so sure there isn't "anyone" in the TOL or VOL that supports BLM? I can go to many Dems that have openly stated on their FB sites of their support. You are sooooo lazy

[Breezy]

Frank, Black Lives Do Matter, just because someone supports that concert does not mean they do not support the police.

You are intellectually lazy from what you wrote here.

You can support Black lives and the police at the same time, as I do.

[Frank Lee Blunt]

brainless, try to focus on what I wrote. BLM stands for "Black Lives Matter", that is a movement that many people on FB in this very Town and Village support openly. Your brave statement about black lives DO matter is a shred move away from what I said. Every life matters. Color of skin pigment is used by haters to divide.
Believing in being created by a loving God that sees us all as equal would get most people to agree and realize our blood is all the same. We really are human brothers and sisters, no matter the suit of skin we are born with.
That said brainless, Anyone who says they support the BLM movement cannot separate the basic belief of that Marxist movement to defund and reduce policing across the USA.So like always, you are wrong. People know what they see and hear. You don't get to pick the "good "parts of the BLM movement
Think faster, and I will write slower so you can keep us.

[Breezy]

brainless, try to focus on what I wrote. BLM stands for "Black Lives Matter", that is a movement that many people on FB in this very Town and Village support openly. Your brave statement about black lives DO matter is a shred move away from what I said. Every life matters. Color of skin pigment is used by haters to divide.
Believing in being created by a loving God that sees us all as equal would get most people to agree and realize our blood is all the same. We really are human brothers and sisters, no matter the suit of skin we are born with.
That said brainless, Anyone who says they support the BLM movement cannot separate the basic belief of that Marxist movement to defund and reduce policing across the USA.So like always, you are wrong. People know what they see and hear. You don't get to pick the "good "parts of the BLM movement
Think faster, and I will write slower so you can keep us.

Let's see: FLB promoted scumbag Adam Dickman as a hero. FLB also wrote that Lynne Ruda was a criminal. That proves FLB has about, maybe, just maybe, one brain cell.

Now, his convoluted racist rant implies that maybe he doesn't even have that one brain cell.

Just as I suspected all along.

Frank, the vast, vast, vast majority of supporters of BLM are normal everyday people. Do the research before you prove once again who the real brainless poster is.

[Lee Chowaniec]

Restricting police actions more adverse than defunding

Spot on opinion piece in today’s Buffalo News – IMHO!

The “defund the police” movement took a solid and deserved blow to the chin in the recent election. A defund proponent lost by a substantial margin in Buffalo, a referendum to dismantle the police department lost solidly in Minneapolis and a retired cop was elected mayor in uber-progressive New York. Even the leftist mayor of Portland came out for more police funding after a $15 million cut a year ago. Nothing like the largest ever one-year increase in homicides nationwide (30%) to snap society back to its senses.

But the funding cuts were never the most important aspect of the anti-police crusade. The real harm has come from the legal and procedural enforcement changes implemented by cowardly public officials to satiate the police-hating crowd. Examples include laws that eliminate cash bail, (like New York State’s), non-arrest or non-prosecution policies all over the country that normalize whole categories of minor criminal offenses, (like shoplifting in San Francisco) mass dismissal of rioting charges (in New York City and Portland), no-pursuit policies in Chicago, New York City attempting to outlaw “diaphragm pressure” when making an arrest (try arresting someone resisting without doing so), tolerating lawbreaking autonomous zones or homeless encampments, legislation or court decisions limiting the use of less-than-lethal munitions during civil disturbances, limitations on invaluable pro-active police tactics like stop-and-frisk and traffic enforcement, and on, and on, and on.

The tide of the defund battle has turned in favor of the law-abiding. But unless the changes that restrict police activity are reversed, the devastating crime stats will continue to pile up. It should be the next front in the counterattack on the anti-cop mania that the election represented.

Gary Brignone
Amherst

[Breezy]

Restricting police actions more adverse than defunding

Spot on opinion piece in today’s Buffalo News – IMHO!

The “defund the police” movement took a solid and deserved blow to the chin in the recent election. A defund proponent lost by a substantial margin in Buffalo, a referendum to dismantle the police department lost solidly in Minneapolis and a retired cop was elected mayor in uber-progressive New York. Even the leftist mayor of Portland came out for more police funding after a $15 million cut a year ago. Nothing like the largest ever one-year increase in homicides nationwide (30%) to snap society back to its senses.

But the funding cuts were never the most important aspect of the anti-police crusade. The real harm has come from the legal and procedural enforcement changes implemented by cowardly public officials to satiate the police-hating crowd. Examples include laws that eliminate cash bail, (like New York State’s), non-arrest or non-prosecution policies all over the country that normalize whole categories of minor criminal offenses, (like shoplifting in San Francisco) mass dismissal of rioting charges (in New York City and Portland), no-pursuit policies in Chicago, New York City attempting to outlaw “diaphragm pressure” when making an arrest (try arresting someone resisting without doing so), tolerating lawbreaking autonomous zones or homeless encampments, legislation or court decisions limiting the use of less-than-lethal munitions during civil disturbances, limitations on invaluable pro-active police tactics like stop-and-frisk and traffic enforcement, and on, and on, and on.

The tide of the defund battle has turned in favor of the law-abiding. But unless the changes that restrict police activity are reversed, the devastating crime stats will continue to pile up. It should be the next front in the counterattack on the anti-cop mania that the election represented.

Gary Brignone
Amherst

I agree, plus they should also rid politics of this Socialism crap. Nice to see the writer not mention any political party. It's the crazy fringe gets the media attention, and on both sides, and people think everyone in that group thinks the same way. I NEVER met any political person who advocated defunding the police or wanting Socialism. I guess these boring political folks who make up the vast, overwhelming majority just don't attract media viewers.