Ratting on a sheriff

[LisaR]

Okay, DH says let it go. I know I should and I probably will but it is just bugging me beyond belief.

We have a guy that lives in our neighborhood that is a sheriff. He brings the sheriff car home regularly for hours at a time. It isn't for his lunch break and he is on duty because he comes home in uniform and leaves in uniform. Many days he comes home in the morning for a few hours and then back in the afternoon after he has picked his son up from school. I am not being a busy body. He lives right next to me and I come and go all day and see him. This has been going on for at least a year. I do know his wife and son a little and it doesn't seem like there are any type of family emergencies that would warrant him being home. I have checked and the cars are only allowed to be brought home for a one hour break as long as they live close by. On average, this guy spends at least 3 to 4 hours at home each time he works. The car was there when I left to go shopping this weekend and hadn't moved when I returned 4 hours later. Today the car was there when I went to put a letter in the mailbox at 10am. and now I just followed him into the sub after he picked his son up from school.

DH concern is how do you rat him out without having the guy find out or having the other sheriffs ticked at us for ratting on one of their own. It probably isn't possible and I need to learn to ignore it. Am I wrong to be bugged so much by this?

Is there some other reasonable explanation for why he would spend so much time at home?

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

It's possible he might be on some sort of shift work, where he has long periods of time off during the day. I'm married to a FF and not a deputy, but I know they can work some odd hours.

IMO, I'd be more concerned about ratting on him, than him being home during the day. Heck, I'd kinda like having my own personal deputy home during the day, on my street! It must be a great crime deterrent!

 

[magicmato]

See, I would be more concerned of the LACK of a police officer patrolling when he is supposed to be on duty! Yes, I would be VERY concerned. I would also question his drawing a paycheck while potentially sitting on his couch and eating ho-hos and pepsi.

How would I go about reporting it? I don't know. There has to be some way to anonymously report it.

 

[kdibattista]

This is definitely a situation to MYOB. You don't know what the situation is.

 

[kdudley3]

You could send an anonymous letter to his superior. Those are your tax dollars.

I agree it would be nice to have the police next to me as a safety precaution, but he's taking advantage of his position and cheating everyone out of their tax $.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

See, I would be more concerned of the LACK of a police officer patrolling when he is supposed to be on duty! Yes, I would be VERY concerned. I would also question his drawing a paycheck while potentially sitting on his couch and eating ho-hos and pepsi.

How would I go about reporting it? I don't know. There has to be some way to anonymously report it.

Well, there is that, but it sure seems that he'd be taking a pretty big risk by letting his patrol car sit in his driveway.

If this is the case, then not only is he stealing from taxpayers and leaving streets (or a desk) unpatrolled, then he's an idiot too.

 

[lulugirl]

This is definitely a situation to MYOB. You don't know what the situation is.

I agree.

 

[tiggersmom2]

This is definitely a situation to MYOB. You don't know what the situation is.

I agree

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

This is definitely a situation to MYOB. You don't know what the situation is.

That was were I was going with my OP.

Who knows what this guy's shift even is? Those could be his normal hours.

 

[Ziva]

Like the others said above I think you should MYOB.

 

[MushyMushy]

Definitely MYOB. If he's doing something wrong, I'm sure he'll get caught without being ratted on by a neighbor.

 

[kdibattista]

Just to clarify my MYOB post... my sister is a courthouse deputy sheriff and would, on occassion, have the car home with her. She would have the car with her when she would be working "odd hours" serving warrants and such. She would have to serve them during hours that a person would most likely be a home... lunch hour, dinner hour and evenings so the car would be in and out of our driveway for hours at a stretch.

 

[RNMOM]

Yep, MYOB. He might be working split shifts like a lot of service people do. Work 4/ off 4-6- work4. Who knows?

He might even have a project he works on at home for work where he is paid for out of staffing time. Even us nurses can have projects to work on at home that we get paid for...ie..scheduling staffing. Sometimes there is just not enough space or quiet places to do these things at work.

 

[RitaZ.]

Where I live, some police officers can take their patrol cars home with them. This could be the situation with your neighbor. If he does this on a regular basis, then my guess is that he is allowed to do it for whatever reason.

 

[pperfectmom]

I have to agree to MYOB. I'm sure he has his radio on if he is on call. That may actually be what he is supposed to be doing. A lot of agencies have made cutbacks in gas usage, too.

 

[mickeyboat]

This is definitely a situation to MYOB. You don't know what the situation is.

My thoughts exactly.

Denae

 

[CheshireVal]

Another Mind Your Own Business here.

If the guy actually admitted to you that he was cheating the system, then you'd have grounds for concern. But since you know nothing about his situation, I don't think it's fair to snap to possible wrong conclusions.

 

[magicmato]

See, I do not get the MYOB point of views. If she tells someone and the person is doing nothing wrong, no harm, no foul.

My husband works for a municipal agency. One of the employees was seen by a townsperson asleep in a company car along an out of the way stretch of road. That person called up my husband to report it and the person wound up being fired, because it turned out he would go there and sleep for a few hours EVERY DAY.

Thanks to that person who reported it, they learned there was a problem and could correct it.

 

[AprilShowers]

He could be "on call". Not needed for patroll, but needed in case of emergency. Just ask him. I know I would try to find a friendly way to fit it in the conversation. That is - if we were friends.

On second thought, since you're considering turning him in, you're probably not friends.

 

[RNMOM]

I think it is one thing to have a person sleeping in a car out away from your residence but she lives right next door to this person. That can create all kinds of uncomfortable issues for her whole family for a very long time even if her suspicions are not valid. He would certainly hear about the complaint and know who it came from hence she would be a "problem" neighbor forever. I would not do this to someone I lived near unless I was very certain they were doing something that was illegal or harmful to others. She doesn't know for a fact what is going on hence my MYOB opinion.