Very sad

[lillygator]

I am intending no disrespect at all, but until the man who gunned down and killed two police officers is behind bars, shouldn't that be the focus at the moment before he strikes again? I know the Tampa police officers are diligently on the hunt. The police chief just issued a statement regarding the release of the woman, I wonder if they think the two will hook back up and that will lead to his being caught?

The community attention is focused on the families and the officers - many events have been set up throughout the weekend to bring in donations for them. The discussed them at large especially on 102.5 all day long and continue to do so.

 

[lillygator]

TAMPA - Nick Liakos is normally cooking during the morning hours at his restaurant, Nicko's Fine Foods.

But at this established Tampa eatery, which still honors a booth where Elvis Presley once dined, it's not a day for Liakos to think about himself or profits. It's a day to think of others.

Nicko's, 4603 Nebraska Ave., provided Cuban sandwiches today for officers searching for Dontae Morris, a suspect in the shooting deaths of Tampa police officers Jeffrey Kocab and Dave Curtis.

The restaurant made 40 sandwiches - cut into threes - and delivered them about 10 this morning.

Liakos said the effort was not about publicity. It's his way of saying thank you and remembering the officers who died and those trying to find the suspect.

"They've been there all night working, and they're tired, and we brought some coffee over this morning for them, and we're gonna bring a little lunch for them, too," Liakos said.

The shooting deaths have brought an outpouring of grief and support throughout the commumnity, including a $95,000 reward for assistance in finding Morris - the largest amount ever established, police Chief Jane Castor said in a news conference today.

While thousands of tributes were left on guest books set up for the slain officers, other organizations are providing assistance for Curtis' and Kocab's families.

Among the efforts:

• The Tampa Police Department has established a fund to help the officers' families.

Donations can be made at any branch of the Tampa Bay Federal Credit Union or checks can be mailed to the Fallen Officers' Memorial Fund, c/o Tampa Police Department, 411 N. Franklin St., Tampa FL 33602.

• Niko's Restaurant, 3705 Tampa Road in Oldsmar, has organized a "Wind Beneath Their Wings" fundraiser, scheduled for 5 to 9 p.m. July 11.

• Tonight's previously scheduled LifePath Hospice community grief support group, scheduled for 6 to 7:30, will deal solely with the officers' deaths. The group is free and open to the public.

The support group meets at the LifePath Hospice Temple Terrace Resource Center, 11150 N. 53rd St., Temple Terrace. For information, call (813) 871-8417.

• Anyone with information on the shooting or Morris' whereabouts is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-873-TIPS (8477), go online to make an anonymous report at www.crimestopperstb.com or text "CSTB plus your tip" to CRIMES (274637).

 

[kinntj]

This is so sad! Yes, I'm angry too at the information that's come out. It's just something I can't put into words. The officer killed (wife who is 9 months pregnant) was from Lansing and it was mentioned in detail on our local news. I pray for their families and those other police officers out there trying to catch this guy.

 

[christineann]

A traffic stop is one of the most dangerous parts of a police officer's job, and it bothers me (to put it mildly) when people say the police appear to get some kind of thrill or power trip out of doing them.

Blessings to the fallen officers, their families and loved ones. I pray that all emergency workers come home safely at the end of shift. I hope the baby grows up knowing that his or her father was a hero.

 

[lillygator]

I hope all is well with mom and baby it was said the pregnancy had complications prior to all this.

 

[Art 1]

That story broke my heart.

 

[livie1205]

as the wife of a cop...I hope he puts up a fight!!!!! He should be 6 ft under!!!Those kids have no daddies now because of this scum!! The worst things are the simple traffic stops....when my dh worked night shift I NEVER went to sleep until he got home..I see stuff like this and then see stuff on CNN about some family suing LASD for letting their dd OUT of jail and she went missing...WTH? It is not their jobs to walk or drive her home after she was arrested with drugs...things like this just make me shake my head....they will not win that case...they are suing for wrongfull death and they have not found her...also if she is dead its not LASD fault! WHATEVER...

I hope these kids know their dads were HEROS!!

 

[SDFgirl]

So sad.

 

[livie1205]

Well Mr. Citizen, I guess you have me figured out. I seem to fit neatly into the category you place me in. I'm stereotyped, characterized, standardized, classified, grouped, and always typical. I'm the "lousy cop." Unfortunately, the reverse isn't true. I can never figure you out.

From birth you teach your children that I am the bogeyman, and then you're shocked when they identify me with my traditional enemy, the criminal. You accuse me of coddling juveniles, until I catch your kid doing something. You may take an hour for lunch, and have several coffee breaks each day, but point me out as a loafer if you see me having just one cup.

You pride yourself on your polished manners, but think nothing of interrupting my meals at noon with your troubles. You raise hell about the guy who cuts you off in traffic, but let me catch you doing the same thing and I'm picking on you. You know all the traffic laws, but never got a single ticket you deserved. You shout "foul" if you observe me driving fast enroute to an emergency call, but literally raise hell if I take more than ten seconds responding to your call!!!

You call it "part of the job" if someone strikes me, but it's "police brutality" if I strike back. You wouldn't think of telling your dentist how to pull a badly decayed tooth, or your doctor how to take out your appendix, but you are always willing to give me a few pointers on law enforcement. You talk to me in a manner and use language that would assure a bloody nose from anyone else, but you expect me to stand and take it without batting an eye.

You cry, "Something has to be done about all the crime!" but you can't be bothered with getting involved.

You've got no use for me at all, but, of course, it's OK if I change a tire for your wife, or deliver your baby in the back seat of my patrol car on the way to the hospital, or save your son's life with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, or work many hours over-time to find your lost daughter.

So Mr. Citizen, you stand there on your soapbox and rant and rave about the way I do my job, calling me every name in the book, but never stop a minute to think that your property, your family, or maybe your life might depend on one thing, ME, or one if my buddies.

"YES ME THE LOUSY COP"

 

[lillygator]

on the Bubba show today - between yesterday and today, his contacts have raised $25,000 for the two families - and growing.

I hope and pray my tax dollars will not be feeding and housing this scum and they take him out when they do find him.

 

[happygirl]

Well Mr. Citizen, I guess you have me figured out. I seem to fit neatly into the category you place me in. I'm stereotyped, characterized, standardized, classified, grouped, and always typical. I'm the "lousy cop." Unfortunately, the reverse isn't true. I can never figure you out.

From birth you teach your children that I am the bogeyman, and then you're shocked when they identify me with my traditional enemy, the criminal. You accuse me of coddling juveniles, until I catch your kid doing something. You may take an hour for lunch, and have several coffee breaks each day, but point me out as a loafer if you see me having just one cup.

You pride yourself on your polished manners, but think nothing of interrupting my meals at noon with your troubles. You raise hell about the guy who cuts you off in traffic, but let me catch you doing the same thing and I'm picking on you. You know all the traffic laws, but never got a single ticket you deserved. You shout "foul" if you observe me driving fast enroute to an emergency call, but literally raise hell if I take more than ten seconds responding to your call!!!

You call it "part of the job" if someone strikes me, but it's "police brutality" if I strike back. You wouldn't think of telling your dentist how to pull a badly decayed tooth, or your doctor how to take out your appendix, but you are always willing to give me a few pointers on law enforcement. You talk to me in a manner and use language that would assure a bloody nose from anyone else, but you expect me to stand and take it without batting an eye.

You cry, "Something has to be done about all the crime!" but you can't be bothered with getting involved.

You've got no use for me at all, but, of course, it's OK if I change a tire for your wife, or deliver your baby in the back seat of my patrol car on the way to the hospital, or save your son's life with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, or work many hours over-time to find your lost daughter.

So Mr. Citizen, you stand there on your soapbox and rant and rave about the way I do my job, calling me every name in the book, but never stop a minute to think that your property, your family, or maybe your life might depend on one thing, ME, or one if my buddies.

"YES ME THE LOUSY COP"

Love it

 

[christineann]

Livie1205

 

[lillygator]

service was this wkend.

 

[lillygator]

darn it all to hell....he was caught, guess he figured better. my tax dollars at work for the next x years.

 

[livie1205]

darn it all to hell....he was caught, guess he figured better. my tax dollars at work for the next x years.

I am glad he was caught...I wish he would have put up a fight though!!! He is scum! I HAVE been to a LEO funeral and you never ever forget it...it stays with you! I live with the fear everyday that it can be me.

 

[Luvchefmic]

He turned himself in and I am glad. This is why we are the country that we are and why we have a criminal justice system. Not even going to debate it, that's what political votes are for to change something if you don't like it. I know people say they won't come back to a thread & then they do but I won't out of respect for the circumstances. The televised services, turn the anger into compassion for the families. Feel the anger of course but do something constructive about it.




RIP Officers may St Michael the Patron St Of LEOS meet you at the gate.

 

[lillygator]

the criminal justice system does nothing for two dead police officers at the hand of Donte and Ober....if I thought he might be innocent, I could see it, but come on. Seriously?