We haven't been able to get to the Vet yet. We have an appointment for 8:00 am Friday morning. Eric is going to take Eddie and I over to his vet. Seems Eric's dog got himself into a bit of a tangle and injured himself quite badly. Animals will do that when they are trapped and panicked. But Eric says this Vet is a good one, so we are going there.
I don't know how the Sheriff's department here in Santee exists in the state it is in. When I started the process of putting in a complaint on the deputy who injured Eddie, it took from 3:54 pm until 8:16 pm for a Shift Sargent to finally call me for the complaint. The Sargent, when he finally did call, then told me that there was a form I had to fill out, and I could pick it up at the Sheriff's station.
WTF?
So, all that time, for ... nothing. I could have picked up the form seven hours ago.
Of course when I did go into the office the next morning (since they were closed by then), it took three people and an interview with yet another Sargent in order to get the form. I really wish I did the digital camera thing for that trip as well. Lately however, taking digital video of the Sheriff office incompetence is like shooting chickens in boxes.
Its not just me though, or because I'm a homeless guy with a cat, or because I'm complaining about one of their own. While I was in there I overheard several people coming in to check on things that were weeks, and in one case over a month over due. Information and reports that are going to cost serious problems for those depending on the Sheriff's Department to furnish the information, if they do not receive the reports in time to use them.
Granted, they could simply be swamped, but more and more I'm starting to believe that they simply do not have enough accountability (on many levels). There is no outside force which is monitoring the situations within the office, or the reports from the patrol officers and putting two-and-two together.
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Like I was saying, like shooting chickens in a box. ... jeez.
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