ADD VERSION AT THE END********
Ok here's the short story and all opinions are welcomed:
For 23 years my family has lived beside a small open field park. For almost all of those years a certain township soccer club has played there in the Spring and Fall. When I was little I played for years with the organization. It was a great group to be a part of. As a health and phys ed. teacher I really appreciate what they do for the community.
Now more recently, a county police officer has become the president of the soccer club. The club has seen increased growth so a concession stand was built and a nice sign outside the park was erected. It was good to see the club doing so well.
I first met this cop last year when I was alone in the park (as it is often empty) and a van pulls up to the concession stand and a guy with keys goes inside. No big deal, I'm just golfin here! So I am about to hit a ball and the guy comes over to me and tells me I can't golf there and I need a permit if I do want to play.
He tells me that he's serious and that he's a cop and the president of the soccer club and that "He knows the law" and I should "look it up". Now remember, he is NOT a local cop but lives in the township.
So online you can look up any code or ordinance from our township's page. The word "golf" or a variant of the word only appears once and stipulates that if I am having like a fair or something an charging people for it I need a permit to occupy the field.
Fast forward to this summer. He is apparently buddy-buddy with the local cops (aren't they all?). After several years of my neighbors and our family leaving about a total of three cars over in the lot overnight in the corner we get warnings that next time our cars will be towed. OK, fair enough there is a ordinance against it, but really after all this time?
He also plopped a porta john infront of our house. First thing you see when you wake up is a beautiful landscape and a porta john right in front of you. We requested he move it sighting health concerns and after a month he moves it over to the concession stand. Today the John was back. Now more recently this officer has refused to move it after we complained to the police about people parking in our driveways.
He told us that he doesn't need a permit from the health department for the porta john and the concession stand because once again "he knows the law". That turned out to be false again and we reported it.
We aren't the only ones either. This cop has gotten into heated debates with other neighbors. So heated that other police had to be called. We were kicked out of the park last week when my mom and I were walking doing laps because they were having a picnic. They didn't have a permit or anything.
Several groups that used to use the park left because they were bullied away by this man (I spoke to the leaders of those groups).
Now, this might seem like nickel and dime things here, but this cop if you delt with him is on a power trip from the man upstairs. He constantly tells us these BS laws that don't exist. Our whole neighborhood hates this man!
**** ADD VERSION: Cop is president of soccer club beside our house. Cop spouts intentionally false information to deter residents' local activities.
What do I do this cop who does what he wants and has the local police on his side? We NEVER had problems with this group before. They were great until he was voted president.
Ok here's the short story and all opinions are welcomed:
For 23 years my family has lived beside a small open field park. For almost all of those years a certain township soccer club has played there in the Spring and Fall. When I was little I played for years with the organization. It was a great group to be a part of. As a health and phys ed. teacher I really appreciate what they do for the community.
Now more recently, a county police officer has become the president of the soccer club. The club has seen increased growth so a concession stand was built and a nice sign outside the park was erected. It was good to see the club doing so well.
I first met this cop last year when I was alone in the park (as it is often empty) and a van pulls up to the concession stand and a guy with keys goes inside. No big deal, I'm just golfin here! So I am about to hit a ball and the guy comes over to me and tells me I can't golf there and I need a permit if I do want to play.
He tells me that he's serious and that he's a cop and the president of the soccer club and that "He knows the law" and I should "look it up". Now remember, he is NOT a local cop but lives in the township. So online you can look up any code or ordinance from our township's page. The word "golf" or a variant of the word only appears once and stipulates that if I am having like a fair or something an charging people for it I need a permit to occupy the field.
Fast forward to this summer. He is apparently buddy-buddy with the local cops (aren't they all?). After several years of my neighbors and our family leaving about a total of three cars over in the lot overnight in the corner we get warnings that next time our cars will be towed. OK, fair enough there is a ordinance against it, but really after all this time?
He also plopped a porta john infront of our house. First thing you see when you wake up is a beautiful landscape and a porta john right in front of you. We requested he move it sighting health concerns and after a month he moves it over to the concession stand. Today the John was back. Now more recently this officer has refused to move it after we complained to the police about people parking in our driveways.
He told us that he doesn't need a permit from the health department for the porta john and the concession stand because once again "he knows the law". That turned out to be false again and we reported it.
We aren't the only ones either. This cop has gotten into heated debates with other neighbors. So heated that other police had to be called. We were kicked out of the park last week when my mom and I were walking doing laps because they were having a picnic. They didn't have a permit or anything.
Several groups that used to use the park left because they were bullied away by this man (I spoke to the leaders of those groups).
Now, this might seem like nickel and dime things here, but this cop if you delt with him is on a power trip from the man upstairs. He constantly tells us these BS laws that don't exist. Our whole neighborhood hates this man!
**** ADD VERSION: Cop is president of soccer club beside our house. Cop spouts intentionally false information to deter residents' local activities.
What do I do this cop who does what he wants and has the local police on his side? We NEVER had problems with this group before. They were great until he was voted president.
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