This post is going to be hard for'SandBox Nanny'. Her followers will likely feel similar.
If you have followed us for the past two years, then you know how loyal all of us are to our everyday heroes in law enforcement and related fields.
You also know, or have guessed and put 2+2 together, that 'Nanny' has good reason to do the opposite and just cause to turn her back rather than support.
Instead, she has often posted her belief that there is never, ever a reason that is worthy of suing any law enforcement agency or officer. She does not personally believe in it. She also has oft posted her personal support for law enforcement and military service.
All that loyalty and daily strokes for service men and women, who rarely hear a 'thank you', does not mean that when they are deserving of criticism that it should not be given.
Thank you goes out today.
Not to our law enforcement. But to 'Anonymous'.
Our local and regional law enforcement is not deserving of thanks in this bust.
In fact, they are not deserving of thanks for any bust or any insight they have gleaned from commentary or other 'anonymous' media that has resulted in a bust or help to an investigation.
Why?
Because all those cops and agencies have the majority of the citizens they swore to serve and protect still out here living in the shadows and afraid to speak up.
Folks who are the cause and effect reality of there 'not being a cop in sight' who has the outward courage to stand up to the 'social gang-banging' and 'bullying' done to them if they do speak and show themselves. And to 'SandBox Nanny', that is a failure of duty that is not deserving of praise or enabling.
Chad Abraham:
"The investigation that led to one of Aspen’s largest narcotic busts in recent memory began when a local father wrote an anonymous letter to police saying the defendant in the case sold drugs to his teenage daughter....
.....“I am an anonymous concerned father who is writing to warn you of a drug dealer living in Aspen,” the letter says. “After a thorough investigation I have found out the following about the drug dealer.”
The letter writer then names Simmons, and provides his Park Circle address and his phone number. The writer even lists the substance that Simmons allegedly used to “cut” the drugs to make them more profitable.
Simmons was connected to another drug defendant, Max Puder, 18, of Aspen, through Puder’s cell phone, the warrant says. Puder was arrested for allegedly selling ecstasy Dec. 16 outside the Belly Up, and the charges against him will be...." (Read more? Click title)
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4 comments:
Good for you, dear. Has been needing to be said in this valley for a long, long time.
Not sure what to feel about this one. There's so many of these guys around and the folks know a lot.
Why there's not more of an effort by our cop and prosecutor community to honor true anonymity really makes you stop and think.
Who wins?
Guys like this preying on teen girls.
Always the tone of surprise in the story. Commentators have been tipping this stuff for at least 4 years all over the valley and I70 corridor. They acted and that's the surprise. But if you read it close the letter is big but they didn't really do much without the noticing he was trying to hide the bag. When are cops going to at least try to break the barrier of entrenched ways of doing things and think outside the box? Especially around Glenwood and Garco. They do the same thing in the same way all the time. No thoughts at all on what they miss. Here's a no surprise news flash. They miss a lot and there are a lot more people out here like Dad Anonymous than they think there are.
I could care less how it was done but I'm sorry to hear and based on what I know that we have a law enforcement community that doesn't care to recognize they have a serious problem with people staying quiet.
I don't care how it was done, I'm just glad they got this guy. I'll bet the good looking Max Puder was the connection to the young lady. And his parents let him slip through and go straight to rehab. This added scrutiny on Mr. Puder is a very good thing.
I will say thank you to the anonymous father.
A very lucky young woman to have a father who cares so much that he would sacrifice comfort with himself to handle this in this way. He just protected her and their family socially. Thank you very much, Mr. Anonymous.
Now, how long has this guy been around town? We'd like to hear more about him and this story, Chad. Come from the cops angle too and see if they can shed some light on how they think they can start building up some trust in the eyes of the folks.
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