Deputies ordered to halt benefit raffle...

inmytree
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edited December 2006 in A Moving Train
nice...:rolleyes:

http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061222/NEWS/612220385/1004/frontpage



Deputies ordered to halt Long benefit raffle

The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office has admonished two deputies for raffling off a Sony PlayStation 3 to raise money for former deputy Christopher Long's family.
Long was fired two weeks ago for his role in the shooting death of 18-year-old Peyton Strickland, a Cape Fear Community College student charged with beating a UNCW student and stealing two of the popular video game consoles in mid-November.
"I thought it was most inappropriate," said New Hanover County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Tom Parker. "It flies in the Strickland family's face as it would any family who's lost a loved one."
Long shot and killed Strickland on Dec. 1 as members of the sheriff's Emergency Response Team attempted to serve search and arrest warrants at Strickland's Long Leaf Acres Drive home.
A grand jury declined to indict Long on a second-degree murder charge, but District Attorney Ben David has said he would continue to pursue charges against Long when a new grand jury convenes in January.
The raffle was started by Wilmington police Sgt. Curt Stansbury and several New Hanover County deputies, Stansbury said. The purpose of the raffle was to help provide a good Christmas for Long's two children, Stansbury said. He said the raffle was not for a PlayStation 3 but rather a Panasonic 42-inch plasma TV. Stansbury, president of the Wilmington Police Officers Association, stressed that no officers or deputies sold any tickets while on duty.
Stansbury said he had sold about 18 $20 tickets so far and that anyone who purchased a ticket thinking a PlayStation 3 was the prize could get a refund.
Chief Deputy Parker discovered on Wednesday that two deputies were selling tickets for the raffle.
He threatened to fire the deputies unless they stopped, Parker said, though he wouldn't release their names.
Wilmington police Chief Ralph Evangelous said he had heard about the raffle and the PlayStation prize, but said the department itself was not involved in the raffle.
"It's flabbergasting," Evangelous said.
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  • trappedinmyradio
    trappedinmyradio Posts: 1,189
    this is ridiculous...i guess you can't have friends anymore...
    I'll dig a tunnel
    from my window to yours
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    they could of auctioned off any number of things ...
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    trappedinmyradio wrote:
    this is ridiculous...i guess you can't have friends anymore...

    where did you read that...?
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,895
    They can't stop them from holding the raffle...they can only stop them from promoting it in the workplace and having any association with the police force.
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,895
    polaris wrote:
    they could of auctioned off any number of things ...

    It awesome how quick you are to forgive the kid for beating and stealing from another person.

    How about the cop? Has he been convicted of anything? Do you know what happened?

    Merry Christmas. ;)
    hippiemom = goodness
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    cincybearcat wrote:
    It awesome how quick you are to forgive the kid for beating and stealing from another person.

    How about the cop? Has he been convicted of anything? Do you know what happened?

    Merry Christmas. ;)

    who's forgiving? ... its just classless - he's dead ... mother has lost a child - the ps3 is a mockery to those that loved him ... i have no problem with supporting this cop - but don't try and kick dirt while someone is grieving ...

    best wishes ... :)
  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    sounds like people got confused if it was for a television.

    Either way. if they did it outside of work I don't see how it's anyones business, they are helping out a work friends family.
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  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    cincybearcat wrote:
    It awesome how quick you are to forgive the kid for beating and stealing from another person.

    How about the cop? Has he been convicted of anything? Do you know what happened?

    Merry Christmas. ;)

    the cop shot the kid in the head, through a closed door...

    by the way, the kid was not convicted of anything either...and won't be...you know, 'cause he's dead....
  • trappedinmyradio
    trappedinmyradio Posts: 1,189
    inmytree wrote:
    where did you read that...?

    these officers were doing something on their personal time for a friend...administration says they can't do that, in effect, saying that these officers are not allowed to have friends on their personal time.
    I'll dig a tunnel
    from my window to yours
  • miller8966
    miller8966 Posts: 1,450
    inmytree wrote:
    the cop shot the kid in the head, through a closed door...

    by the way, the kid was not convicted of anything either...and won't be...you know, 'cause he's dead....

    Where did you hear that?
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  • trappedinmyradio
    trappedinmyradio Posts: 1,189
    polaris wrote:
    who's forgiving? ... its just classless - he's dead ... mother has lost a child - the ps3 is a mockery to those that loved him ... i have no problem with supporting this cop - but don't try and kick dirt while someone is grieving ...

    best wishes ... :)

    it was not for a ps3...and, even if it was, it's no business of the administration what their officers do in their personal for a friend...
    I'll dig a tunnel
    from my window to yours
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    trappedinmyradio wrote:
    these officers were doing something on their personal time for a friend...administration says they can't do that, in effect, saying that these officers are not allowed to have friends on their personal time.


    that's your take...which is cool with me, I see it as spitting on this kids grave...

    I happen to find the raffle of a PS3 in poor taste...
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    miller8966 wrote:
    Where did you hear that?

    http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061206/NEWS/612060416/-1/news30
  • polaris
    polaris Posts: 3,527
    trappedinmyradio wrote:
    it was not for a ps3...and, even if it was, it's no business of the administration what their officers do in their personal for a friend...

    according to the report posted - it was a ps3 ... and i doubt it was coincidental ... again - nothing wrong with doing whatever for a friend but this is just classless ...
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,895
    polaris wrote:
    according to the report posted - it was a ps3 ... and i doubt it was coincidental ... again - nothing wrong with doing whatever for a friend but this is just classless ...


    Ok, ok you're right.

    There's your christmas present.
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  • trappedinmyradio
    trappedinmyradio Posts: 1,189
    polaris wrote:
    according to the report posted - it was a ps3 ... and i doubt it was coincidental ... again - nothing wrong with doing whatever for a friend but this is just classless ...

    why is it classless? it's a hot commodity...a lot of people would want to pay 20 bucks to get a shot at it...what would have been better? i don't remember anyone knowing exactly what happened that day.
    I'll dig a tunnel
    from my window to yours

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