It’s all about them.

Yup, that is exactly the type of person I want fighting for the Nation.

And to answer your question; yes I would trust my son or daughter to be next to one of these recruits because A) I trust the armed forces to be able to train these people and weed out most of the bad apples and B) any illegal willing to risk his life in service of this country is there because they are passionate about being an American citizen and not just to milk our system dry.

Now, I have no problem whatsoever with making deals with their home countries that when we deport them they serve in THEIR OWN Army!!!

Think about it like this, would YOU want YOUR son to have to trust his right flank to an illegal alien with an M-16A2??? Would you want YOUR daughter to be on a tight ship with an illegal???

It is a real shame the officer after facing something like that gets no support from his department. Deane is just as bad as Skinner is.

Let’s keep our eye’s and ear’s open!

I believe I remember reading about this. He was investigating a noise complaint and they started throwing rocks at him?

What, if anything, were the illegals involved charged with? What, if anything, was their sentence?

During the investigation Cornell insisted that the back-up officer be charged with “corwardice on duty.” Chief Deane directed the internal probe extending the investigation after disapproval from local hispanics began to make headlines. He advised Cornell to deal with it because he had damaged relations with the hispanic community, and he wanted a “cool off” period. Officer Cornell wanted to be reinstated since the investigation had not yet produced charges against him. Charlie Deane responded by asking for his resignation because the “backlash” from the hispanic community was becoming too great. He advised Cornell that he would be forced to terminate him after suspending him, and finding fault for his actions during the shooting.

Officer Cornell found himself in what he described as a “no win position” and resigned. He then attempted to obtain a law enforcement job in a neighboring jurisdiction. His application was denied after he was labeled as “hardheaded and disrespectful.” by the Chief’s Office. His last known whereabouts involve him serving in the military. He was attempting to obtain a commission and fight overseas. I guess not the type of individual Charlie Deane wants in PWC. Andrew Cornell was a law and order guy. Aggressive, smart, somewhat fearless, arresting street criminals frequently. A guy any police chief would want. But not part of what Charlie Deane endorses or promotes in his department.

When this story was told to me, the coward that was too scared to do his job was not charged in this incident and is still employed protecting us. The individuals identified as being involved in the attack were found to be illegal, and were not deported or even reported to immigration officials.

Charlie Deane served as head of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police (V.A.C.P.) which gives him alot of influence among his peers. After Officer Cornell left the department, Deane attempted to pass a resolution in Virginia that would prohibit the hiring of any police officer who had been fired from another jurisdiction within the state.

This man will not encourage his department to aggressively enforce immigration measures in PWC. His excuse for having enforcement issues after the BOCS vote on this measure included his department already being understaffed. This after a past history of being forced by the BOCS to fill vacated and approved positions. It’s status quo as long as he is police chief. He has been with this department for 37 yrs. It makes you wonder why he just doesn’t retire. Because police work and leadership were never part of his image. He has been lost at the wheel for some time. But he still believes it is more important not to be perceived as “racist” instead of enforcing the law. As I mentioned before…….policy through perception.

During today’s BOCS meeting, Mr. Gerhardt had a power point listing of which agencies and/or services are already instructed to deny services to illegal aliens. For example, food stamps appeared on the list of denied services. Bear in mind if the illegal immigrant has 2 anchor babies, the children qualify for food stamps, education, Medicaid, etc.

Virginia is a Dillon Rule “state” which limits what local government can and cannot do without approval from Richmond. The next step is for our PWC delegates to introduce legislation seeking approval from General Assembly that would empower local authority to deny all county services to immigrants who are unable to prove legal status.

I don’t think so….IMHO, as stated earlier, the 60 or 90 day delay on details would appear to be a rather ingenious strategy for the county!!!!

What you’ve got immediately is the revision of the General Order by Chief Deane, so it would seem that PWCo Police should be able to begin inquiring on legal status (with probable cause) for any stops….and that word WILL get out!

Talk about an effective deterrent!

But if you watched the discussion of what would be exactly passed after the revisions, it seemed to me to be just idle rhetoric. After all any real action was pushed off for 90 days so that staff could gather more “facts”, hold some more public hearings and then come back to put some kind of details in place. That would put the decision making into sometime in October. Other than remind County employees to comply with existing laws and regulations, what else was there? I just have to wonder when at the end everyone was deferring to Chief Deane and thanking each other, what really had happened… Please say it ain’t so.