SMPD officers threaten to quit if not allowed to drive cars home.

http://www.tribune-georgian.com/articles/2009/09/09/news/top_stories/1topstory9.9.txt My response is, of course, don't let the station door hit you in the ass. Apparently, the corporate memory of St. Marys city government does not extend much beyond two election cycles. All of this came up in the early 90's, shortly after I moved here. It was discovered that there are numerous court cases which have established as a matter of law that if you let any city employee take home a city car, you must let all with the priviledge drive any number of miles in their commute, even if they cross county and even state lines. For instance, the late SMPD Capt. T.J. Seivers once commuted every day to his home in Orange Park, FL in a city police car. Former SMPD Sgt. Jerry Taylor commuted to his home in Folkston. We've had officers commute from Brunswick. I would doubt very seriously that those rulings have been reversed. I'll never forget the first attempt after my arrival to have SMPD officers park their cars. The very first night that they tried it, all of the cars were parked on Osborne downtown in front of the old police station (now the DDA building). During prior council meetings to debate the issue, numerous SMPD officers had shown up in uniform and suggested that, among other reasons, the cars might get vandalized if left parked downtown. Well, wonder of wonders, that very first night, every one of them had their tires slashed. City council promptly caved and went back to the status quo. Like I said, don't let the station door hit you in the ass.