Keep Up Good Work, Sheriff
By the News-RegisterWe wouldn't blame Ohio County Sheriff Tom Burgoyne if he threw up his hands in disgust and decided that if no one else is interested in arresting illegal immigrants, he shouldn't be, either.
That probably is taking the situation a bit too far. After all, Burgoyne is supposed to uphold the law, regardless of whether others do their jobs. Fortunately, he has done just that concerning illegal immigrants.
At one time, Burgoyne couldn't even get the federal Immigration Control and Enforcement agency to take illegals arrested here seriously. That situation seems to have been brought under control.
But last week, a sheriff's deputy making a routine traffic stop apprehended two illegal immigrants. One of them is wanted in DeKalb County, Ga. for what Burgoyne described as "failure to appear in court on a dangerous drug charge."
Local authorities contacted their counterparts in Georgia - and received, in effect, a "so what?" response. Burgoyne said DeKalb County officials do not plan to extradite the suspect. "They didn't want to spend the money to send someone and get him down there," the sheriff explained.
We trust that would not happen here. A fugitive from justice in Ohio County, if accused of a major crime, would be extradited as quickly as police and prosecutors could make it happen, we believe.
Again, however, the fiasco must be frustrating to Burgoyne and his deputies.
We encourage them to remember that public opinion here in Ohio County has been behind them solidly whenever they apprehend illegal immigrants - whether they are fugitives or not.
It's too bad residents of some other areas are not as demanding - and supportive - of their law enforcement agencies.
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robojock
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12-09-08 11:19 PM
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I have an MBA, fool, ad the bulk of my MBA was studying economics and statistics, which actually surprised me.Why is that so hard to believe? Wipe the jealousy off your face!
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wonderwhy
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12-09-08 5:30 PM
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robo- you left out how you are an economist??
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wonderwhy
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12-09-08 5:16 PM
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if what you say is true robo, i just can't match you up in those depts? sorry.
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robojock
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12-09-08 2:45 PM
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Should also say quit, sorry, I was in a hurry.
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robojock
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12-09-08 2:44 PM
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should say history
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robojock
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12-09-08 2:38 PM
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If you would like my full hitory wonderwhy Ill give it to you. I worked for 9 years as a deputy and pioneered several computer forensic evidence techniques, as my undergrad was in Information Systems Security. Seeing that the Sheriff's Office was less about helping peple and more about "hey media look at me" politics, I quite and finished my Master's while working for the University of South Carolina doing biometrics programming. I then quite the University of South Carolina and moved back home to work for Consol as a systems engineer and started PHD work. I then quite and now teach for a Pennsylvania college. during that time I have worked as an expert witness snd consultant for every federal law enforcement branch, as well as the United States Attorney's Office. I also have a paper soon to be published on computer security engineering, with focus on corporate policy.
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wonderwhy
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12-09-08 9:00 AM
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robo- so now you worked for the sheriff too? wow, you have certainly made good use of your time being a coal miner, economist, college professor....what next?
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boxerboy
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12-09-08 8:04 AM
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Burgoyne has always been a grand-stander. He made a name for himself back in the glory days of religious persecution. Since defeating the Krisnas Burgoyne hasn't had a cause-celeb until these poor immigrants wandered into his sticky web. Will he ever be gone from our attention?
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robojock
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12-08-08 5:00 PM
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My hat is not off to Sheriff Burgoyne, because I worked for him for 9 years. His illegal alien pickups are publicity stunts. Remember though, I think that illegal should be dealt with,but Sheriff Burgoyne is doing this for the wrong reasons, even personally ordering me and numerous other deouties to call the news when arrests involving illegals took place. Finally, Illegal aliens are picked up by ICE and then left go within hours, unless they are wanted for a major felony. All this does is tie up 2 deputies, and 2 deputies, at any one time, are all the county has for law enforcement.
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Estoban
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12-08-08 1:00 PM
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My hat is off to Sheriff Tom Burgoyne. Too many local authorities sit on their hands and wait for the Feds to do something. It's great to know this man is on the job
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TruthSeeker
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12-08-08 12:40 PM
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It's too expensive to just "come get 'em". Perhaps we should just shoot all illegals on sight? Saves a lot of money and Mikey would quit belly aching.
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acousticportal
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12-08-08 12:10 PM
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It must be difficult to enforce laws that Bush decided to bypass. His legacy.
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