Butler, PA resident here

[Joe Cool]

The police in and around Butler have a reputation of being lazy, incompetent, and corrupt (former chief of Butler Township specifically).
I have had dealings with the police, not me being arrested or in trouble.
I was frustrated after every time I dealt with them.

[Deminpenn]

1. Butler County DA is pointing fingers at the secret service, too

per Post-Gazette story.

[Deep State Witch]

3. Of Course They Are

Because the Butler County boys dropped the ball.

[Deep State Witch]

2. I Understand That

I grew up just south of there, in northern Allegheny County. I was up in the Cranberry area a lot, because my Mom worked up there. The Butler County local yokels were notoriously corrupt even back in the 80's.

[FarPoint]

5. So true....

I grew up in Mars. Pa.

[Charging Triceratops]

4. Few creatures on earth are more lazy ...

than western Pennsylvania township cops.

[irisblue]

6. Is it true that since Pa is an open carry, no license state,

The local cop who backed down had no right to approach the murdered?


The BBC ID'ed the 2 who were shot as
David Dutch
snip-"...Jennifer Veri-Grazier[his sister] told the New York Times that the 57-year-old suffered damage to his liver and broken ribs in the shooting and has had to have more than one operation.

She described him as a long-time Trump supporter."

snip-"James Copenhaver
Mr Copenhaver, 74, is from Moon Township, Pennsylvania, and was a registered Democrat, the New York Times reports."

source-https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce586kxjvnyo

Do you have any info on how the 2 men are doing?

[TexasBushwhacker]

7. The best and brightest cops aren't in small towns

because the pay is too low. Small towns are staffed with rookies, cops who can't get hired anywhere else and cops approaching retirement who don't want the daily grind of working in an active city. Corruption is high because of opportunity and the fact that they are underpaid.

I have a cousin who was a Houston cop. After he retired, he got a job as a police chief in a small town in South Texas. He cracked down on all the corruption and they fired him.

[dlk]

8. The roof was too hot...

n/t

[et tu]

11. i'm in s.western pa

and some of the police are very nice.
but that's just some.

[Tetrachloride]

9. Who is responsible for what in a political visit ?

[GoreWon2000]

10. The Secret Service is in charge

of securing the rally location. That's how it worked for the dem Presidential campaign rallies I was involved with. I will also say that everyone working on the rally was encouraged to speak up if they saw anything they were uncomfortable with. What happened at the tRump rally, I don't know. Hopefully the investigation can determine what went wrong.