Comments on: More Details on June 12th Shooting in Downtown Decatur

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:48:07 +0000

Argh! Guess I was too distracted when I made that “correction”.

By: Old School

Old School — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:37:04 +0000

Aren’t we projecting a shooting for the middle of next month?

By: Sharron

Sharron — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:25:11 +0000

Agree with AMB below – psychic? At 10:24 pm heading still says July 12th – don’t think the change stuck.

By: Psst

Psst — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:46:51 +0000

Again..not to nitpick, but based on the headline, this shooting was either 14 days in the future… or 353 days ago.. methinks you meant June 12th.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:14:12 +0000

To an extent, you are correct. I believe the PD prefers that anything that even looks like an official statement come from a member of the the command staff for both accuracy and consistency reasons.

By: Gladys

Gladys — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:56:13 +0000

I have asked a uniformed officer a question about an ‘event’ on more than one occasion and received a very vague response, and wondered if the department instructed officers not to respond with anything that could be construed as a ‘statement’ – or much information. Four square miles to cover, major crimes are still fairly rare, and I’m betting most of the officers know plenty about what goes on in their work place – even if it happens when they are off.

By: Mari

Mari — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:24:53 +0000

I’m assuming we mean June 12th, not July, right?

By: AMB

AMB — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:04:49 +0000

Psychic much?