Why The Change

Franklin , Tennessee - Without a doubt , Franklinites LOVE their scanners. Unfortunately , technology changes and so do the people with it. Many people think , that Franklin Police changed their radio operations to digital , because criminals were listening in. This is so wrong thinking.

Look , there are several professional magazines (including law enforcement) stating , that when the police go digital (aka underground) , they create a rift between themselves and their community. The people begin to think their police department is hiding something and they are most probably right. Here's why:

Did you know , there is a tape recording of Franklin Police communications about -

a police officer with the rank of Commander from another town , was running around in a Franklin Police cruiser issuing traffic citations. It was obvious , the female dispatcher probably had a relationship with this person. They carried on like they were teenagers at a party

one night , an officer was writing tickets for burned out headlights. After writing 5 citations , the supervisor mentioned to the officer he also had a non-working headlight. The officer laughed and continued writing into the night , tickets for burned out headlights

There was a discussion about the illegalities of Franklin Traffic Court system. The supervisor told them to "Shut up or else". (Jay Johnson had made some changes)

did you know , there is a 10 code for harassing people? Jay Johnson would make the call to his "LapDogs" , to take care of it (I'll bet you did'nt know JJ had a police transceiver)

one night , a mic key was accidentally "on" , while an officer deliberately beat the stuffings out of a cuffed prisoner with someone encouraging him on

did you know , there is a code for special money runs? I'm not talking about bank or other business runs. I'm talking about "special" money runs.

one night , Jay Johnson and an officer was using the department's night vision equipment to peep into homes. Comments were made about what was seen. Yes , they would often visit the parks and other dark areas about the city for their voyeur entertainment.

when Franklin Police were testing out , their brand new shiny lap tops , they sent Rodney King cartoons to each other to test the computer graphics capabilities and laughed about it.

There was a conversation about getting an officer's kid off the hook for murder

Several officers were discussing the Kiddie Porn Library

Did you know Officer Soto slept while on shift? He was caught several times. Several tape recording show this fact.

During lunch , some officers were discussing the rape of 2 guys on a girl and taking pictures of their acts with her. Tim Taylor's name was mentioned several times. (this is probably the same incident that went to court)

By counting the calls for an officer to investigate/take a report , on the scene of a crime incident over a period of time , you will have an idea in real time , Franklin crime stats

Yes , it's truly amazing , what you hear , when you could listen in , that is.

Franklin Police deliberately keep crime statistics from the public to avoid possible negativity against the town. They also do it , because some of the crimes are done by Franklin Police and their associates. (perhaps I should use the accessory word) It is interesting , people have stated how strange Franklin Police act , when reporting burglaries. You would think they had something to hide. (you can read those comments at the KoolAid blog if it has not been erased by now)

Meanwhile , it's interesting these recordings have disappeared along with other items. Detectives Barnes , Black and Dixon , know who did the stealing and no arrests will be made.