Nice story about the trucks being stolen, and the "special spray " the thieves used to make sure no one woke up! Do YOU (or anyone) know the guy was actually a police captain? Did you call the Bibb County Sheriff's Office? Has anyone called to verify who the story writer (or teller) was? Cause I just did, and guess what? There is no Neil Godbee there, and never was any Neil Godbee there. Amazing. Yet we are to believe this story? The first sentence starts off with an untruth...how does it get better from there?
He is in fact with the hospital and the folks at the Sheriff's Dept know who he is, so perhaps he is a bit of a truth stretcher? Maybe knows a Captain in the Sheriff's Dept? Maybe when he was a kid wanted to be one when he grew up? Bottom line, I read the letter that was posted, took it directly to the Bibb Couny Sheriff's Dept in Macon GA, and got the official answer, right from the proper end of the horse. So, do I need to use a special editor when I read "I am a Captain with the Bibb County Sheriff's Office" to really mean I work at a nearby hospital? Cut me a break!
My only real question is why would someone outright lie when making a post?
I did search and find that there was a Captain Otis Neil Godbee in the Bibb County Sheriff's Dept, threw a notice on his retirement from that dept @ a year after the date of that letter. I got no further info tho.
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The seat of the Netherlands Antilles government lies in Willemstad, Curacao.
Bonaire and each of the other four islands within the association maintain control over internal affairs, but it is the central government based in Curacao that regulates police affairs, post, telecommunications, aviation, public health, and education, among others.
The Netherlands Antilles government is based on a parliamentary democracy, and Parliament comprises a council of ministers and a prime minister.
Bonaire, the second largets of all the Netherlands Antilles, comprises six distinct townships and villages.
The island runs it's internal affairs through an elected legislative council, an advisory council, and executive council, comprising elected members of the island council.
A lietenant governor, who is appointed by the queen, lives in Kralendijk and oversees local issues.
I think that it's even worse than that. Not only are some matters of "the central government based in Curacao", to gain any need approval from The Netherlands, some matters have to also go thru offices in Sint Maarten.
Based on the below tho, I wonder who actually is responsible for management and funding of the Bonaire police...?
Last I knew the scuttle-butt was that Aruba, Cuarcao and one other island were to form an independent nation, in the very near future, while Bonaire would no longer be a part of the Netherlands Atillies, but instead is to become more directly dependent on and controlled from the Netherlands. The official currency used on Bonaire would also change to the US$ at that time.
At this time I am not up-to-date on the progress of all this, but if it is true then the information posted above, has or is soon to change.
Just passing along what I had heard late last year, but not stating it as confirmed fact!
That would explain in part DiverLiz's comment earlier about the new training of the police officers, and the stronger Dutch influence of laws and procedures of law enforcement.
Divers are accepting that level of crime on BONAIRE and that has those sane members puzzled.
Actually, bad try. You can protest all you like but it's true and he is who he says he was and he is not, as you incorrectly say, a TRUTH STRETCHER
