Green Light, Wait
Dear Editor,
I promised to post laws not enforced by our Greensboro City and Guilford County law enforcement agencies? Needless to say I am always very aware of my environment. Please do the same. Never enter an intersection in Greensboro without looking both ways. No longer does a green light mean it is safe to go and/or Greensboro drivers will stop on red lights.
Breaking the law in Greensboro, NC. Do we still have law and order in Greensboro?
- Speeding including in excess of 100 mph
- Aggressive driving
- Racing
- Improper equipment
- DWI’s
- Running stop lights
- No current registration
- No insurance
- Following too close
- No driver’s license or suspended driver’s license
- Carrying stolen guns
- Littering
- Felons in possession of firearms
- Illegal drugs in possession
- Trafficking of illegal drugs
- Improper mufflers
- Driving unregistered dirt bikes
- Driving unlicensed dirt bikes
- Driving dirt bikes without a helmet
- Driving 4 wheelers and ATVs
- Driving unregistered 4 wheelers and ATVs
- Driving 4 wheelers and ATV’s without helmets
- Driving vehicles with illegal tinted windows
- Possession of stolen vehicles
You might ask how I know this? It is because I have seen it all and no laws are effectively or at all enforced on the roads of Greensboro. The Greensboro Police Department conducts no active campaigns to get guns off the streets, dangerous drivers off the streets, drugs off the streets, fugitives off the streets and those driving under the influence? The State of NC has it under control and is aggressive with its “Booze it and lose it” and “Click it and ticket it” campaigns. Check out the results, they are extremely effective! And, yes, GPD will do their obligatory duty and join these efforts by the State of NC, but very rarely have I seen them initiate their own initiatives to protect our citizens.
- Careless and reckless driving including property damage to private property. Burnout parties of 50 or more on private property.
- Trespassing. Ever notice all the trash around Buffalo Lake, which is private property and heavily posted.
- Demonstrators on the private property of Greensboro Country Club during the postmaster general’s demonstrations!
- Illegal blocking of roads and highways during demonstrations
- Malicious damage to personal property and businesses
- Marches without permits
- Illegal parking. It is my understanding the law says you must park in the direction of traffic. Interesting I had a neighbor that didn’t adhere to this practice and had two cars totaled by the drunk drivers leaving the Battleground bars at the wee hours of the morning. If the cars had been parked correctly with their backs to oncoming traffic, would they have seen the red tail lights and not had the crashes? Due to improper parking one car rode up on the hood flipped and landed in my driveway. To my knowledge a citation was never written for improper parking.
- Indecent exposure. Don’t think it is legal to expose certain body parts?
- Marijuana and driving while impaired. Check out local convenience stores. I am often almost knocked out by the strong odor of marijuana by customers visiting these stores. Appears to me they just put a joint down, therefore are getting back in their cars and driving while impaired. If you must smoke weed, stay home!
- Election law violations-campaign signs! Yes, even our leaders don’t obey our laws! leaders that are supposed to lead our fight against crime are law breakers as well. On Summit Avenue and Rankin Road, which are both city property right of ways, our high sheriff has posted several Danny Rogers for Sheriff election signs. This has been done illegally on city right of ways. As I understand it; campaign signs are not allowed on city right of ways until 30 days prior to the election. Maybe Sheriff Rogers needs to spend more time reading the law, enforcing the law and protecting us.
And you wonder why crime, murders, aggravated assaults and daily shootings are out of control in Greensboro? Voters and law-abiding citizens of Greensboro, it’s time to get in the game and demand a change in law enforcement before you lose your city and possibly your life.
Jim Donaldson
This guy reminds me of somebody’s fuddy duddy grandmother!
You remind me of somebody’s baby mamma.
Wow Jim, I’m guessing you see the glass half empty….and are probably mad because someone got your other half. When an impaired driver hits a parked car, we tend not to blame the parked car…or building, or telephone pole. As far as weapons violations go, GPD does have a very successful weapons task force. Yes there are violations that occur far too frequently. The GPD is short somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 positions and they have a difficult time filling them now. I understand Haw River pays better than GPD.
I just read that violent crime went down in 2021 from the previous year. It is still too high, but at least it is a start in the right direction. Take a pill and relax.
GPD seized more guns last year than any other years. And when you are over 100 down you do not care about half the things you write about-its called officer discretion. You are welcome to sign up for the police academy if you think you can make a difference.
Al, you are correct. People that actually want to police do not want to work in Greensboro. They can make more money elsewhere, have a take home car, and not deal with the most idiotic city council in the state. Go dig up the numbers on the current academy. They are not hiring at replacement rate for normal attrition and retirees. That roughly 100 officers down will be 130-150 by the end of the year. And the chief needs to stop talking about doing more with less. Grow a spine like the Winston Salem chief and actually reduce services. Not talk about it for years.
Hey chief, you can retire anytime you wish. You are a protected class. Fight for the improvement of your department and salaries that may actually help you recruit. Hey council, stop hiring yes men and checking all the “boxes” we know you want to check.
What happened to the road checks to catch people without insurance, licence, and expired tags. Also outstanding warrants.
Gso. Police were told to stand down on doing those checks as it was unfair to less “privileged” people (black, minority and illegals)
Great letter Jim…. everything you said is the complete truth and I totally agree with you. Greensboro becomes worse and more like a getto everyday.
Once again, we are being threatened with a mandatory lockdown by the beady-eyed old fool Fauci. One of the few mistakes President Trump made was his failure to fire this grossly overpaid quack charlatan. His failure to fire this bum ruined the lives of over one hundred million American citizens and countless businesses. How many more lives and businesses will be ruined if thin if this little tyrant isn’t reigned in? For further reading on this subject, I recommend Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent book “The Real Anthony Fauci.” The leftists hate it because they can’t accuse Kennedy of being a right wing conspiracy theorist. The beauty of this book is that it also goes full shred on Bill Gates and big pharma as well. Go Galt!
Mr Donaldson,
Wev wouldn’t find fault with you for breaking your promise to us. Actually, we’d be glad if you did. We’re tired of hearing you whine. There is probably something good in Greensboro that you could enjoy if you weren’t so busy finding fault with everything.
I bet he feels better after that huge dump ..
Get yourself appointed as GPD Chief. Fixit
I totally agree with every point in Mr Donaldson’s letter of 3/29/2022. It is obvious by many of the comments that Greensboro’s problem is apathy. People have just ceased to care about anything that doesn’t directly impact them or their families. Keep on telling the truth Mr Donaldson. Some of us are paying attention because we care about our city and know that it desperately needs new leadership.
Get a life.
Oh, that’s rich coming from you!
Chris the incessant blowhard.
Very interesting letter. However I learned a long time ago that before you percent a problem have a solution to that problem. Other wise you are just complaining. So what are your suggesting?
Excellent summary of the many problems that currently exist, but mostly didn’t exist some years ago. Quality of life has been in a steady decline and apparently, those of you who criticize the letter, have let the current situation sneak up on you, or maybe you’re living under a rock.