05/30/06  As usual, Adelman goes too far!

When the news broke last week that a DPD officer had issued a ticket to Avi Adelman for "abuse of 911", it was shocking.  It was also funny!  When within a few minutes of receiving the ticket Adelman got some DPD-based e-mails mocking him about the ticket, it was disturbing.  I knew he would have a field day (make that press day) with the story.

Other than Avi Adelman, there is no one in Dallas who can take a situation where he has all the sympathy on his side and by just being himself make everyone empathize and agree with the bad guys (the cops involved in this 911 fiasco). 

The officer who issued the 911 ticket must have thought he was working in another city, because in Dallas 911 is for citizens to call when reporting a problem where a police officer is required to resolve the problem (like loud noise, illegal parking, etc.).  Other cities may have more limited uses for 911, but Officer Mike Welch works for the Dallas Police Department, and he screwed up.

There is no excuse for the boneheads who sent Adelman the e-mails, other than temporary insanity brought on by continued exposure to Adelman.

In his typical self-promotion, Adelman went on every station that would talk to him about his story of police abuse of his right to call 911 for loud noise from an area bar and the related taunting e-mails.  Rather than allow Chief Kunkle to resolve the matter and dole out suitable punishment to the officers involved, Adelman called for the officers to be fired.  He had a right to go public with his news, but he did it for the wrong reasons.

No doubt Adelman is planning a lawsuit against the City of Dallas (you and me, city taxpayers).  No doubt he will find some lawyer to take his case against you and me, city taxpayers.  He has a right to do it, but he will be wrong to do it.

Now, Mr. How to Make a Quick Buck is marketing t-shirts for $20 celebrating his 911 misadventure.  The t-shirts have a disgusting sub-title that is just as shocking as what originally happened to Quick Buck.

The ticket has been dismissed, and the officers involved are in trouble, but Quick Buck Adelman is not one to let a publicity train run its course, when he can keep it running in circles.

Probably some other losers out there will buy one of Quick Buck's t-shirts, but I hope he loses money on the deal.  This is an opportunistic stunt that completely negates any credibility Adelman may have ever had.

DallasArena.com readers know 9 times out of 10, I'm going to side with the police officers in controversies.  To me, cops and firefighters are better than the rest of us.  They put themselves in harm's way to protect us and our property, when many of us won't lift a finger to help someone else, much less risk our lives doing it.

My dad was a DPD cop for 20 years and spent almost that long as a Dallas County Deputy Sheriff.  My husband is a retired fire chief.  I concede my position may be a bit biased.

Even though cops and firefighters are better than most of us, they are still human and will occasionally make human screw-ups.

No police officer should lose his job because of their prank on Quick Buck Adelman.  All the officers involved should be disciplined, even to the point of a couple of unpaid days of suspension.  They screwed up, and there should be consequences for their screw-up -- but not termination.

Adelman should have gone public with his ticket and even the related e-mails.  It was his calling for the officers to be fired that cost him my sympathy and support.  It was a typical over-the-top response from Adelman.  He could have kept the high road and demanded the officers be disciplined to discourage this kind of stuff happening again, but that would have been out of character for Adelman. 

He wants to destroy their careers.  We lose 1 Dallas cop, and we lose $50-60,000 of training, not to mention their street experience.  If you think another town that is begging for police recruits won't snap these guys up in a hurry, you are thinking as wrong as Adelman.

How can he possibly think selling borderline-obscene t-shirts helps his cause?

What those officers did with the 911 ticket and their e-mails to Avi Adelman were wrong.

This t-shirt vehicle that he is promoting as his latest money-making scheme is very much in character for Adelman.  It is shameful, and it is wrong!

Avi's mother must not have told him, TWO WRONGS DO NOT MAKE A RIGHT!

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