Cedar Posts Signing Off

It's been a great run.....

It all began in 2009 with a miles long expose' of then newly hired police chief Rodney Monroe. 

I had met the new chief at a charity event and was unimpressed. His first to the buffet move and inability to acknowledge the rank and file in attendance was problematic to say the least and would become the hallmark of his time in Charlotte.

In short he had the personality of a sand gnat. Small and super annoying. 

I watched Rodney up close interact with command staff at Hornet's games and each time I was dismayed at his inability to connect. He'd walk past officers and sergeants with sleeves full of service stripes and not speak to them, smile or look at them, not even acknowledge them in anyway.

At some point he figured out his floor seats where next to mine at the Hornet's games. The highlight of my life was sitting next to Vilma Leake and Rodney Monroe. (Sarcasm) Actually the theft of his golf cart during the Wells Fargo Golf Tournament would be the highlight.

Or the time command told him raiding my home with a search warrant to take my computer wouldn't be a good idea since the Editor of the Charlotte Observer was my next door neighbor.

I was told my Naval Officer background was expecting too much, that lead by example and  never passing someone without an appropriate greeting was beyond Monroe's scope of ability.

It is my firm belief that Rodney Monroe's tenure at CMPD is represented by the legacy of low morale and inability to recruit new officers today.

My apologies to the many of CMPD officers who over the years have been accused of either being CP or giving leds, reports and emails to CP. 

Somewhere Cedar Posts took a dark turn. And while providing a venue for current and former CMPD Officers to let off some steam and take swipes at command it has also gathered the attention of liberal nutbirds and cop haters. 

The cop haters have tried doxing, tried to cancel the CP's twitter account and on more than one occasion tried to shut down the CP Blog. 

Truth be told CP only took on this idea as crime in Charlotte has exploded. Not a day goes by without a shocking crime of violence and a local media that remains silent refusing to address the fact that our DA is incompetent the judicial system is broken and our Mayor is as dysfunctional as Chicago's Lori Lightfoot.

Blocked by Molly Grantham and Char-Meck Schools and yet followed by Pete Kaliner, Tara Servatius, Keith Larson, and Jenna Jameson. I can only assume I'm pushing the right buttons.

The murder Sunday of 32-year-old Ahylea Willard will be Cedar Posts final contribution of that sort.

Going forward Meckburbia will cover that sort of madness. 

I'm not sure if it will morph into the same dark look and feel of Cedar Posts. We shall see. 

I'm open to suggestions.

I do want to acknowledge the dozen CMPD, CFD and media types who have provided tips, content and sometimes much needed corrections anonymously, y'all better than I am at this. 

And so as Paul Harvey used to say after a long pause ...... page two....