Thursday, August 09, 2007

Trapped Utah Miners and the Police

The six miners trapped deep underground in the Crandall Canyon mine are much in the news, and I can understand why this is so.

What I cannot understand, is why the rescue effort requires the services of the Emery County Sherrif’s Office and the Utah Highway Patrol.

Take a look at photos #10, #12, and #13 at this link.

Note the sherrif’s trailer in photo #10, and in photos #12 and #13 the highway patrolman and sherrif’s office Sgt. standing around supposedly “guarding” the entrance to the mine.  Why, exactly, are Utah individuals’ tax dollars being spent here?  There has been no crime committed, nor, I would assume, are either the sherrif’s office or Utah Highway Patrol qualified to actually provide any meaningful rescue assistance.

I can guarantee, though, that both the Emery County Sherrif’s Office and the Utah Highway Patrol will be submitting large bills for services rendered in the rescue effort, though they will have done nothing.

Posted by John Venlet on 08/09 at 09:48 AM
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