As 19 Action News reports, Police Chief David Oliver is busy these days signing copies of his new book, No Mopes Allowed. The tome chronicles his lively Facebook postings, which garnered him local fame.
The book was released Oct. 18.
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Originally posted June 18
Ne’er-do-wells wreaking havoc in sleepy Brimfield Township – near Akron and Kent – have more than just a slap on the wrist coming their way. Like a slap in the face. Book. Facebook.
Perhaps I should serve some sort of sentence for trying to craft a clever lede, but I’m safely outside Brimfield Township Police Chief David Oliver’s jurisdiction. He’s the guy who’s garnered local renown for insulting criminals on the police department’s Facebook page and generally keeping the people informed and entertained.
Here’s a sample of his wit:
“If you use a handicapped space and you jump out of the vehicle, all healthy-like, as if someone is dangling free cheeseburgers on a stick, expect people to stare at you and get angry. You are milking the system and it aggravates those of us who play by the rules. Ignoring us does not make you invisible. We see you, loser.”
Oliver’s awesome outbursts have kicked the quiet Facebook page up into the neighborhood of 57,000 fans. There are only 10,400 people living in Brimfield. Oliver playfully attributes that success to the township’s pleasantness. “”We smell good. And we are honest,” he writes. He also says that Brimfield Township is behind only New York City and Boston in terms of popular police department Facebook pages.
All the while, he keeps his tone cheery as he harangues local mopes. (“A mope is a person who leeches off us and usually is engaged in criminal activity,” he explains.) But his posts reflect the life and times of a man committed to his community. Sure, poking fun at mopes is great. But Oliver clearly wants to go beyond the mope-pokage.
“We do not believe everyone who has ever committed a crime is a mope,” he writes. “People change. I am the unofficial spokesperson for turning it around. I was sort of wild in my younger days. I was not a criminal, but I lacked some character. Mrs. Chief changed all of that, because she is no nonsense. Shenanigans are fine. Nonsense is not. The point is as I have said before….once a mope, not always a mope. If you are a reformed mope, welcome.”
Welcome to Brimfield Township, folks. Now don’t you feel all warm and fuzzy.
This article appears in Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2013.
This police chief is the new Facebook sensation!
This sounds hilarious. I’m going to have to head on over to FaceSpace and give this page a “Like”
The guy is unethical and untrustworthy to the core. Hiring part time police officers then firing them before their probation is over to prevent paying benefits. He has been accused of sexual harassment of new hire officers, then threatens to fire them using blackmail or offers them full time jobs to cover his tracks. Changing of his name, I find that hard to believe with his lame sob story about his deceased father at the age of 9. He suddenly changes his name to Oliver after the sex harassment accusations by employees, strange investments in rental properties that were obtained by abusing his position power in the township, filing then later dropping of law suits, arrogant comments about and attempts to become the Ravenna City Police Chief in 2009 (clearly not very loyal to Brimfield as he says he is to his trustees), and his patrol officers seen patrolling outside their jurisdiction in neighboring townships and cities for political gain. Come on, this guy is a politician not to be trusted. Someone needs to dig up the dirt here and shut this guy’s stupid Facebook and other agendas down before he gets in a position of power where he can cause real harm in the area.