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Glad VPD took initiative on this one. Nothing against Chip as a person at all, but that kind of behavior makes me a bit uncomfortable knowing he’s set to “protect and serve”. I know there’s a lot more “corruption” in that office (and CPSO, too!), and I hope they get it sorted out before too long, so I’ll have a safe and trustworthy community to come back to one day!

Hes really a great guy. Remember there are always 2 sides to every story. He just got caught up in a bad situation in december. Everyone has to blame someone! Good luck chip. Good things will come your way.

Sounds like he didn’t learn his lesson.

Anyone going to throw the “race card” on this one? Seriously, look at how the VPD has been changing. 

Yes, it is being run by a racist idiot, who in this case made a good decision in getting rid of a bad apple. But the department is definitely being run in to the toilet. VPD is a very poor reflection on the community and seems to be getting worse daily.

I agree with grewupntz that there is always two sides to a story.  No one is ever satisfied when someone else is in charge.  The public is very hard to please especially when they are not running things and don’t even have the skills TO RUN THINGS. It’s easy to say…”I would….”  You need to walk in the shoes of the administrator and see how you would run things or if you could.  It’s not easy when so many things are working against you. I don’t care what some people do or say, SOMEBODY IS NEVER SATISFIED!!  You may be friends with the people you’re getting this information from, so you will go along with them instead of telling them they are wrong and to get it together. You may even work or have worked for VPD, and because you didn’t want to except discipline you complain when deep down inside YOU KNOW AND YOUR FRIENDS KNOW!!  Sit back and observe before you start with the negative talking or go and see if you can join VPD.

He’s not a bad apple. He just has some more growing up to do. Firing was extreme. They should have just suspended him without pay or something.

Sounds like a real asset to the department.  LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When Prater and Johnson at NPD were suspended without pay, the community was writhing with rage and wanted them GONE, no questions asked.

This guy gets the boot after TWO strikes and there’s suddenly an outrage?

Can’t have your cake and eat it too, people.

Doesn’t sound like a vocation I’d be very cut out for. Which is why I do what I do, and theyre paid to do what they do. (i.e., keeping our community safe and ran correctly). Like I said earlier, there’s still much more to go, in reference to a “clean out”, but this is a good step in the right direction!

Ask the officers who are out there, that relied on Chip for their personal safety, what kind of officer Chip was and then you gauge your idea of him. Officers are humans who make decisions and every single one of them has made mistakes. Chip is held to a different standard because of his age. With great power comes great responsibility and he acted irresponsible. Give it a couple of years and he will be back in law enforcement! He just needs a little maturing. As for honesty, loyalty, and character, they come no better than Chip.

There are all going to make great character witness testimonies….

I know Chief Lewis and he is nowhere near bing a Racist nor an idiot.  The term racist is being thrown around like last weeks crawfish shells -  with the same results IT STINKS

Sounds to me like you have NO respect for law enforcement period. I’m quite sure you couldn’t do what they do. This whole story is a waste of time considering what’s really going on in this parish. Sit back and wait, I’m sure you are really good at that. The biggest problem in this area is that people run blast on the computer what they lack to say to someone’s face. Judging, complaining and making blanket statements from the safety of anonymity is NOT providing a civic duty.

You just took what I said, twisted it around, then slapped a big, fat “you have no respect for law enforcement” label on it.
I said earlier that I couldn’t do what LEO’s of any kind do. I also said I had no problem of any kind with Chip as a person. He just “gets drunk and does stupid s***” as admitted by him on the voice recording

Stupid disqus…

….as admitted BY him on the voice recording that started his whole ordeal. He may be a fine cop ON the clock, but he obviously can’t uphold all the things the badge requires while OFF duty. That doesn’t mean he’s a bad person, just means he’s not the greatest cop in the world. Being able to say “okay, I tried, but it didn’t work out” is what he needs to do, and move on to something else.

Y’all are on here only dragging him down arguing politics.

Mismanagement of the VPD also Stinks, and there’s plenty of that. Once again, I commend the racist idiot for making the right decision in this case. But if he had taken the first incident with this officer more seriously, he would have long since been terminated. So one could conclude, Lewis deserves the embarassment from this latest fiasco.

Oh and your comments are helpful???? Thanks for clearing that up. Only idiots like you would choose to believe what that video is about. Chip defended himself, but because he had been drinking he took responsibility for his actions, unlike his attacker! Chip was not the only officer in the parish fired this week, but somehow he’s the ONLY one in the paper. You might think you “know” Chip, but I can assure you that you don’t know him well enough to pass judgement. You are giving an opinion and we all know what those are like…. Everybody’s got one!

So you calling me an idiot is helping too? Wow, you really are cool!

I never even said I knew Chip. And people lose jobs every single day. He made the paper because he was a repeat offender.

And you’re so sure of what was said in te recording. Shall I post it for everyone to form their own “opinion” of? I think I will! Let the people decide!

Don’t threaten me. I’m not scared! Anybody that falls for that kind of crap IS an idiot.

In the recording he says “I’m done, I’m done, I’m not drinking anymore, because every time I do, I hurt someone I care about”. And yet, he was right back to the same juvenile crap as he was 7 months ago! It looks like he obviously didn’t learn his lesson the first time, so actions had to be taken by the police dept to ENSURE that it didn’t happen again. I hope they continue with their “cleaning out”

THREATEN YOU? Are you high or something? Where did I threaten you?

Man, you have a warped sense of perception. Go drink with your buddy. I’m sure he’ be happy to oblige you.

Actually they were first suspended with pay.  That’s what made people angry.

The pay in law eforcement is too embarassing to talk about but this might explain why local departments are forced into hiring the chip’s and johnson’s of tommorrow.