07/14/2021
The fourth estate received a public rebuke hidden in a not so veiled risk issued by Freeman Cooper, the Chief of Police, Chattanooga, Tennessee. It could have been a bad April Fools joke however for the truth that it was a day late and not amusing. Everything took place at a hastily called press conference late early morning, Wednesday, April second, 2008, where Chattanooga Police Chief Freeman Cooper asked the media to stop asking questions about problem officer Chattanooga Cops Captain Jeannie Snyder. Cooper went on to release a veiled threat to the media for doing its task by saying the examination into the female police captain was 'bordering on harassment'. He continued, 'She is a police officer in good standing, which means that she can be equipped at anytime with any weapon, it does not have to be the police department's weapon.' Snyder, who had currently voluntarily stepped down as an assistant authorities chief taking a 10 Thousand Dollar pay cut in November, 2007, likewise willingly kipped down her city issued weapon last week citing public issue over her being armed. The Chattanoogan reported, nevertheless, that she was still bring her individual gun. That is simply one of the exceptions, the city appears to have actually made for Captain Snyder when their internal rules and guidelines say each officer is provided as a service weapon and need to carry that weapon when on task. Chattanooga City Councilman Leamon Pierce is one of the few obviously not afraid to speak up and concern Snyder or the Chief. Pierce suggested, 'You got to deal with what the understanding is, she has a problem no doubt it's a medical issue. I would not want to be around her, in her presence when she has another response.' He went on to say what some officers have actually intimated to the Tennessee Mountain Man - that a few of her fellow law enforcement officer are leary and afraid of her. There are those existing and retired law enforcement officer who tell the Tennessee Mountain Male that they have good reason to walk lightly around Captain Snyder. They keep that Cooper had little choice however to appoint her an assistant police chief and now has no choice but to defend and secure her to the very best of his capability. Names the Tennessee Mountain Male has actually not heard in legal and law enforcement circles in twenty years are popping up once again. Names like Ralph Cothran, AL Coker, Johnny Wright, and others - even a former madam and drug dealer are appearing and sustain the report mill. Chief Cooper challenged journalism at his press conference, 'Inform me something she's doing incorrect? You can't since she hasn't.' He continued, 'She hasn't harmed anybody, threatened to hurt anyone, or put any person in any kind of risk.' According to public records, everything began in January of 2007 when Snyder was found unconscious in her Red Bank (A Chattanooga Bedroom suburb) house after she failed to appear for a visit. She was 'sick', i.e. 'passed out' and had to be hospitalized. Making use of his experience and career as a former intelligence operative, CID Representative, and civilian law enforcement officer the Computer Man suspects the roots of Captain Snyder's problems run much deeper and farther into the past. In September 2007, she did disappoint up for work which sparked a search in Marion County, Tennessee. When lastly discovered after costing the city, the state and 2 counties untold countless dollars, she was 'sick' and needed to be hospitalized. A couple of weeks ago Snyder 'seemed under the impact of alcohol and drugs' at the Town Center Shopping Center, in Cobb County, Georgia at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008 according to an incident report from the Cobb County Department of Public Safety where she produced a weapon when an officer requested for some identification. A conflict occurred. Captain Snyder was 'ill' again. An ambulance had to be summoned with a number of Chattanooga Authorities Personnel to es**rt her back to Chattanooga, and, naturally, once again she needed health center care before going back to responsibility. A recurring theme from police officers is, 'I am a guy'. 'I can't sleep my method to the top.' Which triggered City Councilman Manny Rico to release a counter remark to Councilman Pierce, according to Abena Williams, Reporter, WDEF-TV, Chattanooga, TN, 'I have actually talked with others that aren't (fearful of Snyder), you hear both sides, police individuals are very funny I make sure there are a lot of them that didn't get the promo they must have got.' The previous madam perused this story over a snifter of brandy, then handing it back with a minor smile, stated, 'brand-new paint, brand-new lipstick, new gloss. Nothing ever changes, infant. In between her and the constable there are a lot of important individuals shaking in their boots tonight.' Some believe it is time for a great house cleansing at the Chattanooga Cops Department, and that this might be the biggest thing considering that Bookmaker Turner. Another story ... Another time. In the mean time, the concern remains whether the local press will bow in fear or deference to Chief Cooper?
