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Is it True ? Colbert County Sheriff Ronnie May did not apply for the Grant to pay for the "Click It Or Ticket" for this year, he has before and as some said he did not want to Offend anyone cause it is Election year !
I wonder how many other Crants he may not have aplied for , as maybe for helping clean up the Drug Problem in Fear of Offending someone !

This Grant would help pay the deputys working May 24th thru June 6th at no extra cost to the County and may save a Life !

Shame on you Ronnie , if this is True Confused

"Justice For All_Even The Victims"

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This story is pathetic but I can confirm it is true. This is just the tip of the iceberg. The Colbert County Sheriff’s Office has no direction and no leadership. Leadership comes from the top down not from the bottom up.

In Sheriff May’s campaign profile he stated the following:

“My vision for the Sheriff’s Office is to have the best Sheriff’s Office in the state of Alabama. I see a modern Sheriff’s office properly staffed and equipped with computerized equipment, GPS locator systems, in-car camera systems (just to name a few) to face the ever changing challenges presented by those who commit crimes. With added personnel and equipment the fight to reduce and/or eliminate drug activity in the county would be greatly improved.

I envision there being enough money to properly pay Sheriff’s Office staff and offer training opportunities to its personnel.”

Attention Sheriff Ronnie May, you are the current sheriff. If you wanted more equipment then buy it with the 85,000 dollars a year you make from the pistol permit money and leftover food fund. There is no GPS locator systems, 50% of cars do not have in-car cameras , and just about no one have computers. He also states he wants to do more about drugs and crime. You have had 12 years to do something about drugs and crime.

Attention Colbert County Voters: The sheriff has had 12 years to transform the department into the best in Alabama. If he wanted to do something about equipment and training, he would have done it the last 12 years. When May became sheriff, the department was one of the best paid, now it is one of the worst paid. The Colbert County Commission offered Sheriff May a 6% raise for all his deputies. He advised the Commission to reduce the raise to 2% and put the remaining money in his account.

The only time Sheriff May cares about drugs, crime, training, and equipment is during an election. Please join the employees of the Sheriff’s Office and vote for anyone but Ronnie May.
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Originally posted by colbertcounty1:
Attention Sheriff Ronnie May, you are the current sheriff. If you wanted more equipment then buy it with the 85,000 dollars a year you make from the pistol permit money and leftover food fund. There is no GPS locator systems, 50% of cars do not have in-car cameras , and just about no one have computers. He also states he wants to do more about drugs and crime. You have had 12 years to do something about drugs and crime.

Attention Colbert County Voters: The sheriff has had 12 years to transform the department into the best in Alabama. If he wanted to do something about equipment and training, he would have done it the last 12 years. When May became sheriff, the department was one of the best paid, now it is one of the worst paid. The Colbert County Commission offered Sheriff May a 6% raise for all his deputies. He advised the Commission to reduce the raise to 2% and put the remaining money in his account.

The only time Sheriff May cares about drugs, crime, training, and equipment is during an election. Please join the employees of the Sheriff’s Office and vote for anyone but Ronnie May.


I won't be voting for him, 12 years is too long. It's time for him to go. But I won't be surprised if he gets it again.
What do those people that have kept him in for the last 12 years see that I don't see? Roll Eyes
Ok please , Ronnie May is very good at what he does showes up, smiles, shake hands at events, as Pan Cake breakfast and Union Halls, Fish Frys, Motor Cylce Rides and atends church. I am as our son was a Union Member .

I hate to say this but it is the truth, if he had his deputys patrol the drug area that Sat. nite and on up untell the day lite hours , they may have stoped the young man leaving the drugs houses as many as 7 to 8 times before blowing thru the red light killing our son. Ever druggie within 100 miles knowes where these drug places was! I can say 3 months after our son was Killed , the young man was back at these Drug Houses and when this young man was arrested he was leaving the same drug house with drugs on him and to find out later Mr Ronnie May flused the drugs , and why and how many more has he flused ? I have no ideal what one of the others may do if elected. But ones who know what Ronnie May has not done!
Grants are just that , grants . Why should Colbert County be left out of them just because someone does not apply for them ? Every other County has applied . This is neglectful business for all of us . What right does he have to make that decision when the County is in need and grants have been available ? No right , no right at all . He dropped the ball many times over on this and now everything is falling apart .
A department this size does not operate solely because of the sheriff, but more under the supervision and guidance of the chief deputy and in this case the assistant chief deputy who oversees the operations of the jail. The resignations of May’s staff vary in tenure and position with the most noted being a chief investigator and assistant chief deputy, office personnel, deputies, jailers and dispatchers.

The resignations have been many and that in itself speaks volumes. Having said that, I pose a question for the other candidates.

Have you made your decision for who you intend to place in the position of chief deputy and assistant chief deputy? If not, what type of person are you looking to place in these leadership roles?

The clock is ticking and would like to see a response prior to Tuesday’s election.
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I hate to say this but it is the truth, if he had his deputys patrol the drug area that Sat. nite and on up untell the day lite hours , they may have stoped the young man leaving the drugs houses as many as 7 to 8 times before blowing thru the red light killing our son. Ever druggie within 100 miles knowes where these drug places was! I can say 3 months after our son was Killed , the young man was back at these Drug Houses and when this young man was arrested he was leaving the same drug house with drugs on him and to find out later Mr Ronnie May flused the drugs , and why and how many more has he flused ? I have no ideal what one of the others may do if elected. But ones who know what Ronnie May has not done!



Just so you folks know, the Deputies do patrol these drug area's on a regular basis. The Sheriff wants us to patrol the drug area's. If cases are not getting made it is not necessarily the Sheriff's fault. When you take one of these folks to jail and make a drug case and then 6months later you ask the DA how the case that you made is going and the answer you get is............."Aww well he was a good ol boy so we decided to just drop the charges this time." Makes it tough to get drug convictions. Or any other kind of conviction.
Goofy09, Let me say, the deputies do everything in their power to make the streets safe. Using deputies on regular patrol does get a few drug arrest but not many. It is going to take the sheriff using the overtime budget to bring in extra deputies to fight drugs. The “Click it & Ticket It” grant could have brought in an extra 5 deputies at no cost to the department. The extra deputies could have been put in drug areas but the sheriff choose not to. The sheriff chooses not to use the available grants and overtime budget to give the deputies every tool available fight drugs or theft. The sheriff also has the pistol permit money and leftover food fund that he could use to bring in more deputies on overtime to fight drugs and theft but he chooses not to. The sheriff has had 12 years to do something but things keep getting worse. The sheriff always talks about what he wants to do but he never does anything. 12 years of talking is enough, it is time for a new sheriff. The motto in this election at the sheriff’s department: vote for anyone but Ronnie May. Most of the people at the department I speak with state they are voting for Len Gregory.
Thank you Goofy, You confirmed what I been saying, If any Sheriff knows a D.A. is not taking these Drug Cases to a Grand Jury , and then to get a Conviction ! And it is happening over and over again as Mr Sheriff Ronnie May told me, if he is not letting the Voters know , then he is part of the Good Ol Boy System , are these cases droped because of a friend of a friend or someone taking money or other things as Mr. David Scuggins was? I am not saying anyone is taking Money but only asking ?
If something is so wrong for so long and no one speaking up to change it, then that person is a part of it. The average Voters has no ideal about how many times Drugs have been Flused and no Charges and the D.A. and Sheriff sure does not want the Voters to know. Why did it take so long to close down Dougs Place or the Yellow Hole?
Ronnie May is a good man who has just aged too much to handle the job effectively . He has allowed many grants to slip through his fingers that we needed desparately . Is that called lazy or just an over sight ? He was good for a while , but he is too comfy in the position to even care anymore , quoting 2 deputies on that . It is time for him to retire and to enjoy life and let Colbert County finally grown into what it needs to be . This is not a May slamming comment . It is just time for him to leave . Allegations against Terry here should be backed with proof because there is no way he can be 2 places at the same time as alledged here . Personally , I have seen him hanging out at 2 different places than stated at about the same times it was stated , and just being a friendly person knowing he was running for Sheriff . Those that want to accuse him of misdeeds bring on your proof , not your lousy accusations .

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