Not Our Problem?

 

Late last week a teenage girl who lives in Franklin County was taken to a hospital in Colbert where she walked away. Thankfully, she was found after four days, but not without controversy.

The young woman's mother was upset...as you can imagine she would be. The disappearance came under the jurisdiction of Muscle Shoals Police, but in her desperation, the mother was also attempting to have the Franklin County Sheriff's Department help. How did that county respond?

If we are to believe the family's reports, instead of explaining there was little or nothing that Franklin could have done, a spokesperson replied "It's not our problem." That may have been technically true, but a few kind words of support never hurt any situation.

We know that this brusque refusal didn't come from the sheriff himself, but it would be beneficial if he could instruct his employees to think before they make such comments.