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Trolley hero quits force

Hammond is still a hero, but he needs to face the music for what he did wrong. Had he not been at Trolley Square many more people would have died and for that he is a hero. Unfortunately, if he is found guilty he does still need to be held accountable for those crimes. No one should have their rights violated.

Sad, sad, sad. He is still a hero.

True, but don't forget: the only thing people like more than a hero is to see a hero fall.

Humans are complex creatures capable of many things-good and bad. Ken Hammond is no exception although his strengths and weaknesses may go to extremes many of us will never experience. We all have our strengths and our weaknesses. What Officer Hammond did that evening at Trolley Square stands on its own heroic merits. What he is alleged to have done in these other instances will stand on there own as well.

Yes, it is sad. It is sad for Ogden City, and the rest of us in the State of Utah. He was tried in the media. He has never, to this point, been given his day in court. If the allegations are true, good-bye loser! If they are not true, shame on all who did not let this officer have his day in court. I wonder if the "Drunk" lady even knew if she was wearing pants. As far as violating the rights of someone arrested for DUI, how about those of us that occupy the streets while you are driving drunk? Don't we have rights? You violate our rights. Next time you want to drink and drive, do us ALL a favor and drive off a cliff.

Remember, "innocent until proven guilty" there are a lot of very flaky people out there that will do anything to accuse and try to sue for some free dollars from the police departments.
Ken does not deserve this baloney.

Hammond is a hero for saving life's that could have been statistics by now! Cops have so much stress every minute they are on duty. I hope after his day in Court he is found innocent, IF he is innocent. If guilty, I feel bad for his wife and family! Nevertheless, I'm pretty sure people will ALWAYS be greatful he got involved at Trolley Square.

Innocent until proven other wise......To the big media, put the DUI people in the news the night of the DUI so we can see them as they are. Media tells us all about the DUI people life so we can understand their side. WE know you would be their life are a joke.

Ogden PD should have waited until this case had played out. Officer Hammond could be innocent. He should have at least been given the presumption of innocence by those with whom he worked. Isn't that how our justice system works.

Guilty or Innocent, nothing will detract from the heroism Officer Hammond displayed that fateful night. Human beings are complex creatures.

I wish him well and shame on OPD.

the Ogden Police Department and they benefitted from his notoriety of Trolley Square,"

how so and why should this affect anything? Were they supposed to turn their backs on allegations which should be taken seriously? I agree they will stand on their own merit and the truth will come out and Officer Hammond will remain a hero in the Trolley square incident. I wish him all the best.

that there is a very thin line between many police officers and criminals. If you rob a bank only one day in a year, you still are a bank robber. The evidence must have been overwhelming in both cases against him.

O-Town.

Did anyone else notice that all the people who support Hammond and call him a hero have terrible writing skills? I think the two are linked somehow. Idiots can't see the truth. They're probably the same people who voted for Bush and support the war in Iraq and the troops serving there. Cops and military troops are the same breed: uneducated individuals who are too poor, lazy, and stupid to graduate from college. These are the people we have "protecting" us. What a country we live in.

THIS OS NOT FAIR THERE SHOUL BE A INVESTION TO FIND EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS HE IS GUILTY

I was one of the people whose life you saved that night. Whatever your future brings, I and my family will always be grateful you were there and willing to get involved. In that sense, you'll always be a hero,no matter what your future brings...which I hope is happiness and peace.

Good luck, my friend.

Wow! I had no idea that our military is a bunch of uneducated idiots with no college degrees. You have spoken without really doing your homework. Sounds to me like you are the fool. You have no idea how much knowledge our military really has. This officer is the subject of a poor (college educated) judge who didn�t use his/her best judgment in the case. You have obviously not been subjected to a judge and you have no judicial sense to you whatsoever. The girl is a 16-year-old wife? The article said she was the wife of the man but she was only 16? Perhaps you can give some of your wisdom to her. Just for your information. The military won�t accept her because she is too undereducated and has already messed up her life. I�ll be she didn�t even graduate high school.

In my mind both of these actions are seperate and distinct. I still congratulate him for saving lives at Trolley Square, but I also denounce his behavior in the other incident.

One doesn't wipe-out the other. This just proves we can all be both good-guys and bad-guys, sometimes at the same time.

Hero? | 1:28 p.m.
is the one who sounds like a judgmental idiot to me. Judging people completely by their spelling (I'm a terrible speller but I'm no idiot and I did graduate from college).

And then to pre-judge everyone in the military or law enforcement as, "the same breed: uneducated individuals who are too poor, lazy, and stupid to graduate from college".

Then he goes off on his, "They're probably the same people who voted for Bush and support the war in Iraq and the troops serving there"???

What a jerk! Is it any suprise why people hate liberals like this?

Your writing skills were not perfect. You neglected two needed commas. Concerning the country we live in, yes these people even protect arrogrant and cynical people like you. I think our military and police generally are hero quality people.

RE: 4:33 PM


Many people make poor grammar mistakes on blogs. However, if it bothers someone so very much then perhaps they ought to go take up a teaching class and skip blog reading all together. It's pretty lame to point out the faults of others on a blog. I mean really... who cares?

It's too bad that this officer has turned out not to be such a hero after all.