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Garry Parker's avatar

Great article Roland.

I have become so disgusted. Maybe is we continue to beat the drum, someone will begin to listen.

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Roland Clee's avatar

Thank you so much. It's amazing the contrast - no one wants to be a police chief for more than three years and even cops in their 60s and 70s want to be three and four term sheriffs. Keep up the good work on your writing too.

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Bear the Sword's avatar

LEADERSHIP or should I say the lack thereof in these cities, including some mayors and police chiefs are what’s at the brink of failure.

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Roland Clee's avatar

I can't agree with you enough. Leadership appears to be the cure to failing departments.

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Steve White's avatar

Simply put, elected sheriffs can do one thing appointed police chiefs can't . . . go to the public as a peer to the other electeds and say, "My fellow citizens, your county councilors will not give your sheriff's deputies the resources they need to keep you safe."

Any at-will chief doing so wouldn't last a month. That's why Seattle activists and voters overwhelmed their neighbors in unincorporated King County to determine they would benefit have a hamstrung figurehead APPOINTED as sheriff. Play nice in the sandbox TinStar, or is back to jail duty for you.

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