With a few exceptions, police leaders are more politician than police officer. Whereas cops are meant to be consistent enforcers of law, their leaders change with the shifting political winds. As one of the line officers I’ll tell you it creates anxiety when we can’t be certain our leaders are on the same page as us.
Great idea with the guest writer! Seems like a great guy to know :-) Thanks Roland!
I second Jeff's comment. Thanks for introducing us to Friedrich; I just subscribed to his Substack. : )
I didn't know about IACP's gun policy. Wow.
With a few exceptions, police leaders are more politician than police officer. Whereas cops are meant to be consistent enforcers of law, their leaders change with the shifting political winds. As one of the line officers I’ll tell you it creates anxiety when we can’t be certain our leaders are on the same page as us.