While there were several exceptional candidates being considered for Chief, I believe Mayor Rybak made an excellent choice in selecting Bill McManus. McManus has extensive and impressive experience and credentials. I hope the City Council strongly endorses the Mayor's nominee, thus clearing the way for improved police-community relations, stronger department leadership and accountability, and consistent service citywide in 2004 and beyond.
Michael Hohmann Linden Hills > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Sether, Laura S > Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 1:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Mpls] Rybak names McManus his choice for Chief > > > Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak today named William P. McManus his > choice for Minneapolis Police Chief. McManus is currently Chief > of Police in Dayton, Ohio and was previously Assistant Police > Chief in Washington, D.C., where he spent 26 years in the department. > snip > McManus has a proven ability to make tough decisions based on > what's right for the community. In less than two years in Dayton, > McManus established new policies to restrict high-speed police > pursuits and prohibit officers from shooting from or into moving > vehicles, both of which he said posed unjustifiable safety risks. > The Dayton Daily News editorialized earlier this month: "No one > can deny how Chief McManus has kept the department jumping, > implementing new policies based on national best practices." > > In Dayton, McManus effectively introduced Community Oriented > Policing and STARCAPPS, which is a strategic tracking and > analysis response system similar to CODEFOR (the system currently > in use in Minneapolis). He also quickly moved to control > spiraling overtime costs, establish accountability for all > personnel, and ensure that diversity based programs were taken > seriously within the department. > > Cha Lee, a member of the Citizens' Advisory Committee that > interviewed the finalists and executive director of the Southeast > Asian Community Council, said, "This guy lives diversity. He may > not show it on the outside, but he gets it in his heart and lives > it every day." > > He is credited in two short years in Dayton with bringing the > police department closer to the community and providing > much-needed direction. He introduced the City's first racial > profiling policy and swiftly diversified and reorganized Dayton's > command staff. He implemented fully integrated, geographically > tailored community policing in Dayton. The ties he nurtured with > other law-enforcement agencies resulted in a combined City-County > SWAT team. > > McManus was Assistant Chief of Police in Washington, D.C., > directly overseeing the largest and most diverse division of the > City, ranging from Capitol Hill to the poorest, toughest > neighborhoods. He played a key role during period of > reorganization to refine the department's community policing > efforts, and to bring about a focused reduction in crime and the > fear of crime. He reduced homicides by 43 percent in his region > by strategically directing resources to focused areas. > snip > "We need to create a safe community where every law-abiding > person - regardless of the color of their skin, the neighborhood > they live in, or the language they speak - trusts the Minneapolis > police to protect and defend them. I believe Bill McManus can get > us there," Mayor Rybak said. > > McManus holds a Master of Science in management from Johns > Hopkins University and a Bachelor of Science from Villanova > University. McManus is originally from Philadelphia. He and his > wife, Lourdes, have two children. Lourdes is a Peruvian immigrant > and the family speaks Spanish in their home. > > Mayor Rybak will forward McManus' name to the City's Executive > Committee on Monday, December 22, and the committee will consider > his nomination on January 7. A public hearing on the Mayor's > nomination will also be held on January 7 in the City's Public > Safety and Regulatory Services Committee. snip > Laura Sether, Office of Mayor Rybak > Standish-Ericsson snip REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
