So, Eva, asking questions and ascertaining veracity is now the same as
discrediting? You may want to read both my post and Mark's response a bit more
closely, especially since Mark responded that the links I posted was pretty much
what he had read and that it was admittedly pretty slim. Having read
essentially the same pieces, we diverge on two points: Mark thinks the links are
enough
to make the claim and I disagree also on whether the FOP in Dayton
definitively represents the street cops. Given the relationship and reputation of the
Federation here, I would argue that they don't but rather the feelings of a
small group both on the street and in positions of power. You call it attempted
discrediting, I call it validating. It's awfully dangerous just to believe
things one hears without asking questions.
And I think both you and Mark are forgetting his 26+ year history in DC where
he did a lot of work and made a lot of changes when you mention only Dayton
in talking about his experience. All flash and no substance? Allow me to
illustrate the "lack of substance":
- Rose in rank in DC from offiver to Deputy Chief
- 12 percent drop in violent crime and an 8 percent drop in property crime
during the first 18
months he was chief in Dayton.
- completely restructured how policing was done in a department that has
about 600
officers and civilian employees.
- instituted a proactive community policing philosophy.
- changed his command staff, hired two high-ranking black officers.
- created policies banning racial profiling and police pursuits.
- Direct oversight of 1,200 sworn members in DC.
- Managed regional operating budget of more than $77 million (DC).
- Member of negotiating team for 2001 FOP labor union contract in
Washington, D.C.
- Played key leadership role in planning and directing successful operations
during three days of unrest and mass demonstration during World Bank
and Monetary Fund Conference in 2000.
- Reduced homicides by 10 percent in Central Region in 1999 using
focused law enforcement and problem-solving strategies.
- Directed continuing, significant crime reduction in three police districts
he
commanded.
- Conceptualized and directed the Department's Anti-Prostitution Task
Force and nearly eliminated the District's entrenched prostitution markets.
- Increased morale by elimination double-standard discipline in Dayton.
- Serves as Dayton department's liaison to gay and lesbian community.
- Implemented staffing changes designed to put more officers on the street
during high crime hours in Dayton.
- reduced police shootings by 70 percent in 1999 and 2000 "through training
and policy
changes.
- credited with raising residents' level of confidence in police and
reducing complaints
against officers by installing video cameras in squad cars in Dayton.
- The No Confidence vote was for putting restrictions on the use of deadly
force and police
chases, how can you realistically argue against that?
So when you say all flash and no substance and that he hadn't stayed in
Dayton long enough to follow through on his "ambitious reforms", which definition
of the words substance and follow through are you using, because it looks to me
(and to the selection committee, Mayor, 6 council members and a host of
community groups that he is about substance and follow through.
Or perhaps this is kind of like Vinzinni's "inconceivable" from the Princess
Bride....
Jonathan Palmer
Victory
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
-Inego Montoya
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