Thank you Roberta. In this day and age, police seldom stay in one assignment for years and years. In order to get ahead, an officer needs a variety of job experiences. Lt Arradondo is an intelligent and highly respected officer. I would not be at all surprised if he would not like to be a police chief someday, perhaps even in Mpls if we ever again feel we don't need to recruit strangers from other states. Wherever he goes, his resume needs to show a vast experience needed to be a chief in a metropolitan area. This is one of the reasons officers move around.
I know from experience, however, that it is often hard to put projects that one has had a major hand in starting into the hands of others. The decision to change sometimes is made for us by our bosses. This does two things. It forces the one giving up the project to devote more time to a still heavy workload and search out new ideas. It also opens up the position to another, hopefully equally qualified person who brings new ideas into the mix. In return this second party gains a new prospective and ideas. Alot of talk goes on about changing attitudes in the Mpls Police Dept. It makes sense, then, to bring new officers into the mediation process so that they can personally sit down and hear from the community. Lt Arradondo obviously "gets" what the community wants or else the reaction would not be what it is. He needs to take this back to the street and educate the officers working for him. Lt Doyle is a good man and a good police officer. Give him a chance as well. Who knows, after a while, you may all respect him as much as you do Lt Arradondo. In the meantime, while the community can and should have input, personnel assignments need to be the chief's decision. He does not need nor should he stand to have the community micro-managing his department. The mayor and 13 council members are all the managers anyone can stand. Anne McCandless Jordan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roberta Englund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 12:04 PM Subject: RE: [Mpls] Lt. Arradondo > >>From postings on the List, it appears that people are making assumptions > about Lt. Arradondo's current assignments to suit their own needs. > > The one thing that most posters seem to agree on is that Arradondo is an > intelligent and respected police officer. Given that, perhaps folks should > give him credit for intelligently participating in decisions related to > his > own destiny. > > Think about that, before burdening him with the success or failure of > issues > that are not his. > > Roberta Englund > Folwell > > REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at > http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. > If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn > E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > > > > REMINDERS: > 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at > http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, > contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn > E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact 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 Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
