Sunday, September 23, 2018

Should a police chief have any say over which laws to enforce?

was a question asked on another web board because someone was having an unidentified problem over something that they had complained about and the CLEO (Chief)apparently said the law was not being enforced. 

I don't know which law the complainer was talking about but I am aware as too how police departments work. They work under supervision of the town or city fathers who are elected by the people and generally reflect the values of the community.

I once heard a cop say that his boss is the CLEO and the CLEO answers to the city fathers and that the best way to keep a job in a department is to not rock the boat. that makes a lot of sense when you think about it.

To put a point on it, the Chief has a lot of discretion on what he can and won't enforce. The police are there for the good of the community and the community are actually the people that tell the police what to do.



To find out why the blog is pink just cut and paste this: http://piccoloshash.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-feminine-side-blog-stays-pink.html NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED IN THE WRITING OF TODAY'S ESSAY

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