A police union's accusations are the latest of many signs of trouble at the agency. The city disputed claims of missing evidence and listed extensive efforts to improve morale.
Personnel issues in police departments originate with the individuals causing the issues. When issues arise good leadership is necessary to effectively address the issues with an honest, policy based and fair approach. If good leadership is absent the issues persist and subsequently morale and performance suffers. The leadership of our police department emanates from the chief of police, mayor and city council. If the problems mentioned in this article are true then it would stand to reason the police chief, mayor and council members are failing.
A small community could find it difficult to recruit both leaders and officers. That said, a four mile square community does not need a 25 person police department separate from the sheriff’s office. Not only is the city department redundant, the group appears dysfunctional costing taxpayer money that might be spent on better services. I can understand why the elected leaders of the city and county do not engage in discussions because the current county commissioners seem to cast blame, be hostile to an evolving community, have excuses for failures, blather and dither a lot without adding value to county residents. There is generally two sides to any story, but this kind of dysfunction has been whispered about for years.
Personnel issues in police departments originate with the individuals causing the issues. When issues arise good leadership is necessary to effectively address the issues with an honest, policy based and fair approach. If good leadership is absent the issues persist and subsequently morale and performance suffers. The leadership of our police department emanates from the chief of police, mayor and city council. If the problems mentioned in this article are true then it would stand to reason the police chief, mayor and council members are failing.
A small community could find it difficult to recruit both leaders and officers. That said, a four mile square community does not need a 25 person police department separate from the sheriff’s office. Not only is the city department redundant, the group appears dysfunctional costing taxpayer money that might be spent on better services. I can understand why the elected leaders of the city and county do not engage in discussions because the current county commissioners seem to cast blame, be hostile to an evolving community, have excuses for failures, blather and dither a lot without adding value to county residents. There is generally two sides to any story, but this kind of dysfunction has been whispered about for years.
The failings at the city police department have nothing to do with the county commissioners.