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One of the major complaints being levied by the PD is that their
morale is down. Who told them that they had a
"right" to like and be happy with their jobs? Lots of
people hate their jobs, and their bosses. What they do is find another
job, where they can be happy. They aren't allowed to change the
management style to suit their heart's desires. I'm confused. I
recently heard Mitzi Grasso, president of the LA Police Protective
League, on a radio talk show. Her statement was that the police
league does not support Chief Parks because he will not collaborate
with officers, and work with them to make the LAPD a safe police
department.
Excuse
me... why does he have to collaborate with officers? I thought that
he was the CHIEF of police, and was supposed to "Tell" officers
what to do. Ms. Grasso expects the Chief to work with them,
but I expect her to work for the Chief. She is not running
the LAPD, and neither is Chief Gates, whom I assume she would rather
be working for.
Oh I'm sorry. Did I just profile her?
Did I just assume that since some officers are in fact criminals,
that they all are, and that they should all be pulled over and investigated
every once in a while. I also profile Chief Parks, and assume that
he follows whatever code of blue exists. So I have not been all
that supportive of him either. BUT. I believe in "Rank and File."
I believe that Management should manage, and that subordinates
should shut up and follow department policy, or resign, and
go to work for a department, whose policies they like better.
If the PD catches me breaking an existing
law, (or claim that
they did) I will get arrested. But they don't want
to follow their department laws, and rules. Rather than work within
the department to effect policy changes, they prefer to keep changing
chiefs until they get one that will not enforce the rules
The LAPPL is playing games with the
numbers. They claimed that 90% of the rank and file does not support
the chief, but the facts are, that only 69% of the rank and file
even bothered to vote on the issue, unless their ballots ended up
in Florida somewhere… Since about 53% of the LAPPL are former Chief
Gates supporters - we can bet that 100% of them voted against Chief
Parks.
http://www.lapdonline.org/
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