a new Chief of Law Enforcement
As a new Chief of Law Enforcement, the first thing to do is evaluate all of the officers who have received misconduct complaints and those with questionable shoot incidents reports. There would have to be a serious weeding out of those bad officers from the police department. Depending on the severity of the misconduct complaints I would have those officers go in for more extensive training and psychological evaluations. At that point, they would be put on a probation period to return back to work and re-evaluated after 90 days to see if there has been a change in both behavior and job performance. For the officers with questionable shootings, I would request the help of Internal affairs and the prosecutor’s office to help with investigations. And place those officers on leave without pay until the matter is settled. A press conference with community leaders and mayor along with the chief of police can inform the public of the new actions that the department is willing to take in order to maintain peace within the community.
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