Raised Morale?

We've noticed a disturbing trend in the comments:

• Interest in the 12 hour day is high
• Interest in any alternative that gets rid of the sixth day is higher
• Numerous people are claiming that this is the best thing to happen to the Department in years and J-Fed truly has the pulse of the regular beat cops

What exactly has the new guy accomplished?

• He's attended one graduation where he pretty much parroted the company line.
• He's made one proposal that will take YEARS to implement
• He may have (emphasis on "may have") cut his office staff from 14 down to 9

No one has been demoted. No heads of Bureaus have been moved. No promotions or hirings have taken place. Yet there is an undercurrent of irrational exuberance all of the sudden in our comments sections and our visits are topping 6,000 per day for three days straight.

We're as eager as anyone to see what change J-Fed can implement. We certainly hope it's for the better. But we need to give this at least 6 months to get a feel for what's going on. Change in this Department takes time. Often, it takes way too much time. Molasses in January moves faster than this Department embracing change. Glaciers often outdistance the pace of change here. Look at what they did to the weapon order last year. And that was in the works for more than a few years that we know of.

Let's wait and see what the actual first change is before we crown J-Fed the greatest thing since sliced bread. Proposed changes are nothing more than "same old, same old" from City management.