"Merit" Strikes Again

When you don't DO the job, you don't KNOW the job:

• O/T Area One Detective Commanders Watson had her first of many depositions from her unit the other day. She put it off a few times, but they finally forced her to go. She was asked “What does ATC stand for?”, and she stated she didn’t know. She was then asked, “What was a SPAR?”, and she couldn’t explain what it was or what SPAR stands for. There’s a lot of chattering going on at Corp Council right now. 

Someone taken care of their entire career, shielded from having to make snap decisions, probably protected from having to deal with the public, supervise under stress, perhaps even making (or approving) an arrest involving Use of Force....now supervising a Detective Area?

And testifying under oath in court. This will probably cost taxpayers millions. Again. 

Granny Clampett

She just can't stay out of the news as the most incompetent carpetbagger of all time:

ILLEGAL ALIENS have no business enforcing laws when they can't follow the law themselves.

(note: ILLEGAL ALIENS are different from resident aliens who are here legally, have green cards, have declared their intentions to become citizens and are in the midst of the process - we've served with more than a few and all were good cops.)

Rules for Thee....

Wrong message there Chief:

• We all know how Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns crew advocates relentlessly for gun control for the little people. Yet these same mayors keep getting popped for—you guessed it—illegally possessing guns? Well, hold their beer, because the University of New Hampshire just dropped a sequel. You can’t make this stuff up.

  Enter Steven Lee, the 50-year-old Chief of Police at the University of New Hampshire. He recently testified that college students absolutely shouldn’t be trusted with guns on campus. Reason? “They’re too drunk,” he said.  The gun control advocate, using his professional position as Chief of Police — advocating that New Hampshire protect the kids by keeping them disarmed.  Assume they’re constantly intoxicated and irresponsible.

  Fast-forward to present day: Chief Lee — badge, gun, and all — was pulled over in Portsmouth at almost 1 a.m.  (Pro-tip for the chief: nothing good happens after midnight.) Chief Steven Lee was (allegedly) hammered enough to earn himself a pair of shiny bracelets and a DUI charge. He’s now on paid administrative leave (because of course it’s paid), has plead not guilty, and a trial set for March.

We'd expect nothing less from a "chief" of a university police force.