Posted on 09/30/2019 2:12:17 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. - After announcing his retirement on his blog on Sunday, Police Chief Mike Koval is voicing his reasons for the sudden exit.
"I'm tired of the politics. The politics has been oppressive to me," said Koval. "And frankly we're getting ready to go through another budgetary process where I am completely frustrated in terms of what I believe are important priorities for this department that probably won't be met. And I get it, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. That doesn't mean I have to agree with it. And that certainly doesn't mean I have to sit through it."
Koval said since 2015 he has asked city leaders for more staff, but he's never gotten enough.
He said the city government has not made public safety a priority.
"I thought when I saw the mayor campaign on a platform that didn't mention public safety, and afterwards I saw a budget where the priorities certainly weren't public safety, rather than me constantly hitting my head against a concrete wall, I won't do that anymore," said Koval.
He said it is time for someone else to take on the mission he has been trying so hard to achieve.
"It's time. I'm tried of being a square peg fitting into a round hole, go-along, get-along. That doesn't work for me. I'm a straight shooter. You hear what I feel. You're going to know what I think are the problems and I'm unapologetic for having those principles," said Koval.
Sunday was his last day as chief of police.
Assistant Chief Vic Wahl will work as the interim Chief of Police for the department until the Police and Fire Commission finds a permanent replacement.
Continuation of yesterday’s thread:
‘Madison Police Chief Abruptly Retires (WI)’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3782262/posts
Why any cop in any liberal city would stay in that job is beyond me.
I suppose you can just collect the paycheck and look the other way.
For the same reason they stay in the CIA and the FBI. They get to control people
Another liberal-run city that’s going down the tubes.
Milwaukeestan may also be losing their Police Chief! Rumor has it that Liberal Mayor Barrett (two time LOSER for Governor) wants this Law & Order guy gone!
“There will be a process that will be discussed later on this week. I will let the Fire and Police Commission make that notice,” Morales said during Newsradio 620 WTMJ’s live broadcast event, WTMJ 2020, Monday at Potawatomi Hotel and Casino.
Morales said he and Mayor Tom Barrett have had a conversation, but ultimately, it’s up to the Fire and Police Commission.
“I’d like to stay,” Morales said.
When asked if he would be police chief during the 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Morales said,
“We’ll see.”
Lawlessness is the mantra of the Democrat Party.
Is Madison still being run by the old 60’s Marxists and wackjobs? Sounds like it.
Well, Soglin is FINALLY gone (he’s in his late 70’s now - a lifetime of DESTRUCTION via Public Office) but the rest of them are brain-washed Socialists.
The Madison City Council is the main problem. They’re ALL Socialists.
It’s a huge Echo Chamber of Feel-Good, Do-Nothing, Screw the Taxpayers mopes...with little or no oversight other than by the latest Socialist, lesbian Mayor.
Public Safety is a racist dog whistle for liberals.
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