The “Chief” is such a Putz. The fool should resign immediately and drive slowly to a retirement home. I feel he is more of a danger to citizens with his low IQ than someone driving a high powered car.
Yes he is. But unfortunately there's a lot of Police Chiefs like him with the same mindset.
And IMO it's guys like this who originally joined some PD not to 'fight crime', 'serve the public' or anything that noble. It was simply so THEY could carry a gun and have power over others. This is commonly referred to as: 'Penis Envy'(1).
And besides being able to carry a gun while us peons can't, they get other neat perks like being able to buy 'Assault Rifles', high powered LEO Only ammunition, Automatic Knives (Switchblades), Blackjacks, etc. All because they have a badge and we don't.
In Germany of '33 they'd be in the SS. Or the KGB if in the USSR. And when the pooh hits the fan here, they will be 'on the other side'.
(1) In Freudian psychoanalytic theory: feelings of inferiority and defensive or compensatory behavior