Agree completely. A sensible leader is a sensible leader. He or she doesn’t need to know everything or anything, for that matter, about what kind of guns they want or criminal procedure. They just have to see the broader picture and guide the organization in the right direction and identify leaders within the organization that can advise on the little things.
We’re pretty close to agreement.
People with years of law enforcement background know what they can and cannot order their people to do in pursuit of a criminal.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tabacco, and Firearms is a law enforcement organization. So their leader needs to know enforcement law.
Simply an excellent executive officer without Law Enforcement procedural background, would mean this guy would have to defer to staff on major policy decisions concerning raids, apprehensions, or simple surveillance.
You mentioned several categories of people in your first post, I’d have no problem at all signing on to occupy this position.
Thank you for your thoughts on this.