I’ve learned not to confuse street cops with politically appointed police chiefs. The moment a chief disagrees with a mayor, etc on any issue h/she is gone.
Correct. Example, here the chief in the big town south of me is a left coast transplant and big POS enabler who caters to whichever minority group yells loudest. His men hate him and they know he will not back them on anything. Most of the ones I know are very pro 2nd.
FRiend, you need to shout that from the rooftops:
Police chiefs are political animals and as such will do and say anything to ingratiate themselves with the preexisting power structure.
Police chiefs are by definition statists.
I would like to see in print just what laws the police feel expose them to greater danger. We have a Neighborhood Watch program....our Sheriffs expect us to take care of a "situation" until they can respond....you just might need a hand gun to do that. The NYT need to be less detached in their propaganda reporting.
The rank and file for the most part have no problem with the revised carry laws. It’s usually the administrators (read: politicians) who have problems with them. And it’s usually pretty obvious when a cop becomes a politician. It’s when their job ceases to be about policing and starts to be about pleasing their political betters.
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