Michael Davis 2006-06-09 06:32 City of Dallas Dallas Police
I’ve never seen a police chief get such grief for firing some officers. Chief Kunkle is trying to set precedent that bad officers will not be tolerated.
If we have 3,000 officers and 9 or 10 get fired, that shows the Chief is getting rid of bad apples. Read the news articles, look at the violations, and you tell me if you feel it’s warranted. That means 99% of other officers are doing their job.
The bonuses plus the additional increases in salary along with getting rid of these bad apples will increase the pool of new officers as well as boost morale for the officers that do operate by the book.
Dallas, we can’t have it both ways. Either we want Chief Kunkle to clean house, or we don’t. I support his efforts to make the Dallas Police Department the best police department in North Texas.
cog in the wheel 2006-06-17 03:42
What's your opinion regarding officers legitimately injured while on duty who, during the completion of the pension system's disability retirement, are terminated?
By the way; I completely agree with any chief or head of any other law enforcement agency firing those who have clearly broken a law or that have a lengthy history of departmental violations.
However from what I've forced myself to read lately; when put together, the details of some firings play out to be presumptuous, 'throwing the baby out with the bath water', decisions that also signify a means to make examples of those unfortunate officers.
Combine that with the atypical dissemination of information that could only originate from the department its self, to the local media (that otherwise takes more time to acquire), before many of the involved officers even know they've been fired, only reinforces my thoughts concerning the speed in which these decisions are being made and the repercussions that will follow, costing the city quite a hefty amount once the appeals begin.
