www.detroituncovered.com - clip and paste and read the context of this post...
PO John Bennett writes it and has taken punishment for it...suspended for years,without pay - for speaking out about the Detroit Police Department and its problems...
"This double standard is why our (Detroit police) department will never get it's act together nor get back to being respected." anon
"The Chief is supposed to lead by example. Have you forgotten the Code of Ethics? His situation has shown how hipocritical he and the rest of the administration is and has been." anon
"We are dealing with not only the departmental issue but the Moral issue. If you accept this situation than your obviously too far gone and certainly have not been introduced to that higher standard most have been subjected to at any Trial Boards." anon
"Why so much support for this slimeball Godbee? Is the city so hard up for a Chief? This is your website, J.B., but your support for some is puzzling." anon
The above published comments - show what a divisive issue Godbee has become.
On Let it Rip (Fox2Detroit.com - Aug 12), I said that Godbee should not be the face of the Detroit Police Department. His relationship with Patterson, disqualifies him from being Chief of Police.
It may not be illegal, as Tracey Henry and Charlie Langton said, but it is morally and ethically wrong! - that is why Bing should remove Godbee as Chief of Police.
Detroit is the butt of too many jokes, it has lost respect in many areas, its reputation is hurting the City - nationwide and Godbee is part of the problem and must be removed - now.
For years, I wrote in the Tuebor (DPOA newpaper) about the problems within the Department and my suggested solutions - no one seemed to want to address them - so the Department went from bad to bad to bad as Police Chief after Police Chief failed its officers and residents.
Nepotism, Favoritism, and Cronyism has infested the Department since I joined in 1977. It is a disease that has to be cured - and - the only way is to have a National Search to find a nationally respected and ethically unchallenged police chief. It will not be easy - and concessions to the new chief will have to be made - in terms of autonomy, and his ability to make the necessary changes to make the Detroit Police Department a respected police department.
Detroit has had to many inbred police chiefs - too many who took care of themselves and their favorite people - too many that have committed crimes and adultery!
Godbee was not the first.
It is time for Bing to rise to the occasion - to spend the money, take the time to find a man or woman who can lead the Detroit Police Department to national recognition for its efforts in all aspects of policing - a Chief who can command respect nationwide, of its own police officers and residents.
If you comment on this - please have the courage to use your name.
Detroit needs thinkers and doers - people who 'speak truth to power' and whose names are attached to their speech / comments.
You can also comment on my blog space -
http://davidmalhalab.blogspot.com
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