Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Two Michigan law makers want to require the Chief to be state certified

Letter to the Editor, Detroit, News,

Re: Mich. lawmakers want to require police chiefs to be certified as officers, October 30, 2013

Dear Editor:


This "controversy" is much ado about nothing. Chief Craig has 36 years of experience in Detroit, Los Angeles, Portland, ME, and Cincinnati. As Chief of Police, he serves primarily in an administrative, policy-setting role. And he's extremely qualified to do just that. I applaud him for being determined to become State certified, but I think his time could better be spent being Chief. Since law-makers (like State Senators Virgil Smith and Coleman Young Jr.) make laws, maybe they should be required to be lawyers, right? 

Thomas E. Page

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