Price Robinson recently retired from the MPD police chief's job, and three candidates are currently under consideration by the Midland, Texas, City Council. The morning paper contains a Q&A with each on them -- see it at Police chief candidates meet with community.
Deputy Chief Jeff Darr is the only applicant currently serving in the Midland Police Department. He is eminently qualified for the chief's job, and his local experience alone should win him the position.
Meanwhile the other two applicants are recently retired chiefs from other jurisdictions. And while they are certainly entitled to a job somewhere, citizens need to consider that they are probably already receiving a pension or equivalent remuneration from their old jobs and are currently looking for a retirement job.
In any event, Jeff Darr is the best choice.
Post Script. Here's something from the interview with one of the other applicants that jumped out. The former chief of St. Louis, MO, used the word "progressive" no fewer than three times in the short interview. Isn't that word a Democrat party dog whistle? Just wondering.
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11:20 AM 10/15/2017
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