Call 911!

Will someone please call 911? Our police department is in serious trouble. I don't think the citizens of DeKalb County have any idea of what’s going on in their police department.

Here's a rundown of personnel changes since January 2007.

Asst Chief Pearson: Forced into retirement
Deputy Chief Miller: Forced into retirement
Deputy Chief Ector: Retired (we all know forced)
Deputy Chief Duncan: Forced into retirement
Deputy Chief Gainey: Retired (probably was going to be demoted, retired instead)
Deputy Chief Holmes: Demoted to Captain and has been transferred 3 times.
Major Gilstrap: Forced into retirement
Major Stathis: Demoted to Captain and transferred to radio???? Are you kidding me?
Major Kliesrath: Demoted to Captain
Major OBrian: transferred to ICP??? Former Chief of Staff and extensive experience in Internal Affairs
Major Gassner: transferred from South Precinct as commander, now ICP, she has extensive Uniform, CID, and former member of SWAT.
Captain Woodard: She made the mistake of being friends to Sheriff Brown (known for 20 years) former commander of Narcotics now stuck in radio?????
Sergeants transferred from specialized positions without cause but for somehow upsetting one of the "chosen" few.
Newly promoted sergeants that have somehow made the wrong person upset have been placed in the property room and code enforcement, meanwhile precincts are short supervisors.

These are just the few I can remember off the top of my head. I'm sure I left some people out or the stories haven't got out yet. I challenge anyone to name a person that replaced any of the people I listed with a more qualified person excluding Chief Rancifer. Chief Bolton systematically replaced every person in the command staff including each precinct commander. I'll give him credit because he learned something from the lawsuits he caused the Dallas PD and was a lot quieter about it this time. Again it isn't only about the money it's also about the lack of leadership this department has put up with since CEO Jones has taken control. Citizens need to put pressure on the candidates for CEO and find out what their plans are for the police department especially its chief. I don't think the department can handle another year of its current chief. Please help us.

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