Word at the pumps is Deputy Chief Mike Burrows will be demoted to the rank of Captain. Chief Burrows has given 30 years of his life to this department. He is one of the last remaining within the department to be promoted from a uniform patrolman to reach the rank of Deputy Chief.
Throughout his career, Chief Burrows spent many years as a detective in Major Crimes, before the Fair Labor and Standards Act. He worked countless hours of overtime without pay, spending time away from his family to dedicate himself to the citizens of DeKalb County and their safety. During this time working in Major Crimes, he was part of a unique team that prided themselves of a clearance rate beyond that of the national average. Still today, with adverse conditions at best, the Major Crimes Division, under the command of Chief Burrows, has a clearance rate above the national average.
Burrows pending demotion is just another example of Bolton’s stupidity and ineptness. From the first day he was hired, TeBo has chosen to deliberately destroy this department and place the safety of the citizens and officers at risk. This department has been dismantled piece by piece only to be re-assembled using people with the same ignorance and ineptness of Bolton.
Bolton has forced into retirement, and ruined the careers of competent, trained, life long dedicated people, only to replace them with the likes of Karen Anderson, Maleta Waddleton, Gerry Horner, Curtis Williams and others who were not promotable beyond the rank of lieutenant within the Atlanta Police Department. What do these people bring to the table? Under their command, crime in this county has sky rocketed and working conditions have deteriorated to the point where it is only by the grace of God no other officers have died beyond that of Barker and Bryant, Jr.
If you compare this department to that of just 3 years ago, you wonder; is it just Bolton’s lack of knowledge that has gotten us to this point, or is it simply psychosis?
Saturday, September 6, 2008
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Mike Burrows is one of the very very few in the asst / deputy chief ranks that have actually paid dues and EARNED his rank. To even think of demoting him is just unbelieveable and a sure sign that the nuts are in charge of the loonie bin.
The sad truth is that Chief Burrows will get demoted and replaced with Major Denson. That's what Chief Tebo brought Denson over to DeKalb for.
Burrows is one of the most competent people in the department and he has done nothing but good for DKPD. It's sad but Chief Burrows was just one of Tebo's pawns. It's funny how someone who was not promotable beyond Lieutenant at APD is all of the sudden promoted to Chief at DKPD. What a joke and way to screw all of the supervisers in your own department Chief Bolton.
It won't be much longer before Denson is the Chief over CID and ICP. Chief Bolton has screwed up this department so bad that it will be years before the new Chief that Burrell Ellis selects can turn it around.
Lovely.... another fine decision by the great leader... taking another OFFICER that EARNED his rank through his years of experience in Dekalb and demoted to make way for someone who couldn't go up somewhere else. He was one of the last few Officers that will still do a report on a part time job regardless of his ranking. This place is a freaking joke and circus.
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