Chief of Police — It’s Never Been My Total Identity

I think, in looking back, philosophically they were on point. But what happened is that it became the bible too long — that 10 years or 12 years after, people were still saying, "Have you done item number 47?" Well, 47 might have been outdated and outmoded five years ago. And people weren’t willing to accept that times change. The other thing was that, early on, the department supported, I think, 90 percent of the recommendations. And yet, if you read the press coverage on it, you’d believe they were going to fistfight every day about some particular item.