New SDPD Chief (San Diego: crime, how much, tenant)

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Whatcha think? I think it appears to be a good pick.

San Diego

[echo42]

I always look to see what kind of field experience they have. Things like being a patrol officer, patrol sergeant and patrol lieutenant are important because you deal with all of humanity; honest and dishonest, criminals and saints, and sane and mentally ill. You see a lot of things on patrol and get a lot of real world experience.

Too many times agencies and departments promote someone into the ranks that has spent a career in public affairs or administration or other non-enforcement positions. It's good to have public speaking skills if you're going to progress through the ranks but be wary of the silver tongued that rattle off responses effortlessly without a thought process. While these positions definitely give you exposure to the command staff and have the tendency to groom you for further positions, you never get the experience that a captain of a patrol station would get dealing with complaints, general crime and problem officers.

Another thing I consider is how much time they have spent on swat, narcotics, detectives and other narrow focus positions. In these positions they deal with nothing but criminals. You can get jaded doing this over 10 to 20 years and have a different view of the world if you don't keep yourself grounded.

This new guy seems to have a good balance of everything. I saw that he worked in IA, so that's a good perspective to have as well.

[RosieSD]

Originally Posted by 1AngryTaxPayer

Whatcha think? I think it appears to be a good pick.

San Diego

I think Nisleit sounds like a good pick, but I must admit, I'll miss Shelley Zimmerman.

[cruitr]

Originally Posted by RosieSD

I think Nisleit sounds like a good pick, but I must admit, I'll miss Shelley Zimmerman.

Shelley Zimmerman did get a nice retirement package:
1. a lump sum of $898,900 AND
2. an annual pension of $167,000 a year.

[hitman619]

Originally Posted by echo42

I always look to see what kind of field experience they have. Things like being a patrol officer, patrol sergeant and patrol lieutenant are important because you deal with all of humanity; honest and dishonest, criminals and saints, and sane and mentally ill. You see a lot of things on patrol and get a lot of real world experience.

Too many times agencies and departments promote someone into the ranks that has spent a career in public affairs or administration or other non-enforcement positions. It's good to have public speaking skills if you're going to progress through the ranks but be wary of the silver tongued that rattle off responses effortlessly without a thought process. While these positions definitely give you exposure to the command staff and have the tendency to groom you for further positions, you never get the experience that a captain of a patrol station would get dealing with complaints, general crime and problem officers.

Another thing I consider is how much time they have spent on swat, narcotics, detectives and other narrow focus positions. In these positions they deal with nothing but criminals. You can get jaded doing this over 10 to 20 years and have a different view of the world if you don't keep yourself grounded.

This new guy seems to have a good balance of everything. I saw that he worked in IA, so that's a good perspective to have as well.

This^^^
But I will add it's the same old administrative cronyism that we are use to here in San Diego
City and State Jobs along with Fire and Police are some of the biggest violators of cronyism, nepotism and the good ole boy network.