Congrats Chief Brown! You are more than qualified and it's refreshing to see that you've earned this promotion by working your way up the ranks within the department.

Kudos to Raleigh for NOT hiring a rent-a-chief that skips around from department to department after they screw it up!

Other police agencies need to follow suit.

NCHighlander, It doesn't take an act of God to pull over bad drivers and give them a citation and take them to jail - that's just good police work.

Folks, race & gender are issues when hiring the face of a city's police department. I expect soon Raleigh will have a chief with a Hispanic name. That doesn't mean this new chief isn't qualified in any way. All one has to be is qualified, not the best. Who knows who is best. Raleigh PD had one problem, the rank & file were unhappy with the objective evaluation system. This new chief has solved that morale problem. She will do fine, I think.

By the three choice method, and from what I saw of the two out-of-town candidates, the city got the support of the existing officers for she was surely preferable to either of those two unknowns. Smart move. I think LEO morale was primary concern of the city.

Promote from within to maintain status quo -- why change?

The school board did the same to get rid of Tata and make teachers/administrators happy. They don't want change, except back to what has been going on.

Change is uncomfortable, scary and the status quo is inert.

Chief, Cleanse our roads of bad drivers and you will be a hero! LocalYokel

She got the Chief's job. She ain't God!

"Let us please recognize Chief Deck-Brown's abilities, knowledge and experience. She has complete control over what she can learn and none whatsoever on her gender or skinshade. In other words these traits do not define a person - they are just incidental. She has demonstrated that she is a very capable "law enforcement officer" and her success should be entirely ascribed to her ability." - Conservative

Well stated! I expect that Chief Deck-Brown will do an excellent job.

She may be very qualified. Can anyone guarantee me affirmitive action policies were not used in this case?

"If you had followed the story the other two candidates they were interviewing were African Americans also."

hmmm I am certain there were no white applicants that applied that were more qualified then the 3 finalists or maybe none applied at all.

I constantly read comments on and how many of you say that you are not racist. I just cannot tell!

I don't understand where all the comments about affirmative action is coming from. If you had followed the story the other two candidates they were interviewing were African Americans also.

Let us please recognize Chief Deck-Brown's abilities, knowledge and experience. She has complete control over what she can learn and none whatsoever on her gender or skinshade. In other words these traits do not define a person - they are just incidental. She has demonstrated that she is a very capable "law enforcement officer" and her success should be entirely ascribed to her ability.

page 1 | 2 | 3
<prev	next>

sort order: oldest first | newest first