AuH20
02-19-2013, 02:56 PM
This guy has a huge bullseye on his back after his comments.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/clarke-unfit-to-be-sheriff-gs8jj70-189458371.html
Clarke has a history of making statements such as the one that shocked O'Brien. (He claimed correctional institution programming, such as addiction treatment, was a waste of time, for starters.) This time, as part of a "public service" message, he suggested citizens take up guns to protect themselves in the interim between their 911 calls and a response, suggesting that response rates have slowed (they haven't) and that the reason is staffing cuts to his office (patently absurd). The sheriff's office responds to very few cases of violent crime; the Milwaukee Police Department responds to about 98% of such calls.
There is, however, a larger issue that requires the electorate's attention: whether Clarke is able and competent to lead a professional law enforcement agency.
Clarke has a track record of alienating others in government service - judges, district attorneys, law enforcement professionals. His ongoing fights with County Executive Chris Abele, other county officials and professionals in the law enforcement community have been well-documented. He may be well-liked by some suburban residents who perceive him as the savior who spared them from unchecked crime, but he is despised by many in his own department, who view him as vindictive and heavy-handed. At the end of the day, you judge the sheriff like you would judge any public official: his track record.
Challenge the system and suddenly you are classified as incompetent and abrasive??? I call that leadership.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/clarke-unfit-to-be-sheriff-gs8jj70-189458371.html
Clarke has a history of making statements such as the one that shocked O'Brien. (He claimed correctional institution programming, such as addiction treatment, was a waste of time, for starters.) This time, as part of a "public service" message, he suggested citizens take up guns to protect themselves in the interim between their 911 calls and a response, suggesting that response rates have slowed (they haven't) and that the reason is staffing cuts to his office (patently absurd). The sheriff's office responds to very few cases of violent crime; the Milwaukee Police Department responds to about 98% of such calls.
There is, however, a larger issue that requires the electorate's attention: whether Clarke is able and competent to lead a professional law enforcement agency.
Clarke has a track record of alienating others in government service - judges, district attorneys, law enforcement professionals. His ongoing fights with County Executive Chris Abele, other county officials and professionals in the law enforcement community have been well-documented. He may be well-liked by some suburban residents who perceive him as the savior who spared them from unchecked crime, but he is despised by many in his own department, who view him as vindictive and heavy-handed. At the end of the day, you judge the sheriff like you would judge any public official: his track record.
Challenge the system and suddenly you are classified as incompetent and abrasive??? I call that leadership.