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More on professionalism and supervisory capacities of campus police

Last week I questioned why the Houston Community College police force needed its own SWAT team, and a couple of commenters protested that I improperly demeaned the quality and professionalism of campus police when I noted that, "Unfortunately, smaller agencies have less training, less pay, and most importantly the pool of quality supervisors isn't even big enough for all the municipal agencies and sheriffs, much less a zillion smaller shops."But another story out of HCC again makes me question supervisory systems at these smaller agencies. Officer Colleen Adams, who is under investigation in a racial profiling episode, was the subject of a letter from 10 colleagues to supervisors claiming she shouldn't be a cop, but top decisionmakers kept her on the force...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 01, 2010 (boomark / email).