Police trained to spot potential domestic homicides and linked to women's shelter

I agree, but ... what would you prefer? Seriously? A Chief is a political (not D/R, just political) choice. If they hired from within, they would carry all the "inside" baggage. If they hired totally from outside, they'd do like White, pick their favorites coming in and stick with them. Like Fischer, Conrad is having to clean up a lot of mess left behind by White, like Marlowe, this Chandler mess, promotions that may have been inadvisable, etc. I do wish he'd considering re-aligning the divisions, but that is a personal issue for me. We absolutely need more officers on patrol, but he can only hire what the mayor lets him hire.