Departments in liberal-run cities like Chicago, Detroit, Oakland, and New Orleans are not the model for a good law enforcement agency. They have no handle on the runaway violent crime there. NYPD and LAPD are a lot more effective, but only because their Mayors let the police do their job the right way. They also promote leaders having substantial experience in doing the job they are now managing and doing it well, which is not necessarily the situation on LMPD. A few years of riding the beat and