It must be disappointing to find out through an internet message board that your promotion had little to do with your policing or police leadership ability. Unfortunately, wrote memorization of pages in a book does not make anyone a good leader. It only means their last boss didn't give them enough to do, so they got to study on duty. Unless you were a Sgt or Lt under a command staff prior to 2003, then you've never been exposed to competent leadership. Police can't simply ice cream scoop or community