There's a strong argument to require officers to live in the division they police in, although we'd get almost nobody willing to work in high crime divisions. Most of the people in charge never slept a night in their entire lives west of 9th Street. LMPD has a lot of people who think they know all about policing, criminals, witness psychology, being a detective and the neighborhoods. People here have a superficial understanding at best because you don't get that much perspective driving in to do