It was more competent than LMPD is today in the years that Dotson and Smith ran it. It was extremely corrupt in the decades prior to Dotson and run like a sneak preview of LMPD in the Abramson and Hamilton years. JCPD had far better Chiefs other than Dotson and Smith which made it a better department for the most part. Crime was low in the old county. People used to assume it was a just natural and nothing to do with JCPD. Now we know from LMPD that being passive cucks like command wants drives