Future Mayoral candidate David James is an example of what the council is today. Someone who talks a big game about how bad the chief was and then does everything in his power to make sure the next chief remains a servile minion for the Mayor as the last chief was. Conrad was a well known commodity within LPD and LMPD before his first day as chief. He was a Deputy Mayor wearing a uniform doing the bidding of the Mayor and allowing the Mayor to distance himself from all things police as he micromanaged