PAY BACK TIME: Former NYPD Commander EDWARD NORRIS, now PC of Baltimore, has agreed to repay the city of Baltimore PD $6,000.00 for "questionable expenses" and "regrets the embarrassment."
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http://www.nypdnews.com/rambling1202.htmledit to add:
CP: What I've heard about you -- from other cops -- is that you are a real cop, that you're not the administrative type. And I've also heard from people here that they're very comfortable talking to you about things going on in the department, that you seem to be very open. What is your management style?
EN: I truly, and people say it all the time, I really do try to lead by example. I did not come up through the ranks by working police headquarters or police academy or safe assignments. Unfortunately, a lot of police leaders in the NYPD and around the country get to the top and they have not quite enough field experience that they might need to speak to the field people, the people who actually do this job, the cops, one-on-one look them in the eye and talk about police work and have them know that you know exactly what they do -- all the good stuff they do and all the bad stuff they do.
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...If people sit down, read the plan -- which is basically just a sound plan for re-organizing the department and holding the police accountable on every level -- crime-fighting, integrity, discipline, training. . . . I don't know how anybody can argue with this.
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CP: One of the things I noticed in this report was something about "corrupt behavior exists unknown to police management and supervisors." There are certain districts here where you can go into the district parking lots and see 24-, 25-year-old officers driving Mercedes and Lexuses. How is it possible that there isn't some more awareness of that?
EN: One of the questions I asked when I was interviewed for this job,
I wanted to know what the integrity situation was here. What were internal-affairs capabilities? How were they doing in the past rooting it out? It seemed like it was not a real proactive, strong internal-affairs unit. I think that's the problem: If you don't look for it, you don't find it.
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http://www.citypaper.com/2000-04-19/feature2.html