By Hal Collier, LAPD Retired
We are happy that 35-year veteran Hal Collier is sharing his ‘stories behind the badge’ with us.
Again, these are my suggestions on what makes a good supervisor and they certainly don’t reflect the opinions of the LAPD.
I use to think that the LAPD needed a promotion tree with two forks. One tree fork was for the building boys who promote, they can stay inside and read and write policy books. That’s fine, if that’s your wish. The second tree fork was for street cops who had experience in patrol and knew what worked regardless of what the psychologists said. I once expressed my two forked tree theory and found myself peeing in a cup and taking a Rorschach exam. After that I kept my opinions to myself, my first step in being a good supervisor.
- “I’d like to intervene, but I haven’t completed the appropriate paperwork.”
One reply on “Ramblings, Supervisors, part 2 of 3”
Always interesting, thanks for sharing.