On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 16:45:37 -0500, John H.
wrote:


Who appoints the sergeants, lieutenants, captains, etc. It all comes from the top,
Krause. And if the city council and/or mayor is corrupt, as we know they are in
Chicago, then the corruptness rolls downhill.

The cops are like the military. The enlisted folks tend to be based on
merit up until the E8-9 area. The "O" ranks start out on merit and
quickly become more political as you move up the scale the father you
get up on the "O" scale, the more political it gets.