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Daniel Garcia, the new Phoenix police chief sworn in yesterday, promises to bring “love” to the department.
Garcia’s a former assistant police chief from the Dallas Police Department. He’s a 30-year police veteran and speaks Spanish.
Yesterday, he told the news media: “I promise you… I will take the love I have for the Dallas Police Department and transfer it right over to the Phoenix Police Department.”
Everybody needs some love. But will Garcia deliver?
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His predecessor, Jack Harris, presided over a department that saw its share of corruption scandals. Harris left following criticism over bogus kidnapping statistics and, like Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, led a sex-crimes team to failure.
We don’t know him yet, but feel free to take a guess on how he’ll face this test of his leadership abilities. Scroll down for your morning poll:
