Jackson Jambalaya

On the news last nite he had the obligatory four stars on his shoulders. He said he was going to bring crime to a halt and is 'tired of people talking about the place where I live'.

Be sure to axe the tough questions, like: "How are things going?" "What's your first week been like?" and maybe "Going forward, under the new and improved Jackson paradigm, what is your vision for the city?" Those should be stumpers.

You forgot "ask him how the wife has adjusted" or "what the kids think."

Ask him who killed the mayor?

Ask him the state of the PD. Why is the attrition rate so high and why are they so top heavy. He is in a position to correct mistakes of predecessors. The structure of the PD is inept. Officers have no way to move up. Detectives and patrol are paid on the same pay scale and the only raise after your first year is at 10 years. What are his plans to inject morale into his PD because when you have nothing to achieve for these are the results you get.

Ask him who killed the mayor?

Stokes is hot on the trail. Rest easy.

@ 7:59 AM - If you mean profusely sweating after taking a few steps... definitely yes.

Sorry Kingfish but early on in your interview when Vance said he sees no major personnel changes in the leadership ranks I turned the station. That is all I needed to hear to know the status quo at JPD will prevail.

September 3, 2014 at 5:20 AM

You asked 3 questions. How long is the "show"? (I don't listen to talk radio)
Will there be enough time for him to answer these questions and allow him to ramble on and on as he does so well?

...."Ask him who killed the mayor?".....

It's Who kilt da mayah?

7:29....You sound disappointed that so many are 'at the top' yet you bemoan the fact that 'there is no way to advance'. Which way will you have it...more people at the top, fewer people at the top or more ways to negotiate the path to the top? Make a choice.

After all, the goal of every black person in a leadership role is to get as many of 'our people' in these jobs as we can and advance them so they can maximize long term benefits of the PERS system.

This is nothing but another example of 'the city employment office' doing what it does.

Vance is obviously a JPD lifer. The culture there is to use Comsat as a punishment tool, a method to shift blame and not address real problems. When a Deputy Chief sees s spike in crime in a certain area he will blame the precinct commander who in turn blames the shift supervisor who blames the beat officer. The beat officer gets told one day to ride his beat and be visible to deter crime. The next day he's told he's not making enough arrests or writing enough tickets, that he's just lazy.

Instead Comsat was designed to inform administration of crime patterns so that resources can be assigned to combat the problem. A tool to foster teamwork.

JPD is only able to arrest offenders it's up to Hinds County to keep them locked up. With the condition of the jail and court system in Hinds County,Jackson is unable to keep thugs off of the street for very long. The condition the Hinds county jail and courts are in is a direct reflection of the. Hinds county supervisors.

Having said that, if the new chief wants to do something it has to be something different, different from all of the others that have come before. Let go of the idea that since they are the capital city that they don't need or wouldn't benefit from the help of other law enforcement agencies in the metro area. Work hard to change the culture of passing the buck of responsibility to the next person, finding someone else to blame for the problem.