He puts his money where his mouth is. I'm very impressed with his knowledge and training and care for police officers.

There's quite a difference in money with the firefighter contract versus the police contract.

He's one of those guys, you talk to him a few minutes and you like him. He has a good reputation among the force. We're in a profession that is a little closed, socially.

When we have somebody who says, 'I want to help you and not charge you,' that gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling.

The randomness of police tactics, police tactics applied without the knowledge of local turf, without being able to draw intelligent distinctions between possible suspects and people who aren't suspects, it's what ... has gotten us into this soup,

They talk about being lean and efficient, but what lean and efficient translates into is a lack of police services,