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Police officers in general are becoming more and more distanced from the community. As long as people such as Ms Sizer are guiding it will only get worse. No matter what you feel about her job performance, that's not the issue - You can lead beautifully, but if you're marching down the wrong road you're only getting farther from where you need to be. Every single comment she makes is framed in 'the police vs. the community'. Get someone in that chair that says 'the community'.

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Exactly. The 'band of brothers' attitude that works so well for the military is what's endangering every citizen. The entire police culture shows that it's become an 'us and them' job to be a police officer. You can hear it in almost every comment of Ms Sizer. What needs to be brought back is the police being part of the community, not policing the community.

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