ZERO surprise here. Chief Serpas used to be our Chief in Nashville, TN. Good Riddance.
He focuses on statistics, and traffic stops to fight crime. So, the cops have to focus on traffic stops, even when they are called to respond to a traffic collision, burgled home, or any other crime which is not in process...
Which means this: Expect to wait for hours, if someone steals your stuff. But, if you go 1mph over the limit, expect to get ticketed, and no warning.
The "stats" are all the Chief focuses on. So, if the officers do not meet their required "stats" (cops cannot call it a quota, quotas seem to be illegal) they lost pay and rank here.
Serpas believes he can "prevent crime" by pushing for ever more traffic stops. He is of the belief, he can catch known criminals, by pulling over as many cars as the police can physically do... A flawed, at best, view on crime prevention...
Expect this, too: Expect the stats on your crime rates to drop, even though you can look around and tell the crime has increased in your fair city. Seems the way paperwork is filed, written, and followed up on, crimes like domestic violence, assault, burgary, theft, fraud, will somehow fall.
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=13248024 showing how response times are now extending into hours... Serpas' policies are still in force with the PD.
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=12460490 info on the stats vs. reality of crime rates...
http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=12465162 info showing Serpas stats are not credible...
I feel sorry for you all down there in NOLA. I truly do.
Serpas also used his badge politically here in Tennessee, by actively lobbying against the law allowing permit holders to carry into restaurants which serve alcohol... I doubt he is pro OC...
And as a heads up, he does not like strip clubs and anything remotely involving sex, or prostitution. So, expect him to raid your strip clubs, adult book stores and any massage locations, legit or not, and close them.