tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post5776027751741029591..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-39450958684900294302012-12-06T07:45:54.509-05:002012-12-06T07:45:54.509-05:00Hite is also the one who wrote a letter in support of a child molester.<br />http://www.ktla.com/videogallery/72450637/News/Chief-Hite-Letter-ControversyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14063261900488027828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-67308155150987762842012-12-06T06:06:34.357-05:002012-12-06T06:06:34.357-05:00Appointing Hite to the role of IMPD Chief just blew Troy Riggs credibility as the new public safety director. Riggs has just simply perpetuated the negative legacy of mismanagement left behind by Straub. <br /><br />Gary points out too well that Hite lacks the qualifications to be Chief of the largest police department in Indiana. He has little experience at police work or police management. Hite&#39;s career as a boxing coach in Baltimore just doesn&#39;t qualify.<br /><br />Additionally one must question Hites racial bias...he was a member of a race-based organization, the Vangard Justice Society, an organization that campaigns <b>exclusively for the rights of BLACK officers</b> in Balimore. <br /><br />In Indianapolis, Hite has shown himself unfit to be Chief. Hite wrote a letter on Police Stationary advocating for habitual sex offender Byron Alston. Hite actually on Official Letterhead of Police stated Alston is <i>“a valuable asset in our efforts to rid our city of violent crime.”</i> Alston was in court for a hearing regarding sex crime probation violations that include failing to attend sex offender therapy.<br /><br />This also leaves questions about the current command staff...which, at least in my North side area, is a failure!!! The commander here is out-of-touch with the community and really has no clue what is going on or what our concerns are....but hold a big event and he&#39;ll inject himself and/or come uninvited and then make irrelevant comments.<br /><br />Mayor Ballard, you have clearly abandoned Public Safety. Giving two downtown fire stations away, removing a ladder truck from a key location at a north side fire station, now appointing this man as a police chief. Mayor Ballard, I have a suggestion, read <i>The Ballard Rules: Small Unit Leadership</i> by Greg Ballard. Then reflect on your failure to adhere to those rules.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />Alston was convicted of criminal confinement and being a habitual offender for an incident involving two young women at his northside community center. The women accused him of making unwanted sexual advances.<br /><br />Court documents indicate that Alston has missed counseling appointments and failed to complete his sex offender counseling assignments.<br /><br />CircleCityScribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12691157547732269477noreply@blogger.com