Former Atascadero police chief steps in for King City

NorthCountyGuy,

You are mostly right. If you remember the former Chief of Police of Atascadero was forced to resign following allegations of an alleged rape. An IA investigation ensued and he then resigned. Top level people are rarely held accountable for the actions, they are allowed to resign, just look at Chief Chitty of Paso Robles, John Wallace with the Wallace Group. And to be blunt, the only way that a crime spree at this level is able to continue is the complete complicity of lower level staff. If you recall the allegations of misconduct in SLOPD has been rampant for years – Corey Pierce, McDow, Limon and etal. However, like everywhere there a many good officers, but to survive they sometimes have to turn a blind eye to the corruption. Look further into SLO and you had per the articles herein an idiot supervisor who ordered his staff to dump hazardous waste at the back of the City yard, an employee accused of bilking the City for thousands of dollars (i.e. grand theft auto), an employee accused of religious discrimination, a lowlife employee outted on this site for charging unsuspecting residents for the very same services he was hired to perform for the City. Then lets talk about the Building Maintenance Supervisor in PR who embezzled assets, then the Shandon GM who embezzled assets, the former GM of Cambria who embezzled assets, the two secretaries of San Miguel CSD who embezzled assets. Then there is 1-2 knock out Mason who almost kills a bar patron then is fired then rehired at SLO Fire. So the point is corruption exist at all levels of local government and what it demonstrates is that the idiots at the top are too concerned about covering up the misconduct, then making an example for all too see. The misconduct is a true reflection that local agency managers are utterly incompetent. To further add to this just look at the ridiculous Nacimiento pipeline – the $180 million pipeline to no-where or that is a whole in the ground. Then just look at the piss poor water resource management that exist county-wide and the voluminous scandals surrounding Capslo, various other governmental officials, like Jan Marx who plays both sides of the fence. The real problem is us taxpayers, we fail to demand accountability from this corrupt individuals. The list goes on and on. Corruption, incompetence are the hallmark of local agencies.