Promotions for the Chosen

Time to look at some of the promotions at the sheriff's department since glick was elected. Do you remember that glick was upset (and made a point of arguing) with then Sheriff Allsop with the number of staff officers that Sheriff Allsop had. Look for a post to compare that number to what glick has now. Guess what? It's more than Sheriff Allsop had.


The pattern that emerges with most promotions is the politically correct moving up while those that were not did not. What was (and is) more important to glick was loyalty to him, not the department. There were a lot of promotions promised to people who supported glick prior to the 2002 election. Unfortunately after the 2002 elections, glick was unable to fulfill all the promises. This led to dissent within the politically correct.

In early 2003 after glick was sworn in, there were two patrol sergeant slots available. In the top three on the selection list for sergeant there were two deputies that had supported glick during the election and one who did not. The one that did not support glick (there was not any doubt about that) had more experience, qualifications, and street time than the other two. Of course, the two who had supported glick and had the same initials (jh) joe and john were promoted. More about these two in a later post.

When it was time for a patrol lieutenant under glick, the selection was a sergeant named crumpton. Now Ddg needs to take you back to the barrett regime to show how crumpton got there. At that time (barrett), the rule of the top three was in effect. That meant that promotion selections had to come from the top three deputies on the promotion list. There were two patrol sergeant promotions available and there were five deputies that were on the promotion list. After the testing and the dust settling, the politically correct two (crumpton and smith) were in the bottom two slots. What was a sheriff without either integrity or people management skills like barrett to do? These were two of barrett's hand picked training deputies whom he had selected. No matter that both were rather mediocre street deputies at best. The top three on the promotion list were all very experienced deputies who had been with the department for quite some time. They had however expressed their dissatisfaction with the path that barrett was taking the department down. A simple solution, barrett changed the rules so he could promote whoever he wanted. crumpton and smith were promoted to sergeant and the politically correct continued.

So later, under glick, when a need arose for a new patrol lieutenant, the political choice was crumption who was selected over much more senior and qualified patrol sergeants. More about crumpton's lack of leadership as a patrol lieutenant on a later post. crumpton continued on as a patrol lieutenant until he was "reassigned" by glick to dispatch to replace the fired communications director. Ddg has heard the horror stories from dispatch after crumpton got there.

Now Ddg knows that what follows will be a surprise to everyone. When crumpton retired from the department, he was "appointed" by glick to continue on as the communications director. What luck to have a politically proper person available and not have to look for a qualified person!

As the 2006 elections approached, glick and his staff actually began talking with deputies and getting their opinions. Of course this was after there was another contender. After the elections, the deputies were told that these opinions would be taken into account. Of course after the elections, the lines of communication dried up and actions that were promised were not taken. Ddg would expect that as these 2010elections approach, once again, the bait will be dangled. Maybe this time it won't be taken.

A later post will cover other promotions made in accordance with glick's wishes. Don't worry (cb) and others, your time in post is coming.