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Why is the controversies the largest section of the article? I don't think this article was written until after the Trayvon Martin shooting. This article should be a candidate for deletion, its only purpose is to discredit this police department. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TyrisNC ( talk • contribs) 04:55, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
It is important to always write from a neutral point of view. But this is a police department-- we shouldn't be surprised that alleged misconduct carries far more weight in the public eye than years of ordinary (but still valorous) police work. It's not news when a dog bites a man. News is when a man bites a dog. So please do try to keep balance, but don't feel the need to exclude otherwise appropriate material just to avoid a vague sense of unbalance. - HectorMoffet ( talk) 04:10, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks to Tviz for this well-written para: Bill Lee, Chief of Police at the time of the shooting, received criticism for his role in the case. The Sanford city commission, including the Mayor, passed a motion of no confidence in regards to chief Lee, and his handling of the case.[20] On March 22, 2012, Lee announced that he had temporarily stepped down from his position as chief of police, stating "my involvement in this matter is overshadowing the process."[21] I propose we delete it. Sure it is true, sure it is well-cited, but gosh darn it, we have a fine article on the shooting of TM. I fear this page might become just an adjunct to that. Gosh, I wish we could find ore about the SPD itself. Paul, in Saudi ( talk) 06:42, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm wondering if a picture from Sanford.gov of the station would be allowable. The only thing I saw that definitely was had something to do with the government, not local governments. Psalm84 ( talk) 01:00, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
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Why is the controversies the largest section of the article? I don't think this article was written until after the Trayvon Martin shooting. This article should be a candidate for deletion, its only purpose is to discredit this police department. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TyrisNC ( talk • contribs) 04:55, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
It is important to always write from a neutral point of view. But this is a police department-- we shouldn't be surprised that alleged misconduct carries far more weight in the public eye than years of ordinary (but still valorous) police work. It's not news when a dog bites a man. News is when a man bites a dog. So please do try to keep balance, but don't feel the need to exclude otherwise appropriate material just to avoid a vague sense of unbalance. - HectorMoffet ( talk) 04:10, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
Thanks to Tviz for this well-written para: Bill Lee, Chief of Police at the time of the shooting, received criticism for his role in the case. The Sanford city commission, including the Mayor, passed a motion of no confidence in regards to chief Lee, and his handling of the case.[20] On March 22, 2012, Lee announced that he had temporarily stepped down from his position as chief of police, stating "my involvement in this matter is overshadowing the process."[21] I propose we delete it. Sure it is true, sure it is well-cited, but gosh darn it, we have a fine article on the shooting of TM. I fear this page might become just an adjunct to that. Gosh, I wish we could find ore about the SPD itself. Paul, in Saudi ( talk) 06:42, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
I'm wondering if a picture from Sanford.gov of the station would be allowable. The only thing I saw that definitely was had something to do with the government, not local governments. Psalm84 ( talk) 01:00, 29 May 2012 (UTC)