Mayor Steve Bach said Thursday that he’ll decide “within the next several weeks” whether or not to launch a national search for a police chief or give the job to Pete Carey on a permanent basis.
Carey, who has been interim police chief for about three months, apparently has made a good impression on the mayor.
“He’s just doing a great job. He has the respect of the force. I believe he has respect in the community. He certainly has my respect,” Bach said.
“As of this morning, I could not be more delighted with Chief Carey,” he added.
According to the city’s website:
“Carey joined the Colorado Springs Police Department in 1984, after serving with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office for two years. He has been assigned to Patrol, Metro Vice, Narcotics and Intelligence, Tactical Unit, Training Academy and the Major Crimes Unit.
Interim Chief Carey holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business from Saint Joseph’s University and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.”
To me the Chief seems to put the best interests of the community first. The removal of the red light cameras was a big step. I dont know why officers True his partner and their superior Poole are not on desk duty or fired for lying to the DA, drinking/driving on the job among other issues.
Since the Hooters entrapment case happened we have seen two officers fired from departments up north for much smaller infringements like just driving off duty while intoxicated. Our guys get paid to drive daily while drinking on the job and to justify their jobs by lying and entrapping innocent civilians.
I have no idea why the Chief tolerates this. There should be no tolerance to an officer let alone an undercover officer caught lying.
Perhaps our PD is not prime time quite yet and we should look for a leader that will not tolerate rouge officers of any type.
I say lets look to see whats available.