Like was stated in some of the post, a chief is appointed by the mayor and rubber stamped by the city counsel.................he's nothing more then a political hack for the mayor, law enforcement does not even enter to the equation of him getting appointed.......... chiefs, and all the other heads of local and state LE agencies are just just boots lickers of whatever political power appointed them, and serve as long as the powers that be are in power.........once the mayor goes, the new one gets to appoint his own boot licker
never assume that a chief is a LEO, they aren't.