Semi Finalists for NOPD Chief

Holy shite this is embarrassing. We all know that the fix is in and Teedy wanted Woodfork to get the job; now we know what her process is. Get other candidates that stink so fricking bad that the unexperienced Woodfork looks like the best candidate.

We are so fricked. It's truly amazing both she and the police association are really putting these people up as capable candidates.

Lets take a quick look at the semi finalists:

1)Thedrick Andres -- Andres has been out of work since retiring at the end of February as chief in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson, in the wake of a “no confidence” vote last November from the Henderson Police Officers Association and Henderson Police Supervisors Association. The unions accused both Andres, who served 3 years and 9 months as chief, and his predecessor LaTesha Watson (who brought him with her from Arlington as deputy chief), of not sticking by collective bargaining agreements.

2)DeShawn Beaufort -- Beaufort, 45, reportedly was a candidate in recent years for police chief jobs in Miami and Kansas City. He tentatively rose to the No. 3 job of Chief Inspector for the Philadelphia Police Department late in 2020, but The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Beaufort was involved in a road-rage incident with a civilian motorist while off duty in February 2021 in Bucks County (Pa.), which wound up costing him that promotion and caused him to be reassigned out of internal affairs.

3)David Franklin -- Franklin has more than 26 years of law enforcement experience, most recently a 13-month stay as Director and Chief of Staff for the Albuquerque Police Department. In that role in New Mexico’s largest city, Franklin was to “oversee special projects, building and planning, fiscal, human resources and staffing, as well as working closely with City Council,” according to an APD spokesperson. Franklin was said to be from Dallas and previously served as a uniformed trooper, lieutenant and captain with the Texas Department of Public Safety. He was a finalist for a chief job in Aurora, Colo., before withdrawing his name from consideration last October.

4)Anne Kirkpatrick -- Kirkpatrick, 63, has spent more than 38 years in law enforcement with eight agencies, starting with her native Memphis Police Department. Kirkpatrick was sworn in as the first female police chief in Oakland (Calif.) in February 2017, but was fired three years later after being accused of making false statements about a police raid during her first year in office. Kirkpatrick countered by filing a federal whistleblower lawsuit against the city, claiming she actually was terminated in retaliation for not reimbursing an Oakland police commission member for towing fees.

5) Jarad Phelps -- Phelps has more than 27 years of experience with the Prince William County Police Department in Virginia, including a stint as deputy chief for the past 3 years and 9 months, according to an online resume. According to the Northern Virginia newspapers website insidenova.com, the Virginia Supreme Court in May found Phelps and other officials violated the state’s Freedom of Information Act by discussing “public business” at a 2020 community forum following protests related to the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, because the gathering did not comply with public meeting requirements. Phelps was a finalist in April 2022 in a search for the new police chief of Irving, Texas.