Wish more voters would have noticed when SPOG endorsed Murray. That wasn't a freebie and it wasn't because Murray is some kind of uber-reformer.

I see the Stranger tweet feed says this means "The reformers are all being pushed out of the top ranks".

Anybody wondering why SPOG endorsed Murray should have that question answered now. The common thread in all of these personnel moves is "Union loyalists going up, reform agents down." This is especially stark in today's announcement with Captain Jim Dermody getting the boot and Nick Metz re-joining the command staff. Dermody (along with Sanford and Pugel) led the way with Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion and other major reform initiatives. Metz undermined every reform effort, both pushed by the former mayor and those required by the DOJ. Pugel gave him the boot, which was just one of many examples of Pugel getting serious about reform despite stark union opposition. Other union victories since Murray came into office: approval of an SUV to replace their squad cars, promotion of Capt. Kessler to the command staff (you will not find a more backwards thinking man in the entire department), elevation of Harry Bailey to interim chief, gutting of the media unit (the union HATES all the cool stuff they've been doing to, you know, get people to stop hating the police) and so on.

Metz is un-demoted, wtf? Murray/Bailey are working fast to undo improvements ...

Confidential sources said Kimerer failed his police psychological test twice, so his mother, who was an Assistant Chief with SPD stepped in and somehow he was given the green light to get hired. If this information is correct, it is no wonder why he is a controlled freak the way he has been.